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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the main difference between concurrency and parallelism?

💡 Hint: Remember they start with 'C' and 'P'.

Question 2 Easy

Which method would be preferable for web scraping and why?

💡 Hint: Think about operations waiting for responses from the network.

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Question 1

What does concurrency refer to?

Managing tasks at the same time
Executing tasks simultaneously
Both A and B

💡 Hint: Think about the definition of concurrency.

Question 2

Is it true that Python’s Global Interpreter Lock allows multiple threads to execute Python bytecode concurrently?

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the limitations of GIL.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Develop a Python script that downloads images from a website using threading and processes them using multiprocessing for analysis.

💡 Hint: Think about using both `threading` and `multiprocessing` libraries effectively.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how you'd manage shared data in a scenario where multiple threads are updating the same record. What mechanisms would you implement?

💡 Hint: Consider how multiple threads could interfere with data consistency.

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