Practice Threading Basics and the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) - 1 | Chapter 7: Concurrency and Parallelism in Python | Python Advance
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is threading used for in Python?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about operations that need to happen at the same time.

Question 2

Easy

Explain what the GIL is.

πŸ’‘ Hint: How does it affect threading in Python?

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does the GIL stand for?

  • Global Interpreter Lock
  • Global Integer Limit
  • General Interpreted Language

πŸ’‘ Hint: It's related to how Python runs its threads.

Question 2

True or False: Threading in Python allows true parallel execution of CPU-bound tasks.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the limitations of the GIL.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Consider a scenario involving a multi-threaded application that updates a shared resource. Describe how you would ensure thread safety in your implementation.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what data could be corrupted without proper controls.

Question 2

You are tasked to refactor a CPU-bound task currently using threading to improve performance. What strategies would you apply?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how CPU performance can be optimized.

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