Practice ThreadPoolExecutor - 4.1 | Chapter 7: Concurrency and Parallelism in Python | Python Advance
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the primary purpose of ThreadPoolExecutor?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about tasks that require waiting on external resources.

Question 2

Easy

What does "max_workers" specify in ThreadPoolExecutor?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how many tasks can be handled at once.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What type of tasks is ThreadPoolExecutor best suited for?

  • CPU-bound tasks
  • I/O-bound tasks
  • Memory-bound tasks

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about which tasks involve waiting for resources.

Question 2

True or False: ThreadPoolExecutor provides better scalability for CPU-bound tasks than for I/O-bound tasks.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Reflect on how threading interacts with CPU performance.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Design a program that downloads images from a list of URLs using ThreadPoolExecutor. Discuss how you would handle exceptions for failed downloads.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you can manage errors without crashing.

Question 2

Create a performance comparison between using ThreadPoolExecutor and manual threading for I/O operations. Use simple file read/write tasks as a benchmark.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Monitor time before and after the execution to analyze efficiency.

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