Why Do People Sometimes Fail to Remember an Uncommon Word,but

question 96

Multiple Choice

Why do people sometimes fail to remember an uncommon word,but have a feeling that it is on the "tip-of-the-tongue"?

• A) interference from words similar in sound
• B) blocking
• C) both A and B
• D) persistence

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Definitions:

Queue Length

The number of items or people waiting in a line to be processed or serviced.

FCFS

"First Come, First Served," a principle of service priority in which requests are processed in the order that they are received.

Arrival Rate

In queue theory, it refers to the average number of units (e.g., people, objects, or data packets) arriving at a system or facility per time unit.

Service Rate

The speed at which a system can process or handle service requests, often used in the context of queueing theory.