An App That Performs Synchronous Tasks on a Single-Core Computer

question 11

Multiple Choice

An app that performs synchronous tasks on a single-core computer often takes longer to execute than on a multi-core computer,because ________.

• A) it's too costly to convert them to asynchronous tasks
• B) the processor is shared between the app and all the others that happen to be executing on the computer at the same time
• C) multi-core computers have no overhead
• D) single-core compters generally have slower processors

Comprehend the relationship between sample size, standard deviation, and margin of error in estimating parameters.

Use hypothesis testing to compare sample means to known population means.

Understand the concept and application of the sign test for median.

Learn how to perform statistical analysis using real-life scenarios.

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