Threading and Parallelism Quiz

5 questions • Pass: 70% • +25 pts

Quiz covering Client Connectivity and SDK

Threading and Parallelism Quiz

5 questions | Pass: 70% | Earn 25 points

Questions in this quiz

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  1. 1

    In the context of database SDKs, what is the primary purpose of using a connection pool in a multi-threaded application?

  2. 2

    When using an asynchronous SDK, what is the main benefit of using 'await' (or equivalent non-blocking calls) instead of blocking calls?

  3. 3

    If you are designing a data access layer that performs heavy write operations, why is it dangerous to share a single non-thread-safe SDK client instance across multiple threads?

  4. 4

    When implementing a parallel processing pattern for bulk data ingestion, which approach is most likely to avoid 'connection exhaustion' errors?

  5. 5

    You are debugging a deadlock in a multi-threaded application that uses a database SDK. The application uses a 'ThreadLocal' pattern to manage database sessions. What is the most likely cause of the deadlock?