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Python Concurrency for Senior Engineering Interviews

Quiz 1

Explore key concepts of Python's threading module including how to create threads, manage daemon properties, and use locks and condition variables for synchronization. Learn to identify errors like deadlocks and understand thread lifecycle control to help prepare for concurrency questions in senior engineering interviews.

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Question # 1

Consider the below snippet:

def thread_task():
    print("{0} executing".format(current_thread().getName()))


myThread = Thread(group=None,  # reserved
                  target=thread_task(),
                  name="childThread")

myThread.start()
myThread.join()
Technical Quiz
1.

What will be the output of the above snippet?

A.

MainThread executing

B.

childThread executing

C.

Runtime Error occurs

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Python 3.5
from threading import Thread
from threading import current_thread
def thread_task():
    print("{0} executing".format(current_thread().getName()))
myThread = Thread(group=None,  # reserved
                  target=thread_task(),
                  name="childThread")
myThread.start()
myThread.join()

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