Practice Using Asyncio.semaphore For Limiting Concurrency (5.2) - Chapter 8: Asynchronous Programming with asyncio

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Question 1.
What does asyncio.Semaphore do?
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Think about traffic lights.
Question 2.
How do you create a semaphore in asyncio?
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It's similar to declaring a variable.
3Question 3.
What is the main purpose of asyncio.Semaphore?
- To increase the execution speed
- To limit concurrency
- To manage memory usage
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Think about traffic management.
4Question 4.
True or False: Forgetting to release a semaphore can cause performance issues.
- True
- False
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Consider what would happen if traffic is never released.
Question 5.
Design a small program using asyncio.Semaphore that limits the number of concurrent database writes to three.
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Remember to utilize async with for each write operation.
Question 6.
Describe how not using a semaphore in an API call function could lead to issues.
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Consider what would happen when too many requests flood a server.

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