Practice Working With Asyncio For I/o-bound Tasks (3) - Chapter 8: Asynchronous Programming with asyncio

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Question 1.
What does the async keyword do when defining a function?
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Think about how it affects function execution.
Question 2.
What is the purpose of the await keyword?
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Remember how it relates to managing control in a coroutine.
3Question 3.
What does the async keyword do?
- Defines a synchronous function
- Defines a coroutine
- Indicates a blocking operation
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Think about its role in non-blocking execution.
4Question 4.
True or False: The event loop runs code synchronously.
- True
- False
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Consider how tasks are scheduled.
Question 5.
Construct an asyncio application that simulates fetching user data from an API with two different endpoints running concurrently.
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Think about how to simulate delays and manage multiple requests.
Question 6.
Discuss how to refactor a synchronous application to use asyncio effectively.
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Identify areas where the application may be performing I/O-bound tasks.

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