Swift Structured Concurrency Quiz

Take this quiz to test your understanding of structured concurrency in Swift.

1. 
What is the advantage of using 'withThrowingTaskGroup()' over 'withTaskGroup()'?

2. 
What happens when a parent task is running in structured concurrency?

3. 
What method is used to cancel all tasks within a task group?

4. 
Why is direct mutation of variables within concurrently executing code not allowed?

5. 
What type of task should be used when tasks need to be externally cancelable?

6. 
Which concurrency approach does not inherit properties from its parent in Swift?

7. 
What is the 'for-await' loop's primary function?

8. 
What should be done to avoid data races when multiple tasks need to access shared data?

9. 
How are task groups created in Swift?

10. 
How can a Swift task check its current priority?

11. 
What feature in Swift helps manage task execution order and dependencies?

12. 
Which Swift concurrency feature provides a 'suspend point'?

13. 
What happens if an async function is called from a synchronous context without using the Task object?

14. 
Which keyword in Swift is used to indicate that an asynchronous function call must complete before the calling function continues?

15. 
What is a primary use case for using unstructured tasks in Swift?

16. 
Which concurrency feature in Swift is used to manage shared mutable state safely?

17. 
How are unstructured tasks created in Swift?

18. 
Which keyword is used to declare a function as asynchronous in Swift?

19. 
What role does the main thread play in an application?

20. 
What problem does the use of completion handlers in Swift often cause?

21. 
How does the 'await' keyword function in Swift?

22. 
What is the purpose of the Task object in Swift?

23. 
What is the effect of using 'async-let' in Swift?

24. 
Which property can be used to check if a Swift task has been canceled?

25. 
What is a common cause of data corruption in concurrent programming?

26. 
What is the primary purpose of structured concurrency in Swift?

27. 
What is a detached task in Swift?

28. 
What method is used to handle cancellation errors in Swift tasks?

29. 
What is a task group used for in Swift?

30. 
Which loop is specifically designed to process asynchronous results in Swift?

31. 
What is the main advantage of using async properties in Swift?

32. 
Which Swift concurrency feature allows code to continue execution without waiting for an async function to finish?

33. 
What is the purpose of the 'Task.yield()' method?

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