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Scientific misinformation spreads in a crisis because: A) People spend less time evaluating information when they are afraid B) People spend more time looking for information when they are afraid C) People don’t want to hear from scientists when they are afraid D) People rely on mainstream new sources when they are afraid

Which respiratory sound is most concerning?

Who is more likely to share misinformation online?   A) People who are moderate in their political beliefs B) People who are moderately or extremely conservative C) People who are extremely liberal or conservative D) People who do not think of themselves as being political

Which respiratory condition is accurately paired with its corresponding assessment finding?

Hassol argued that you should you use the word “anthropogenic” to describe climate change because it sounds more authoritative than “human-caused.”

Hassol recommends using the term “scientific [choice1]” to describe research about human causes of climate change.

You are running a program to calculate an approximation of an integral using multiple threads. The program uses a mutex (i.e. #pragma omp critical) to protect access to a shared variable (sum) where each thread accumulates partial results. You observe the following behavior when increasing the number of threads: Performance improves significantly as the number of threads increases, up to the number of available CPU cores. However, beyond the number of available CPU cores, performance remains roughly constant, even as more threads are added. Explain why the performance of the program plateaus when the number of threads exceeds the number of CPU cores. Describe how the use of mutexes impacts thread performance in this scenario. Suggest one optimization that could reduce the performance impact of using a mutex in this program.

To help people who lack information about climate change understand how climate change is linked to more extreme storms: A) Hassol recommends using metaphors like “loading the dice” to help people understand better B) Hassol recommends against using metaphors like “loading the dice” because they are confusing  

According to Pezzullo and Cox, the 2016-2019 Trump administration [choice1] federal agencies like the EPA and Forest Service to share information about climate change.