We see that foxes, wolves, and coyotes all share a common ancestor. If we focus only on foxes and wolves, omitting coyotes from the group, what type of group does this create? (3 points)

Write a loop with a write-after-write dependency that cannot be vectorized.

Regardless of what you said on the first extra credit question, when is Mariah Carey officially “defrosted,” meaning it’s socially acceptable to start listening to Christmas music, decorating, and doing all things Christmas related? (2 points)

Two species of birds overlap in a forest valley. Occasionally, they mate and produce hybrid chicks. Over generations, scientists notice that hybrids are weak and rarely survive, and the two parent species continue to remain distinct. Which hybrid zone outcome does this represent? (3 points)

What is the name of the process in which tardigrades enter a dormant state by curling up into a “tun” to survive extreme conditions? (5 points)

Which naturalist independently developed the concept of natural selection around the same time as Darwin? (3 points)

Two species of salamanders can mate and produce offspring, but the hybrid offspring die shortly after hatching. This is an example of a ________ barrier. (3 points)

A program run with one compute unit takes 1.5 seconds. Up to 60% of this program can benefit from parallel computing. Using 3 compute units, this program is estimated to take [BLANK-1] seconds with a speedup of [BLANK-2].

The Slurm workload manager is special software to provide fair and efficient cluster usage.

Explain the term unit stride.