Self-paced
Passage A.
P1
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Intro topic ·
Climate prediction models
Concern ·
Impacts of slight changes in variables
P2
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Response ·
Brute force method
Test all possible combinations of variables using different values.
Problem ·
Brute force method is too intensive for individual computers
P3
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Solution ·
Divide calculations between mutliple connected computers
Example ·
Solution's (limited) success
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P4
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Intro topic ·
Using parallel processes to solve problems
P5
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Example ·
Parallel process
Ants working together to forage for food.
Analogy ·
Ants working together are like a computer
P6
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Application ·
Of parallel processes to computing
Involves many computers working simultaneously on different calculations.
Advantage of parallel computing ·
Better suited than sequential computing to solving parallel problems
Passage Style
4.
The author of passage A ████████
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encourage public engagement ██ ███ ████ ██ █████████ █████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████
“Encourage” doesn’t fit, because we have no reason to think the author is writing the passage to people who might participate in public computing projects. The author is informing the reader about parallel computing, not trying to inspire involvement in it.
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identify a factor █████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ █████████ █████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████
This best captures the purpose, which is to show that public involvement is necessary to the success of a public parallel computing project.
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indicate that government ███████ ██ ███████████ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████
The author never suggests she wants government support for parallel computing. She never mentions the government and never suggests that it’s difficult to get the public interested in computing projects.
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demonstrate that adequate ███████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ████████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██████
The author doesn’t indicate whether she thinks there already is adequate support for parallel computing. For some specific projects, there was enough support. But this doesn’t mean that generally there’s enough support for parallel computing.
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The author doesn’t suggest that we probably can’t get public support for other parallel computing projects. She mentions that we need their support, but this doesn’t imply any belief about the likelihood that we will get that support.