Three neighbors are waiting at the Fix-It Bay door. One has a slow tablet and one has a stuttering game. One asks about blinking lights.
Rocket rubs his hands together. "Three cases, one morning!" Raven hands you the case log. "What do you notice first in each case?" she asks.
Nova hovers at your shoulder. "You know how the processor works now," she says. "Would you like a hint? Start every case with the word turns."
A tablet with twenty apps open crawls. The processor is taking turns between twenty lists. Each list gets a tiny slice of time.
A game stutters on an older device. Each picture needs more steps than the processor can finish before the next tick deadline.
| Statement | True or false? |
|---|---|
| A faster clock means more ticks each second. | ? |
| A game stutters when the processor finishes early. | ? |
| A simpler game needs fewer steps per picture. | ? |
| Closing other apps can help a stuttering game. | ? |
A neighbor saw four lights on a device blink in a pattern. The pattern was on, off, on, on. They ask if the lights could mean a number.
Three cases closed in one morning! Week three is done. Tomorrow the Crew Quest lets you become the processor.