1. When testing with jMeter we primarily used the thread count to increase the load on the system. What other factors could we use to increase load? Is one factor more important than another? Why or why not?

2. During the system testing with HammerDB we could evaluate multiple users running the same queries at the same time. This would give us the transactions per minute. During the testing, you may have noticed that the TPM did not scale uniformly as you added more users. Why might this occur? Is the test run by HammerDB a realistic test of your application or of the database server capabilities? Explain your answer.

3. Review the CPU graphs captured as screenshots for all your labs. In most of your labs, you run the same jMeter test each lab. However, you may notice differences in the graphs during the testing time. If the tests are run with the same test plan on the same systems why might you see differences? If you dont see any differences at all, why do you think there was no change?