Green Programmer Survey

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Study Title: What Do Programmers Know About Power?

Research Investigator: Candy Pang (cspang@ualberta.ca), Ph.D. Student This survey concerns programmers’ knowledge about software power consumption. It should take less than 10 minutes. The survey’s results will be used for publication, and later to design tools or methodology that assists programmers in developing power effective software. The participation is completely voluntary. If at some point during this survey you want to stop, you're free to do so without any negative consequences. Please find our Letter of Information for Implied Consent here, it includes the details on anonymity, confidentiality, and related issues: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7u377iiS0-RWmtLSTA4NjZWbU0/edit?usp=sharing By completing and clicking the <Submit> button on the survey, YOUR FREE AND INFORMED CONSENT IS IMPLIED and indicates that you understand the above conditions of participation in this study and that you have had the opportunity to have your questions answered by the researchers. Thank you very much.


1. How many years of programming experience do you have? *
This is a required question


2. How would you rank your programming skill? *


• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advance
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3. What is your most proficient programming language? *
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4. On a desktop computer, please rank the software power consumption level of the following components. *
Each row and column should have one and only one selection.


	CPU	Hard Disk Drive	Memory	Network	Screen & GPU
Highest consumption
2nd highest consumption
3rd highest consumption
4th highest consumption
Least consumption
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5. On a mobile device, please rank the software power consumption level of the following components. *
Each row and column should have one and only one selection.


	CPU	Data Stroage Device	Memory	Network	Screen & GPU
Highest consumption
2nd highest consumption
3rd highest consumption
4th highest consumption
Least consumption
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6. Do you take power consumption into account when developing software? *


• Yes
• No
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7. Is minimizing power consumption a requirement or concern of your software? *


• Yes
• No
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8. Have users complained about the power consumption of your software?


• Yes
• No
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9. Have you modified your software to reduce power consumption? *


• Yes
• No
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10. Have you measured the power consumption of your software? *


• Yes
• No
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If yes, how do you measure power consumption of your software?
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11. Would power consumption be one of your decision factors when choosing a mobile development platform? *


• Yes
• No
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12. What software functions have higher power consumption?
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13. How would you improve power efficiency of your software?
This is a required question

Thank you very much for your time.

If you are up for an optional interview, please provide us with your contact information in the separate form below. A separated consent form will be provided for the optional interview. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18SHKiq6441CGBriOHlRerQgS2hIlEtEMQgorkf7BlYU/viewform Your contact information will not be linked to the answers you provided above.

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