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What does the Sampler primitive return?
PostedJun 2, 2026
Question: What is the Sampler primitive mainly designed to return?
A) Samples or probability-like distributions over measured bitstrings
B) Ground-state energies only
C) Hamiltonian matrix decompositions only
D) Coupling-map diagrams only
Correct: A
Explanation: The Sampler executes quantum circuits and returns sampled measurement outcomes. It is useful when the algorithm depends on output bitstring distributions rather than direct expectation values.
Topic: quantum computing / Qiskit / Sampler