Which one of the following represents a complex reaction?

Which of the following statements is correct?

For the following parallel chain reaction,what will be the value of the overall half-life of $A$ in minutes?
Given that $\frac{[B]_t}{[C]_t} = \frac{16}{9}$
$A \xrightarrow{k_1 = 2 \times 10^{-3} \ s^{-1}} 4B$
$A \xrightarrow{k_2} C$

Which of the following statements is correct?

Fill in the blanks:
$(1)$ If $t_{1/2} = \frac{0.693}{k}$,then the order of reaction is .......... .
$(2)$ For a zero order reaction,$t_{1/2}$ is proportional to .......... of the initial concentration.
$(3)$ In a first order reaction,the rate of reaction is proportional to the .......... exponent of the concentration of the reactant.

Fill in the blanks:
$(1)$ The time required to complete $99.9\%$ of a first-order reaction is ............ times the ${t_{1/2}}$.
$(2)$ The reaction in which the rate is given by $-\frac{d[R]}{dt} = k$ has an order of reaction equal to ........
$(3)$ For the reaction $[R] = [R]_0 e^{-kt}$,the order is .......