They perform many tasks that people often find boring and difficult. Is this a transitive or intransitive?
Transitive verbs take direct objects.
He hit the baseball.
Intransitive verbs don't take direct objects.
He ran until his sides hurt.
I see two verbs in your sentence. Which one do you think determines transitive or intransitive. Once you're clear on that, ask yourself if that verb has a direct object or not.