Question 1

Why would you want to schedule commands? What methods are available for scheduling commands?

Accepted Answer

Although most processes are begun by use...

Question 2

Match each term with the correct statement below.
-Directory storing the shell environment and scheduled commands.

Accepted Answer

A)  cron daemon
B)  program
C)  /var/spool/cron
D)  trapping
E)  PPIDF) PIDG) /etc/crontabH) /var/spool/atI) at daemon

Question 3

To display an entire list of processes across all terminals and including daemons, you can add the ____ option to any ps command.

Accepted Answer

A)   -f
B)   -l
C)   -a
D)   -e

Question 4

While a process is waiting for its parent process to release the PID, the process is said to be in a(n) zombie state. _________________________

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The killall command uses the PID to kill a process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The ____ kill signal terminates a process by taking the process information in memory and saving it to a file called core on the hard disk in the current working directory.

Accepted Answer

A)   SIGINT
B)   SIGQUIT
C)   SIGKILL
D)   SIGTERM

Question 7

Describe the system cron table. How it is organized, and what information may be contained within it?

Accepted Answer

Linux systems are typically scheduled to...

Question 8

Match each term with the correct statement below.
-The location of system cron tables.

Accepted Answer

A)  cron daemon
B)  program
C)  /var/spool/cron
D)  trapping
E)  PPIDF) PIDG) /etc/crontabH) /var/spool/atI) at daemon G

Question 9

When there are multiple background processes executing in the shell, the jobs command indicates the most recent one with a(n)  ____ symbol.

Accepted Answer

A)   *
B)   +
C)   -
D)   /

Question 10

Match each term with the correct statement below.
-Ignoring a kill signal.

Accepted Answer

A)  cron daemon
B)  program
C)  /var/spool/cron
D)  trapping
E)  PPIDF) PIDG) /etc/crontabH) /var/spool/atI) at daemon D

Question 11

To display a list of at Job IDs, you can specify the ____ option to the at command.

Accepted Answer

A)   -l
B)   -u
C)   -a
D)   -d

Question 12

Match each term with the correct statement below.
-Daemon used to schedule a command to execute repeatedly in the future.

Accepted Answer

A)  cron daemon
B)  program
C)  /var/spool/cron
D)  trapping
E)  PPIDF) PIDG) /etc/crontabH) /var/spool/atI) at daemon

Question 13

Processes that have encountered an error during execution and continuously uses up system resources are referred to as ____________________ processes.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Processes that have encountered an error during...

Question 14

The init daemon has a PID of 0. _________________________

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Processes are started with a nice value of ____ by default.

Accepted Answer

A)   -20
B)   0
C)   1
D)   19

Question 16

Match each term with the correct statement below.
-The location of user cron tables.

Accepted Answer

A)  cron daemon
B)  program
C)  /var/spool/cron
D)  trapping
E)  PPIDF) PIDG) /etc/crontabH) /var/spool/atI) at daemon

Question 17

What is forking?

Accepted Answer

When executing compiled programs or shel...

Question 18

When you append a(n)  ____ to a command, the command is run in a background process.

Accepted Answer

A)   &
B)   $
C)   #
D)   %

Question 19

Each process can start an unlimited number of other processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

If the /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny files do not exist, only the root user is allowed to schedule tasks using the at daemon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Exam 9: Managing Linux Processes

Why would you want to schedule commands? What methods are available for scheduling commands?

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -Directory storing the shell environment and scheduled commands.

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To display an entire list of processes across all terminals and including daemons, you can add the ____ option to any ps command.

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While a process is waiting for its parent process to release the PID, the process is said to be in a(n) zombie state. _________________________

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The killall command uses the PID to kill a process.

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The ____ kill signal terminates a process by taking the process information in memory and saving it to a file called core on the hard disk in the current working directory.

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Describe the system cron table. How it is organized, and what information may be contained within it?

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -The location of system cron tables.

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When there are multiple background processes executing in the shell, the jobs command indicates the most recent one with a(n) ____ symbol.

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -Ignoring a kill signal.

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To display a list of at Job IDs, you can specify the ____ option to the at command.

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -Daemon used to schedule a command to execute repeatedly in the future.

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Processes that have encountered an error during execution and continuously uses up system resources are referred to as ____________________ processes.

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The init daemon has a PID of 0. _________________________

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Processes are started with a nice value of ____ by default.

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -The location of user cron tables.

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What is forking?

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When you append a(n) ____ to a command, the command is run in a background process.

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Each process can start an unlimited number of other processes.

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If the /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny files do not exist, only the root user is allowed to schedule tasks using the at daemon.

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