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Linux Process Management
Assess your understanding of process creation,signals,and scheduling.
1. Which command is used to display a snapshot of currently running processes?
ps
top
bg
jobs
2. Which of the following are valid process states in Linux?
Running (R)
Sleeping (S)
Zombie (Z)
Deleted (D)
3. The default signal sent by the 'kill' command is SIGKILL.
True
False
4. What command resumes a suspended process in the background?
5. What does PPID stand for?
Parent Process Identifier
Primary Process Index
Process Priority ID
Parent Program ID
6. Which commands terminate processes by name?
pkill
killall
ps
grep
7. A daemon process runs in the foreground and is tied to a terminal.
True
False
8. What is the PID of the init/systemd process, the first process started at boot?
9. Which command shows real-time system resource usage of processes?
top
ps
jobs
bg
10. Which actions can a zombie process perform?
Use CPU resources
Be reaped by its parent
Send signals to other processes
Have its exit status read
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