A system administrator starts a CPU-intensive backup process with the command 'nice -n 5 /usr/local/bin/backup.sh'. Later, the administrator decides the backup should have even lower priority to avoid impacting user applications. Which command should be used to adjust the running backup process?

nice -n 15 -p $(pgrep backup.sh)

renice -n 5 -p $(pgrep backup.sh)

renice -n 15 -p $(pgrep backup.sh)

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Process Control XK0-006 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Services and User Management domain, which accounts for 20% of the XK0-006 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~7–12 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 27 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–25

21application · easy
An administrator needs to find the PID of a process named 'httpd' that is running as user 'www-data'. Which command displays this information?
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22foundation · easy
Which process state is indicated by the letter 'D' in the STAT column of the ps command?
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23application · medium
A system administrator starts a CPU-intensive backup process with the command 'nice -n 5 /usr/local/bin/backup.sh'. Later, the administrator decides the backup should have even lower priority to avoid impacting user applications. Which command should be used to adjust the running backup process?
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24application · easy
An administrator needs to terminate a process with PID 1234 that is not responding to SIGTERM. Which command should be used as a last resort?
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25foundation · easy
Which tool provides an interactive, color-coded process viewer that allows scrolling and searching?
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Questions 21–25

An administrator needs to find the PID of a process named 'httpd' that is running as user 'www-data'. Which command displays this information?

Which process state is indicated by the letter 'D' in the STAT column of the ps command?

A system administrator starts a CPU-intensive backup process with the command 'nice -n 5 /usr/local/bin/backup.sh'. Later, the administrator decides the backup should have even lower priority to avoid impacting user applications. Which command should be used to adjust the running backup process?

An administrator needs to terminate a process with PID 1234 that is not responding to SIGTERM. Which command should be used as a last resort?

Which tool provides an interactive, color-coded process viewer that allows scrolling and searching?

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