When should you use SIGKILL instead of SIGTERM?

When you want to give the process a chance to save its data.

When you want to reload the process's configuration files.

When the process is unresponsive and does not terminate after SIGTERM.

When you want to suspend the process temporarily.

A critical application process (PID 1234) is hung and not responding to SIGTERM. The application is a database that performs journal writes on exit. The administrator needs to stop the process to apply a patch. The administrator is concerned about data corruption. What is the most appropriate course of action?

Investigate why the process is hung, attempt to resolve the issue, and only use SIGKILL as a last resort after exhausting other options.

Send SIGKILL immediately to stop the process and apply the patch.

Send SIGTERM again and wait longer for the process to exit.

Send SIGQUIT to generate a core dump and terminate the process.

LPI BSD Specialist

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715.3 Create, Monitor and Kill Processes (weight: 3) BSD-SPECIALIST Practice Questions (Page 4)

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16foundation · easy
Which command provides a snapshot of virtual memory statistics, including information about swapping and paging activity?
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17foundation · easy
When should you use SIGKILL instead of SIGTERM?
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18application · easy
A system administrator has several background jobs running in a shell session. The administrator wants to see a list of all background jobs with their job numbers and statuses. Which command should the administrator use?
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19foundation · easy
Which command changes the priority of an already running process with PID 4321?
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20expert · hard
A critical application process (PID 1234) is hung and not responding to SIGTERM. The application is a database that performs journal writes on exit. The administrator needs to stop the process to apply a patch. The administrator is concerned about data corruption. What is the most appropriate course of action?
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Questions 16–20

Which command provides a snapshot of virtual memory statistics, including information about swapping and paging activity?

When should you use SIGKILL instead of SIGTERM?

A system administrator has several background jobs running in a shell session. The administrator wants to see a list of all background jobs with their job numbers and statuses. Which command should the administrator use?

Which command changes the priority of an already running process with PID 4321?

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