A process has become orphaned because its parent died. The administrator wants to find out which process is now its parent. What should they do?

Run top and look at the PPID column

Which statement best describes a process in a Linux system?

A process is a program file stored on disk that can be executed.

A process is a shell command that is executed only in the foreground.

A process is a collection of system calls used to manage hardware resources.

A process is an instance of a running program, with its own address space and execution context.

LPI LPIC-1:Linux Administrator (101-500)

Domain 3Objective 5

103.5 Create, Monitor and Kill Processes LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Topic 103: GNU and Unix Commands domain, which makes up ~19% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~7–11 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 33 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 1–5

1application · medium
A user wants to send SIGTERM to all processes whose command line contains 'backup'. Which command should they use?
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2foundation · easy
Which signal cannot be caught or ignored by a process and forces immediate termination?
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3expert · medium
A process has become orphaned because its parent died. The administrator wants to find out which process is now its parent. What should they do?
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4foundation · easy
Which statement best describes a process in a Linux system?
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5foundation · easy
Which ps command option displays processes of all users on the system?
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103.5 Create, Monitor and Kill Processes LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

A user wants to send SIGTERM to all processes whose command line contains 'backup'. Which command should they use?

Which signal cannot be caught or ignored by a process and forces immediate termination?

A process has become orphaned because its parent died. The administrator wants to find out which process is now its parent. What should they do?

Which statement best describes a process in a Linux system?

Which ps command option displays processes of all users on the system?

Keep studying — Topic 103: GNU and Unix Commands