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117-201 · Question #215

You use top to examine the CPU time being consumed by various processes on your system. You discover that one process, dfcomp, is consuming more than 90 percent of your system's CPU time. What can…

The correct answer is A. Very little; dfcomp could be legitimately consuming that much CPU time, or it could be an. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

You use top to examine the CPU time being consumed by various processes on your system. You discover that one process, dfcomp, is consuming more than 90 percent of your system's CPU time. What can you conclude?

Options

  • AVery little; dfcomp could be legitimately consuming that much CPU time, or it could be an
  • BNo program should consume 90 percent of available CPU time; dfcomp is clearly
  • CThis is normal; dfcomp is the kernel's main scheduling process, and it consumes any unused
  • DThis behavior is normal if your CPU is less powerful than a 2.5GHz EM64T Pentium; but on

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  • A
    70% (16)
  • B
    9% (2)
  • C
    17% (4)
  • D
    4% (1)

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