You are executing this command in the default shell: sleep 5000 & The system displays a number. This value is______.

The correct answer is B. the process ID of the /usr/bin/sleep process. The number spawned would be the PPID of the sleep process, the subshell would be the child process however the PPID is displayed.

Managing System Processes and Scheduling Tasks

Question

You are executing this command in the default shell:

sleep 5000 & The system displays a number. This value is______.

Options

Athe priority of the /usr/bin/sleep process
Bthe process ID of the /usr/bin/sleep process
Cthe process ID of the shell spawned to execute /usr/bin/sleep
Dthe process group ID that includes the /usr/bin/sleep process
Ethe amount of memory allocated to the /usr/bin/sleep process
Fthe current number of instances of the /usr/bin/sleep process

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B
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D
8% (3)
E
5% (2)
F
3% (1)

Explanation

The number spawned would be the PPID of the sleep process, the subshell would be the child process however the PPID is displayed.

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#background process#PID display#job control#shell ampersand operator

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