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202-400 · Question #171

Which of the following describes the main purpose of strace?

The correct answer is E. Debug programs by monitoring system calls and reporting them. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Which of the following describes the main purpose of strace?

Options

  • AShow the TCP/IP stack data, to help to solve network problems
  • BHelp to follow the traces of intruders of the internal network
  • CDebug programs by displaying the original code of the program. Itis a kind of "disassembler"
  • DReverse engineer applications, resulting in the source code of the program
  • EDebug programs by monitoring system calls and reporting them

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  • A
    4% (1)
  • C
    12% (3)
  • D
    8% (2)
  • E
    76% (19)

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