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220-802 · Question #245

An alert needs to be sent to the administrator when the CPU stays above 90% for a period of time. Which of the following tools would BEST be used to accomplish this?

The correct answer is A. Performance Monitor. Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe) supports Data Collector Sets and Alert actions that can notify an administrator when a performance counter - such as CPU utilization - exceeds a defined threshold for a sustained period. Task Manager shows real-time usage but cannot…

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Question

An alert needs to be sent to the administrator when the CPU stays above 90% for a period of time. Which of the following tools would BEST be used to accomplish this?

Options

  • APerformance Monitor
  • BTask Scheduler
  • CTask Manager
  • DSystem Configuration

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    86% (31)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    8% (3)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe) supports Data Collector Sets and Alert actions that can notify an administrator when a performance counter - such as CPU utilization - exceeds a defined threshold for a sustained period. Task Manager shows real-time usage but cannot send alerts. Task Scheduler runs scheduled tasks but does not monitor performance counters. System Configuration (msconfig) is for boot and startup settings, not monitoring.

Topics

#Performance Monitor#CPU monitoring#alerts#Windows administrative tools

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