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220-802 · Question #252

Which of the following commands may be used on a computer, running Windows 7, to stop a single process from the command line?

The correct answer is B. KILL. The KILL command (or more specifically TASKKILL in Windows) is used to terminate a running process from the command line. In Windows environments, 'TASKKILL /PID <process_id>' or 'TASKKILL /IM <process_name>' stops a specific process without affecting others. ERASE and DEL are…

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Question

Which of the following commands may be used on a computer, running Windows 7, to stop a single process from the command line?

Options

  • AERASE
  • BKILL
  • CSHUTDOWN
  • DDEL

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • B
    95% (18)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

The KILL command (or more specifically TASKKILL in Windows) is used to terminate a running process from the command line. In Windows environments, 'TASKKILL /PID <process_id>' or 'TASKKILL /IM <process_name>' stops a specific process without affecting others. ERASE and DEL are used to delete files, and SHUTDOWN shuts down the entire operating system - not a single process.

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#command line#process termination#Windows 7#task management

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