A systems administrator suspects a process with a PID of 2864 is consuming resources at an alarming rate. The administrator uses the command renice -n -5 -p2864, but it does not solve the issue…

The correct answer is C. renice -n 10 -p 2864. A higher value of priority actually makes the process lower priority; it means the process demands fewer system resources (and therefore is a "nicer" process). A lower priority value means the process demands more resources, possibly denying those resources to processes that…

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Question

A systems administrator suspects a process with a PID of 2864 is consuming resources at an alarming rate. The administrator uses the command renice -n -5 -p2864, but it does not solve the issue. Which of the following commands should the administrator execute to correct the issue?

Options

Anice -n 5 -p 2864
Bnice -n -5 -p 2864
Crenice -n 10 -p 2864
Drenice -n -10 -p 2864

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(46 responses)

A
4% (2)
B
7% (3)
C
72% (33)
D
17% (8)

Explanation

A higher value of priority actually makes the process lower priority; it means the process demands fewer system resources (and therefore is a "nicer" process). A lower priority value means the process demands more resources, possibly denying those resources to processes that are "nicer". Range is - 20 to 19 -20 is highest priority 19 is lowest priority

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