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XK0-005 · Question #26

A junior Linux administrator is optimizing a system in which an application needs to take priority 0 when running the process. The administrator runs the ps command and receives the following…

The correct answer is A. Issue the command ronice -n 0 -p 8481. The renice command is used to modify the scheduling priority (nice value) of a running process.

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Question

A junior Linux administrator is optimizing a system in which an application needs to take priority 0 when running the process. The administrator runs the ps command and receives the following output:

Given this scenario, which of the following steps will address this issue?

Options

  • AIssue the command ronice -n 0 -p 8481
  • BIssue the command
  • CIssue the command renice -p 0 ~n 8481
  • DIssue the command renice -n 8481

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    70% (16)
  • B
    17% (4)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    9% (2)

Why each option

The `renice` command is used to modify the scheduling priority (nice value) of a running process.

AIssue the command ronice -n 0 -p 8481Correct

The `renice` command with the `-n` option sets the nice value (priority), and the `-p` option specifies the Process ID (PID). To set the priority to 0 for a process with PID 8481, the correct command is `renice -n 0 -p 8481`.

BIssue the command

This choice is empty and provides no command.

CIssue the command renice -p 0 ~n 8481

The syntax `renice -p 0 ~n 8481` is incorrect; the nice level should be specified with `-n` followed by the value, and the PID with `-p` followed by the PID.

DIssue the command renice -n 8481

The command `renice -n 8481` is syntactically incorrect as it attempts to set the nice value to 8481 (which is outside the valid range of -20 to 19) and does not specify a target PID.

Concept tested: Linux process priority management (renice)

Source: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/renice.1.html

Topics

#Process Management#Process Priority#renice command

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