XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
A process is consuming excessive CPU and needs to be stopped immediately. The process ID is 4582. Which command should be used?
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kill -9 4582
kill -9 sends SIGKILL, which forcefully terminates the process immediately.
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kill -9 4582
Why this is correct
SIGKILL (9) immediately terminates the process.
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kill -1 4582
Why it's wrong here
SIGHUP (1) reloads configuration, does not stop.
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kill -STOP 4582
Why it's wrong here
SIGSTOP pauses the process, does not terminate.
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kill -15 4582
Why it's wrong here
SIGTERM (15) requests graceful termination, not immediate.
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