XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
An administrator wants to monitor real-time system resource usage to identify performance bottlenecks. Which two commands are suitable? (Choose two.)
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top
top and htop provide real-time process and resource monitoring.
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top
Why this is correct
top shows real-time processes and resource usage.
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vmstat
Why it's wrong here
vmstat reports virtual memory statistics, not real-time process monitoring.
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iostat
Why it's wrong here
iostat reports CPU and I/O statistics, but not real-time continuous by default.
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htop
Why this is correct
htop is an interactive process viewer similar to top.
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sar
Why it's wrong here
sar collects and reports system activity, but not real-time interactive.
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