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Introduction to UNIX
Kate Wrightson
Joe Merlino

Jobs and Processes

Multiple Choice

Click on the correct response for each question below.



1

To start a process in the background, enter the command with this character at the end.
A)$
B)#
C)&
D)%
2

Every process running on the system has a
A)Permissions
B)Process ID
C)Both A and B
D)Background job
3

Which of the following is not a job status?
A)Idling
B)Running
C)Stopped
D)Done
4

Which of the following commands are useful to job and process management?
A)Jobs
B)Ps
C)Top
D)All of the above
5

The "nice" command is used to
A)Communicate with other users
B)Improve relationships
C)Change Priority levels of running processes
D)Create processes
6

Processes with a nice level of -20
A)are least nice
B)are very nice
C)are kind of nice
D)are the nicest
7

The "renice" command needs these arguments.
A)Nice level and process id
B)Program name and nice level
C)Job number and process id
D)Job number and nice level
8

The method used by Unix to do multitasking is called
A)task switching
B)time switching
C)time slicing
D)processor sharing
9

The "ps" command gives you a
A)Static view of running processes
B)Dynamic view of running processes
C)Has nothing to do with processes
D)Method of moving processes to the background
10

By default, "ps" will list
A)All processes running in your account
B)Only processes running in that terminal
C)All processes for all users
D)Processes for other users only




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