Which of the following commands should the administrator execute to correct the issue?

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?
A . nice -n 5 -p 2864
B. nice -n -5 -p 2864
C. renice -n 10 -p 2864
D. renice -n -10 -p 2864

View Answer

Answer: D

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".