Exam XK0-005 Topic 2 Question 142 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's XK0-005 exam
Question #: 142
Topic #: 2
A systems administrator has been unable to terminate a process. Which of the following should the administrator use to forcibly stop the process?

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The administrator should use the command kill -TERM to forcibly stop the process. The kill command is a tool for sending signals to processes on Linux systems. Signals are messages that inform the processes about certain events and actions. The processes can react to the signals by performing predefined or user-defined actions, such as terminating, suspending, resuming, or ignoring. The - TERM option specifies the signal name or number that the kill command should send. The TERM signal, which stands for terminate, is the default signal that the kill command sends if no option is specified. The TERM signal requests the process to terminate gracefully, by closing any open files, releasing any resources, and performing any cleanup tasks. However, if the process does not respond to the TERM signal, the kill command can send a stronger signal, such as the KILL signal, which forces the process to terminate immediately, without any cleanup.
The administrator should use the command kill -TERM to forcibly stop the process.

by totoro86 at Jun 16, 2025, 02:50 AM

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totoro86
2025-06-16 02:50:08
kill -9 will forcibly stop a running process.
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