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What happens to all children when a parent process is killed?
What happens to all children when a parent process is killed?
- They are unaffected
- They die too (correct)
- They detach from the parent
- They become zombies
What does it mean when a child process becomes a zombie process?
What does it mean when a child process becomes a zombie process?
- The child process has terminated but the parent has not been informed yet (correct)
- The parent process dies as well
- The child process has detached from the parent
- The child process is still running normally
How are all Unix user-processes related in terms of hierarchy?
How are all Unix user-processes related in terms of hierarchy?
- They have separate parents
- They are not related in any hierarchy
- They are grandchildren of the initial process init
- They are all children of the initial process init (correct)
What is the main issue caused by persistent zombie processes?
What is the main issue caused by persistent zombie processes?
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Can a zombie process be killed by external intervention?
Can a zombie process be killed by external intervention?
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What can cause persistent zombie processes according to the text?
What can cause persistent zombie processes according to the text?
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