Multiple choice technology operating systems

If kill command does not allow killing of a process then we could use kill -9 to forcefully kill the process by mentioning the PID

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The statement describes the correct behavior of kill commands. The standard kill sends SIGTERM (15), which processes can catch and ignore. Kill -9 sends SIGKILL (9), which cannot be caught or blocked by the process, forcing immediate termination. This is the standard escalation path for unresponsive processes.

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