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Objective 1.4

XK0-005

Given a scenario, configure and use the appropriate processes and services.

Objective 1.4 sits in System Management, which carries 32% of the Linux+ exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the CompTIA page it rests on.

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1-4System Management

A process may respond to a delivered signal in exactly three ways. Which set is it?

Take the default, ignore it, or catch itCorrect · your answerCorrect. Default, ignore, or catch.
Queue it, forward it, or return it to senderSignals are not forwarded or returned by a disposition.
Log it, mask it, or escalate it to the kernelMasking delays delivery; it is not one of the three dispositions.
Suspend, resume, or restart the process itselfSuspend and resume are default actions of specific signals, not the disposition set.

Correct.

Checked against man7.org, August 2026

Concept

Signal disposition is per signal and per process: the process either takes what the kernel does by default, opts out, or supplies its own function.

Why A

On delivery a process performs the default action, ignores the signal, or catches it with a programmer-defined handler that runs when the signal arrives.

Source

…perform the default action; ignore the signal; or catch the signal with a signal handler, a programmer-defined function that is automatically invoked…

signal(7), signal handling overview, checked August 2026
#signals#processes

Now you: objective 1.4 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

1-4System Management

In the standard signal table, what does a default action listed as Core mean?

Sample question 2 of 3

1-4System Management

A long-running job dies whenever the technician closes the terminal it was started from. Which signal is ending it?

Sample question 3 of 3

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A parent process takes no special action when its children exit, yet it is never terminated by the notification. Why?

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