Practice JVM Options for GC Tuning - 9.9.2 | 9. Memory Management and Garbage Collection | Advance Programming In Java
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does the JVM option -verbose:gc do?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what you want to monitor in your application.

Question 2

Easy

What is the purpose of the -Xms option?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens to heap memory at the start of your Java application.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does -Xms specify?

  • Maximum heap size
  • Initial heap size
  • Garbage collector type

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the starting point of heap memory.

Question 2

True or False: -XX:+PrintGCDetails provides performance details of the application.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on what the logs contain.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Imagine you are tuning a Java application running out of memory errors. How would you approach setting the heap sizes and garbage collector?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the application's memory needs and the GC collector's performance.

Question 2

You notice frequent GC logs indicate long pause times. What steps can you take to minimize these pauses?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Look for how memory is being reclaimed and at what cost.

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