Practice Performance Monitoring Tools - 28.6 | 28. JVM Internals and Performance Tuning | Advanced Programming
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Performance Monitoring Tools

28.6 - Performance Monitoring Tools

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the -Xmx option stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about how much memory you want to allocate to your program.

Question 2 Easy

Which tool is used for graphical monitoring of Java applications?

💡 Hint: Consider the tools that provide a user interface.

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Question 1

What does the -Xms flag do?

Sets maximum heap size
Sets initial heap size
Enables garbage collector

💡 Hint: Think about how the JVM starts up.

Question 2

True or False: jvisualvm is a command-line tool.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the nature of user interface tools versus command-line tools.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Your Java application has frequent pauses due to garbage collection. Describe how you would use JVM options and diagnostic tools to identify and solve this issue.

💡 Hint: Think about both memory allocation and the analysis of performance metrics.

Challenge 2 Hard

You need to profile a high-performance application. Explain a step-by-step approach using Java tools to gather performance data.

💡 Hint: Consider both the setup phase and the analysis stage.

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