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Which type of hypervisor runs directly on the host’s hardware without requiring an underlying operating system?
a. Type 1
b. Type 2
c. Type 3
d. Type 4
Answer: a. Type 1sanfoundry+2
Which type of hypervisor runs on top of a host operating system?
a. Type 1
b. Type 2
c. Type 0
d. Type 3
Answer: b. Type 2letsfindcourse+2
Which of the following is NOT an example of a Type 1 hypervisor?
a. VMware ESXi
b. Microsoft Hyper-V
c. Oracle VirtualBox
d. Xen
Answer: c. Oracle VirtualBoxinterviewquizz+2
What is the primary function of a hypervisor in cloud computing?
a. Manages the virtual machine and hardware interaction
b. Creates storage clusters
c. Optimizes network bandwidth
d. Enhances application security
Answer: a. Manages the virtual machine and hardware interactionplacementpreparation+1
Which of the following is an advantage of Type 1 hypervisors?
a. Simpler setup for beginners
b. Direct hardware access for better performance
c. Runs as an application inside an OS
d. Cheaper licensing options
Answer: b. Direct hardware access for better performancewayground+1
Type 2 hypervisors are ideal for which scenario?
a. Large-scale enterprise data centers
b. Cloud provider infrastructure
c. Desktop development or testing
d. Bare-metal production environments
Answer: c. Desktop development or testinginterviewquizz+1
Which hypervisor type generally offers better security and isolation?
a. Type 1
b. Type 2
c. Type 3
d. None of the above
Answer: a. Type 1sanfoundry+1
VMware Workstation is an example of which type of hypervisor?
a. Type 1
b. Type 2
c. Type 3
d. Type 0
Answer: b. Type 2wayground+1
What is another name for a Type 1 hypervisor?
a. Hosted hypervisor
b. Bare-metal hypervisor
c. Desktop hypervisor
d. Cloud hypervisor
Answer: b. Bare-metal hypervisorpractica.offlinew+2
Which company develops the Hyper-V hypervisor?
a. VMware
b. Oracle
c. Microsoft
d. Red Hat
Answer: c. Microsoftinterviewbit+1
Which of the following is a main benefit of using hypervisors in cloud environments?
a. Reduced memory usage
b. Hardware abstraction and efficient resource allocation
c. Increased network complexity
d. Software-only deployment
Answer: b. Hardware abstraction and efficient resource allocationsanfoundry+1
Which term refers to emulating all the hardware resources for guest systems?
a. Full virtualization
b. Paravirtualization
c. Partial virtualization
d. Static mapping
Answer: a. Full virtualizationsanfoundry+1
In paravirtualization, the guest OS is:
a. Unmodified and unaware of virtualization
b. Modified to interact with the hypervisor
c. Only run in hardware mode
d. Limited to one process
Answer: b. Modified to interact with the hypervisorsanfoundry+1
What is the purpose of Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM)?
a. Hardware firmware update
b. Providing system resource access to virtual machines
c. Disk partition allocation
d. Database backup
Answer: b. Providing system resource access to virtual machinesletsfindcourse+1
Which type of hypervisor is typically used in commercial cloud computing data centers?
a. Type 1
b. Type 2
c. Type 3
d. Both Type 1 and Type 2
Answer: a. Type 1letsfindcourse+2
How does a Type 2 hypervisor interact with hardware?
a. Directly
b. Through the host operating system
c. Only via BIOS
d. Using API calls only
Answer: b. Through the host operating systeminterviewquizz+2
Which hypervisor allows migration of virtual machines between physical hosts?
a. Type 2 only
b. Type 1 only
c. Both Type 1 and Type 2
d. Neither
Answer: c. Both Type 1 and Type 2sanfoundry+1
What is the main role of hypervisors in server consolidation?
a. Increasing power consumption
b. Allowing multiple VMs on one server
c. Limiting hardware usage
d. Disabling multi-tenancy
Answer: b. Allowing multiple VMs on one serverletsfindcourse+1
Which of the following is a Type 1 hypervisor?
a. VMware Workstation
b. Oracle VirtualBox
c. Xen
d. Parallels Desktop
Answer: c. Xeninterviewquizz+1
Which technology can a hypervisor use to partition hardware resources?
a. RAID arrays
b. Virtualization
c. Data deduplication
d. Distributed file systems
Answer: b. Virtualizationincludehelp+1
In a cloud environment, what does VM isolation mean?
a. No resource sharing
b. Each VM operates independently for security and stability
c. Using only different physical machines
d. Disabling network connections
Answer: b. Each VM operates independently for security and stabilityletsfindcourse+1
What is the main characteristic of a Type 1 hypervisor?
a. It requires an installed OS to function
b. It manages hardware directly
c. It is slower than Type 2
d. It runs only on desktops
Answer: b. It manages hardware directlysanfoundry+2
Which of the following best describes paravirtualization?
a. The hypervisor fully emulates all hardware devices
b. The guest OS is aware it’s virtualized and uses APIs to interact with hardware
c. Software runs as if on physical hardware only
d. Virtualization is only partial
Answer: b. The guest OS is aware it’s virtualized and uses APIs to interact with hardwarepractica.offlinew+1
Which hypervisor is often used in open-source cloud platforms?
a. VMware ESXi
b. Xen
c. Microsoft Hyper-V
d. Parallels Desktop
Answer: b. Xeninterviewquizz+1
What is a major benefit of virtual machine migration?
a. Increased memory usage
b. Improved fault tolerance and load balancing
c. Reduced hardware abstraction
d. Increased downtime
Answer: b. Improved fault tolerance and load balancingsanfoundry+1
Which architecture do most Type 2 hypervisors follow?
a. Hardware direct
b. Host-based
c. Multi-bare-metal
d. BIOS emulation
Answer: b. Host-basedwayground+2
What is used by a hypervisor to allocate memory to VMs?
a. VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor)
b. BIOS interface
c. Static mapping table
d. Host-only drivers
Answer: a. VMM (Virtual Machine Monitor)sanfoundry+1
Which of these is an example of a Type 2 hypervisor?
a. Microsoft Hyper-V
b. VMware ESXi
c. Oracle VirtualBox
d. Xen
Answer: c. Oracle VirtualBoxwayground+2
Which virtualization technique is the most independent of the underlying hardware?
a. Full virtualization
b. Paravirtualization
c. Partial virtualization
d. Application isolation
Answer: a. Full virtualizationsanfoundry+1
What is the function of hypervisor ‘Live Migration’?
a. Data encryption
b. Moving running VMs between hosts without downtime
c. Updating hypervisor firmware
d. Restarting guest OS automatically
Answer: b. Moving running VMs between hosts without downtimesanfoundry+1
Which of the following hypervisors integrates closely with Linux systems?
a. VMware ESXi
b. Oracle VirtualBox
c. Xen
d. Parallels Desktop
Answer: c. Xenincludehelp+2
Which type of VM isolation is provided by Type 1 hypervisors?
a. Hardware-level
b. API-level
c. Host OS-level
d. None
Answer: a. Hardware-levelletsfindcourse+1
Which is not a typical use case for a Type 2 hypervisor?
a. Personal computer virtualization
b. Development and testing
c. Enterprise large-scale cloud hosting
d. Education and learning
Answer: c. Enterprise large-scale cloud hostingwayground+2
What is “nested virtualization”?
a. Running a hypervisor inside a VM
b. Using only containerization
c. Dedicated server networking
d. Hardware-only support
Answer: a. Running a hypervisor inside a VMsanfoundry+1
Which of the following can result from misconfigured hypervisors?
a. VM sprawl
b. Faster performance
c. Lower security risks
d. None of the above
Answer: a. VM sprawlinterviewquizz+1
Which software component is essential for Type 2 hypervisor operation?
a. Host operating system
b. Direct hardware firmware
c. VM BIOS
d. None
Answer: a. Host operating systemwayground+2
What additional layer is present in Type 2 but not Type 1 hypervisors?
a. Hardware abstraction
b. Host operating system
c. Guest BIOS
d. Physical hardware
Answer: b. Host operating systemsanfoundry+1
What is required to deploy a Type 1 hypervisor?
a. Preinstalled guest OS
b. Direct hardware installation
c. Cloud network setup
d. VM image import
Answer: b. Direct hardware installationsanfoundry+2
Which of the following best describes hypervisor scalability?
a. Ability to host a single VM
b. Ability to host multiple VMs as resource capacity permits
c. Limited to hardware support only
d. Fixed number of VMs
Answer: b. Ability to host multiple VMs as resource capacity permitssanfoundry+1
Which term describes a hypervisor that provides resources to multiple tenants?
a. Multi-tenancy
b. Single-instance
c. Bare-metal instance
d. Dedicated server
Answer: a. Multi-tenancyinterviewquizz+1
Which task does a hypervisor NOT directly perform?
a. Managing VM memory allocation
b. EMulating guest network interfaces
c. Direct remote storage access
d. Isolating VM execution
Answer: c. Direct remote storage accessincludehelp+1
What happens when a Type 2 hypervisor’s host OS fails?
a. Only the hypervisor crashes
b. All running VMs are affected
c. VMs continue running
d. Only network traffic is lost
Answer: b. All running VMs are affectedwayground+1
The process by which a VM is cloned and moved to another host in a data center is called:
a. VM migration
b. VM partitioning
c. VM snapshot
d. VM backup
Answer: a. VM migrationsanfoundry+1
One main disadvantage of Type 1 hypervisors is:
a. Hardware compatibility dependency
b. High memory usage
c. Slow performance
d. Weak security
Answer: a. Hardware compatibility dependencysanfoundry+1
Which Type 2 hypervisor supports Mac OS as a host platform?
a. Oracle VirtualBox
b. VMware Workstation
c. Parallels Desktop
d. Microsoft Hyper-V
Answer: c. Parallels Desktopinterviewquizz+1
What is the definition of “hypervisor overhead”?
a. The extra resources used to run virtualization software
b. Guest OS update requirements
c. Unused hardware cycles
d. Disk swap file size
Answer: a. The extra resources used to run virtualization softwareletsfindcourse+1
How can hypervisors contribute to disaster recovery in the cloud?
a. By enabling fast VM restoration and migration
b. By enforcing stricter file permissions
c. By encrypting hardware-level data
d. By preventing all VM failures
Answer: a. By enabling fast VM restoration and migrationsanfoundry+1
What is “virtual switch” functionality in a hypervisor?
a. Simulating hardware CPUs
b. Providing virtual network connectivity between VMs
c. Encrypting VM RAM
d. Formatting VM disks
Answer: b. Providing virtual network connectivity between VMsinterviewquizz+1
Which feature allows a hypervisor to dynamically allocate physical resources to VMs?
a. Dynamic resource scheduling
b. Static partitioning
c. Manual provisioning
d. BIOS configuration
Answer: a. Dynamic resource schedulingsanfoundry+1
What is the ultimate goal of using a hypervisor in a cloud environment?
a. Efficient utilization of physical resources through VM management
b. To create more physical servers
c. To limit user access
d. To eliminate all network latency
Answer: a. Efficient utilization of physical resources through VM managementsanfoundry+2

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