Deck 30: Virtualization

Question 1

Which of the following operating systems,when added as a virtual machine,requires a separate,licensed copy?

A) Microsoft Windows
B) Ubuntu Linux
C) FreeDOS
D) OpenBSD

Answer 1

A

Question 2

All of the following are examples of hypervisors EXCEPT:

A) ESX
B) Virtual PC
C) Hyper-V
D) Oracle VM Server

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following describes software or hardware that converts the commands to and from the host machine into an entirely different platform?

A) Hypervisor
B) Virtual machine manager
C) Supervisor
D) Emulator

Answer 3

D

Question 4

How many processors can an ESX server support?

A) 32
B) 64
C) 2
D) 1

Question 5

Which of the following creates a complete environment for a guest operating system to function as though that operating system were installed on its own computer?

A) Emulation
B) Translation
C) Virtualization
D) Polyinstantiation

Question 6

Which hypervisor product easily interfaces with large storage,such as network attached storage and storage area networks?

A) KVM
B) ESX
C) Fusion
D) Parallels

Question 7

Which virtualization product is used on Windows 7 to support Windows XP mode?

A) Hyper-V
B) Parallels
C) Fusion
D) Virtual PC

Question 8

All of the following are characteristics of VMware's ESX Server EXCEPT:

A) Support for large storage
B) Ability to move running VMs
C) Automatic fault tolerance
D) Requires Linux host OS

Question 9

What is the term for an environment created by software,with sight and sound provided by video and audio equipment,primarily used for gaming and simulation?

A) Virtual reality
B) Virtual machine
C) Hypervisor
D) Sandbox

Question 10

Which program would be commonly used to manage ESX?

A) VMware Player
B) Virtual PC
C) vSphere Client
D) KVM

Question 11

Which of the following are important reasons to implement virtualization? (Choose all that apply. )

A) Hardware increases
B) Research and testing
C) System recovery
D) System installation

Question 12

Which VMware product is used on Mac systems?

A) ESX
B) Virtual PC
C) Fusion
D) Hyper-V

Question 13

A virtual machine that is not powered on is stored as a:

A) Hard drive
B) Process in RAM
C) Set of files
D) Snapshot

Question 14

All of the following are virtual machine managers EXCEPT:

A) VMware Workstation
B) KVM
C) Microsoft Virtual PC
D) Snes9X

Question 15

Which of the following is a virtualization product that works on Mac operating systems?

A) Virtual PC
B) Parallels
C) KVM
D) Hyper-V

Question 16

An advantage of virtualization that enables a VM to be replicated is known as:

A) System restoration
B) System installation
C) System recovery
D) System duplication

Question 17

What is another term for a virtual machine?

A) Host
B) Guest
C) Emulator
D) Environment

Question 18

Which of the following is an open-source virtual machine manager developed by Red Hat?

A) Virtual PC
B) Xen
C) Virtual Box
D) KVM

Question 19

All of the following are advantages to using virtualization in research and testing environments EXCEPT:

A) Product testing
B) Security testing
C) Development testing
D) Hardware testing

Question 20

Most virtual machine managers replace the CTRL-ALT-DELETE key sequence with:

A) CTRL-ALT-INSERT
B) CTRL-ALT-ESC
C) CTRL-ALT-FN
D) ALT-F4

Question 21

A (n)__________ removes the need for an operating system on the VM-supporting machine.

Question 22

Which of the following is the first step a virtual machine takes when it is powered on?

A) POST
B) Instant-on
C) Snapshot
D) Multiboot

Question 23

Which of the following requires an underlying operating system in order to create and manage virtual machines?

A) Hypervisor
B) Virtual Switch
C) Virtual PBX
D) Virtual machine manager (VMM)

Question 24

Which of the following is the most limiting factor in a host's ability to run virtual machines?

A) Hard disk space
B) Network bandwidth
C) CPU
D) RAM

Question 25

The term "bare-metal" virtualization software refers to which of the following?

A) Hypervisors
B) VMMs
C) Virtual switches
D) Hardware consolidation

Question 26

__________ creates a complete environment for a guest operating system to function as though that operating system were installed on its own computer.

Question 27

VMware Fusion is a popular virtual machine manager for which operating system?

A) Solaris
B) Linux
C) Mac OS X
D) Windows 7

Question 28

__________ is an example of a popular open-source virtualization program.

Question 29

An example of a guest operating system that must be licensed is __________.

Question 30

Microsoft Virtual PC is a popular __________.

Question 31

Which of the following terms describe a point-in-time backup of a virtual machine?

A) Full backup
B) Differential backup
C) Snapshot
D) System state backup

Question 32

A less-popular hypervisor is:

A) ESX
B) Oracle VM Server
C) Hyper-V
D) Virtual PC

Question 33

All of the following virtualization products are free EXCEPT:

A) ESXi
B) VMware Workstation
C) Hyper-V
D) Virtual PC

Question 34

__________ is an example of virtualization software for the Mac platform.

Question 35

VMware's ESX hypervisor can support up to __________ processors.

Question 36

Which of the following advantages to virtualization provides significant cost savings in utility usage?

A) Hardware consolidation
B) Power savings
C) System recovery
D) System duplication

Question 37

A (n)__________ environment is called a virtual machine (VM).

Question 38

All of the following are characteristics of Hyper-V EXCEPT:

A) Free
B) Microsoft product
C) Requires Windows Server 2008
D) Simple to use

Question 39

Microsoft's hypervisor is known as __________.

Question 40

__________ perform chores that previously required multiple physical boxes.

Question 41

__________ enables software written for a different platform to run,but does not virtualize hardware.

Question 42

__________ enable you to make a point-in-time exact copy of the virtual machine that can be used in case of an emergency restore.

Question 43

A hypervisor allocates physical __________ to virtual machines.

Question 44

An advantage of virtualization in a testing environment is the ability to perform __________ before production.

Question 45

The most popular reason for virtualization is to keep a high __________ percentage.

Question 46

With virtualization,you can place multiple virtual servers on a single physical system,reducing __________ use.

Question 47

A VM goes through a (n)__________ process just like any computer.

Question 48

Inactive virtual machines are stored as __________.

Question 49

Most VMMs enable you to use either the host machine's optical drive or a (n)__________ to install the guest operating system.

Question 50

Both __________ and ___________ are used to create and manage virtual machines and their interactions with their host environments.

Question 51

A (n)_______________ operating system is physically installed on a machine.

Question 52

Virtualization makes it possible to increase ___________ and run a number of servers on a single machine.

Question 53

ESX Server is an example of a (n)__________.

Question 54

VMware Workstation is an example of a (n)__________.

Question 55

A (n)__________ is software or hardware that converts the commands to and from the host machine into an entirely different platform.

Question 56

Virtualization helps to __________ the number of physical machines.

Question 57

__________ is an environment primarily used for gaming and simulation.

Question 58

A normal ___________ uses programming called a supervisor.

Question 59

__________ hypervisors do not require an operating system.

Question 60

__________ enables the mass deployment of numerous servers with similar baseline operating systems.

Question 61

Describe a virtual machine manager (VMM).

Question 62

What are two important reasons to virtualize?

Question 63

How does Windows 7 implement Windows XP Mode?

Question 64

Describe the difference between emulation and virtualization.

Question 65

Discuss how virtualization enables power savings.

Question 66

Define virtualization.

Question 67

How is rebooting a concern with virtual machines?

Question 68

List four popular VMMs.

Question 69

How does a hypervisor allocate hardware?

Question 70

What is an example of Linux-based or open-source VMM?

Question 71

List five advantages of virtualization.

Question 72

Discuss how virtualization enables hardware consolidation.

Question 73

Discuss how virtualization enables system recovery.

Question 74

Discuss "virtual reality."

Question 75

Describe hypervisors.

Question 76

Discuss how virtualization enables system duplication.

Question 77

What is the difference between a host operating system and a guest operating system?

Question 78

List two popular hypervisors.

Question 79

How do virtualized operating systems handle security?

Question 80

Describe the role of a supervisor in the context of single-OS machines.