Quiz on Virtualization Concepts

Virtualization is the process of creating:

• A physical server

• A virtual version of something

• A database schema

• A software license

Which component makes virtualization possible by sitting between hardware and VMs?

• Compiler

• Hypervisor

• Container

• Emulator

Which of the following is not a benefit of virtualization in cloud computing?

• Scalability

• Resource Pooling

• Isolation

• Increased hardware cost

Which cloud model is enabled by virtualization?

• SaaS

• IaaS

• PaaS

• FaaS

The ability of virtualization to let VMs run independently so one crash doesn't affect others is called:

• Portability

• Isolation

• Encapsulation

• Flexibility

Which characteristic of virtualization allows a VM to be copied or backed up as a single file package?

• Encapsulation

• Resource Pooling

• Scalability

• Security

Which of the following hypervisors is not commonly used?

• VMware

• Hyper-V

• Xen

• Hadoop

Virtualization supports cloud cost efficiency because:

• It reduces software licensing

• Customers only pay for what they use

• It eliminates hardware completely

• It provides free services

Virtualization is the process of creating a (a)   version of something instead of using the physical one directly.

A (a)   sits between hardware and virtual machines to enable virtualization.