Ch 22: Virtualization, Review
What is another term for a snapshot? (p. 833) *
Checkpoint
What term refers a large number of networked, virtualized servers combined with a powerful front end? (p. 848) *
Cloud computing
Which of these tools is considered a Web application? (p. 848) *
DropBox
Which VMware product is used on macOS? (p. 836) *
Fusion
What is another term for a virtual machine? (p. 831) *
Guest
What is a popular VMM in the Linux world? (p. 837) *
KVM
Which operating system, when added as a virtual machine, requires a separate, licensed copy? (p. 844) *
Microsoft Windows
What is a virtualization product that works on macOS? (p. 836) *
Parallels Desktop
Building on top of an infrastructure provided by an IaaS, a provider might add a complete deployment and management system to create this for a customer. (p. 851) *
Platform as a Service
What important benefit of virtualization provides significant cost savings in utility usage? (p. 831) *
Power savings
Apart from hardware virtualization support, the second concern is _______________. (p. 839) *
RAM
You are completing this assignment in Google Forms, which is an example of _______________. (p. 849-853) *
Software as a Service
The term virtual desktop commonly refers to the multiple desktop environments you can access in modern operating systems, such as clicking the _______________ in Windows 10 and going to a second desktop. (p. 845) *
Task View icon
What company makes ESXi? (p. 846) *
VMware
Which company was one of the earliest to make hypervisors, and arguably the one that put PC virtualization on the map? (p. 835) *
VMware
Which of these virtualization products is a commercial product (i.e. not free)? (p. 836) *
VMware Fusion
Hyper-V is a part of which distribution? (p. 833) *
Windows 10
Virtualized operating systems use the same _______________ features as real operating systems, with user names, passwords, permissions, and so on. (p. 833) *
security
Virtualization occurs when a ________________ running specialized software creates environments within unique single files that _______________ other computers. (p. 831) *
single computer; replicate
A point-in-time backup of a virtual machine is called a _______________. (p. 833) *
snapshot
A business would us a _______________ cloud if it wants flexibility and complete ownership of its data. (p. 854) *
private
You are most likely interacting with the _______________ cloud when you are using software, platforms, and infrastructure on the Internet. (p. 854) *
public
A(n) _______________ removes the need for an operating system on the VM-supporting machine. (p. 845) *
bare-metal hypervisor
VMware's ESXi is an example of a(n) _______________. (p. 846) *
bare-metal hypervisor
In an operating system, what typically handles very low-level interaction among hardware and software? (p. 834) *
supervisor
_______________ virtualization involves running a virtual machine on your local system regardless of whether the virtual machine file is stored locally or on a central server. (p. 838) *
client-side
Large groups of networked, virtualized servers providing simple interfaces to a vast array of computing resources are referred to as _______________. (p. 848) *
cloud computing
A _______________ cloud is more like a private cloud paid for and used by multiple organizations. (p. 854) *
community
Be sure to use _______________ names for virtual machines. This will spare you a lot of confusion when you have multiple VMs on a single host. (p. 842) *
descriptive
With virtualization, you can place multiple virtual servers on a single physical system, substantially reducing the use of _______________. (p. 831) *
electricity
Software or hardware that converts the commands to and from the host machine into an entirely different platform is known as a(n) ________________. (p. 837) *
emulator
Intel's VT-x and AMD's AMD-V are examples of _______________. (p. 838) *
hardware virtualization support
A physical system that runs specialized virtualization software is called a(n) ________________. (p. 831) *
host
The most popular reason for virtualization is easier system _______________. (p. 832) *
management
The number of VMs that can run simultaneously on a host is limited by the amount of system _______________. (p. 839) *
memory
Using Cloud-based features, you can easily expand the number of servers, even spread them out geographically, with just a click of the switch. This ability is called _______________. (p. 856) *
rapid elasticity
Consolidating a system's physical and time resources is known as ________________. (p. 856) *
resource pooling
Microsoft's hypervisor is known as _______________. (p. 835) *
Hyper-V
Most VMMs enable you to use either the host machine's optical drive or a(n) _______________ to install the guest operating system. (p. 844) *
ISO file
What does the abbreviation IaaS stand for? (p. 850) *
Infrastructure as a service
What is one important reason to implement virtualization? (p. 832) *
System management
_______________ makes Office applications available for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. (p. 857) *
Virtual application streaming
Which hypervisor runs in Windows, macOS, and Linux hosts? (p. 839) *
VirtualBox
What is one of the advantages of Software as a Service? (p. 853) *
You do not have to install the software.
Virtual environments are stored as _______________. (p. 831) *
a set of files
Cloud file storage services, like Dropbox and Box allow people to move to the cloud for some of their storage needs. These services include _______________ with their desktop versions, so that you can easily have the same version of every file in multiple places (desktop, laptop, online). (p. 857) *
synchronization apps
One way to consolidate hardware is to replace complex desktop PCs with simple but durable _______________, which may not need hard drives, fans, or optical drives. (p. 832) *
thin clients
A form of SaaS, _______________ is an on-demand software delivery model that allows the use of an application via the internet. (p. 857) *
virtual application streaming
Once you have installed a hypervisor of your choice on a machine, you will have a(n) _______________ that acts as the primary source to create, start, stop, save, and delete guest virtual machines. (p. 842) *
virtual machine manager (VMM)
_______________ perform chores that previously required multiple physical boxes. (p. 832) *
virtual machines