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Which operating system, when added as a virtual machine, requires a separate, licensed copy? Select one: a. Microsoft Windows b. Ubuntu Linux c. FreeDOS d. OpenBSD

Microsoft Windows

Which company was one of the earliest to make hypervisors, and arguably the one that put PC virtualization on the map? Select one: a. Solaris b. Microsoft c. VMware d. Amazon

VMWare

Which of these virtualization products is a commercial product (i.e., not free)? Select one: a. KVM b. VMware Fusion c. Hyper-V d. VirtualBox

VMware Fusion

Which of these virtualization products is a commercial product (i.e., not free)? Select one: a. KVM b. VMware Fusion c. Hyper-V d. VirtualBox

VMware Fusion

Hyper-V is a part of which distribution? Select one: a. macOS b. Windows 7 c. Windows 10 d. Linux

Windows 7

What is another term for a virtual machine? Select one: a. Host b. Guest c. Emulator d. Environment

guest

Intel's VT-x and AMD's AMD-V are examples of _______________. Select one: a. virtual network interfaces b. virtual memory pagers c. floating point hardware d. hardware virtualization support

hardware virtualization support

What important benefit of virtualization provides significant cost savings in utility usage? Select one: a. Hardware expansion b. Power savings c. Network security d. System security

power savings?

Which VMware product is used on macOS? Select one: a. ESX b. Virtual PC c. Fusion d. Hyper-V

Fusion

What does the abbreviation IaaS stand for? Select one: a. Infrastructure as a service b. Inspection and analysis system c. Input and actuate service d. Inspect, analyze, aggregate, select

Infrastructure as a service

What is a popular VMM in the Linux world? Select one: a. Hyper-V b. Parallels c. Fusion d. KVM

KVM

What is a virtualization product that works on macOS? Select one: a. Virtual PC b. Parallels Desktop c. KVM d. Hyper-V

Parallels Desktop

Apart from hardware virtualization support, the second concern is _______________. Select one: a. RAM b. Network bandwidth and driver c. CPU d. Hard disk space and router

RAM

What is one important reason to implement virtualization? Select one: a. Online access b. Resource duplication c. System management d. Hardware installation

System Management

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. Select one: a. Task View icon b. Device Manager c. Control Panel d. Start button

Task View Icon

What company makes ESXi? Select one: a. Microsoft b. Red Hat c. Oracle d. VMware

VMWare

What company makes ESXi? Select one: a. Microsoft b. Red Hat c. Oracle d. VMware

VMware

Which hypervisor runs in Windows, macOS, and Linux hosts? Select one: a. KVM b. Hyper-V c. VirtualBox d. VMware Fusion

VirtualBox

What is one of the advantages of Software as a Service? Select one: a. You can use it free of charge. b. You do not have to install the software. c. Your data is secure in the cloud. d. You do not need a powerful computer with a modern operating system.

You can use it free of charge

VMware's ESXi is an example of a(n) _______________. Select one: a. operating system b. virtual machine c. bare-metal hypervisor d. sandbox

bare-metal hypervisor

What term refers a large number of networked, virtualized servers combined with a powerful front end? Select one: a. Search engine b. Virtual machine c. Operating system d. Cloud computing

cloud computing

Which of these tools is considered a Web application? Select one: a. Microsoft Word b. Linux c. VirtualBox d. DropBox

dropbox?

Software or hardware that converts the commands to and from the host machine into an entirely different platform is known as a(n) ________________. Select one: a. hypervisor b. virtual machine manager c. supervisor d. emulator

emulator

A physical system that runs specialized virtualization software is called a(n) ________________. Select one: a. host b. hypervisor c. guest d. operating system

host

What is another term for a snapshot? Select one: a. Checkpoint b. Backup c. Rollback d. File

Checkpoint

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 _______________. Select one: a. virtual expansion b. rapid elasticity c. rapid expansion d. on-demand scalability

rapid elasticity

Consolidating a system's physical and time resources is known as ________________. Select one: a. machine managing b. resource pooling c. emulating d. snapshotting

resource pooling

Virtual environments are stored as _______________. Select one: a. a set of links b. processes in RAM c. a set of files d. snapshots

set of files

Virtualization occurs when a ________________ running specialized software creates environments within unique single files that _______________ other computers. Select one: a. single computer; manage b. database; manage c. single computer; replicate d. database; replicate

single computer, replicate

A point-in-time backup of a virtual machine is called a _______________. Select one: a. full backup b. differential backup c. snapshot d. system status

snapshot

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). Select one: a. hypervisors b. on-demand apps c. synchronization apps d. resource pooling

synchronization apps

_______________ makes Office applications available for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. Select one: a. IaaS b. Metered service c. Measured service d. Virtual application streaming

virtual application streaming