Virtualization software transforms the hardware resources of a physical computer to create a fully functional virtual computer that can run its own operating systems and applications. In addition to…

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Options

• AHard disk and USB devices
• BHard disk and network devices
• CVirtual hard disk and network devices
• DNetwork devices and secondary storage devices

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  93% (27)
• C
  3% (1)

Explanation

Virtualization software requires access to the hard disk to store the virtual machine's OS, applications, and data (typically as a virtual hard disk file sitting on the physical drive), and to network devices so the VM can send and receive traffic, just like a physical machine. Option A is wrong because USB devices are peripheral/optional hardware-not a core resource virtualization platforms abstract by default. Option C is tempting but wrong because a "virtual hard disk" is a software construct created from the physical hard disk, not a hardware resource itself; the question asks about physical hardware. Option D is wrong because "secondary storage devices" is an overly broad category (it includes USB drives, optical drives, etc.) and lacks the precision of "hard disk," which is the specific resource being virtualized.

Memory tip: Think of what any functional computer needs beyond CPU and RAM-a place to store things (hard disk) and a way to talk to the network. Virtualization software virtualizes exactly those same essentials.

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