Which of the following provides the highest level of isolation from the host operating system?

The correct answer is C. Hardware-assisted virtualization. Hardware-assisted virtualization (e.g., Intel VT-x, AMD-V) uses CPU-level virtualization extensions to enforce strict separation between guest virtual machines and the host OS at the hardware layer. This creates boundaries that software alone cannot cross, providing the strongest

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AType II hypervisor
BResource pooling
CHardware-assisted virtualization
DSingle-node clustering

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Hardware-assisted virtualization (e.g., Intel VT-x, AMD-V) uses CPU-level virtualization extensions to enforce strict separation between guest virtual machines and the host OS at the hardware layer. This creates boundaries that software alone cannot cross, providing the strongest isolation. A Type II hypervisor runs on top of the host OS and shares its kernel, offering weaker isolation. Resource pooling is an allocation concept, and single-node clustering relates to availability, not isolation.

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