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220-1201 · Question #421

An administrator selects a new platform that provides the following benefits: - Shares a host OS - Shares kernel resources - Rapid start and deployment - Limited isolation Which of the following…

The correct answer is B. Containers. The virtualization platform described matches the characteristics of containers. Containers are lightweight virtualization solutions that share the host operating system and kernel, rather than running separate guest operating systems. This design allows containers to start…

Submitted by layla.eg· Mar 30, 2026

Question

An administrator selects a new platform that provides the following benefits:

  • Shares a host OS
  • Shares kernel resources
  • Rapid start and deployment
  • Limited isolation

Which of the following virtualization options did the administrator select?

Options

  • AType 1 hypervisor
  • BContainers
  • CVirtual desktop
  • DVirtual machine

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • B
    89% (24)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)

Explanation

The virtualization platform described matches the characteristics of containers. Containers are lightweight virtualization solutions that share the host operating system and kernel, rather than running separate guest operating systems. This design allows containers to start almost instantly and be deployed rapidly, making them highly efficient and scalable. Because containers share kernel resources, they use significantly fewer system resources compared to traditional virtual machines. However, this also results in limited isolation, since applications are not fully separated at the OS level. This tradeoff is a defining characteristic of container-based virtualization.

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#Containerization#Virtualization types#Container characteristics

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