350-401 Question #535: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

What is a Type 2 hypervisor?

Options

• Ainstalled as an application on an already installed operating system
• Bruns directly on a physical server and includes its own operating system
• Csupports over-allocation of physical resources
• Dalso referred to as a "bare metal hypervisor" because it sits directly on the physical server

Explanation

A Type 2 hypervisor, also known as a hosted hypervisor, is installed as a software application on top of an existing operating system.

Common mistakes.

• B. This describes a Type 1 hypervisor (bare-metal), which runs directly on the hardware without a host operating system.
• C. While hypervisors support over-allocation, this is a feature of virtualization in general, not a defining characteristic unique to Type 2 hypervisors.
• D. This describes a Type 1 hypervisor, which runs directly on the hardware and is often referred to as 'bare metal'.

Concept tested. Definition of Type 2 hypervisor

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server

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