352-001 · Question #411
Which two platforms provide hypervisor virtualization? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is C. KVM E. Xen. KVM and Xen are both hypervisor virtualization platforms; the other options are container runtimes, cloud orchestration tools, or deployment utilities.
Question
Which two platforms provide hypervisor virtualization? (Choose two.)
Options
- ADevStack
- BDocker
- CKVM
- DOpenStack
- EXen
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A2% (1)
- C93% (43)
- D4% (2)
Why each option
KVM and Xen are both hypervisor virtualization platforms; the other options are container runtimes, cloud orchestration tools, or deployment utilities.
DevStack is a scripted deployment tool for setting up OpenStack in development environments, not a hypervisor.
Docker uses OS-level containerization via namespaces and cgroups rather than hypervisor virtualization; containers share the host OS kernel instead of virtualizing hardware.
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Type-1 hypervisor integrated into the Linux kernel that provides full hardware virtualization, allowing multiple guest VMs to run on physical hardware via extensions like Intel VT-x or AMD-V.
OpenStack is a cloud infrastructure management and orchestration platform that relies on underlying hypervisors like KVM or Xen but is not itself a hypervisor.
Xen is an open-source Type-1 bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on hardware and supports both paravirtualization and full hardware virtualization, making it a true hypervisor platform used in production cloud environments such as AWS.
Concept tested: Hypervisor virtualization platform identification
Source: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
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