VIRTUALIZATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A more modern name for a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is a _________________. - Answer- hypervisor Companies use virtualization to do all of the following except: - Answer- Reduce the amount of applications in corporate datacenters T/F Only limited application types can be run in a virtual machine. More complex systems like databases and email services cannot be virtualized. - Answer- False What two information technology trends helped drive the need for virtualization? - Answer- The explosive growth of Microsoft Windows on servers in corporate datacenters. The constantly increasing capabilities of corporate servers due to Moore's Law. A Terabyte is equivalent to ___________ Gigabytes. - Answer- 1024 T/F Moore's Law states that processing power triples every eighteen months. - Answer- False Moore's Law says that processing power roughly doubles every 18 months T/F Today, companies are deploying more virtual machines than physical servers. - Answer- True T/F Moore's Law defines the three properties that a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) must possess to be considered efficient. - Answer- False Moore's Law says that processing power roughly doubles every 18 months According to Popek and Goldberg, a VMM needs to exhibit three properties in order to be considered an efficeint VMM Fidelity Isolation or Safety Performance Virtualization was developed and used on computers during which decade? - Answer- 1960's _______________ is when companies use virtualization to deploy all new applications as virtual machines. - Answer- Containment