Purposes of VMs

Question 1

Hypervisor

Answer 1

Manages the distribution of the physical resources of a server to the virtual machines

Question 2

Containerization

Answer 2

Each container relies on a common host OS as the base for each container

Question 3

Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Answer 3

Allows for the full integration of the storage, network, and servers without hardware changes

Question 4

Application VIrtualization

Answer 4

Encapsulates computer programs from the underlying OS on which they are executed

Question 5

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Answer 5

Hosts desktop OSs within a virtualized environment hosted by a centralized server or server farm

Question 6

Sandbox

Answer 6

An isolated environment for analyzing pieces of malware

Question 7

Cross-Platform Virtualization

Answer 7

Allows for the testing and running of software applications for different operating systems

Question 8

Emulation

Answer 8

System imitation

Question 9

Virtualization

Answer 9

New “physical” machine