With respect to hypervisors, following statements are given below: (P) Runs on…

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With respect to hypervisors, following statements are given below:

(P) Runs on host machine physical hardware

(Q) Hosted hypervisor

(R) Runs on the operating system of physical host machine

(S) Bare metal hypervisor

Which of the following is correct match?

  1. A.

    )Type-1 Hypervisor : (P) and (Q), Type-2 Hypervisor : (R) and (S)

  2. B.

    Type-1 Hypervisor : (P) and (S), Type-2 Hypervisor : (Q) and (R)

  3. C.

    Type-1 Hypervisor : (R) and (S), Type-2 Hypervisor : (P) and (Q)

  4. D.

    Type-1 Hypervisor : (R) and (Q), Type-2 Hypervisor : (P) and (S)

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Correct answer: B

Hypervisors are classified into two types. Type-1 (Bare metal) runs directly on physical hardware, matching statements P and S. Type-2 (Hosted) runs on the host operating system, matching statements Q and R.

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