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Cloud & Virtualization Practice Questions

Updated for CCNA v2.0

Hypervisors, containers, virtual switches, and the IaaS/PaaS/SaaS service models.

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What distinguishes a type 1 hypervisor from a type 2 hypervisor?

A type 1 hypervisor runs directly on the physical hardware, while a type 2 runs as an application on top of a host operating system

A type 1 (bare-metal) hypervisor runs directly on the host hardware, while a type 2 hypervisor runs above a host operating system. Performance and deployment suitability depend on the implementation and workload, not the type label alone.

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  1. A company wants to deploy applications without managing the underlying operating system, patching, or runtime. Which cloud service model fits?

    • IaaS
    • PaaS
    • SaaS
    • On-premises colocation

  2. How do containers differ fundamentally from virtual machines?

    • Containers each run a full guest operating system, making them heavier than VMs
    • Containers share the host operating system kernel and package only the application and its dependencies
    • Containers can only run on bare metal, never inside a VM
    • Containers provide stronger hardware-level isolation than VMs

  3. Which cloud deployment model describes an organization running sensitive workloads in its own data centre while bursting less sensitive workloads to a public provider?

    • Public cloud
    • Private cloud
    • Hybrid cloud
    • Community cloud

  4. What is the role of a virtual switch (vSwitch) on a virtualized server?

    • It replaces the physical top-of-rack switch entirely
    • It provides Layer 2 connectivity between virtual machines on the same host and out to the physical NICs
    • It routes between VLANs at Layer 3 for the whole data centre
    • It encrypts all traffic leaving the hypervisor

  5. Which characteristic of cloud computing describes the ability to automatically add capacity during a traffic spike and release it afterward?

    • Measured service
    • Rapid elasticity
    • Resource pooling
    • Broad network access

  6. In an IaaS deployment, who is responsible for patching the guest operating system on a virtual machine?

    • The cloud provider, as part of the infrastructure service
    • The customer, because IaaS delivers only the infrastructure layer
    • Neither party, IaaS virtual machines do not require patching
    • It is always split evenly under the shared responsibility model