Drag and drop each hypervisor type on the left to its matching characteristic on the right.
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Runs directly on physical hardware without a host OS
Runs on top of an existing operating system
Example of a Type 1 hypervisor
Example of a Type 2 hypervisor
Type 1 hypervisor (Linux kernel-based)
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Type 1: Runs directly on physical hardware without a host OS
Type 1 hypervisors run directly on hardware (bare-metal), while Type 2 run on a host OS.
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