FC0-U71 Infrastructure Practice Question
An IT technician is configuring a new server and needs to allocate virtual resources to a VM. Which THREE of the following are virtual resources that can be allocated to a VM? (Choose THREE.)
⚠ Common exam trap
FC0-U71 often tests whether candidates can distinguish virtual resources (vCPU, vRAM, virtual storage) from physical hardware that may be passed through (USB ports, GPUs) — the word 'physical' in an option is the giveaway that it's not a virtual resource.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Virtual storage
Virtual storage (B) is a virtual resource because a hypervisor presents VMs with virtual disks (VMDK, VHDX, or qcow2 files) backed by datastores rather than direct physical disk access. vCPU (D) is correct because the hypervisor schedules virtual processors onto physical CPU cores, letting each VM receive one or more vCPUs independent of the underlying socket/core count. vRAM (E) is correct because memory is overcommitted and presented to the guest as virtual RAM backed by host physical memory, swap, or ballooning. Physical USB ports (A) and a physical GPU (C) are hardware devices that must be passed through or mapped to a VM, so they are not virtual resources allocated by the hypervisor in the same sense.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Physical USB ports
Why it's wrong here
Physical USB ports are hardware passed through to a guest, not a virtual resource abstracted by the hypervisor; virtual resources are constructs such as vCPU, virtual RAM, virtual disk and virtual NIC. It is tempting because USB passthrough is configured per VM, but it maps real hardware rather than allocating a virtualised equivalent.
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Virtual storage
Why this is correct
Virtual storage presents abstracted disk capacity to the guest, decoupled from the physical datastore beneath it. The hypervisor carves this from local RAID, SAN or NAS and attaches it as a virtual disk, satisfying the stem's requirement to allocate virtual resources to a VM.
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Physical GPU
Why it's wrong here
A physical GPU is real hardware assigned via passthrough or partitioning, not a virtual resource the hypervisor abstracts and allocates; virtual resources include vCPU, virtual RAM, virtual disk and virtual NIC. It is tempting because GPUs are commonly attached to VMs, yet the device itself remains physical rather than virtualised.
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vCPU
Why this is correct
A vCPU is a virtualised processor core scheduled by the hypervisor onto physical cores, letting the guest execute instructions without owning hardware directly. It is an allocatable virtual resource, matching the stem's requirement to assign virtual resources to a VM.
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vRAM
Why this is correct
vRAM is guest memory abstracted by the hypervisor and backed by physical RAM through overcommitment and paging. It is provisioned per VM, so it qualifies as an allocatable virtual resource under the scenario's requirement to assign virtual resources.
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Variation 1. A company wants to run a Linux virtual machine on a Windows host without dual-booting. Which type of software is needed to create and manage the virtual machine?
hard- A.A compiler
- B.A device driver
- C.An emulator
- ✓ D.A hypervisor
Why D: A hypervisor is the software layer that creates, runs, and manages virtual machines by abstracting CPU, memory, storage, and network resources from the physical host. Running a Linux VM on a Windows host without dual-booting is the textbook use case for a hypervisor such as VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, or Hyper-V. This directly matches the requirement.
Variation 2. A user needs to run a Windows application on a Mac. Which approach uses a hypervisor to create a separate environment?
medium- ✓ A.Virtual machine
- B.Boot Camp
- C.Driver update
- D.Compatibility mode
Why A: A virtual machine uses a hypervisor (Type 1 or Type 2) to create a separate, isolated environment that emulates hardware, allowing a Windows guest OS to run on a Mac host. This is the only option that explicitly involves a hypervisor, as stated in the question. Boot Camp, by contrast, is a dual-boot solution that does not use a hypervisor.
Variation 3. A company is deploying a virtualization server to run multiple application servers. Which THREE resources are typically allocated to a virtual machine?
hard- A.vGPU
- ✓ B.vStorage
- ✓ C.vCPU
- ✓ D.vRAM
- E.vNIC
Why B: vCPU (C) is correct because a hypervisor presents virtual processors to each VM, and the administrator assigns a specific number of virtual CPUs (sockets/cores) drawn from the host's physical CPU resources. vRAM (D) is correct because each VM is configured with a fixed amount of virtual memory that the hypervisor backs with physical RAM (and possibly overcommit or swap files). vStorage (B) is correct because a VM is given virtual disks (VMDK/VHDX/qcow2) that map to datastore or storage-array capacity, which is the standard way storage is allocated per VM. vGPU (A) is not a typical allocation for ordinary application servers, since GPU passthrough or virtual GPU is only assigned for graphics/compute workloads. vNIC (E) is a virtual network adapter that connects a VM to a virtual switch, but it is a connectivity device rather than a compute, memory, or storage resource allocated in the same sense as vCPU, vRAM, and vStorage.
Variation 4. A technician is setting up a virtual machine on a laptop running Windows 10. The technician installs VirtualBox and creates a Linux VM. Which type of hypervisor is VirtualBox?
medium- A.Bare-metal hypervisor
- ✓ B.Type 2 hypervisor
- C.Type 1 hypervisor
- D.Container
Why B: VirtualBox is a Type 2 hypervisor because it installs as an application on top of an existing host operating system (Windows 10) and relies on that OS for hardware access and scheduling. It does not run directly on the bare metal like ESXi or Hyper-V. This host-dependent architecture is the defining characteristic of Type 2 (hosted) hypervisors.
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Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official CompTIA exam blueprint
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