CCSP Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security Practice Question
Which hypervisor type is most commonly deployed in production cloud data centers to host multiple tenant virtual machines?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Type 1 bare-metal hypervisor like VMware ESXi
Type 1 (bare-metal) hypervisors run directly on hardware and are used in cloud environments for better performance and isolation.
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Type 1 bare-metal hypervisor like VMware ESXi
Why this is correct
Type 1 hypervisors are industry standard for cloud infrastructure.
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Container runtime like Docker
Why it's wrong here
Docker is not a hypervisor; it runs containers on a shared OS kernel.
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Para-virtualization interface
Why it's wrong here
Para-virtualization is a technique, not a hypervisor type.
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Type 2 hosted hypervisor like VirtualBox
Why it's wrong here
Type 2 hypervisors run on an OS and are not typical for production cloud use.
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