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305-300 Full Virtualization Practice Question

What is the purpose of the virtio-balloon driver in a guest?

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

To enable memory ballooning

The balloon driver allows the host to communicate with the guest for memory reclaiming.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • To speed up network transfers

    Why it's wrong here

    virtio-net handles networking.

  • To provide disk caching

    Why it's wrong here

    virtio-blk handles disk caching.

  • To enable memory ballooning

    Why this is correct

    It facilitates host-guest memory management.

  • To enable 3D graphics

    Why it's wrong here

    virtio-gpu handles graphics.

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