Lesson 4 — KVM Deep Dive

MCQ 1: KVM VM implemented as:

Dedicated hardware Regular Linux process Isolated container Bare-metal instance

MCQ 2: KVM security uses:

Windows Defender SELinux AppArmor only Firewall rules alone

MCQ 3: Live migration means:

Move VM without interruption Transfer between cloud providers Install KVM on new host Upgrade guest OS

MCQ 4: KVM cost advantage:

Commercial license per VM Free open source; no licensing fees Requires VMware contracts Subscription pricing only

MCQ 5: KVM is part of:

Windows kernel Linux kernel Separate hypervisor OS Java runtime

T/F: KVM requires separate hypervisor OS outside Linux.

T/F: Each KVM VM is a regular Linux process.

Fill: KVM = Kernel-based Machine

Essay: KVM advantages.

KVM is a Linux kernel module turning Linux into a bare-metal hypervisor. Advantages: high performance (VM = Linux process), security (SELinux), free/open source, live migration without downtime, easy scale via libvirt/virt-manager.

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Lesson 4: KVM

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