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12 KVM questions from the Virtualization bank, written for Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd.

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1. What is libvirt?

Junior
  1. A.paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance
  2. B.the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  3. C.the command-line client that talks to libvirt
  4. D.the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM

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2. Which term means: "the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors"?

Junior
  1. A.libvirt
  2. B.virsh
  3. C.virtio
  4. D.QEMU

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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.libvirt — the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  2. B.libvirt — paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance
  3. C.libvirt — the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM
  4. D.libvirt — the command-line client that talks to libvirt

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4. What is virsh?

Junior
  1. A.the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM
  2. B.paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance
  3. C.the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  4. D.the command-line client that talks to libvirt

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5. Which term means: "the command-line client that talks to libvirt"?

Junior
  1. A.QEMU
  2. B.virsh
  3. C.libvirt
  4. D.virtio

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6. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.virsh — the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  2. B.virsh — the command-line client that talks to libvirt
  3. C.virsh — the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM
  4. D.virsh — paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance

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7. What is virtio?

Mid
  1. A.the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  2. B.the command-line client that talks to libvirt
  3. C.the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM
  4. D.paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance

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8. Which term means: "paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance"?

Mid
  1. A.QEMU
  2. B.virsh
  3. C.libvirt
  4. D.virtio

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9. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.virtio — the command-line client that talks to libvirt
  2. B.virtio — paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance
  3. C.virtio — the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM
  4. D.virtio — the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors

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10. What is QEMU?

Junior
  1. A.the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  2. B.the command-line client that talks to libvirt
  3. C.paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance
  4. D.the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM

Answer + AI explanation with Pro

11. Which term means: "the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM"?

Junior
  1. A.virsh
  2. B.virtio
  3. C.libvirt
  4. D.QEMU

Answer + AI explanation with Pro

12. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.QEMU — the management API/daemon abstracting KVM/QEMU and other hypervisors
  2. B.QEMU — the device-emulation and machine-model layer paired with KVM
  3. C.QEMU — paravirtualized I/O drivers giving near-native VM performance
  4. D.QEMU — the command-line client that talks to libvirt

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