Virtualization & CloudQuestion 59 of 100
What software layer creates and manages virtual machines on a host?
a.Device driver
b.Firmware
c.Hypervisor
d.Bootloader
Explanation
A hypervisor abstracts physical hardware and allocates it to virtual machines. Firmware, drivers, and bootloaders serve other low-level roles and do not manage VMs.
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