📝 The virtual machine life cycle

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-27

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Q1. What does the abbreviation VCPU stand for in virtualization?

🔹 A. Virtual Central Processing Unit

🔹 B. Virtual CPU

🔹 C. Virtual Core Processing Unit

🔹 D. Virtualized Control Processing Unit

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. A guest operating system tries to execute a privileged instruction while running under a trap‑and‑emulate VMM. What should the VMM do?

🔹 A. Emulate the instruction and resume the guest

🔹 B. Shut down the guest immediately

🔹 C. Ignore the instruction and let the CPU fault

🔹 D. Switch to hypervisor mode and reboot the host

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. A VMM must schedule three guests, each with its own VCPU state. Which action is required when switching from Guest A to Guest B?

🔹 A. Save only the program counter of Guest A

🔹 B. Save registers and memory state of Guest A

🔹 C. No state saving is needed because the VMM handles it automatically

🔹 D. Save only the instruction pointer of Guest A

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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