Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) — Question 295
As part of the architecture of virtualized environments, in a bare metal or native virtualization the hypervisor runs without:
Answer options
- A. any applications on the guest operating system.
- B. a guest operating system.
- C. any applications on the host operating system.
- D. a host operating system.
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is D because a bare metal hypervisor is installed directly on the hardware and doesn't require a host operating system to function. Options A and C are incorrect because they refer to the guest and host operating systems, which are not relevant to the operation of a bare metal hypervisor. Option B is also incorrect as it implies the absence of a guest OS, which is not the focus of this question.