Which of the following is a recognized security risk specific to hypervisors?

Hypervisor compromise leading to control of all hosted VMs

Increased power consumption of physical hosts

Guest operating system license violations

Inability to migrate VMs between hosts

A hypervisor has a known vulnerability that allows a guest VM to read host memory. A patch is not yet available. Which immediate mitigation is most effective?

Disable VM memory overcommitment and enable strict memory isolation

Move all VMs to a different host without patching

Enable VM snapshots for all guests

Increase the number of vCPUs per VM

A security analyst is investigating a potential hypervisor attack. Which finding would most strongly indicate a hypervisor-level compromise?

Multiple failed logins to a VM's console

A new process running on the host that is not part of the hypervisor's normal operations

High network traffic from a single VM

A company uses network virtualization to create isolated tenant networks on shared infrastructure. Which security benefit does this provide?

Guarantees protection against all hypervisor attacks

Removes the need for firewall rules

Eliminates the need for encryption

Prevents tenants from accessing each other's networks

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Virtualization Concepts and Security Considerations NDE Practice Questions (Page 3)

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11foundation · easy
An organization wants to deliver a consistent, centrally managed desktop environment to employees while allowing them to access it from various devices. Which type of virtualization best fits this requirement?
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12foundation · easy
Which of the following is a recognized security risk specific to hypervisors?
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13expert · hard
A hypervisor has a known vulnerability that allows a guest VM to read host memory. A patch is not yet available. Which immediate mitigation is most effective?
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14expert · hard
A security analyst is investigating a potential hypervisor attack. Which finding would most strongly indicate a hypervisor-level compromise?
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15application · medium
A company uses network virtualization to create isolated tenant networks on shared infrastructure. Which security benefit does this provide?
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