Bare-metal hypervisors are commonly referred to as which type?

• A. Type 1 Hypervisors
• B. Type 2 Hypervisors
• C. Hosted Hypervisors
• D. Virtual Hypervisors

Answer: (A)

Bare-metal hypervisors are installed directly on the physical hardware, with no underlying host operating system. This direct-to-hardware placement is what defines the Type 1 category. Because they run right on the hardware, they can manage resources and guest virtual machines with minimal overhead and take full advantage of hardware virtualization features in the CPU, giving better performance and stronger isolation.

The other terms describe different setups: a hypervisor that runs on top of a host OS is Type 2 (hosted). Hosted hypervisor is another way some refer to that same concept. “Virtual hypervisor” isn’t the standard classification. So the correct type for bare-metal deployment is Type 1 Hypervisors.