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Module 1: Introduction to Operating Systems

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What is the motive of using a Virtual Machine for an operating system?

(i) Increase CPU throughput
(ii) Run multiple operating systems on the same hardware
(iii) Create databases
(iv) Allow multiple threads to execute concurrently within a process

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Answer: (ii) Run multiple operating systems on the same hardware

VM provides virtualization via hypervisor (Type1 bare-metal or Type2 hosted), allowing isolation, consolidation, testing and safe execution of multiple OS instances on one physical host. Not primarily for CPU throughput or databases.

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