305-300 Exam Dumps : LPIC-3: Virtualization and Containerization - Exam 305, version 3.0

The CPU architecture of a QEMU virtual machine is independent of the host system’s architecture. QEMU can emulate many CPU architectures, including x86, ARM, Alpha, and SPARC, regardless of the host system’s architecture1. This allows QEMU to run guest operating systems that are not compatible with the host system’s hardware. Therefore, option A is correct. QEMU virtual machines support multiple virtual CPUs in order to run SMP systems. QEMU uses the concept of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) to map the virtual machines to physical CPUs. Each vCPU is a thread that runs on a physical CPU core. QEMU allows the user to specify the number of vCPUs and the CPU model for each virtual machine. QEMU can run SMP systems with multiple vCPUs, as well as single-processor systems with one vCPU2. Therefore, option E is also correct. The other options are incorrect because they do not describe the CPU of a QEMU virtual machine. Option B is wrong because QEMU virtual machines can have more than one CPU with more than one core. Option C is wrong because QEMU does not require a dedicated physical CPU core for each virtual machine. QEMU can share the physical CPU cores among multiple virtual machines, depending on the load and the scheduling policy. Option D is wrong because QEMU does not use the term CPU, but vCPU, to refer to the virtual machines’ processors. References:

QEMU vs VirtualBox: What’s the difference? - LinuxConfig.org

QEMU / KVM CPU model configuration — QEMU documentation

Introduction — QEMU documentation

Qemu/KVM Virtual Machines - Proxmox Virtual Environment

 LXD supports the following network interface types for containers: macvlan, bridged, physical, sriov, and ovn1. Macvlan creates a virtual interface on the host that is connected to the same network as the parent interface2. Bridged connects the container to a network bridge that acts as a virtual switch3. Physical attaches the container to a physical network interface on the host2. Ipsec and wifi are not valid network interface types for LXD containers. References:

1: Bridge network - Canonical LXD documentation

2: How to create a network - Canonical LXD documentation

4: LXD containers and networking with static IP - Super User

 The Linux kernel module that must be loaded in order to use QEMU with hardware virtualization extensions is KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). KVM is a full virtualization solution that allows a user space program (such as QEMU) to utilize the hardware virtualization features of various processors (such as Intel VT or AMD-V). KVM consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko. KVM must be loaded into the kernel of the host system in order to use the virtualization extensions of the host system’s CPU. This enables QEMU to run multiple virtual machines with unmodified Linux or Windows images, each with private virtualized hardware. KVM is integrated with QEMU, so there is no need to load it into the kernel of each virtual machine or the first virtual machine. KVM also does not require paravirtualization, which is a technique that modifies the guest operating system to communicate directly with the hypervisor, bypassing the emulation layer. References:

Features/KVM - QEMU

Kernel-based Virtual Machine

KVM virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (2023)