Which of the following is an example of a Type 1 hypervisor?

• A. Microsoft Hyper-V
• B. VMware Workstation
• C. Oracle VirtualBox
• D. QEMU

Answer: (A)

Bare-metal virtualization is when the hypervisor runs directly on the hardware, forming the virtualization layer before any general-purpose operating system. Microsoft Hyper-V fits this model: it can be installed as a server role and boots on the machine to manage virtual machines directly, without relying on a separate host OS running above it. The other options are designed to run inside an existing operating system, which makes them Type 2 hypervisors. VMware Workstation and Oracle VirtualBox operate as applications within a host OS, offering virtualization services on top of that OS. QEMU is also commonly used as a user-space program on a host OS, though it can play different roles in other setups, but in typical desktop usage it’s Type 2. So Hyper-V is the example of a Type 1 hypervisor.