Virtualization

question 64

Multiple Choice

Virtualization:

• A)allows one operating system to manage several physical machines.
• B)has enabled microprocessor manufacturers to reduce the size of transistors to the width of an atom.
• C)can boost server utilization rates to 70% or higher.
• D)allows smartphones to run full-fledged operating systems.

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Definitions:

Resistant Populations

Groups of organisms that have developed the ability to withstand environmental pressures, such as chemicals or diseases, that would normally be harmful.

Directional Selection

A type of natural selection in which one extreme phenotype is favored over other phenotypes, causing the allele frequency to shift over time in the direction of that phenotype.

Selection Differential

A measure of the difference between the mean phenotype of the selected parents and the mean phenotype of the general population.

Narrow Sense Heritability

A measure of how much of the variance in a trait among individuals in a population is due to additive genetic factors.