You are a VMware consultant and a client has asked what a virtual machine is. How should you
answer?

A.
A virtual machine is a virtual device that is vendor specific and only runs on hardware from that
vendor.

B.
A virtual machine is a set of programming APIs that rely on vendor-specific hardware.

C.
A virtual machine is a defined subset of physical hardware that is statically assigned to a VM.

D.
A virtual machine is a software implementation of physical hardware that responds exactly like
a physical desktop.

Explanation: