An administrator wants to use standard images for virtual machine deployment. What are two
benefits that can be achieved by creating these images as templates (Choose Two)?

A.
permissions can be used to determine which users can convert templates to VMs

B.
less disk space used for base images

C.
cloning requires the source virtual machine to be powered down

D.
templates deploy faster than cloning

Explanation:
Overview of VirtualCenter 2 Templates
Templates have been redesigned to fit into the new VMware Infrastructure inventory
model and have been updated to address the need to keep virtual machines updated with
the most recent operating systems and application patches. Instead of saving virtual
machine templates in a completely separate inventory, VirtualCenter 2 stores templates
into the main inventory with other virtual machines. However, templates are identified by
a different icon and by the ability to prevent them from powering on. As such, templates
can now be:
inventory views.
receive updates and templates that cannot powered on, but can be used as the source
images from which to deploy new virtual machines.
machine conversions or stored in sparse (non-runnable) virtual disk format to conserve
storage space.