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ACSP: Apple Certified Support Professional Os X Support

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Five types of accounts in 10.6






2. What is a Kerberos Ticket and KDC?

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3. What client-sharing services can Mac OS X provide?






4. What are they advantages of code-signing?






5. Why is time machine bad at backing up large databases?






6. What interfaces and protocols are supported by default in in Mac OS X?






7. Min hardware requirements for 10.6






8. How are items inside the Finder's Network folder populated?






9. What password issues may arise related to the SMB service?

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10. What is protected memory? What is 64 bit memory addressing?






11. Advantages/disadvantages of single/multiple partition drives in OS X

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12. Account attributes






13. What 3 types of resource contention issues can occur when fast user switching is enabled?






14. What 4 methods can be used to eject a volume from the finder?






15. How can you identify the MAC Addresses for all of the Mac's network interfaces?






16. Three minium requirements for creating a command line script






17. What role does loginwindow serve in system start-up?






18. How can you identify which apps are installed on a Mac?






19. How does Mac OS X's built-in firewall work? What advanced firewall settings are available?






20. 6 Reasons to use the CLI






21. How is the DOmain Name Service used to facilitate network naming?






22. What happens during user log-out?

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23. What are four advantages of using network directory services to store account information?






24. What do the terms interface - protocol - and service mean in relation to computer networks?






25. What process or processes are responsible for dashboard widgets?






26. What are some known issues that arise when connecting to network file services?






27. What role does system launchd play in the system start-up?






28. What five network file services can you connect to from the Finder's Connect To Server dialog?






29. What are the primary system initialization stages and user environment stages in Mac OS X and what order do they start?






30. How does the Finder's secure empty trash work?






31. What two dynamic network service discovery protocols are supported by Mac OS X?






32. What are seven common types of resources Mac OS X can access from a directory service?






33. Four prep steps before installing






34. What are five application environments supported by Mac OS X and what are they used for?






35. What does a keychain do?






36. How does resetting a user's password as an admin user affect their keychain?






37. How do you provide Mac OS X web-sharing services?






38. What are resource forks and why have they fallen out of favor?

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39. What is the difference between safe boot - safe mode - and safe login?






40. How do Mac OS X computers acquire and use link-local TCP/IP addresses?

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41. How do you identify ownership and permissions of a file or folder in the Finder? In the command line?






42. How does the system determine what app to use to open a file?






43. How is Disk utility's verify and repair feature used?

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44. Default 9 home folder folders?






45. What are four common issues that can interrupt network services on a Mac OS X computer?






46. Which two commands can read text files?






47. What is a device driver? What three primary types of device drivers are there?






48. What two methods can be used to hide items from the Finder?






49. What are some common file flags and extended attributes used by Mac OS X?






50. How does network service order affect network connectivity?