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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. What three methods can be used to select the start-up disk?






2. What does a keychain do?






3. Five types of accounts in 10.6






4. 3 Main components of a typical command






5. Security risks & account types






6. What is a Kerberos Ticket and KDC?


7. What are the differences between ZIP archives and Disk Images?






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






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






10. What are PPD files responsible for?






11. What network services are provided by your Mac to facilitate Internet sharing? What options are available for Internet sharing your Mac's AirPort wireless Ethernet interface?






12. Folder/directories






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






14. What are the three primary steps for setting up bootcamp?






15. What are five common directory services and authentication services troubleshooting techniques?






16. How do you provide Mac OS X file sharing services so that other computers can access them?


17. How does the IP addresses use the MAC address to send messages between computers on a LAN?


18. Why does the Finder hider certain folders at the root of the system volume?


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






20. What is the purpose of IP addresses and subnet masks? What is their format?






21. How do you use the finder's burn folder feature?






22. What are the min sys req for BootCamp?






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






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






25. What three common unix commands support Mac filesystem metadata?






26. What is the difference between launch daemons - startup items - launch agents - and login items?


27. How does resetting the master filevault password affect existing filevault user accounts?






28. What shared items are accessible to an administrator who connects via AFP or SMB? What about a standard user?


29. How does the IP transfer messages between computers on a WAN?


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






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






32. How do permissions in the Finder appear different than those in the terminal?






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






34. Why is the root of a user's home folder visible to others?






35. Path






36. What are they advantages of code-signing?






37. What are three common troubleshooting techniques for issues involving failure to connect to network services?






38. What items are automatically started by system launchd during the system initialization process?






39. What are the device classes used by Mac OS X to categorize peripherals? What are some examples of each class?






40. How do kerberos and keychain system differ for managing authentication services?






41. 6 Reasons to use the CLI






42. Utilities available from OS X install DVD






43. What is the safe boot keyboard combo?






44. What are the primary differences between local - network - and mobile accounts?






45. 6 volumes supported by OS X






46. What does 'ignore volume ownership' do in the Finder?






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


48. What items are shared by default to all users?


49. What files are associated with the computer's website? What about the users' websites?


50. What items are not loaded when Mac OS X safe boots?