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ACSP: Apple Certified Support Professional Os X Support

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Default install packages






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






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






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






5. Security risks & account types






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






7. What shared items are accessible to any user who connects via FTP?


8. Best command to list items in a folder?






9. Utilities available from OS X install DVD






10. What is the safe boot keyboard combo?






11. What are six common system resources? What purpose does each one serve and where are they located?






12. How does the firmware password help secure against password changes?






13. In the network preferences - how can you tell which interface is currently being used for network activities?






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






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






16. What are some security concerns with spotlight?






17. What are three common authentication methods?






18. Different between absolute and relative path






19. What does CUPS do?






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






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






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


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






24. Relative path


25. What does the problem-reporting feature do?






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






27. What is a directory as it relates to directory services?






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






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


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






31. What are they advantages of code-signing?






32. Security risk with fast user switching?






33. What are PPD files responsible for?






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


35. What does a keychain do?






36. What is Rosetta and what types of items are not supported by Rosetta?






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






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






39. Five types of accounts in 10.6






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






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






42. What are the four erase options in disk utility?


43. Two primary partition schemes for mac formatted drives?






44. What is the relationship between a network service and a network port?






45. What type of files are omitted from time machine backups?






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






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


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


49. Where does spotlight store its metadata index databases? How about the plugins?


50. 6 volumes supported by OS X