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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. How do you share printers with other Mac and Windows users?


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






3. How does file-fault secure a user's data?






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






5. What is the safe boot keyboard combo?






6. Five types of accounts in 10.6






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






8. What is the potential side effect of improperly unmounting or ejecting a volume?






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






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






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






12. What is authentication and authorization?






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






14. What backup destinations does Time Machine support?






15. 3 Main components of a typical command






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






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


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






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


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


21. Which two commands can read text files?






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






23. How do you further resolve and issue that disappears when the Mac successfully safe-boots?






24. 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?






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






26. What is the sticky bit?


27. Difference between disk drives - partition - and volume


28. What is a Kerberos Ticket and KDC?


29. Four methods to access CLI






30. What are they advantages of code-signing?






31. How can you force quit an app from the GUI?






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






33. How does Time Machine maintain a backup history of the system?


34. Two primary partition schemes for mac formatted drives?






35. What does iSync do?






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


37. How does Mac OS X use dynamic network discovery protocols to access network services?






38. What happens during system shutdown?






39. What are the min sys req for BootCamp?






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






41. Best command to list items in a folder?






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






43. Security risks & account types






44. Min hardware requirements for 10.6






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






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






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






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


49. What are three common authentication methods?






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