Apple OS X Support Essentials 10.9 - 9L0-415 Exam Practice Test

A. Methods for restoring from a Time Machine backup include: Navigating through the backup history via the Time Machine application Restoring a user account via Migration Assistant Restoring an entire system via OS X Recovery Manually restoring items via the Finder

B. The four erase options in Disk Utility are: Fastest, which simply replaces the volume's directory structure A second choice, which provides good security by writing zeros on top of all the previous disk data A third choice, which provides even better security by writing three separate passes of information on top of the previous disk data Most Secure, which provides the best security by writing seven separate passes of information on top of the previous disk data

C. Before the local user account is created on a system, you must first copy the restored user's home folder to the /Users folder. Then after you create the new user in Users & Groups preferences with the same account name, the system will prompt you to associate the new account with the restored home folder.

D. The four primary application environments supported by OS X are: Native OS X applications, which are created using Cocoa UNIX applications, which are primarily accessed viaTerminal Java applications, which work as cross-platformapplications X Window System applications, which run inside the popular UNIX windowing environment

A. Start up from the OS X Recovery partition, and then choose Safe Boot from the Startup Disk menu.

B. Open Terminal, type safe_boot, press Return, and then restart the Mac.

C. Hold down Command-Option-P-R during startup.

D. Hold down Shift during startup.

A. A network location is a saved state of Network preferences that contains all network interface settings. Only administrators can define network locations, but if more than one location exists, all users can switch between the various network locations via the Apple menu.

B. Documents saved to iCloud can be managed from the application that was used to create and save the document. iCloud documents don't appear anywhere in the Finder that a user would normally look.

C. Target disk mode is a Mac-specific hardware feature that, when engaged, will share the Mac computer's internal disks through the FireWire ports. Target disk mode can be engaged from Startup Disk preferences or by holding down the T key as you turn on the Mac.

D. The Disk Utility Verify and Repair feature is used to verify or repair the partition scheme and directory structure of a volume. These elements contain the information used to locate files and folders on the volume.

A. How does resetting a user's account password affect that user's login keychain?

B. How does a user that changes his own account password affect his login keychain?

C. How does network service order affect network connectivity?

D. How does the Spotlight search service use metadata?

A. Standard users can bypass Gatekeeper.

B. Only administrator users can bypass Gatekeeper.

C. Only the root user can disable Gatekeeper.

D. Gatekeeper can ONLY be disabled using a configuration profile.

A. The Installer archives the 10.6.8 OS and installs Mountain Lion. It maintains the user accounts.

B. The Installer erases the 10.6.8 OS and installs Mountain Lion. It archives the user accounts, but they can be restored manually.

C. The Installer upgrades the 10.6.8 OS to Mountain Lion. It maintains the user accounts.

D. The Installer replaces the 10.6.8 OS with Mountain Lion. It archives the user accounts, but they can be restored manually.

A. Archive Utility Preferences

B. Disk Utility Preferences

C. Finder Preferences

D. System Preferences

A. Which sharing services can OS X provide?

B. How does OS X use dynamic network service discovery protocols to access network services?

C. Which two dynamic network service discovery protocols are supported by OS X?

D. What Wi-Fi authentication protocols are supported by OS X?

A. The Finder doesn't show items with periods at the beginning of their filenames or items with the hidden file flag enabled. Both methods for hiding items can only be managed from the command line interface.

B. During installation of OS X Mavericks, the only optional choice is to define an installation destination other than the Mac computer's current default system disk.

C. Quick Look uses a number of plug-ins that give it the capability to preview documents. These plug-ins live in Quick Look folders in any Library folder on OS X.

D. Any application that supports Auto Save and the Finder can manage document locking.

A. Select Single-User Mode in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences and restart the computer.

B. Hold down Command-S while the computer restarts.

C. Hold down Shift-Option while the computer restarts.

D. Start up from the Mountain Lion Recovery system partition, and enter the command reboot -single in Terminal.

A. The kernel starts launchd, then launchd starts all the other processes involved in startup.

B. The init process starts launchd, then launchd starts the items stored in the StartupItems folder.

C. The init process starts launchd, then launchd starts the scripts stored in /etc/chron/.

D. launchd starts the init process, then init starts all the other processes involved in startup.

A. Which applications can manage document locking?

B. What are account attributes?

C. What are the advantages of code signing?

D. What does OS X use bundles or packages for?