9L0-412 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A new 5 MB file was backed up by Time Machine yesterday. Today the file was edited, and has grown to 6 MB. It is about to be backed up by Time Machine again. How does Time Machine perform this backup?

A. Time Machine copies the 6 MB file to the backup drive, and deletes the original backup copy of the file from the backup drive.

B. Time Machine copies the 6 MB file to the backup drive, and keeps both the new backup file and the original backup file on the backup drive.

C. Time Machine identifies the 1 MB of file changes, copies those changes to a new file on the backup drive, and keeps both the new backup file and the original backup file.

D. Time Machine identifies the 1 MB of file changes, copies those changes to a new file on the backup drive, then creates a 500 KB parity file, and keeps all three files: the two new files representing the 1 MB of file changes, and the original backup file.

When a user logs in, which task is NOT performed by the user's loginwindow or launchd processes?

A. Configure input device and system settings according to System Preferences.

B. Launch items in /Library/LaunchDaemons.

C. Launch Login Items specified in Users and Groups preferences.

D. Launch Dock and Finder.

You enable Stealth Mode on an OS X Mountain Lion computer's firewall. How does this affect the computer's behavior?

A. The Mac will not register any services that are offered via Bonjour.

B. The Mac will not allow outgoing connections for non-approved applications.

C. The Mac will not respond to incoming connection requests.

D. The Mac will not respond to diagnostic probes such as ping.

You have a Mac OS X v10.6.8 computer that has several user accounts. If you install OS X Mountain Lion without first erasing the target volume, what will happen to the 10.6.8 operating system and the existing user accounts?

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

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

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

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

Which statement about Gatekeeper is TRUE?

A. Only the root user can disable Gatekeeper.

B. Standard users can bypass Gatekeeper.

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

D. Only administrator users can bypass Gatekeeper.

What is the role of the launchd process in the startup of an OS X Mountain Lion computer?

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

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

Why might you prefer to shut down and then start up a Mac you are troubleshooting, rather than simply selecting Restart from the Apple menu?

A. Because OS X loads a clean user session on startup only after a shutdown.

B. Because OS X archives errors from the session to the log only during a shutdown.

C. Because OS X performs disk checks on startup only after a shutdown.

D. Because the Mac does a full POST on startup only after a shutdown.

Review the screenshots of a Mac computer's Network pane, and then answer the question below.

If a Mac with the network configuration shown above needs to initiate a connection to a server at address 17.20.8.9, which interface will it use to do so?

A. Neither interface: this computer cannot communicate with the server at 17.20.8.9.

B. Wi-Fi

C. Either interface may be used, based on automatic routing.

D. Ethernet

How do you reset the printing system in OS X Mountain Lion?

A. Open the Print and Scan pane of System Preferences, and delete all of the printers in the Printers list.

B. Navigate to /Library/Printers/ in the Finder, select all items, and move them to the Trash.

C. Open Printer Setup Utility and choose Reset Printing System from the Printer Setup Utility menu.

D. Open the Print and Scan preferences, Control-click in the Printers list, and choose Reset printing system from the shortcut menu.

Along with IMAP, POP, and SMTP, which protocol does the Mail application in OS X Mountain Lion support?

A. MAPI

B. Exchange Web Services

C. CalDAV

D. WebDAV