OS X Support Essentials 10.9: 9L0-415

Review the screenshot of the My Account pane of Users and Groups preferences, and then answer the question below.

An OS X Mountain Lion computer has three local users configured as shown above. Bill Sykes has lost the password to his account. Which procedure will let you reset his password?

A. Log in as Bill Sykes using the root password, open Users and Groups preferences, and then reset his password.

B. Restart the Mac from the OS X Recovery partition, open Terminal from the Utilities menu, type resetpassword and press Return to open the Reset Password utility, and then reset his password.

C. Log in as Chris, open Directory preferences and enable the root user, then authenticate as the root user in Users and Groups preferences, and then reset Bill Sykes' password.

D. Log in as Chris, open Reset Password from the Utilities folder, and then reset Bill Sykes' password.

What's unique about the permissions of the /Users/Shared folder?

A. When fast user switching is enabled, all users are allowed to see other users' locally connected disks.

B. The Shared folder is set up to allow all users to read and write files, but only the user who owns an item can delete it from the Shared folder. This is accomplished using the sticky bit permissions setting.

C. The Ping tab of Network Utility allows you to test basic connectivity to another network host by sending and then waiting for the return of a ping packet.

D. You can prevent automatic updates for all users by disabling the options in App Store preferences. You can further restrict a user's ability to use the Mac App Store by configuring Parental Controls for the user's account.

What three security options does the Gatekeeper system allow? Which Gatekeeper option is the OS X default?

A. Any item downloaded using one of the built-in OS X applications will be marked for quarantine. Third-party applications may not mark downloaded items for quarantine.

B. Gatekeeper can restrict software to Mac App Store applications only, or Mac App Store and identified developer applications only (this is the default option), or any application regardless of origin.

C. A device driver is software specially designed to facilitate the communication between OS X and a peripheral. Device drivers can be kernel extensions, framework plug-ins, or standalone applications.

D. You can prevent automatic updates for all users by disabling the options in App Store preferences. You can further restrict a user's ability to use the Mac App Store by configuring Parental Controls for the user's account.