Which OS X Mountain Lion tool can help you create a strong password?
A. Password Audit, accessible from Security preferences
B. Password Assistant, accessible from Users and Groups preferences
C. Security Audit, accessible from Directory Utility
D. Password Checking, accessible from Parental Controls preferences
Review the screenshot of part of a Network Utility window, and then answer the question below.
Which statement accurately interprets the Network Utility Lookup results shown above?
A. A forward lookup of mainserver.pretendco.com returned the IP address 10.1.0.1.
B. A reverse lookup of mainserver.pretendco.com returned the IP address 10.1.0.1.
C. A reverse lookup of 10.1.0.1 returned the name mainserver.pretendco.com.
D. The DNS server for mainserver.pretendco.com is pretendco.com.
An OS X Mountain Lion computer is connected to both an Ethernet and a Wi-Fi network. How can you specify which interface the Mac will use to access the Internet?
A. Use Internet Connect to select the preferred interface, and disable the other interface(s).
B. Enter a DNS configuration for the preferred interface, and delete the DNS configuration for the other interface(s).
C. Assign a public IP address to the preferred interface, and a private IP address to the other interface(s).
D. Use the Set Service Order action to move the preferred interface to the top of the Service Order list.
You can configure Time Machine to delete versions of files as soon as they reach a specified age.
A. True
B. False
How does OS X Mountain Lion handle third-party, 32-bit kernel extensions (KEXTs)?
A. It ignores them.
B. It prompts the user with an option to convert them to 64-bit.
C. It moves them to /Library/Extensions/Disabled/.
D. It runs them in compatibility mode.
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.
Which folder contains items that instruct the launchd process what to launch during OS X Mountain Lion startup?
A. /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
B. /var/run/launchd/
C. /etc/launchd/
D. /Library/Extensions/
On your OS X Mountain Lion computer, you want the Finder to display filename extensions by default. How can you configure this setting from the Finder?
A. Choose Preferences from the Finder menu, click Advanced, and select the option "Show all filename extensions."
B. Control-click anywhere on the Desktop, select Preferences from the pop-up menu, click Advanced, and select the option "Show all filename extensions."
C. Choose Show View Options from the View menu, and select the option "Show all filename extensions."
D. Select any file icon, and choose Get Info from the File menu. In the Info window, click the disclosure triangle next to Name and Extension, deselect the option "Hide extension," and click Change All.
Which steps will let you retrieve a file from a Time Machine backup on an external hard disk connected to your Mac?
A. Open Time Machine, use the timeline to reach the appropriate date and time, select the file, and click Restore.
B. In the Finder enter a search term in the Spotlight search field, click the Add (+) button to add a search criterion, and choose Search Time Machine, then use the timeline to reach the appropriate date and time, select the file, and click Restore.
C. Open System Preferences, click the Time Machine icon, click Retrieve, use the timeline to reach the appropriate date and time, select the file, and click Restore.
D. Control-click the icon of the folder in which you want the restored file to appear, open Time Machine from the shortcut menu, choose Restore from the Time Machine menu, use the timeline to reach the appropriate date and time, select the file, and click Restore.
From your OS X user account that has iCloud enabled, how can you open a TextEdit document that you stored in iCloud?
A. In Finder, select iCloud > Open from the Go menu, and then select the TextEdit app and the document that you want to open.
B. From the Applications folder, open the iCloud app, and then select the TextEdit app and document that you want to open.
C. In TextEdit, choose Open from the File menu, click iCloud, and then select the document that you want to open.
D. From the iCloud pane of System Preferences, select the TextEdit app and the document that you want to open.