9L0-420 Online Practice Questions and Answers

You connected a new USB hard drive to your Mac. Which action will configure Time Machine to back up your data to the USB drive?

A. Dragging the USB hard disk icon from the desktop onto the Time Machine icon in the Dock.

B. Dragging the USB hard disk icon from the desktop onto the Time Machine icon in the /Applications/ Utilities/ folder.

C. Clicking Time Machine in System Preferences, then clicking Select Backup Disk, selecting the USB hard disk, and clicking "Use Disk."

D. Clicking the Time Machine icon in the Dock, selecting the new USB hard disk as the backup destination, choosing ZIP from the Backup Format list, and clicking Start.

What is the role of POP in email transactions?

A. POP translates IP addresses into domain names, and vice versa.

B. POP lets mail clients retrieve email from the mail server.

C. POP transfers outgoing email from the sender's mail server to the recipient's mail server.

D. POP provides user account information, including the email address associated with a particular user account.

In OS X, which of these can you use to set a firmware password?

A. The Security and Privacy pane of System Preferences

B. The Firmware Password utility on the Recovery partition

C. The Firmware Password utility in /System/Library/CoreServices/

D. The Users and Groups pane of System Preferences

In OS X, the "Connect to Server" command in the Finder supports which of these network file protocols? (Select TWO.)

A. ADC

B. AFP

C. FTP

D. NCP

E. P2PP

You've used Boot Camp Assistant to create a partition on your Mac. Which step does the Windows installer perform before it finishes installing and configuring Windows?

A. Install Mac-specific drivers and support software

B. Reformat the partition using NTFS

C. Use Disk Utility to reformat the partition for Windows

D. Start up the computer using the BOOTCAMP partition

Which step will prepare your computers to migrate documents from a Windows computer to a new Mac using Migration Assistant?

A. Connecting both computers to the same network

B. Starting up the Mac in target disk mode and connecting the computers with a USB cable

C. Connecting an external hard drive to the Windows computer

D. Connecting the Mac to the Windows computer with a USB cable

You want to run a Windows-based application on a Mac. Which of these is a valid reason to use Boot Camp rather than a virtual solution like Parallels or VMware Fusion?

A. You can buy Boot Camp on the App Store for $9.99, which is less expensive than the virtual solutions.

B. Boot Camp runs natively without hardware-resource contention on Mac computers, so you'll see better overall performance with Boot Camp than with virtual solutions.

C. Boot Camp doesn't require you to buy and install Windows to run Windows based applications, whereas virtual solutions do.

D. You can use Boot Camp to switch between OS X and Windows applications instantly, whereas virtual solutions require you to restart your Mac to switch between the two environments.

What happens if you block all incoming connections in the "Firewall service" options in OS X?

A. Your Mac won't be able to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.

B. File servers on your local network won't be visible in the Finder's network browser.

C. Files on your Mac that are shared using Personal File Sharing will be inaccessible to users on the network.

D. The Mail application on your Mac will no longer receive incoming messages from a mail server.

Which statement accurately describes the role of FileVault?

A. FileVault encrypts the startup disk's contents.

B. FileVault keeps a journal that tracks all changes to a user's files.

C. FileVault stores a user's home folder as an encrypted disk image.

D. FileVault backs up a user's data to a specified volume on a specified schedule.

You're using Boot Camp to install Windows on your Mac. Which is the minimum version of Windows that Boot Camp supports?

A. Windows XP

B. Windows Vista

C. Windows 7

D. Windows 8