OS X Support Essentials 10.8 - Training - Apple

OS X Support Essentials 10.8 Exam Preparation Guide
• Describe how power failures and force ejecting a disk can corrupt a
volume.
• Identify three ways to unmount a disk from the Finder in OS X.
• Describe Target Disk Mode.
• Given a Mac with OS X installed, manage file ownership and
permissions.
• Describe how the Get Info window in the Finder can be used to
manage permissions for files and folders.
• Describe how Disk Utility can be used to repair permissions for files
and folders.
• Describe the function of each of the permission settings and ACL
settings on OS X files and folder.
• Given a Mac with OS X installed, identify the owner and group for any
file.
• Use the Get Info command in the Finder.
• Identify the owner and group permission settings for users’ home
folders in OS X.
• Describe why the root of any user’s home folder in OS X is accessible
to other users.
• Describe the permissions settings on the Shared folder in OS X that
allow it to act as a shared storage location for local user accounts.
• Describe what it means to “ignore volume ownership,” including when
it’s useful to do so, and one potential risk when ignoring ownership.
• Describe how anyone can access any file on the drive while ownership
is ignored.
• Describe how the organization of the OS X file system allows multiple
users to safely share local files and folders.
• Define the term “sticky bit” as it applies to the OS X file system.
Lesson Ten review questions
After completing Lesson Ten, you should be able to answer the following
questions.
1. What is the difference between disks, partitions, and
volumes?
2. What are the two primary partition schemes for Macformatted
disks? What are their differences?
3. What two volume formats are supported for an OS X system
volume?
4. How does file system journaling work?
5. What are the four erase options available in Disk Utility? What
are the differences between them?
6. How does the Secure Empty Trash feature work in the Finder?
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