OS X Support Essentials 10.8 - Training - Apple

OS X Support Essentials 10.8 Exam Preparation Guide
Lesson Fifteen review questions
After completing Lesson Fifteen, you should be able to answer the
following questions.
1. What are the four default top-level folders visible in the
Finder?
2. What are six common system resources? What purpose does
each resource serve? Where are they located in the file
hierarchy?
3. What are the four system resource domains? What purpose
does each domain serve?
4. What happens when a user double-clicks a font file?
Answers
1. The four default top-level folders visible in the Finder are:
• Applications, containing applications all local users have
access to
• Library, containing system resources all local users have
access to
• System, containing necessary system resources
• Users, containing all the local user home folders
2. Six common system resources are:
• Extensions, which attach themselves to the system kernel
to provide hardware and peripheral driver support
• Frameworks, which are shared code libraries that provide
additional software resources for both applications and
system processes
• Fonts
• Preference files, which contain application and system
configuration information
• LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons, used by launchd to
provide services that automatically start when needed at
system startup, or at user login
• Logs, which are text files that contain error and progress
entries from nearly any application or system service
3. The four system resource domains are:
• User, containing applications and system resources specific
to each user account
• Local, containing applications and system resources
available to all users on the local Mac
• Network (optional), containing applications and system
resources available to any Mac that has an automated
network share
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