Applications and Processes

Question 1

What are the requirements for purchasing applications via the Mac App Store? (3 things)

Answer 1

OS X 10.6.6 or later
Apple ID
Internet connection

Question 2

In the Mac App Store, how can you verify which Apple ID is being used for purchases?

Answer 2

Select Store from the menu bar. Further details by selecting View My Account in the same menu.

Question 3

What are the 4 primary application environments supported by OS X? Which ones require an additional download and installation?

Answer 3

Native OS X applications created by Cocoa

UNIX applications accessed via Terminal

Java applications

X Window System applications that run inside UNIX windowing environment

Question 4

What are the advantages of application sandboxing?

Answer 4

The are only allowed access to specific items. Otherwise they are completely cut off from the rest of the system so they can’t cause harm.

Question 5

What are the advantages of code signing?

Answer 5

It allows the system to verify the authenticity and integrity of the application or process and it’s resources.

Question 6

Which items fall under the file quarantine system?

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

What 3 security options does the Gatekeeper system allow? Which option is the OS X default?

Answer 7

Mac App Store applications only

Mac App Store and identified developer applications only (Default)

Any application regardless of origin

Question 8

What are the 2 primary traditional installation methods in OS X?

Answer 8

Drag-and-drop installation

Installation package

Question 9

What 3 methods can be used to uninstall applications?

Answer 9

Open launchpad, hold down the Option key and click the “X” button.

Drag the primary application to the Trash and empty it.

Use a custom-built uninstaller package

Question 10

In OS X, what’s used to identify the type of application that should open when you double-click a document?

Answer 10

The filename extension. (Launch services maintains a database of installed applications and which document types they’re capable of opening)

Question 11

How do you engage Quick Look?

Which applications support it? (4 things)

Answer 11

By pressing the Space bar when a document is selected.

Finder, Time Machine, Mail, and most open and save browser dialogs

Question 12

How is Quick Look able to preview so many file types?

Answer 12

Via plug-ins that live in any Quick Look folder in any Library folder on OS X

Question 13

What’s Auto Save? How can you identify an application that supports Auto Save?

Answer 13

Auto Save allows compatible OS X applications to automatically save changes to users’ documents.

Applications that support Auto Save feature a Duplicate function in the File menu as opposed to a default Save Us function.

Question 14

How deep is version history of a file when shared via email?

Answer 14

They don’t retain any version history

Question 15

Which applications can manage document locking? (2 things)

Answer 15

Any application that supports Auto Save and the Finder

Question 16

What interface is the default location for managing documents in iCloud?

Answer 16

Whatever application was used to create the document

Question 17

Where can you adjust application Auto Save and Resume options? (2 things)

Answer 17

The “Reopen windows when logging back in” from the logout verification dialog.

General preferences

Question 18

What’s protected memory? What’s 64-bit memory addressing?

Answer 18

It keeps applications from interfering with one another by segregating their memory usage using protected memory.

64-bit memory allows processes to access more than 4 GB of memory.

Question 19

Why would you want to open an application in 32-bit mode?

Answer 19

To support older 32-bit plug-ins or application resources

Question 20

How can you identify which applications are installed on your Mac?

Answer 20

System Information application

Question 21

Which application is used to examine open applications on OS X?

Answer 21

Activity Monitor

Question 22

What steps should you use when troubleshooting application issues? (7 things)

Answer 22

Restart the application
Trying another known working document
Trying another user account
Checking log files
Deleting cache files
Replacing preference files
Replacing application resources

Question 23

What 3 ways can you forcibly quit an application from the graphical interface?

Answer 23

Force Quit Application in Apple menu

Dock application shortcut menu by right-clicking on the icon

Activity Monitor

Question 24

What does the diagnostic reporting feature do?

Answer 24

Automatically creates a diagnostic report log any time an application crashes or hangs. The log can be viewed immediately, reported to Apple, or viewed later.

Question 25

Where are application preferences stored?

Answer 25

In the user’s Library folding in ~/Library/Preferences folder.

Sandboxed applications are in ~/Library/Containers//Data/Library/Preferences

Question 26

What file format is often used for preference files? How can you view the content of this file type?

Answer 26

XML formatted files that use “.plist” extension

They can be viewed using Quick Look, or Xcode

Question 27

What assistive technology features are available in OS X? What system preference enables these features?

Answer 27

Assist with seeing, hearing, or using the keyboard, mouse, trackpad. Available from Accessibility preferences

Question 28

Where are Dashboard widgets installed when you double-click them? What process or processes are responsible for Dashboard widgets? (2 things)

Answer 28

~/Library/Widgets

launched and Dashboard processes