Lesson 26- Troubleshoot Peripherals

Question 1

What are the four primary peripheral bus technologies supported by Mac computers running Catalina?

Answer 1

-USB
firewire
bluetooth wireless
thunderbolt

Question 2

What must occur for a Mac to communicate with a Bluetooth peripheral? Where can you configure this pairing?

Answer 2

must be paired

Question 3

What’s a device driver? What are the three primary types of device drivers?

Answer 3

a software specially designed to facilitate the communication between Catalina and peripheral

Kernel extensions
framework plug ins
standalone apps

Question 4

How does Catalina support third party devices without needing third-party device drivers?

Answer 4

uses built in generic drivers based on each device class

Question 5

What can you infer about a connected peripheral if it doesn’t appear in the system information app?

Answer 5

hardware issue