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macOS Core Competencies Flashcards

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1
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What configuration is required during the macOS Setup Assistant to complete activation?

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WiFi

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2
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Which Apple services can be used with Automated Device Enrollment in order to manager and skip Setup Assistant steps?

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Apple School / Business Manager

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3
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What is contained in the Dock?

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Frequently used Apps and Folders

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4
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How can content be added to the Dock?

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Apps and folders can be dragged into the dock

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5
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What are some ways Spotlight can be used?

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Math, Search the web, find and open files and apps

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6
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Where can system memory information be found?

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Apple menu > About this Mac > Overview

System Information > Hardware > Memory

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7
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Where can available hard drive storage be found?

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Apple menu > About this Mac > Storage

System Information > Hardware > Storage

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8
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What are some different ways to open System Preferences?

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Apple Menu, Dock, Spotlight

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9
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Where would users change their user account password?

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System Preferences > Users & Groups

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10
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Why add an additional volume to an APFS container? Which application can accomplish this task?

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So that free space can be better allocated between volumes in the container
Disk Utility

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11
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Which domain has directories containing apps and preferences shared by all users on a Mac?

A

The Local Domain

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12
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What prevents users from modifying the System directory?

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System Integrity Prevention

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13
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How do you move status icons in the menu bar?

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Press and hold the option key and then drag the icon to the desired location

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14
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What are the two views in the Notification Center?

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Today and Notifications view

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15
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What information is displayed in About this Mac?

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  1. An overview of the OS and hardware information
  2. Built-in display and any external displays
  3. Storage information: how much free space and what current space is being used for
  4. Support and Service options
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16
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What is the function of a partition map (scheme)?

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Sets the rules for how partitions function

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17
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What are some limitations of HFS+?

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Can’t share free space and only supports one volume per partition

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18
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For what can an APFS Volume be used?

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Another bootable OS or encrypted storage

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19
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Can free space be shared in APFS?

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Yes

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20
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What is different in Catalina related to the user’s information?

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The OS is stored in Macintosh HD (RO volume) and user data is stored in Macintosh HD - Data

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21
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What are the three domains on a Mac?

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Local Domain, User Domain, System Domain

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22
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Which domain contains the software installed by Apple?

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The System Domain

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23
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Which domain contains files and preferences specific to each user?

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The User Domain

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24
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Where can Apps, reviewed and approved by Apple, be obtained?

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The App Store

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25
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What is required to download an app from the Mac App Store?

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An Apple ID

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26
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What are some ways an app can be deleted?

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Drag and Drop into the Trash

Hold the option key in Launchpad or force touch an app until it wiggles. Then, click the x

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27
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What is an application?

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A group of files that work together to perform a specific task

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28
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What is App Notarization?

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A process that apps on the internet must go through with Apple to check for maliciousness
Every app must be notarized if it is not from the Mac App Store

29
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What does the .plist file extension stand for?

A

Property List

30
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How to property list files impact the user experience?

A

They contain the preferences for apps

31
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Why is it important for IT administrators to make sense of property list files?

A

So that the preferences can be controlled by the administrators

32
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What is the process that caches information in RAM before writing to plist files?

A

cfprefssd

33
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What does cfprefsd prevent?

A

unnecessarily high amounts of writes to the disk

34
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Where is the Terminal app located on macOS?

A

/Applications/Utilities/

35
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What command provides the manual pages for a command?

A

man [command]

36
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What would be entered into the terminal app to open the ‘change directory’ help documentation

A

man cd

37
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What is the default interpreter on Catalina?

A

zsh

38
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What was the default interpreter before Catalina and for users that upgraded to Catalina?

A

sh

39
Q

What is the structure of a command?

A

Command Options Argument

ls -l /Documents

40
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What is an option in a command?

A

it changes the way a command is performed and is preceded by a hyphen

41
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What is an argument in a command?

A

It indicates what to perform the command’s actions on

42
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How do you search a man page?

A

type /[search term]

43
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What command would provide the location of a command?

A

which

44
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What command prints the absolute path for the current working directory?

A

pwd

45
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What command changes directories?

A

cd

46
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What does the . mean in the hidden files of a directory?

A

the current directory

47
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What does the .. mean in the hidden files of a directory?

A

the parent directory

48
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What command creates a directory?

A

mkdir

49
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What command creates a file?

A

touch

50
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What does the mv command do?

A

Renames or moves a file

51
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What does the cp command do?

A

copies files

52
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What does the rm command do? What is important to remember about it?

A

it completely deletes a file or directory

There is no undo

53
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What does the / represent in the CLI?

A

the root directory

54
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What does the ~ represent in the CLI?

A

the user’s home directory

55
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What five things can the open command do?

A 
open files (open file.txt), 
directories (open ~/Desktop/folder/), 
applications (open -a Spotify), 
open files with a specific application (open -a Preview ~/Path/to/file.pdf), and 
websites (open -a https://apple.com)
56
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What command executes commands as root?

A

sudo

57
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What command tests network connectivity?

A

ping

58
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What shortcut moves the insertion point to the beginning of the command? the end?

A

control + a

control + e

59
Q

What shortcut moves the insertion point back one work? forward? anywhere?

A

option + ←
option + →
press and hold option + click desired point

60
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What does the control + c shortcut do?

A

abort

61
Q

What shortcut executes the previous command?

A

!!

62
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What do the ↓ and ↑ shortcuts do?

A

cycle through previous commands

63
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Which key can be used to complete directory and file names?

A

tab

64
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What is an easy way to get the absolute path of a file or directory in terminal without tab completion?

A

drag and drop into the terminal window

65
Q

Why create a script?

A

to automate processes, complete a set of manual actions in the same way every time, or extend the functionality of Jamf Pro

66
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What character informs the shell to ignore text in a script?

A

#

67
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How can a script be run within the Terminal app?

A

zsh /path/to/script.zsh

./script.sh

68
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What is the purpose of the sleep command?

A

to wait for an amount of time

69
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Describe each part of the following command line interpreter: #!/bin/bash

A 
# = hash
! = bang
/bin/bash = path to interpreter

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