Exam 7: Apple Macos on the Desktop

The Utilities folder contains handy troubleshooting utilities. What folder contains the Utilities folder?

The first account you create on a new macOS computer is this type, with the ability to create other accounts and to change all system preference settings and install software.

You can quickly launch a program from an icon sitting on this GUI object on the macOS desktop.

Identify the macOS search feature and explain "live search."

Normally, when you wish to both log out and shut your Mac, you select Shut Down from the Apple menu. When this and other actions, such as using the Force Quit tool, fail to work, what action should you take?

You have forgotten the password for your account on your MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14. You are locked out of your computer. Which of the following will allow you to reset the password so that you can log on again?

What type of OS is Darwin, the core of macOS?

An Account Name is the user name you use when you log in to macOS. When you create a new account, if you do not specify an Account Name, macOS will automatically create one for you. Explain how it does this.

Apple introduced this UNIX-based operating system in 2000.

Turn on this feature so that hackers cannot access the swap file to read confidential data on your macOS computer.

From this menu you can shut down your computer, access configuration settings, update software, put your Mac to sleep, restart, log out, access recent items, and learn about your Mac.

An application is displaying the "busy" icon for no apparent reason, and when you attempt to quit the application, it does not close. What should you do?

Gatekeeper guards against malicious programs from sources such as CDs.

This feature of macOS allows you to manage Spaces.

If you select the Firewall setting to block all incoming connections, you will not be able to browse the Web because web pages will not be downloaded to your computer.

While Microsoft Windows has a menu bar at the top of every open window, macOS has a menu bar at the top of the screen, not attached to a window. It contains the menu for the current (active)window.

This macOS feature is a secure database of a user's passwords.

The Apple II computer was the first personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI).

Where can you configure the macOS Firewall settings?

If an item has disappeared from the Finder Sidebar, it will reappear the next time you restart macOS.