Free Apple 9L0-412 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

Exam Code/Number: 9L0-412
Exam Name/Title: OS X Support Essentials 10.8 Exam
Certification Provider: Apple
Corresponding Certification: ACSP

Exam Questions: 86
Updated On: Aug 22, 2026

Question #10

If you did not store the recovery key with Apple, and you lose the FileVault-enabled account passwords AND the recovery key, there is no way to recover user data on a FileVault-encrypted volume.

A. False

B. True

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #11

Which IP address could a Mac assign to itself if no DHCP services were available on the network?

A. 127.0.0.1

B. 192.168.100.100

C. 169.254.100.100

D. 172.16.100.100

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #12

Review the screenshot, and then answer the question below.

You perform a default installation of OS X Mountain Lion, and create the initial admin account, and accounts for Chris and Pat, as shown above. The Chris account is a member of which group?

A. wheel

B. workgroup

C. staff

D. chris

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

Question #13

Review the screenshot of the My Account pane of Users & Groups preferences, and then answer the question below.

An OS X Mountain Lion computer has three local users configured as shown above. Bill Sykes has lost the password to his account. Which procedure will let you reset his password?

A. Restart the Mac from the OS X Recovery partition, open Terminal from the Utilities menu, type resetpassword and press Return to open the Reset Password utility, and then reset his password.

B. Log in as Chris, open Reset Password from the Utilities folder, and then reset Bill Sykes' password.

C. Log in as Bill Sykes using the root password, open Users & Groups preferences, and then reset his password.

D. Log in as Chris, open Directory preferences and enable the root user, then authenticate as the root user in Users & Groups preferences, and then reset Bill Sykes' password.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

Question #14

In OS X Mountain Lion, which TWO types of file service hosts can you browse in the Network folder? (Select 2)

A. WebDAV

B. DFS

C. AFP

D. SMB

E. FTP

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: C,D Vote an answer

Question #15

Review the screenshot from FileVault preferences, and then answer the question below.

If you click Enable User for the Logan White account, what is the effect?

A. You are prompted immediately to enter the login password for the Logan White account, after which, Logan White will be able to unlock and decrypt the system disk, and restart the computer.

B. You are prompted immediately to enter an administrator password, after which, the user of the Logan White account will be able to unlock and decrypt the system disk, and restart the computer.

C. At next login, the user of the Logan White account will be prompted to enter the login password, after which, the user will be able to unlock and decrypt the system disk, and restart the computer.

D. FileVault 2 is enabled immediately for the Logan White account, and FileVault begins encrypting the Logan White home folder.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

Question #16

Which of these files will Time Machine, by default, NOT back up?

A. A Time Machine preference .plist file

B. An encrypted file that was created to track passwords

C. A file that Time Machine identifies as conflicting with a previously backed-up file

D. Any file in the Trash

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #17

Review the screenshot, and then answer the question below.

If you click Delete User in the dialog shown above, what will happen to James White's home folder?

A. It will be moved to the Trash.

B. "Deleted" will be appended to the home folder name, and it will be archived in Time Machine in a compressed and encrypted file.

C. "Deleted" will be appended to the home folder name, and its permissions will be changed to allow administrator user access only.

D. It will be deleted immediately, without being moved to the Trash.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: D Vote an answer

Question #18

Why might you prefer to shut down and then start up a Mac you are troubleshooting, rather than simply selecting Restart from the Apple menu?

A. Because the Mac does a full POST on startup only after a shutdown.

B. Because OS X loads a clean user session on startup only after a shutdown.

C. Because OS X performs disk checks on startup only after a shutdown.

D. Because OS X archives errors from the session to the log only during a shutdown.

Discussion 0

Correct Answer: A Vote an answer

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