ACSP System Preferences and macOS Settings Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the purpose of the 'Login Items' section in macOS System Settings?
- Manage apps and background processes that launch automatically at login (Correct answer)
- Configure the login screen appearance
- Set user account passwords
- Enable guest login
Correct answer: Manage apps and background processes that launch automatically at login
Login Items lists applications and background daemons that start automatically when the user logs in, and can be managed to improve startup performance.
Question 2: What does enabling 'Remote Login' in Sharing preferences allow on a Mac?
- SSH access via Terminal from other computers (Correct answer)
- Screen sharing via VNC
- Remote desktop via Apple Remote Desktop
- FTP file access
Correct answer: SSH access via Terminal from other computers
Enabling Remote Login opens TCP port 22 and allows users to connect to the Mac using SSH for encrypted terminal access.
Question 3: How can you configure a Mac to automatically restart after a power failure?
- Both Energy Saver GUI setting and `pmset -a autorestart 1` work (Correct answer)
- Only via Energy Saver in System Settings
- Only via the `pmset` command in Terminal
- Via a startup script in /etc/rc.local
Correct answer: Both Energy Saver GUI setting and `pmset -a autorestart 1` work
Auto-restart after power failure can be enabled in Energy Saver/Battery settings GUI or via `sudo pmset -a autorestart 1` in Terminal.
Question 4: What does the 'Startup Disk' preference pane allow you to do?
- Select which bootable volume the Mac uses at next startup (Correct answer)
- Format the startup disk
- Run disk diagnostics
- Enable disk encryption
Correct answer: Select which bootable volume the Mac uses at next startup
The Startup Disk pane lets you choose which installed macOS version or bootable volume the Mac boots from at next restart.
Question 5: Which Terminal command configures macOS system settings such as time zone, remote login, and sleep behavior?
- systemsetup (Correct answer)
- defaults
- networksetup
- scutil
Correct answer: systemsetup
The `systemsetup` command allows administrators to configure system-level settings from Terminal, useful for scripting Mac deployments.
Question 6: What does enabling the 'Show scroll bars' setting set to 'Always' affect in macOS?
- Scroll bars are permanently visible in all scrollable areas (Correct answer)
- Scroll bars appear only when using a mouse
- The dock auto-hides when scrolling
- It enables keyboard scrolling shortcuts
Correct answer: Scroll bars are permanently visible in all scrollable areas
Setting 'Show scroll bars' to 'Always' in Appearance settings makes scroll bars permanently visible, which is useful for accessibility and navigation clarity.
ACSP System Preferences and macOS Settings Management 2
What is the purpose of the 'Login Items' section in macOS System Settings?