macOS File System Management for Support Professionals

1. What does the 'sticky bit' permission do when set on a directory?

Only the owner can delete files in that directory

All users can read the directory

The directory becomes read-only

Files are automatically backed up

2. Which command displays detailed file metadata including creation date and inode information?

Stat

Ls -l

File

Xattr

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4. What does the 'setuid' permission bit allow on an executable file?

Execute with owner's privileges regardless of who runs it

Execute only by the file owner

Set user identification number

Secure user input during execution

5. True or False: Hard links can be created for directories in APFS.

True

False

6. Which command changes file ownership in macOS?

Chown

Chmod

Chgrp

Chattr

7. What is the purpose of the /tmp directory in macOS?

Temporary files that persist across reboots

Temporary files deleted on system restart

System template files

Third-party application data

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9. Which command lists all mounted volumes and their file systems?

Mount

Df

Diskutil list

All of the above

10. True or False: APFS volumes can be encrypted with FileVault 2.

True

False

11. What is the primary file system used in modern macOS versions?

APFS

HFS+

FAT32

Ext4

12. Which utility can you use to verify and repair disk permissions on APFS volumes?

Disk Utility

Terminal with fsck

System Preferences

Boot Camp Assistant

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14. True or False: APFS supports case-sensitive file names by default.

True

False

15. Which command repairs the macOS file system?

Fsck

Diskutil

Fsutil

Chkdsk

16. What is the standard permission value for a readable and writable file by the owner only?

600

644

755

777

17. Which directory contains user-installed applications in macOS?

/Applications

/usr/bin

/Library

/System

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19. What does APFS stand for?

Apple File System

Advanced Partition File System

Apple Partition Format Standard

Adaptive File Storage Protocol

20. Which command displays the inode number of a file in macOS?

Ls -i

Stat -i

File -i

Info -i

Apple Support Professional File System Management Quiz

1. What does the 'sticky bit' permission do when set on a directory?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which command displays detailed file metadata including creation date and inode information?

3. The /Volumes directory contains mount points for external drives and ____ volumes.

4. What does the 'setuid' permission bit allow on an executable file?

5. True or False: Hard links can be created for directories in APFS.

6. Which command changes file ownership in macOS?

7. What is the purpose of the /tmp directory in macOS?

8. The ~/Library directory contains user-specific ____ and application data.

9. Which command lists all mounted volumes and their file systems?

10. True or False: APFS volumes can be encrypted with FileVault 2.

11. What is the primary file system used in modern macOS versions?

12. Which utility can you use to verify and repair disk permissions on APFS volumes?

13. The /Library directory stores system-wide ____ and preferences.

14. True or False: APFS supports case-sensitive file names by default.

15. Which command repairs the macOS file system?

16. What is the standard permission value for a readable and writable file by the owner only?

17. Which directory contains user-installed applications in macOS?

18. In macOS, the root user has a UID of ____.

19. What does APFS stand for?

20. Which command displays the inode number of a file in macOS?