DEP-2025: Apple Deployment and Management Exam

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About the Exam

The exam is for technical professionals who deploy and manage Apple devices in their organization. It covers deploying, managing, and securing Apple devices at scale in large organizations. Passing the exam earns the Apple Certified IT Professional digital badge.

Exam Topics

  • Plan a Deployment17%
  • Prepare Your Environment17%
  • Device Enrollment17%
  • Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager17%
  • Device Configuration17%
  • Software Updates8%
  • Device Support7%

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QuestionQ1

Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager

What do you use to manually add a Mac to Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager?

Explanation

A Mac is manually added during Setup Assistant by pairing it with Apple Configurator for iPhone, which uploads the Mac’s serial number and device information to Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager.

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QuestionQ2

Device Configuration

What type of declarations is defined in declarative device management?

Explanation

Apple Declarative Device Management includes activations as a declaration type. Activations group configurations that are applied atomically and can use predicates to determine whether those configurations apply.

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QuestionQ3

Device Enrollment

You configured MDM to require a minimum operating system version during enrollment.

What occurs when a device that does not meet this requirement attempts to enroll through Automated Device Enrollment?

Explanation

Automated Device Enrollment enforces the required operating system version before Setup Assistant can continue. A device below that version is guided through the required software update or upgrade and then resumes Setup Assistant, ensuring it meets the organization’s version requirement before production use.

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QuestionQ4

Software Updates

You send an MDM command to devices, using a “requires tethering” option, to update their operating systems and apps.

Where is the content cached?

Explanation

With Content Caching > Share Internet connection enabled, devices physically connected to the Mac request update content through that Mac, and the content is cached locally on the host Mac.

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QuestionQ5

Plan a Deployment

You’re planning an Apple content-caching infrastructure and want to optimize local network traffic.

Which strategy is best?

Explanation

Use an MDM restriction to stop users from enabling content caching on every managed Mac. Content caching should be enabled only on planned cache hosts; unmanaged caches can download and store Apple-distributed software and users’ iCloud data, creating uncontrolled caching traffic. Apple documents this restriction specifically to prevent a user from turning on content caching.

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