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Rapid course · Lesson 13 · English
Course code: OCA-010Lesson 13: OCA-010-A013

The before line stays two of eight

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Lesson map

Lesson 13. Map, example, EX059.

flowchart TD
  A["before: 2/8"] --> B["Source marks only the first two items"]
  B --> C{"May later gains move into before?"}
  C -->|No| D["Leave the before count at 2"]
  C -->|Yes| E["That would rewrite the week-one list"]

The before set is what Mia filled in during week one. The after set is the end of week four.

Logical drawing

already in the before set
    every account listed with an owner
    MFA on email
not in the before set
    shop-admin MFA, social MFA
    no written shared passwords
    password manager, former staff removed
    recovery details

Learning outcomes

After this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. Keep before: 2/8.
  2. Name the two items the source marks as already done.
  3. Refuse to slide the week-four gains backward.

13.1 Week one records a short start. Week four must not be pasted over it.

Mia fills the before list during week one and the after list at the end of week four, with Rosa confirming each item. The print says before: 2/8. In the script the before set contains only the first two items: every account listed with an owner, and MFA on email. The other six items are absent from that set. Some of them appear in the after set, and recovery does not appear even there. Moving "former staff removed" or "password manager in use" into the before count would pretend the shop started where it finished. It would also hide the work week four describes. "MFA on email" as a before item still does not cancel the account print's orders@shop line. One checklist phrase and one mailbox row are different records, and chapter 8 keeps them apart. The before line stays 2. The after line stays 7. Neither number is a monthly average, and neither is printed as 8.

13.2 Worked example

Ask which week the item belongs to before you count it.

Lesson table; scroll horizontally to read all columns →

Item Before set Decision
Every account listed with an owner Included Counts toward 2
MFA on email Included Counts toward 2
Former staff removed Not included Do not move it backward
before: 2/8 The print Keep it

Synthetic case. The before list is a synthetic week-one page. It is not the report Rosa signs later.

Errors and limits

A strong after score can tempt a reader to improve the start. The start is what made the change visible.

Apply

Worked answers

EX059. Only "every account listed with an owner" and "MFA on email." The before line stays 2/8. Later items stay out of the before set.