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Rapid course · Lesson 6 · English
Course code: OCA-010Lesson 06: OCA-010-A006

Three with a second step is not seven

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Lesson map

Lesson 06. Map, example, EX052.

flowchart TD
  A["Fourth field true on three rows"] --> B["Print says MFA on 3"]
  B --> C{"Does 3 mean every account?"}
  C -->|No| D["Keep the four no-MFA lines"]
  C -->|Yes| E["That reading invents four flags"]

The count is a tally of one column. It is not a promise about the other rows.

Logical drawing

second step on
    owner email, card payments, accounting
second step off, and printed
    orders mailbox, shop admin, social page, supplier portal
not the same number
    checklist after: 7/8

Learning outcomes

After this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. Name the three rows that already have a second step on the account print.
  2. Keep the four no MFA lines.
  3. Refuse to read 3 as 7.

6.1 The column counts flags, not wishes.

On the account list, the second-step flag is true for Rosa's own mailbox owner@shop, for card payments rosa.m, and for accounting rosa.m. Those are the three. The print therefore says MFA on 3 out of accounts 7. The other four rows are printed, not implied: the orders mailbox, the online shop admin, the social page, and the supplier portal. Card payments and accounting share the label rosa.m and still are two services, both already flagged on, both used by Rosa alone. Nothing in that arithmetic says the four printed gaps grew a second step. The checklist's after: 7/8 counts checklist items, not these seven rows, so it cannot be substituted for MFA on 3. Turning the four false flags to true would be a different list. This run does not contain that list.

6.2 Worked example

Say "three rows" when you mean the account column, and "seven items" only for the checklist.

Lesson table; scroll horizontally to read all columns →

Claim What the account print supports Decision
"Three rows already have a second step." MFA on 3 May stay
"Four named rows are printed without one." The no MFA lines May stay
"3 of 7 means the same as 7 of 8." Different denominators Refuse
"Flip the four flags." No second run Refuse

Synthetic case. The flags are synthetic columns. No second step is being switched on in this lesson.

Errors and limits

A small numerator is easy to round upward. Here the printed gaps are the point of the count.

Apply

Worked answers

EX052. Three rows only: the owner email, card payments, and accounting. The four no-MFA lines stay. 3 is not 7. The checklist score of 7/8 does not rewrite the account column.