CIT 211 Windows 8.1

COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CIT 211: WINDOWS 8.1

CIT 211 is a course to prepare users for the Windows 8.1 workstation certification. A server certification is a different course.

Last Wednesday, the computer prompted me a message from the Taskbar with the string "Windows Defender needs to scan your computer". It was the first time I've heard of that request. I clicked it and the computer did some stuff.

Here's a summary of the events before and after this task:

Precondition: I had Windows Defender do a quick scan of the computer twice inside a 3-day period.

Post-condition: No threat was found.

Post-condition user action: Updated windows. Closed lid for 15 seconds. Screen stayed black for 30 seconds.

Post-condition prompted by computer an hour later: Update available. Click to install.

In the Update and Recovery - Windows Update window, the following are displayed:

Most recent check for updates: 10/14/2015

Updates were installed: 6/1/2015

From these dates, it looked like I have not been installing the updates, only downloading them. And so it seems.

Here's a practice exam for CIT 211: WINDOWS 8.1 CONFIGURATION 

Question 1-5. What are the steps to install the downloaded updates for Windows Defender?

Question 6-10. What are the steps to configure a Windows 8.1 computer to check for updates but to let the user decide whether to download the updates?

You learn as you go.

John Sindayen