2023-2024 Course Standards

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Essential standards (highlighted in green below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in green below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

The six NC Essential Employability Skills are Communication, Ethics, Problem Solving, Professionalism, Resource Management, and Teamwork. These skills are covered among the course essential standards and objectives/indicators as listed beside each. NC CTE curriculum provides and supports career awareness, career exploration, career development, technical skill development, and career readiness where six Essential Employability Skills are included in CTE Curriculum Standards. CTE builds a career and college ready workforce through the K-12 pipeline and provides a consistent and 'common language' for identification of the six Essential Employability Skills.

Career and Technical Education conducts all activities and procedures without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, or disability. The responsibility to adhere to safety standards and best professional practices is the duty of the practitioners, teachers, students, and/or others who apply the contents of this document.

This blueprint has been reviewed by business and industry representatives for technical content and appropriateness for the industry.

Column information
  • Standard/Obj #: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
  • Standard: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
  • Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
  • RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
    Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
    Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.

II22 Computer Engineering Technology II

Course Type: Adopted




Standard/Obj #Standard/ObjectiveCourse WeightRBT DesignationEssential Employability Skills
1.00Understand operating systems.31%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
1.01Identify basic features of Microsoft Windows editions.3%--
1.02Use the appropriate Microsoft command-line tool.3%--
1.03Use features and tools of the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system (OS).3%--
1.04Use the appropriate Microsoft Windows 10 Control Panel utility.3%--
1.05Use the appropriate Windows settings.3%--
1.06Configure Microsoft Windows networking features on a client/desktop.3%--
1.07Apply application installation and configuration concepts.3%--
1.08Explain common OS types and their purposes.2%--
1.09Perform OS installations and upgrades in a diverse OS environment.3%--
1.10Identify common features and tools of the macOS/desktop OS.2%--
1.11Identify common features and tools of the Linux client/desktop OS.3%--
2.00Understand security.25%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
2.01Summarize various security measures and their purposes.3%--
2.02Compare and contrast wireless security protocols and authentication methods.2%--
2.03Detect, remove, and prevent malware using the appropriate tools and methods.3%--
2.04Explain common social-engineering attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities.2%--
2.05Manage and configure basic security settings in the Microsoft Windows OS.3%--
2.06Configure a workstation to meet best practices for security.2%--
2.07Explain common methods for securing mobile and embedded devices.3%--
2.08Use common data destruction and disposal methods.2%--
2.09Configure appropriate security settings on small office/home office (SOHO) wireless and wired networks.3%--
2.10Install and configure browsers and relevant security settings.2%--
3.00Understand software troubleshooting.22%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
3.01Troubleshoot Microsoft Windows OS problems.5%--
3.02Troubleshoot common personal computer (PC) security issues.4%--
3.03Use best practice procedures for malware removal.5%--
3.04Troubleshoot mobile OS and application issues.4%--
3.05Troubleshoot mobile OS and application security issues.4%--
4.00Understand operational procedures.22%B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand-
4.01Implement best practices associated with documentation and support systems information management.3%--
4.02Explain basic change-management best practices.2%--
4.03Implement workstation backup and recovery methods.3%--
4.04Use common safety procedures.2%--
4.05Summarize environmental impacts and local environmental controls.3%--
4.06Explain the processes for addressing prohibited content activity, privacy licensing, and policy concepts.2%--
4.07Use proper communication techniques and professionalism.3%--
4.08Identify the basics of scripting.2%--
4.09Use remote access technologies.2%--