CHROMEOS-ADMINSTRATOR practice question 5 of 25

You have Long-term Support enabled for all devices within a particular OU. How often will these devices receive a feature update?

Full set: 117 questions
Answer options
A: 4 months
B: 6 months Correct answer
C: 2 months
D: 8 months
Correct Answer:
B. 6 months
Explanation

ChromeOS devices configured to use the Long-term Support (LTS) channel receive feature updates on a 6-month cycle. This extended schedule is designed for stability in enterprise and education environments, allowing administrators more time to test and validate new features before they are rolled out. While feature updates are provided every six months, critical security fixes are still delivered more frequently (typically every two weeks) to ensure devices remain secure.

Why Incorrect

A. A 4-month cycle is incorrect. The standard Stable channel updates approximately every 4 weeks, not 4 months.
C. A 2-month cycle is too frequent for a long-term support channel and is faster than the standard Stable channel's release cadence.
D. An 8-month cycle is not the defined update frequency for the ChromeOS LTS channel.

References

1. Google Chrome Enterprise and Education Help. (n.d.). Long-term Support (LTS) on ChromeOS. Retrieved from https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/11435023. The documentation explicitly states, "On the LTS channel, ChromeOS devices get feature updates every 6 months."

2. Google Cloud Blog. (2021, July 29). Introducing the Long-term Support channel on ChromeOS. Retrieved from https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/introducing-the-long-term-support-channel-on-chromeos. The official announcement states, "LTS is a new channel for ChromeOS that provides the greatest stability... with feature updates only occurring every six months."

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