Skill 1 in course 2.5: Exam Readiness

Exam Technique

Build a practice lab that mirrors the exam, and learn how to work through a timed practical exam without losing marks.

Advanced2 lessons9 exercises1 h 45 min

You will be able to

  • Build a two-machine practice lab with the disks and services the practice exam needs, and reset it between attempts.
  • Read a task for what is actually being checked, and choose an order that saves time.
  • Verify every task the way a grader would, and prove persistence with a reboot.
  • Find a command or option offline with man, apropos and the documentation shipped on the system.

Lessons

  1. 01Build the practice labCreate two RHEL 10 machines with the extra disks, users and services the practice exam expects, and make them easy to reset.virt-installqemu-imgvirsh snapshot-create-asvirsh snapshot-revertdnfuseradd0/4 exercises
  2. 02Working a practical exam: order, verification and persistenceRead tasks as a grader would, choose an order, verify each result with a one-liner, and prove everything survives a reboot.man -kfindmnt --verifysystemctl is-enabledsystemctl is-activemount -asudo -l0/5 exercises