Linux+ Exam

[Kevin Hodle]

Cost was $209 (with tax), which my work payed for.  I took the exam at
centriq university (7905 college blvd), because it is pretty close to my
work.  I usually take exams the JCCC school for business and computing,
so I was alittle worried that the change of atmosphere might adversely
effect my mojo.  I would HIGHLY suggest not taking exams at this place.
When I finally found the place (it wasn't visible at all on college, I
had to crawl around 110th street for a while to actually find it),
NOBODY was at the front desk.  After waiting for about 10 minutes, I
became visibly frustrated, and noticed that the phone on the desk had an
'Overhead' button.  I hit button, and magically my voice was pumped
through the whole building.  With a group of bewildered looking MCSE
students looking on, I kindly requested that someone come to the front
desk so that I could take my exam.  About 5 minutes later, someone
finally showed up and led me to the proper room.  After I was finished
with the test, I had to wait another 10 minutes for the guy to come back
and stamp my results.  At JCCC school for business and computing,
someone is always in the booth and service is prompt and efficient.

Anyway, theres my rant.

 
Kevin Hodle
CCNA, Network+, Linux+
Alexander Open Systems
Network Operations Center
(913)-307-2366
kevinh at aos5.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt G [mailto:linux at bizniche.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 3:09 PM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: Linux+ Exam

Where did you take the test, and what was the cost?

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hodle" <kevinh at aos5.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: Linux+ Exam

>
> Hello fellow luggers.  I passed the Linux+ today with an 860/900.  I
thought it was pretty easy, and anyone who has some experience with
linux in a production envrioment should have no problems passing it.  If
you decide to take it, brush up on you're A+ hardware knowledge, about
10-15% of the exam was hardware related.  As usual with Comptia exams,
many questions seemed illogical and had poor wording.. Afew examples:
>
> What comamnd line parameter will allow you to see usage information 
> for
most linux commands:
>
> A) -h
> B) -help
> C) (obviously wrong answer)
> D) (obviously wrong answer)
>
> ... Now, afew questions before, it had a question about a shell script
called 'a,sh' (seriously, it has a comma instead of a period), so I
wasn't sure if they forgot the extra - before -help, or if they wanted
-h.  Do you feel lucky punk, well do ya!?
>
> Another one that bugged me,
>
> Your users about unable to obtain IP addresses automatically.  After
rebooting the server and issuing 'dhcpd start', the issue is not
resolved. After changing to the proper directory, what command will
resolve this issue.
>
> A) dhcpd restart
> B) dpchd start
> C) touch dhcpd.leases
> D) (obviously wrong answer)
>
> ... Note the 'After changing to the proper directory' bit... Again, Do

> ya
feel lucky!?
>
> All in all, I would say it was a good test, and covered a wide range 
> of
material, but if you have already had afew years experience with
administration of production servers, go for something harder like LPIC
or RHCE.
>
>
> Kevin Hodle
> CCNA, Network+, Linux+
> Alexander Open Systems
> Network Operations Center
> (913)-307-2366
> kevinh at aos5.com
>
>
>
>
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