Questions about getting ready for your Red Hat remote exam?

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[AmirSBOUI]

Thank you @Rilindo ,

I sent an email to certification team in parallel of this post and just get their update: they confirmed your response.

In case of having multiple webcams, you must see multiple video feeds on the Hardware page of the compatibility test. Please note Streaming test page of the compatibility test shows one cam only, usually the internal one, if available. This is Okay.

[PeerryM]

Yes, mines was like that when I did the test too, but when I did the actual
exam, both the external and internal cameras were on. They will ask you the
position the external camera on your keyboard during the exam.

[VsevolodZ]

Hi.

I found yesterday that some of conventional hotkeys are not working in exam environment.

Specifically you can't Alt+tab switch between windows in exam OS.

And, most importantly, Ctrl+w. Which can substantially slow down work in terminal and in vim (with split windows).

I suspect the later can be 'fixed' with vim keys remapping, but I can't be sure workaround keys will work in exam environment.

Has anybody dealt with this?

[JS_Learning]

Hi, from my own experiences, unless you have a way to get familiar with that specific exam environment, you should stick to the basics.

I got once impacted by using some of the "paste text" feature, my terminals went crazy, no longer responded, etc...that's not something you want during an exam.

I have learned to focus on what's bringing points, rather than wasting precious exam time on getting familiar with that environment. For example, for copy/paste I go to "edit copy; edit paste". That's less convenient than keyboard shortcuts but that works!

If someone has the answers, then feel free to share and experiment them- Until then, I chose the cautious approach.

[VsevolodZ]

I see your point, and I somehow agree, but in the same time right hotkey and custom config can save a lot of time.

For example in EX 294, which I was trying to deal with, it's recommended to configure vim to work with yaml first of all, because it can save you time for not dealing with manual idents and don't need to retab (most of time).

I just learned that Ctrl+w is acturally mapping for :wincmd, so I case with vim I can just type this command and it should work under any curcumstances.

As to how substitute Alt+tab in OS and Ctrl+key in shell (so not to move around one char at a time) - I'm opened to any suggestions.

[PiotrS]

Well, I used CTRL+Insert/SHIFT+insert and it worked like a charm on my last exam. So keyboard shortcuts should work

[PiotrS]

Question related to additional packages:

Are we allowed to install packages like tmux, vim, bash-completion package on EX294 exam? All packages are available in standard RHEL repo so should be available on exam. Am I right or not?

Another question:

There's an requirement named "Create simple shell scripts". Am I limited to bash or may I write simple python scripts too?

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Regards

Piotr

[Loopholelou]

If packages you want to install are available in the standard repo, you'll
be able to install them.

about your question regarding shell scripts, According to the exam
objectives, it looks like you'd be limited to using bash


- Conditionally execute code (use of: if, test, [], etc.)
- Use Looping constructs (for, etc.) to process file, command line input
- Process script inputs ($1, $2, etc.)
- Processing output of shell commands within a script
- Processing shell command exit codes

[PiotrS]

IIRC I had weird situation on one of my previous 4xx exams. Package I wanted to install was not available and the other one I needed was altered and had no docs included. Maybe it was "by design" :)

[JS_Learning]

Hi,

In my 6 different Red Hat Exams, I never seen any information saying we are not allowed to install anything. If the package is available in the repository presented in the exam, then nothing is preventing you to install it.

Saying that, if it's not mentionned during the exams questions then it's not required (Yes, it's easier for you because you are familiar with that, I mean in a way for other candidates they don't need to do that).

As for create simple shell scripts, I think it's solely using bash. Well let's say that it was my interpretation of the exam questions and that worked, I got 100% on that topic. I don't think you can use python... I think you will have the answer to your question after reading the exam requirements...(can't help you due to the NDA that every candidate is accepting).