Questions about getting ready for your Red Hat remote exam?

[Deanna]

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[Flavio1]

I guys, is there an exam env. outage right now? neither the support chat or the exam env. are working...

[Loveguptapp]

after booting successful and connected with 100mbps wired connection. still a pop up shows " configure networking" . what to do ? today is my exam.

[CarlosElgueda]

Hello.

I'm getting problem when I download the Remote Exam Live Environment ISO:

It seems to be a damaged ISO: I try to load in Windows and appears an error saying the ISO is damaged.

Then I write the ISO to USB using the Fedora Media Writer and then booting the USB in my PC, but just stay in the grub shell. Can you do the same test? https://static.redhat.com/downloads/training-certification/rhrexboot.iso

tl:dr I can't boot the environment ISO with the USB in my PC.

[Felix_N]

Hi,

your downloaded ISO file should have the checksum SHA256: c7002c0453d0ad086b6fec188c73c13fb5501228b6d6597653706d56bcef8e7b (as of May 30th 2022).

I'm guessing that the ISO file can't be mounted in Windows, because it's not an CD-ROM/DVD image.
If your file matches the checksum, and since Fedora Media Writer is able to write it to your stick, you'll most probably have to tweak some GRUB settings to make the boot medium work on your setup. Ask Red Hat support, if needed.

[Fate_Bennett]

For remote exams if the area an exam is being taken in experiences a rolling blackout due to local electric company cutting power, then how do we deal with this?

Reasons for asking:

- they are happening

- no schedule on when they will happen (all based on base load needs)

Thanks in advance,

Fate

[msamedgoksoy]

Hi,

As I understand from old posts, during the remote exam I can drink coffee and water also eat some small snacks which the proctor is aware of them. But I couldn't find any information about smoking cigarettes. With informing proctor can I smoke cigarettes during exam or smoking only permitted at break time?

[rozhdestvenskiy]

FYI. Today I purchased EX200 exam. I see the order in my account, but I couldn't find any link to schedule the exam. Maybe it's too early, idk. I even checked YouTube to learn how to schedule it. Anyway, while browsing my account details I found "My Emails" tab that I never used before. There are just 2 emails from today's date. I checked the latest email and I was pretty sure I didn't receive it. Indeed, Gmail considered the second email as spam and sent it to the spam folder. The first email didn't go to the spam folder. For some reason, Gmail only filtered the second email. So folks, if you didn't receive some important emails regarding your training or exams, don't forget to check your spam folder...

[bball]

Your interpretation is correct. I recently took the exam and used a closed laptop with an external monitor, external keyboard, and external mouse. I did run out of USB ports so I had to boot into the exam, remove the bootable USB flash drive, and swap in the external USB webcam. This setup worked well for me. Incidentally, the proctor was fully aware of my setup and whether or not the laptop lid was closed. Good luck to you!

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[Adrian4]

Hi, I am re-taking an exam and i am wondering if I can just re-use the usb image I created for the first attempt? 

[alleb]

I'm running a compatibility check and noticed that during the 'hardware compatibility' check screen the video looked normal and I was able to read my ID.  Then the next screen is 'streaming compatibility' where it asks you you verify your ID is readable.  On this screen both webcams (internal and external) had the video horizontally flipped.  However the ID was still in focus and legible.

Since the video appered forwards on the first screen I assume this has nothing to do with the webcam and is part of Red Hat's exam software but wanted to check if anyone else noticed this.  I would think the proctor can reverse the image or just read it backwards if necessary.