Questions about getting ready for your Red Hat remote exam?

[Deanna]

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[Rilindo]

Hi there!

1) You are allowed a break. Depending on the length of the exam, you may have a break after an hour or two.

2) Having stickers on the laptop is generally not an issue with any exam. The bigger issue is whether you can use the corporate laptop, which in my experience tends to be locked down to the point where you can't boot from CD or USB.

[Mostafa1]

1) What if I have to go to the bathroom? Is this allowed?

There is a break for every completed hour and each cannot exceed 10
minutes. Timer does not stop and a room scan should be performed after each
break.

2) I have Red Hat and other vendor stickers on my laptop. Is that allowed?

I have one sticker and did not cause an issue in all of my 10+ remote exams.

[Gineesh]

- break is allowed with the approval of exam proctor. But the timer will
not stop. Read the exam guide -
https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/remote-exams-preparation-ebook

- stickers and all doesn’t matter if they are on the backside of screen. If
those are on the main area (near keyboards) then not sure they will ask to
remove. Better check with the support team
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[StevenT]

The ISO image provided to take the exam won't mount.  I've tried downloading it on two browsers.  Where can I find a working image?

[Rilindo]

You would verify that the image is working by booting it on the desktop or laptop on which you will be taking the exam. There is no need to mount the iso.

[StevenT]

I saw that I needed to use Fedora Writer, so I did...now I can't get it to boot.  It's a shame that Red Hat doesn't have somewhere to take this exam within 100 miles of New York City. The odds are I won't be taking it at this rate.

[Rilindo]

You can use the dd command to create an image. That said, can you describe the boot problem you are experiencing?

[StevenT]

I was able to get it, I had to reimage the USB key a few times.  Thank you for your help.

[juescami7]

If I want to use ONLY my laptop to take the exam, the wired mouse and keyboard are needed? 

[JoergK]

When using your laptop with the integrated keyboard and touchpad/trackpoint external and wired keyboard and mouse are not needed.

I got that from the system requirements on page 3 of the [remote exam guide](https://www.redhat.com/rhdc/managed-files/tr-remote-exams-preparation-ebook-f27382-202103-en_2.pdf).