The Examinations

Placing out of OS Scripting requires that you pass two examinations with scores of 85% or better. The first is a written examination and if you pass that you will be given a practical examination which must also be passed with a score of 85% or better

Written Examination –You will be given 2 – 3 hours for the written examination and it will consist of 100 – 200 multiple choice, true/false, or matching questions. This exam is closed book. Please bring pencils to the exam as you will record your answers on an opscan sheet which requires you to use a number two pencil.  The subjects covered on the exam include but are not limited to:

• Bash Shell
• Unix file and directory structure, attributes, and navigation
• Variables, substitution, quoting and parameters
• Flow control/loops
• Input/Output
• Functions
• RC scripts and the included commands
• Signal handling
• Text filters
• Regular expressions
• Grep and Egrep
• Awk

Practical Examination –Upon successful completion of the written exam you will be given the opportunity to take a practical examination. You will be expected to be familiar with Red Hat Linux. The practical examination is a demonstration of your hands-on skills and is a closed book exam. You will be expected to demonstrate your ability to:

• Write scripts which include all the structures and techniques listed above
• Edit existing scripts to change functionality as directed