[SFS] OpenStack exam (and Linux exam)
Richard Glazier
glazier@gmail.com
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:46:56 -0600
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Hope you passed!
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:29 AM, David L. Willson <dlwillson@sofree.us>
wrote:
> I took the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam last night. It works
> very much like the Linux SysAdmin exam, so I thought I'd share some of my
> "notes to self", in case any of you have or soon will, take one of these
> exams.
>
> - Skip tasks! Get to the end and come back for the harder tasks. Keep a
> list, as a file in the exam system, of skipped tasks.
> - Practice everything in the CLI *and* the GUI. Many exam tasks can be
> accomplished much more quickly in the CLI. Some tasks are not possible in
> the GUI, as far as I can tell.
>
> Some tasks are quick and easy. Some have a *lot* of parts and details.
> Some are *really* hard. The exercises are not interdependent. Since neither
> the complexity nor the amount of effort is consistent from task to task, it
> makes sense to do the things you can do quickly or easily, first.
>
> I don't think I passed, but I think I get a free retake, so barring a
> miracle, I'll be taking it again in a couple weeks.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier =
new,monospace">Hope you passed!<br></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:29 AM, David L. Wil=
lson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dlwillson@sofree.us" target=3D=
"_blank">dlwillson@sofree.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-=
left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman,new york,times,ser=
if;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>I took the Certified OpenStack Admini=
strator exam last night. It works very much like the Linux SysAdmin exam, s=
o I thought I'd share some of my "notes to self", in case any=
of you have or soon will, take one of these exams.<br></div><div><br></div=
><div>- Skip tasks! Get to the end and come back for the harder tasks. Keep=
a list, as a file in the exam system, of skipped tasks.<br></div><div><div=
>- Practice everything in the CLI *and* the GUI. Many exam tasks can be acc=
omplished much more quickly in the CLI. Some tasks are not possible in the =
GUI, as far as I can tell.</div><br></div><div style=3D"color:#000;font-wei=
ght:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Ari=
al,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Some tasks are quick and easy. Some have=
a *lot* of parts and details. Some are *really* hard. The exercises are no=
t interdependent. Since neither the complexity nor the amount of effort is =
consistent from task to task, it makes sense to do the things you can do qu=
ickly or easily, first.<br></div><br></div><div style=3D"color:#000;font-we=
ight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Ar=
ial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I don't think I passed, but I think I ge=
t a free retake, so barring a miracle, I'll be taking it again in a cou=
ple weeks.<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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