EX294: My exam and advice

Exam time: 2021-6-1 10:00 PM to 2021-6-2 2:20 AM

Exam method:  remote

Exam city:  Toronto

Exam result time: 2021-6-2 3:40 AM

Exam score: 300

1. Exam devices preparation

• Only Mic is needed, while earphones/speakers are not. So the proctor can monitor the sound around you. But the examinee is not supposed to hear anything from the proctor.
• The communication between the proctor and examinees is through the chat window by text only.
• Prepare two USB boot disks in case one of them fails to boot. 
• The exam time you booked is not the start time you write answers; it's the time you can log in to the exam page and the proctor starts to communicate with you, verify your ID, ... The process can last around 20 mins.

2.  Some advice

• Copy/paste the folder/file names to be created rather than typing. A small typo can cause a big loss.
• Web site "docs.ansible.com" is available during the exam. So getting familiar with the structure of this website before taking the exam help you find what you want quickly.
• For most docs, using "ansible-doc" is way faster than the web version. Use the web version only for info not available via "ansible-doc"
• The exam desktop is a remote desktop, not your own. As a result, Tmux "Ctr_B" key doesn't work. Use multiple GUI terminal windows instead.
• The vim version doesn't support YAML properly. Modify .vimrc as below so that you can manually format the YAML files.

                     set ts=2 sts=2 sw=2

• Only one screen is allowed. Suggested windows layout.