[Gllug] RHCE

[Ms. Lene Jensen]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Neil Fryer wrote:

Hi Neil,

> Has any done the above cert, and can they tell me anything about it, not
> details, just things like, "I've been working with RH for 10 years, and the
> exam killed me" (Hopefully NOT!!) or any pointers at all?

I might be able to give you an insight into the RHCE, as I am a 
teacher/examiner working for Red Hat, so I might be able to give you 
some insights.  The exam has changed in version 8.0, and in my opinion, 
it is bloody hard.  Not hard in the sense that you have to do difficult 
tasks, but there is just so much you have to do.

The exam is devided into three sections, the first being a debug 
section, a multiple choice section and an installation/setup section.  
You have to pass with more than 80%.

In the debug section you have 8 problems, each worth 12.5 points, and
2.5 hours to finish these problems.  4 of those problems are compulsary 
and has to be finished within 1 hour.  That means that if you get them 
after that first hour and get 100% on this section, you still fail the 
RHCE.  You need at least 50% to pass this part of the exam.

In the multiple choice part, you have 50 questions, each worth 2 points, 
again, you need 50% to pass _this_ part of the exam.

Finally, you have the install/setup part.  This is now devided into 2 
(3) parts, a local and a network part.  You have to pass each of these 
with 70% or better to earn an RHCE.  In the network part there are a set 
of problems where you can choose which ones you want to do (you have to 
do about 2/3 of these, but you decide which ones you like).

For those who have taken the exam, I would say that the debug part has 
become a bit easier, but the setup part has become harder, since there 
are much more to do.  But if you know your stuff, the exam is not 
difficult.  It is a bit early to talk about passrates, but it seems it 
is lower than the old version of the exam, please check out 
http://www.redhat.com/training/ for numbers.

Another thing with the new RHCE, if you pass the 4 compulsory debugs and 
70% of the local section, but fail to get an RHCE, you will be awarded 
an RHCT (Red Hat Certified Technician).  

Hope this was of any help!

LJ
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