Almost ready: OCA Linux Certification
Oracle is almost ready to go live with the Oracle Enterprise Linux Certified Administrator (OCA) certification. This certification, a stepping stone to upper-level Linux certifications to come, requires passing two exams:
- 1Z0-402, the Enterprise Linux Fundamentals exam (which went live on March 22).
- 1Z0-403, the Enterprise Linux System Administration exam (which closed beta on March 31).
The Fundamentals exam — which you can skip if you’re already certified for LPI, Linux+, Ubuntu, Red Hat or Novell — consists of 87 questions that must be answered in 120 minutes (with 57 correct required to pass). The exam’s topics include messaging, printing, text editing and enterprise Linux fundamentals, among others.
The System Administration exam — for which appointments are now being taken for the production exam — consists of 113 questions that must be answered in 120 minutes (with 62 percent correct required to pass). Topics include Linux kernel compilation, client networking, enterprise Linux installation and more.
Both exams are administered through Prometric testing centers.
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