And look at this.
This is one of those demonstrations, if you recall,
we just laid out the importance of making sure that you
carry out these demonstrations yourself,
and this is not any different.
We're going to be looking at how we can book the exams.
So this is really important just to navigate the website and make
sure you understand everything about the exam.
The more you're prepared upfront, then, of course,
the easier it's going to be when you actually come to booking it
and understanding what options are available.
It's also going to set your mind at ease understanding a little bit
more about what actually CompTIA say are in the exam.
So we're going to look at creating a CompTIA account.
If you've previously taken any CompTIA exams,
you're probably going to have an account,
and you're going to be able to use that.
So, of course then, we can make sure that you can log in.
We can view the exam objectives.
We can look at the different options for the exam.
Like many exams now, they can be taken online,
so online proctored, or if it's easier for you,
taking it at a testing center.
A lot just depends on what you have around and close to you.
So let's go through and find our browser and point it to comptia.org.
So we're back on our browser, and we're at www.comptia.org.
Now we've seen the home page before,
but we want to concentrate a little bit more on certifications.
So I'm moving across to Certifications, my mouse is over this at the moment,
and we're going to drop down, and we can see then that we've got Linux+.
It's this that we're going to be investigating.
As I go through then and click on the certification for Linux+,
we can see then that they give you two exam codes.
Currently, there are two exams that are available.
There's XKO‑004.
This was released in 2019,
and this was the first CompTIA Linux+ exam that was purely CompTIA.
Again, it contains performance elements much like the current exam.
The current exam, which was launched mid‑July 2022,
XKO‑005, that's the one that contains much more on DevOps,
and I think you're going to find the DevOps side of things really
interesting if you haven't been involved in it before.
As we go through and just scroll down a little bit,
we can see that the new Linux+ XKO‑005 is available from July the 12th.
When we look at the EXAM DETAILS, we can see the two exam codes,
when they were released.
When we take a look at the descriptions, we're concentrating here on 005.
So this is our new version of CompTIA Linux+ covering an
evolving job role that focuses much more on how Linux
powers everything within our cloud.
So we're looking at cutting‑edge technologies that help us
orchestrate and automate our environment,
so working on coding, containers, infrastructure.
So not just Linux, but it's everything that Linux really touches.
We're going to have 90 questions.
Those questions are multiple choice and performance‑based.
Remember what we say about performance‑based.
All they mean by that is rather than asking you what file it is,
you're going to have to then go through and edit that file,
as an example.
The passing score they don't list at the moment.
But when we take a look at your experience,
they're suggesting that it would help if we've got 12 months
hands‑on experience working with Linux servers or a junior role in
support or perhaps working in cloud or DevOps. Very much they are
all related to working with Linux.
Obviously, other certifications from CompTIA might help you, A+,
Network+, Server+, because they all cover a little bit of this, and
they build up your foundation knowledge. At the moment, it's only
available in English, and the retirement is likely to be three years
after the launch date.
We can see the previous exam will be then expiring or retiring in 2023.
Now the testing providers is done by Pearson VUE, and it can be done through
your traditional testing centers, but we also have online proctoring. With
online proctoring, you can actually then do it from your workstation at home,
but you do have to make sure that you can keep your desk and work surface very
clean and tidy. Where I work from, I would say it's clean and tidy, but I have
a lot of technology around me for creating and managing these courses, and to
me, it's actually quite difficult to take everything out of my computer room,
which is my recording studio as well, and set it up for an exam environment.
So me, it's easier if I test it at a testing center rather than in my home
environment. But they really just need you to have a webcam,
a laptop or a desktop, but no other tech around. When we take a look at
booking the exam, we can buy an exam voucher. But if I go through and
take a look at Pearson VUE here, going into the Testing Centers, we can
see then the first thing to do is create a CompTIA account. Then we can
schedule the exam.
Now I already have a CompTIA account, so let's go through to schedule the exam.
We have to put in the email address. I'm quite happy
to put in my email address here.
I want you to be able to do as well as you can inside of the exam
environment. There are different ways that you can contact me, but one
of them most certainly is through email. But if I go through then and
put andrewmallett90@gmail.com and then the password, and no, I'm not
going to tell you the password. Try and get the password right. If
you've previously had an account and maybe you've forgotten your
password, well, obviously, you can go through the stages of resetting
your password.
I'm going to go through then and sign in.
You don't need to save it.
So we see the name, the preferred name.
Once we've got everything correct here,
I'm just going to quickly scroll to the bottom.
We can go through and save any updates. It's really just putting in your
contact information. As we go through, we look or choose the exam we want, so
Linux+. At the moment, they're only listing 004. We're likely just before the
exam has been released. But if we go through and say click on this, obviously,
this isn't the exam you'd be wanting to take. You'll probably want the most
recent exam. And then we can choose at a test center or online at your own
home or office.
I'll go through and choose then a test center. We need photo ID. Make
sure we know where the testing center is so we can confidently get
there at the time, but they also show you a short video what to expect
when you arrive. The personal items, again, we can't take things like
smartwatches or smartphones into the exam, and that would also apply
to glasses.
You can take glasses in the exam, but obviously not smartglasses. We can go
through then on Next. I'm going to be taking it in English.
Probably more of a challenge taking in Japanese, so let's
stick with English. Our policies. Of course,
read those very carefully. And then it shows exam centers that are close to me.
We can go through and click that and then choose a date and time.
For the moment, I'm just going to leave this.
Well,
hopefully that's given you a good idea of what to expect
in the exam and how to book the exam, but let's go through and just summarize what we've looked at.