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Exam 102-500

The second of the two exams needed for LPIC-1. 60 questions, 90 minutes.

Topics

Topic Objectives Weight What it covers
105 Shells and Shell Scripting 2 8 Shell environment, writing simple scripts
106 User Interfaces and Desktops 3 4 X11, desktop environments, accessibility
107 Administrative Tasks 3 12 Users and groups, cron and at, locales
108 Essential System Services 4 12 Time, logging, mail basics, printing
109 Networking Fundamentals 4 14 IP, network config, troubleshooting, DNS
110 Security 3 10 Security admin, host security, encryption

Topic 106 is only 4 points across 3 objectives, and much of it is conceptual. Do not over-invest there.