What is the Voodoo Skills Test?

The Voodoo Skills Test is a tool to measure your skills and find a better match for possible job placement. It also shows prospective employers that you are ready for the official Linux certification exams by either the Linux Professional Institute or the CompTIA and that you meet the necessary Linux skills requirement in general.

Employers have the search option to specifically list potential candidates by the Voodoo Skill Test score.

The Skill Test is timed and can only be taken twice. The second time around it is harder and the questions/answer sets are different.

If you fail the test the first time (84% or lower) you will be given an option to review your weak and failed areas. Once you are ready to retest, a new set of questions will be available. Retesting can not be done within 24 hours of taking the first test. Final results are posted in your profile, viewable only by you or employers.

The Voodoo Skills test consists of several levels:

• Installation and Basic Configuration of Linux
• Administering the User Environment in Linux
• Hardware and Troubleshooting in Linux
• Planning a Linux Implementation
• Network Configuration within a Linux Environment
• Administering the System in a Linux Environment

• Linux Installation Techniques
• The X Window System
• Hardware Issues for Linux
• Debian and Red Hat Package Management

• Updating the Linux Kernel
• Printing and Documentation in Linux
• Shell Scripting in Linux
• Administrative Tasks in Linux

• Automating Linux System Tasks and Backup Strategies
• Managing Linux Group and User accounts
• Networking Fundamentals for Linux Administrators
• Networking Services in a Linux Environment
• Security within a Linux Environment
• Working with Sendmail and Apache in Linux

Also covered:

• Linux and CLI
• Regular Expressions and Text Processing
• File Handling in Linux
• Partitions, File Systems, and Disk Quotas in Linux
• File System Mounting and Management