109.3 Basic network troubleshooting Weight: 4 Description: Candidates should be able to troubleshoot networking issues on client hosts. Key Knowledge Areas: Manually and automatically configure network interfaces and routing tables to include adding, starting, stopping, restarting, deleting or reconfiguring network interfaces Change, view, or configure the routing table and correct …
109.2 Basic network configuration Weight: 4 Description: Candidates should be able to view, change and verify configuration settings on client hosts. Key Knowledge Areas: Manually and automatically configure network interfaces Basic TCP/IP host configuration Setting a default route Terms and Utilities: /etc/hostname /etc/hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf ifconfig ifup ifdown ip route ping …
109.1 Fundamentals of internet protocols Weight: 4 Description: Candidates should demonstrate a proper understanding of TCP/IP network fundamentals. Key Knowledge Areas: Demonstrate an understanding of network masks and CIDR notation Knowledge of the differences between private and public “dotted quad” IP addresses Knowledge about common TCP and UDP ports and …
Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should be able to manage print queues and user print jobs using CUPS and the LPD compatibility interface. Key Knowledge Areas: Basic CUPS configuration (for local and remote printers) Manage user print queues Troubleshoot general printing problems Add and remove jobs from configured printer queues Terms …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be aware of the commonly available MTA programs and be able to perform basic forward and alias configuration on a client host. Other configuration files are not covered. Key Knowledge Areas: Create e-mail aliases Configure e-mail forwarding Knowledge of commonly available MTA programs (postfix, sendmail, …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be able to configure the syslog daemon. This objective also includes configuring the logging daemon to send log output to a central log server or accept log output as a central log server. Use of the systemd journal subsystem is covered. Also, awareness of rsyslog …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be able to properly maintain the system time and synchronize the clock via NTP. Key Knowledge Areas: Set the system date and time Set the hardware clock to the correct time in UTC Configure the correct timezone Basic NTP configuration Knowledge of using the pool.ntp.org …
Weight: 1 Description: Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of accessibility technologies. Key Knowledge Areas: Basic knowledge of keyboard accessibility settings (AccessX) Basic knowledge of visual settings and themes Basic knowledge of assistive technology (ATs) Terms and Utilities: Sticky/Repeat Keys Slow/Bounce/Toggle Keys Mouse Keys High Contrast/Large Print Desktop Themes Screen Reader Braille …
Weight: 1 Description: Candidates should be able to describe the basic features and configuration of the LightDM display manager. This objective covers awareness of the display managers XDM (X Display Manger), GDM (Gnome Display Manager) and KDM (KDE Display Manager). Key Knowledge Areas: Basic configuration of LightDM Turn the display …
Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should be able to install and configure X11. Key Knowledge Areas: Verify that the video card and monitor are supported by an X server Awareness of the X font server Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file Terms and Utilities: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xhost DISPLAY …