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Revised CompTIA Linux+ certification exam goes live

Following a year of research and development, the revised CompTIA Linux+ certification exam is now available.

According to CompTIA, the revised Linux+ exam covers approximately 90 percent of the problems that technicians, help desk staff, and system administrators routinely encounter today with commercial Linux applications from Novell’s SUSE Linux, Red Hat, Mandrake, and TurboLinux.

“The new CompTIA Linux+ exam is an outstanding example of an industry-led exam development process, designed and built with input from employers who understand the importance of skill validation for an enterprise ready platform such as Linux,” said Dan Veitkus, Vice President, Novell Training Services.

CompTIA say the most notable differences between the original CompTIA Linux+ exam, based on 2001 objectives, and the revised exam, based on 2004 objectives, are the additional domains on security and documentation, the expansion of domains on installation and configuration, and a decrease in the emphasis on hardware.

The older version of the exam, which tests against the 2001 Exam Objectives, will continue to be offered as an alternative to the new exam only through the end of July 2005.

"Certification gives the employer a means of validating skills when making decisions on hiring and promotion, while offering the IT professional an independent verification of knowledge mastery,” said Neill Hopkins, vice president of skills development, CompTIA. “This new exam does both admirably at a time when the demand for Linux expertise is growing.”

The CompTIA Linux+ exam has approximately 90 questions and must be completed within 90 minutes.

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Further information about the CompTIA Linux+ certification can be found at: www.comptia.org

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