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EX200

RHCSA Exam Guide

A 10-week study plan aligned to official EX200 exam domains.

Exam Information

180 minutes

Duration

60 questions (approx.)

Questions

70%

Passing Score

See official exam pricing

Exam Cost

Recommended Study Plan

Week 1

Essential Command-Line Tools

15% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Use grep -i for case-insensitive; -v to invert match
grep, sed, awk, and text processing
find and locate commands
tar archiving and compression
File permissions and ownership

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#essential-tools

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 2

Shell Scripting Basics

5% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Test file: -f (file), -d (directory), -e (exists), -r (readable)
Conditionals and loops
Variables and command substitution
Exit codes and error handling

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#shell-scripts

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 3

Operate Running Systems

15% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: enable vs start — enable survives reboot, start is immediate
systemd service management
journalctl log analysis
Boot process and GRUB
System targets and runlevels

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#running-systems

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 4

Configure Local Storage

15% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Verify with lsblk, pvs, vgs, lvs after LVM changes
Partitioning with fdisk/parted
LVM: pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate
Swap configuration
Stratis and VDO

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#local-storage

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 5

File Systems

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Use UUID in fstab — survives device name changes
XFS and ext4 filesystems
mount and /etc/fstab
NFS client configuration
AutoFS automounting

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#file-systems

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 6

Deploy & Maintain Systems

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: dnf provides /path/to/file — find which package owns a file
yum/dnf package management
RPM queries and verification
Repository configuration
Kernel updates

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#deploy-maintain

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 7

Basic Networking

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: nmcli con up "connection-name" applies changes
nmcli network management
firewalld configuration
SSH and scp
Hostname and DNS resolution

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#networking

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 8

User & Group Management

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: wheel group grants sudo access via /etc/sudoers
useradd, usermod, userdel
Password management with passwd and chage
Group management
ACLs with setfacl and getfacl

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#user-accounts

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 9

SELinux & Security

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Wrong context on web content — httpd_sys_content_t
SELinux modes and contexts
semanage and restorecon
SELinux booleans
audit logs and troubleshooting

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#security

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 10

Container Management

5% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Podman is daemonless — no central dockerd service
Podman run, ps, images
Containerfile/Dockerfile basics
systemd integration
Rootless containers

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#containers

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 11

Final Review & Practice Exams

All domains

8-10 hours

Complete all three full-length practice exams
Review incorrect answers and weak domains
Revisit flashcards for key terms
Timed review of highest-weight domains

Recommended Resources:

Practice exams

Flashcards

Study notes PDF

Exam Tips & Strategies

Domain Insight 1

Use grep -i for case-insensitive; -v to invert match

Domain Insight 2

find -exec runs commands on results — alternative to xargs

Follow Domain Weights

Spend more study time on higher-weighted domains — they drive the majority of exam questions.

Practice Under Time Pressure

Use timed practice exams to build pacing before test day.

Key Topics to Master

grep, sed, awk, and text processing

find and locate commands

Conditionals and loops

Variables and command substitution

systemd service management

journalctl log analysis

Partitioning with fdisk/parted

LVM: pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate

XFS and ext4 filesystems

mount and /etc/fstab

yum/dnf package management

RPM queries and verification

nmcli network management

firewalld configuration

useradd, usermod, userdel

Password management with passwd and chage

SELinux modes and contexts

semanage and restorecon

Podman run, ps, images

Containerfile/Dockerfile basics

For the most up-to-date exam information, visit the official exam guide.

View Official Exam Guide

EX200

RHCSA Exam Guide

A 10-week study plan aligned to official EX200 exam domains.

Exam Information

180 minutes

Duration

60 questions (approx.)

Questions

70%

Passing Score

See official exam pricing

Exam Cost

Recommended Study Plan

Week 1

Essential Command-Line Tools

15% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Use grep -i for case-insensitive; -v to invert match
grep, sed, awk, and text processing
find and locate commands
tar archiving and compression
File permissions and ownership

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#essential-tools

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 2

Shell Scripting Basics

5% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Test file: -f (file), -d (directory), -e (exists), -r (readable)
Conditionals and loops
Variables and command substitution
Exit codes and error handling

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#shell-scripts

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 3

Operate Running Systems

15% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: enable vs start — enable survives reboot, start is immediate
systemd service management
journalctl log analysis
Boot process and GRUB
System targets and runlevels

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#running-systems

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 4

Configure Local Storage

15% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Verify with lsblk, pvs, vgs, lvs after LVM changes
Partitioning with fdisk/parted
LVM: pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate
Swap configuration
Stratis and VDO

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#local-storage

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 5

File Systems

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Use UUID in fstab — survives device name changes
XFS and ext4 filesystems
mount and /etc/fstab
NFS client configuration
AutoFS automounting

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#file-systems

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 6

Deploy & Maintain Systems

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: dnf provides /path/to/file — find which package owns a file
yum/dnf package management
RPM queries and verification
Repository configuration
Kernel updates

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#deploy-maintain

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 7

Basic Networking

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: nmcli con up "connection-name" applies changes
nmcli network management
firewalld configuration
SSH and scp
Hostname and DNS resolution

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#networking

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 8

User & Group Management

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: wheel group grants sudo access via /etc/sudoers
useradd, usermod, userdel
Password management with passwd and chage
Group management
ACLs with setfacl and getfacl

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#user-accounts

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 9

SELinux & Security

10% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Wrong context on web content — httpd_sys_content_t
SELinux modes and contexts
semanage and restorecon
SELinux booleans
audit logs and troubleshooting

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#security

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 10

Container Management

5% of exam

6-8 hours

Focus: Podman is daemonless — no central dockerd service
Podman run, ps, images
Containerfile/Dockerfile basics
systemd integration
Rootless containers

Recommended Resources:

Red Hat official objectives

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/notes#containers

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/practice

/certifications/red-hat/rhcsa/study-guide

Week 11

Final Review & Practice Exams

All domains

8-10 hours

Complete all three full-length practice exams
Review incorrect answers and weak domains
Revisit flashcards for key terms
Timed review of highest-weight domains

Recommended Resources:

Practice exams

Flashcards

Study notes PDF

Exam Tips & Strategies

Domain Insight 1

Use grep -i for case-insensitive; -v to invert match

Domain Insight 2

find -exec runs commands on results — alternative to xargs

Follow Domain Weights

Spend more study time on higher-weighted domains — they drive the majority of exam questions.

Practice Under Time Pressure

Use timed practice exams to build pacing before test day.

Key Topics to Master

grep, sed, awk, and text processing

find and locate commands

Conditionals and loops

Variables and command substitution

systemd service management

journalctl log analysis

Partitioning with fdisk/parted

LVM: pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate

XFS and ext4 filesystems

mount and /etc/fstab

yum/dnf package management

RPM queries and verification

nmcli network management

firewalld configuration

useradd, usermod, userdel

Password management with passwd and chage

SELinux modes and contexts

semanage and restorecon

Podman run, ps, images

Containerfile/Dockerfile basics

For the most up-to-date exam information, visit the official exam guide.

View Official Exam Guide