[Sunhelp] Solaris SysAdmin Quiz

[Reagen Ward]

One of my fav questions is "Do you use admintool?"  A positve answer results in
a negative mark.

I have a basic set of questions I select from, depending on the level of the
person and the position we need to fill.

I update it on occasion; it's at http://zilla.nu/Projects/AdminTest.

Please note that I use it to judge the depth of a person's experience, and to
see how they answer questions.  The best answer is always, "Hmmn.  I don't know
that, but I'm curious to find out.  What's the answer?"

I gave up on using the test in phone screens; too many folks who list DNS Admin
on their resume can't tell me which major version of BIND they run (4 or 8, not
that hard).

Reagen

On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:59:55PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Jeffrey Meltzer wrote:
> 
> > Think you've got what it takes to be a Solaris Systems
> > Administrator?  We've compiled a database of over 100 questions to test
> > your Solaris and general Unix knowledge.  Take the Quiz!
> > 
> > http://www.solarisguide.com/quiz/
> 
> Be forewarned that there are a few misleading questions in the set.  An
> example:
> 
> > Which kill signal stops a process unconditionally?
> 
> The obvious answer is SIGSTOP, code 23.  The listed "answer" is SIGKILL.
> There is a definite difference between stopping a process and terminating
> it.
> 
> > What does admintool not permit you to administer?
> >      hosts     logs     software packages     serial ports 
> 
> Having tried to do useful things with admintool once upon a time I have to
> wish for an "all of the above" option.  :)
> 
> -James
> 
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