Chapter 14Sample Practicums

The reading is over. Now it is time to take what you learned from the chapters of this book and apply it to problem solving. One of the underlying principles of learning is known as Bloom’s Taxonomy. To oversimplify, one of the things this principle states is that there are various levels of understanding. At the bottom there is only knowledge—being able to recite facts and figures—and higher up there is the ability to apply that knowledge.

The CLP exam is not a knowledge-level exam—it does not ask you who Linux is named after and offer four multiple-choice answers. The CLP exam is a practicum-based test asking you to complete a series of tasks.

What follows are two sample practicums. At this point, ...

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