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LPI’s exam 202, “Intermediate Level Administration Part 2” is a core requirement for the LPIC2 (Linux Professional Institute) – Intermediate Level Administration certification. This mid level exam is designed for fairly advanced Linux administrators and “covers advanced network administration skills that are common across all distributions of linux.”

The specific prerequisite for this exam is the completion of the LPIC Level 1 certification.

This exam costs $100 USD in most locales. “In Japan and in the EU the cost changes based on the fluctuation of currencies.” The exam is offered in English and “some time ago we [LPI] created Japanese translations of our exams ... and we are considering doing a German translation in the near term.
If you believe there is sufficient demand for a translation to a specific language please help us to identify this need and we will consider it.” The exam may be taken from Pearson Vue or Thomson Prometric.

The pass score for this form-based multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank exam is 460 out of a range of 200 to 800, but this is subject to change. There are 63 questions and the exam lasts 90 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• Networking
• Mail and News
• DNS
• Web Services
• Network Client Management
• System Security
• Network Troubleshooting