Marco Lotz:
Sorry posted this in the wrong ckad channel.
I repeated my CKA exam today after the first one was cancelled because of the PSI Bridge.
My experience was better this time but still not optimal.
• Check-in was much faster. One uploaded video was not okay, I was able to repeat that directly with the proctor.
• I took the exam on a monitor with a resolution of 3440x1440. That is a big advantage.
• The biggest problem is the scrolling in the documentation. It is significantly delayed.
• Also, copy&paste was sometimes very slow.
• Editing in vi was laggy.
• I had 17 questions this time. In my aborted attempt there were 19.
• At the end I still had 15 min time for my marked questions.
Thejas KA:
Can you explain how long it took to scroll down to persistence volume claim code?
Marco Lotz:
For me the main problem scrolling the documentation was that it is not only slow it’s laggy - I mean you scroll and nothing happens and then you make a jump.
Searching with e.g. “kind: persistent…” and then scrolling very soft is faster.
Thejas KA:
Cool. That works for me. I’m writing exam this Thursday, let’s hope for best:slightly_smiling_face:
Lynn Rollins:
Thanks, I want to sit for the exam on Friday, but have been worried because of all the issues with the new testing environment. Your post gives me hope that it will be Ok to go ahead and schedule.
Akash Saha:
Hi @Marco Lotz, Thanks for sharing your experience. How did u copy yaml config files from kubernetes document to terminal?
Akash Saha:
@Thejas KA, Please share your experience after the exam. I have planned to schedule exam on friday.
Marco Lotz:
The recommended vim setting (set expandwidth, …) were already set. I select the yaml on the documentation and then paste it into vi. I did it most time with the mouse context menu (right click) but ctrl + c and ctrl + shift + v works also.
I made two settings for the terminal window:
• Terminal Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Show unsafe paste dialog
• Terminal Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Automatically copy selection to clipboard
I recomment testing this on the killercoda scenario.
Akash Saha:
In killer coda, i don’t see this settings.
Akash Saha:
@Marco Lotz: Thanks a lot. This is very helpful.
Akash Saha:
Hi @Marco Lotz, I have one more query. How can i use text editor or notepad in real exam. I was not able to find any notepad.
Thejas KA:
Right click –> create doc
Thejas KA:
Or you can find in accessories option
Thejas KA:
Or run mousepad in terminal , it will open up mousepad
Akash Saha:
Thanks a lot @Thejas KA
Akash Saha:
@Thejas KA You already took the attempt?
