**Welcome**

Welcome to the collaborative authoring project to [[quickly|deadlines]]
write a book [[covering_the_basics|Chapter_Introduction]] from the 2005 [[BSDA_Certification_Requirements]] Document.

This wiki was pre-populated with a detailed outline and has many completed sections. See the [[table_of_contents]].

[[Authors]] and [[technical_reviewers]] signup to be responsible for their sections. [[Readers]] are also encouraged to [[contribute]].

This entire document is under the open source BSD [[license]] so anyone can reuse.

Periodically the content is converted to LaTeX and a nice [[PDF]] in book format is generated.

To get started have a look at the [[how_to_contribute|contribute]] page. If you have [[questions]], click [[here|questions]].


**BSD Associate Exam**


This section [[answers|goals]]: "_What would I expect a junior BSD system admin to know about these [[objectives|BSDA_Certification_Requirements]] and demonstrate usage of these commands?_"




**BSD Professional Exam**

The section for the BSD Professional exam starts [[here|bsdp]].

If you want to help develop the BSDP exam objectives, see the these [[guidelines|bsdp_goals]].  The guidelines
for writing the BSDP exam objectives are different from the BSDA objectives, so please review
them before you start writing.

The BSD Certification Group is planning both a written exam and a hands-on lab for the BSD Professional Certification.
The exam will be in the same format at the BSD Associate exam (paper based exam with answer sheet).

The hands-on lab is expected to be a collection of exercises that the candidate will
perform using multiple networked BSD systems set up in a virtual environment.  Details
on the actual lab are still being worked out.

Because the lab will be a timed test, the exam objectives material for the BSDP Exam
includes time estimates.  These estimates are intended to help guide the candidate in
sharpening their skills to perform the listed task quickly and efficiently.  You should use the
time estimates as a guide only.  The actual exam times may vary from those indicated here.

