Sun’s exam CX-310-014, “Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment • Part I” is a core requirement for the Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) Solaris 9 OE certification. It is designed for Unix system administrators with a minimum of six months experience. There is no specific prerequisite for this exam but candidates should be familiar with basic Unix and Solaris OE commands. It is a prerequisite for the CX-310-015 “Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment • Part II” exam.

This exam is easy to moderately difficult and costs $150 USD. It may be taken from Thomson Prometric.

The pass score for this multiple choice, free response and drag and drop exam is 64%. There are 57 questions and the exam lasts 105 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• Managing File Systems
• Installing Software
• Performing System Boot Procedures
• Performing User and Security Administration
• Managing Network Printers and System Processes
• Performing System Backups and Restores