Tips for the exercise

This is a list of general recommendations for any test, and most fall under the category of common sense, but it's always important to have them in our mind before performing any such test:

• Read all the questions before starting the official exam or any test.
• Specific words have specific meanings that give hints about the requirements or ways to accomplish the goals. This is why reading everything first might give you multiple perspectives on how to complete the test.
• Make yourself comfortable. Install your favorite editor and run updatedb to have a fresh database of packages and installed files ready for use. Define your keyboard layout. Install tmux and learn how to use it, so that you can open new tabs and name them without requiring extra windows.
• Locate dependencies between requests, as some goals depend on others for completion. Find those dependencies to see how you can locate the solution without later having to come back and redo...