# trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills

A collection of Linux Sysadmin Test Questions and Answers. Test your knowledge and skills in different fields with these Q/A.

Repository: https://github.com/trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/test-your-sysadmin-skills
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: interview, interview-questions, exam, answers, knowledge, skills, cheatsheets, resources, sysadmin, sysops, devops, webops, unix, linux, bsd, systems, network, security, cybersecurity, databases
Last push: 2024-11-19T14:07:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2946, "days_push": 652, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11845, forks 1733 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:50.225581+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of 284 Linux/Unix sysadmin interview and exam questions with example answers, organized from junior to senior levels. It serves as a self-assessment study guide and interview preparation resource for system administration roles.

## Use cases
- prepare for a linux sysadmin job interview
- test my linux system administration knowledge
- study questions and answers for sysops interviews
- find a sysadmin skills checklist for self-assessment
- review unix and bsd administration concepts before an exam
- brush up on networking and security fundamentals for sysadmin roles

## When to choose
- you are preparing for a Linux/Unix system administrator interview or exam
- you want a broad, question-driven review of sysadmin topics from junior to senior level
- you need a free, community-maintained reference with links to deeper resources

## When to avoid
- you need hands-on labs or interactive exercises rather than Q&A text
- you are looking for DevOps/cloud-native tooling questions specifically (see dedicated DevOps question repos)
- you expect fully exhaustive, authoritative answers - answers are examples only

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, security, networking, databases, tutorials
- platform: cli
- tags: sysadmin, interview-questions, cheatsheet, devops, unix, bsd, self-assessment, linux

## Member repositories
- trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.225581+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:15:16.395413+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.225581+00:00, sha 5df7324ec895)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.