Its always the top students who worry like this because its embarrassing to fail when everyone knows you know enough to teach the course.
All I can say is RELAX - you will be ok. Will you get a 100% probably not, but a pass is a pass. But anyone can have a bad day too - no sleep/worrying about something unrelated to the exam/not feeling well. So if you are doing 80%+ on the study materials you are probably ready.

Use the same good test taking strategies that you should be teaching your students - like skip over the PBQs & do as many questions as you can as quickly as you can and flagging any that slow you down to come back to later after you have done the lion's share of the questions.
Then, now that your head is focused on the exam info, go back & finish all the flagged ones, THEN divide the remaining time on equally on the PBQs & finish with a flourish & expect to pass!

Jill West said:

Wow, congrats, that's a major accomplishment!

I never did get my voucher to work. What did you think of the exam?

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Next time that happens be sure to email Stephen! It like it was more "managerial" than hands-on. I thought the PBQs were perfectly appropriate and actually enjoyed doing them for once.

precious said:

Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

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Congrats! I just passed mine yesterday too!

Stephen Schneiter said:

You know the ole saying, if it's free, it's for me!

AND! I can get paid to advertise it on TikToK! WOW! Nothing weird about that!

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Yeah, just make sure you use your alternative alias - the one that purports you to be a 50-something Innuit woman with ten kids, living near Nome, Alaska.

You know the ole saying, if it's free, it's for me!

AND! I can get paid to advertise it on TikToK! WOW! Nothing weird about that!

Congratulation

BrianFord said:

And make more mead!

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Exactly. I have a plum, pineapple, cherry, raspberry, and grape pyment that are now aging nicely.

Wow, congrats, that's a major accomplishment!

I never did get my voucher to work. What did you think of the exam?

precious said:

Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

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Congrats

precious said:

That's terrible. Have you tried calling them to explain? Maybe they can make an exception.

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Sorry about that, just like precious suggested, have you tried calling the support center ,if there is anything they can do in that regards.

Well done

Gregory Childers said:

I had DataX scheduled for today, the last day before the voucher expired. When I went to sign in, it seemed that I had registered for 7AM and not 7PM, so I was marked as a "No Show" for the exam.

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That's terrible. Have you tried calling them to explain? Maybe they can make an exception.

I had DataX scheduled for today, the last day before the voucher expired. When I went to sign in, it seemed that I had registered for 7AM and not 7PM, so I was marked as a "No Show" for the exam.

jasoneckert said:

Truer words have never been spoken!
And trust me, if they had been, they'd be in my TTT material

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Jason you know I have always had great respect for you. I didn't have nearly enough time to study so I mostly went through the courseware and the labs, but had I thought of it ahead of time... YOU MAN!!!

Mitch Garvis said:

And no, I did not use Jason's material... but I should have!

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Truer words have never been spoken!
And trust me, if they had been, they'd be in my TTT material

CongratsX

Rick Butler said:

Man, with what you've taken, you passing is the smart money. Did you go through @jasoneckert 's TTT ahead of it?

Congrats on passing. That's another one!

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I've now passed 77 exams, but please remember that until a few years ago I was nearly exclusively a Microsoft guy. Yes, I played with Linux 25 years ago, and I use Kali and Parrot for cybersecurity stuff... but I never managed the disks or or users or containers or users (I mean managing users in a day to day environment, not just creating accounts). I also haven't used Linux servers too much since 2004.

And no, I did not use Jason's material... but I should have!

Rick Butler said:

One of these days, I'll perhaps retire myself. When I do, I shall take off my fedora, go into the country, and write Japanese haiku...

...without the aid of a laptop or ChatGPT.

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And make more mead!

precious said:

Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

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Well done!

Amelia A. said:

I passed the DataX certification exam this week, all thanks to the CIN Series. I re-watched the course videos and reviewed the Certmaster material. Those are the only study tools I used to prepare for the exam. Thank you, CIN!

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Awesome! Congrats on your big win

Awesome and Congratulations!

Congratulations @precious

Mitch Garvis said:

For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

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That's probably why I'm taking so much time to study for the version 8 exam. The last thing I want to do is fail a beginner exam after years of working on Linux since 2007.

Mitch Garvis said:

For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

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Man, with what you've taken, you passing is the smart money. Did you go through @jasoneckert 's TTT ahead of it?

Congrats on passing. That's another one!

/r