Hi. I'm trying to find out if I can still take the 202 exam.
I passed exam 201 towards the LPIC2 on Dec 2010 (approx 3yrs & 4 months ago) and I received the LPIC1 on Feb 2009 (5 yrs ago). I see that exams stay current for 5 yrs. The requirements web pg states that you need LPIC1 as prereq for LPIC2. My question is, Can I take the 202 exam and receive the LPIC 2? I have been progressing under assumption that as long as I kept taking an exam(s)within 5 year period that would keep things current to continue to progress with the next exam in the sequence; 101, 102, 201, 202, 301 ... 3. Is this correct? I am hoping because I completed the LPI 201 exam 3 years ago in Dec 2010, that this keep me current and allows me to continue to progress and that I can take the 202 to receive the LPIC2, please confirm thank you > From: al...@rosedu.org > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:01:24 +0200 > To: lpi-discuss@lpi.org > Subject: Re: [lpi-discuss] FAQ :- Do LPI certifications expire? > > On 28 December 2013 01:53, Anselm Lingnau <anselm.ling...@linupfront.de> > wrote: > > Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > >> Can someone please help me understand recertification process? > > > > First of all, LPI certifications don't expire – or at least they don't > > expire > > like some other certifications do, as in »the certification organisation > > will > > forget that you ever existed«. > > I beg to differ on that. > > My experience with other certification providers is the same as with LPI. > Nobody will tell you that after $TIMEOUT years, it's like you never > passed the exams. They will say that you were certified many years > ago. > > > > > What does happen is that five years after you gained an LPI certificate, the > > status of that certificate in LPI's database is set to »inactive«. The > > reasoning behind this is that if LPI hasn't heard from you in five years, > > your > > Linux admin skills may have become a bit rusty (Linux being the moving > > target > > that it is). However, the fact that you did pass the certificate at some > > point > > will stay on record forever. (Both your certificate and your little LPIC > > card > > give the date of your certification, so if you're presenting a 2005-vintage > > certificate when applying for a job in 2014, your prospective employer may > > be > > less than impressed, but may still be more impressed than they would be if > > you > > had no certificate to show at all. Your employer *will* be able to check > > your > > certificate against LPI's alumni database, though, which would not work with > > certificates from various other vendors and their respective alumni > > databases.) > > > > You can prevent your certificate from becoming »inactive« by > > »re-certifying«, > > which means either re-taking (just) the exams that led to that > > certification, > > or else obtaining a higher-level certificate. Whenever you pass the > > appropriate exams to gain an LPI certificate, the five-year clock will start > > for that certificate and all active »lesser« LPI certificates that you hold. > > > > By way of example, let's assume Alice passed the LPI-101 and LPI-102 exams > > on > > 23 April, 2009, to gain her LPIC-1 certificate. That certificate will become > > inactive on 23 April, 2014, unless Alice either re-passes LPI-101 and > > LPI-102 > > or else passes LPI-201 and LPI-202 to gain an LPIC-2 certificate before that > > date. If Alice passes LPI-201 and LPI-202 on 21 April, 2014 then the clock > > will be started again for both her LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 certificates, and she > > will have to re-certify before 21 April, 2019, either by re-passing LPI-201 > > and LPI-202 or else passing any of the LPIC-3 speciality exams to gain an > > LPIC-3 certificate, at which time the clock will be restarted for her LPIC-2 > > and LPIC-1 exams too. (Note that Alice will NOT have to re-take LPI-101 and > > LPI-102 to re-certify at LPIC-2 level between 21 April 2014 and 21 April > > 2019.) > > > > It is a bit unclear (at least to me) what will happen with the LPIC-3 > > speciality exams. Presumably, given that there are no higher-level > > certifications you could take, you will have to re-certify by re-taking the > > exam in question. Maybe someone from LPI can clarify what the current policy > > is. > > > > Don't worry too much about the two-year thing. This is a recommendation > > based > > on the (debatable) assumption that either Linux or the LPI exams will have > > changed enough within two years that it would make sense to re-certify just > > to > > document that your Linux knowledge is very current indeed. My personal take > > is > > that regardless of what happens with Linux itself, it generally takes > > somewhat > > more than two years for the LPI exam objectives to be updated to account for > > any intervening important changes to Linux, and so if you want to be > > maximally > > up-to-date it would make sense to track new versions of the exams and re- > > certify either when there are actual interesting-looking changes to the exam > > objectives of your highest-level LPI certificate, or when 4 years and 11 > > months have elapsed since your last exam for that certificate, whichever > > occurs earlier. > > > > Finally, there has been some exploratory discussion regarding > > re-certification > > methods other than the re-taking of exams (which would be interesting at the > > LPIC-3 level in particular). This might include mentoring other LPIC > > candidates, taking part in discussions on LPI social networking sites, > > submitting records of relevant professional experience, or otherwise > > convincing LPI that you are still around and active. No concrete proposals > > have however been put forward as yet (that I am aware of). > > > > Anselm > > (Not speaking for my employer.) > > -- > > Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... 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