RHCSA exam facts, domains and practice
The RHCSA (EX200) is a performance-based exam on live systems: real administration tasks on RHEL 10 across storage and LVM, NFS and autofs, SELinux, systemd, users, and networking. No multiple choice anywhere, and your configurations are expected to survive a reboot.
Who this exam is for
Sysadmins and platform engineers standardizing on Red Hat. The hands-on Linux credential hiring managers actually recognize, and the base of the RHCE path.
Exam facts
| Body | Red Hat |
|---|---|
| Exam code | EX200 |
| Format | Performance-based · live systems |
| Duration | not stated by Red Hat · widely reported as 2.5 hours |
| Passing score | 210 of 300 |
| Exam cost | $500 · varies by region |
| Validity | 3 years |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Allowed resources | on-system docs (man pages) only |
| Delivery | Testing center or remote · proctored |
Curriculum domains
Red Hat publishes objectives, not weights
- Essential tools & shell scripts
- Software: RPM, dnf & Flatpak
- Operate running systems
- Local storage & LVM
- File systems & mounts
- Users & groups
- Networking
- SELinux & firewall
- SSH keys & default permissions
Practice coverage
| environment | live VM |
|---|---|
| graded tasks | 45 · 40 on the RHEL 10 objectives |
| exam mocks | 2 · 22 graded tasks each |
| clock | 2.5-hour clock |
| scoring bar | official 210 of 300 |
| access | 30 days · 3 full-sim attempts |
RHCSA access, clearly explained
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Official exam facts last reviewed Oct 7, 2026. Product access reviewed 2026-10-06. Check the exam source. Prepium is an independent practice platform.