Certification › Module 8 › Lesson 4
Lab — Exam Day
Merge registration, time strategy, integrity rules — exam-day pack on `$CERT_LAB`.
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Exam day pack. $CERT_LAB. Original Cyberlium.
Opening
Ship exam day pack — logistics and integrity before career handoff.
Folder `$CERT_LAB/exam-day/` with registration checklist, time-strategy.md, integrity-rules.md. Zero cheat refs. chmod 600. Next: Quiz — Exam Day Hygiene.
1. Pack merge
Combine M8 artifacts; add exam-day timeline stub (night before, day of, after).
Command guide
Try these commands — Pack merge
═══ LINUX / macOS (Terminal Practice) ═══
Check system state and user context
Command — copy this
id whoami uname -a
Inspect network sockets listening for connections
Command — copy this
ss -tuln 2>/dev/null || netstat -tuln
Audit active processes
Command — copy this
ps aux | grep -v "\[" | head -15
═══ WINDOWS (POWERSHELL) ═══ Query user identity and system information
Command — copy this
whoami /all Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object CsName, OsName, OsVersion
Primary tools to practice this lesson: grep, curl. Reference sites: Pearson VUE (https://home.pearsonvue.com/comptia); CompTIA (https://www.comptia.org/); ISC2 (https://www.isc2.org/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Integrity
No hidden-note prep lists; no proxy contacts.
3. Handoff
Ready for Module 9 career handoff.
4. What you ship: exam day pack
Registration + time + integrity + day-of timeline.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Exam day pack path.
6. Wrong vs right: exam dumps vs YOUR honest study plans
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
Wrong
Include 'what to hide from proctor' section.
Right
Exam day pack with integrity focus. Next: quiz.
Mission: exam day pack
1) Merge M8 into exam-day/. 2) Day-of timeline stub. 3) Zero cheat scan.
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Knowledge Check
APPLY: Exam day pack includes:
Multiple choice
Knowledge Check
APPLY: True or False: Cheat prep lists belong in exam day pack.
True or False
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Night-before checklist includes:
Multiple choice