RHCSA 10 (EX200) Practice Questions & Answers (Updated 2026)

Last updated: January 2026

Updated for the latest RHCSA EX200 exam objectives (2025/2026), covering essential hands-on tasks you’ll encounter on the real Red Hat certification exam.

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) is a performance-based exam that tests your ability to perform real-world administrative tasks on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system.

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What’s New in the Latest RHCSA EX200 Exam

Before diving into practice questions, here are key updates from the latest RHCSA syllabus:

• “Manage Software” expanded (includes Flatpak + traditional RPM/YUM/DNF)
• Some SELinux and directory tasks have been refined or removed
• Containers may be reduced or optional depending on exam version

This guide focuses on hands-on sysadmin skills, not just Q&A dumps, which reflects actual Red Hat exam expectations.

Complete RHCSA 10 Valid Objectives

OBJECTIVE 1 – Improving Command-line Productivity

• Writing Simple Bash Scripts
• Running Commands More Efficiently Using Loops
• Matching Text in Command Output with Regular Expressions

OBJECTIVE 2 – Tuning System Performance

• Adjusting Tuning Profiles
• Influencing Process Scheduling

OBJECTIVE 3 – Controlling Access to Files with ACLs

• Interpreting File ACLs
• Securing Files with ACL

OBJECTIVE 4 – Scheduling Future Tasks

• Scheduling a Deferred User Job
• Scheduling Recurring User Jobs
• Scheduling Recurring System Jobs
• Managing Temporary Files

OBJECTIVE 5- Managing SELinux Security

• Changing the SELinux Enforcement Mode
• Controlling SELinux File Contexts
• Adjusting SELinux Policy with Booleans
• Investigating and Resolving SELinux Issues
• Managing SELinux Security

OBJECTIVE 6 – Managing Networking

• editing Network Configuration Files
• Configuring Host Names and Name Resolution

OBJECTIVE 7 – Accessing Linux File Systems

• Identifying File Systems and Devices
• Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
• Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
• Locating Files on the System

OBJECTIVE 8 – Accessing Linux File Systems

• Adding Partitions, File Systems, and Persistent Mounts
• Managing Swap Space

OBJECTIVE 9 – Managing Logical Volumes

• Creating Logical Volumes
• Extending Logical Volumes
• Managing Logical Volumes

OBJECTIVE 12 – Controlling the Boot Process

• Selecting the Boot Target
• Resetting the Root Password
• Repairing File System Issues at Boot

OBJECTIVE 13 – Managing Network Security

• Managing Server Firewalls
• Controlling SELinux Port Labeling

OBJECTIVE 13 – Archiving and Transferring Files

• Managing Compressed tar Archives
• Transferring Files Between Systems Securely
• Synchronizing Files Between Systems Securely

OBJECTIVE 14 – Installing and Updating Software Packages

• Registering Systems for Red Hat Support
• Explaining and Investigating RPM Software Packages
• Installing and Updating Software Packages with Yum
• Enabling Yum Software Repositories
• Managing Package Module Streams

OBJECTIVE 15 – Managing Files from the Command Line

• Specifying Files by Name
• Managing Files Using Command-line Tools
• Making Links Between Files
• Matching File Names with Shell Expansions

OBJECTIVE 16 – Running Containers

• Introducing Containers
• Running a Basic Container
• Finding and Managing Container Images
• Attaching Persistent Storage to a Container
• Managing Containers as Services

Exam Tricks and Tips

• Review all the questions of a particular section before starting the
  exam and, in the end, spend sufficient time to review all your answers.
• Some of the questions have dependencies on one another. Hence,
  check for the dependencies and answer questions respectively.
• If you wish, you may group the questions and answer them by groups
• Answer the questions you know very well first. As I said, some
  questions are dependent on each other, hence, may not be applicable
  to some of the questions. Only skip those dependencies if you don’t
  know it.
• Familiarize yourself with Red Hat Interface. You may need to adjust
  the environment before you start the exam. It could be as a result of
  small texts on the screen. The most unfortunate thing you could do is
  spend the exam time equipping yourself appropriately and getting
  used to it. Make sure you are related to the settings on your computer,
  screen lighting, and keyboard layouts.
• Don’t forget to always use the man pages whenever you forget a
  command. It has been used a lot of times in this material’s video
  Please note that man page will most times help you a lot if you are
  already familiar with the command. If not, you may waste your time
  looking for a command you are not familiar with.
• Know how to find correct examples of config files so that when you
  are asked to make one, you don’t have to memorize the whole syntax,
  rather, you just know the file location. Example is /etc/crontab . It is
  a really good example if you get a question asking you to schedule a
  task, but there are other examples for config files like autofs,
  tempfiles, etc. It has been uses a lot of times in this material’s video.
• Remember, after completing all your questions, reboot the system.
  Your system must boot to the operating system without any
  intervention, else, you score a FAT zero, no negotiations about it
  One of the major reasons for the system not to be able to boot to the
  OS is wrong entries in the fstab file. Be careful with fstab file
• Practice repositories configuration very well before writing the exam.
  It has to be well configured in the exam, else, you won’t be able to
  download the needed packages which may result in failure.
• Always make sure the right names mentioned in the questions are
  used. For example, “Redhat-VG” is different from “redhat-VG”. The
  marking scripts always look for the right names and values. If it
  doesn’t find it, it will result in failure of that particular question.
• Understand the Objectives and never underestimate the exam as
  many experts have failed just because they failed to understand the
  objectives.
• Get a good sleep before writing the exam, it helps you relax. You may
  also want to eat some food and get some water.
• Finally, before the exam, set up a lab and Practice, Practice, Practice. That’s the
  only key to making your hands strong.

RHCSA 10 Exam Practice Question 1 – Root Password Recovery

Question

Reset the root user password and make it KingStill112

Exam Objective

This task is based on resetting and recovering the root password, a core RHCSA skill.

Answer

There are multiple methods to reset the root password in Linux.
In this solution, we will use one of the methods

Steps

1. Restart the server.

2. Interrupt the boot process at the GRUB menu and press e to edit the kernel.

3. Locate the line starting with linux and append the following at the end:

init=/bin/bash

4. Press Ctrl + X to boot into single-user mode.

5. Remount the root filesystem as read-write:

mount -o remount,rw /

6. Change the root password:

passwd root

7. Relabel SELinux:

touch /.autorelabel

8. Reboot the system:

exec /sbin/init

Answer Summary

init=/bin/bash
Ctrl + X
mount -o remount,rw /
passwd root
touch /.autorelabel
exec /sbin/init

RHCSA 10 Exam Practice Question 2 – Network Configuration and Management

Question

Configure the system with the following network details:

• Hostname: host1.zone.example.com
• IP Address: 192.168.37.137/24
• Gateway: 192.168.37.2
• DNS Server: 192.168.37.2
• DNS Search Domain: zone.example.com

Exam Objective

This task covers network configuration and hostname management, which are core RHCSA objectives.

Answer

1. Identify the active network interface

ip a
nmcli conn show

Assume the active interface is ens160.

2. Configure the network using nmcli

nmcli con mod ens160 \
ipv4.addresses 192.168.37.137/24 \
ipv4.gateway 192.168.37.2 \
ipv4.dns 192.168.37.2 \
ipv4.dns-search zone.example.com \
ipv4.method manual

3. Restart the network connection

nmcli con down ens160
nmcli con up ens160

4. Verify network configuration

ip a
ip route
cat /etc/resolv.conf

5. Set and verify hostname

hostnamectl set-hostname host1.zone.example.com
hostname

Answer Summary

ip a
nmcli conn show
nmcli con mod ens160 ipv4.addresses 192.168.37.137/24 ipv4.gateway 192.168.37.2 ipv4.dns 192.168.37.2 ipv4.dns-search zone.example.com ipv4.method manual
nmcli con down ens160; nmcli con up ens160
hostnamectl set-hostname host1.zone.example.com

RHCSA 10 Exam Practice Question 3 – User and Group Management

Question

Create three users:

• ben
• mike
• martin

Requirements:

• All users must belong to the admin group
• mike must have a non-interactive shell
• All users must have the password:

Password443!

Answer

1. Create the admin group

groupadd admin

2. Create users and add them to the group

useradd -G admin ben
useradd -G admin martin

3. Set passwords

passwd ben
passwd martin

4. Create user mike with a non-interactive shell

useradd -s /sbin/nologin mike
passwd mike

5. Add mike to the admin group

usermod -aG admin mike

6. Verify configuration

id ben
id martin
id mike
cat /etc/passwd | grep mike

Answer Summary

groupadd admin
useradd -G admin ben
useradd -G admin martin
passwd ben
passwd martin
useradd -s /sbin/nologin mike
passwd mike
usermod -aG admin mike

RHCSA 10 Exam Practice Question 4 – Managing SELinux

Question

A web server runs on port 87 and its document root is /var/www.

The site is not accessible.

Fix the SELinux issue and ensure the configuration persists across reboots.

Answer

1. Check if port 87 has a SELinux context

semanage port -l | grep 87

2. Assign the HTTP SELinux type to port 87

semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 87

3. Verify the change

semanage port -l | grep http_port_t

4. Configure the firewall

firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
firewall-cmd --add-port=87/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload

5. Enable the web service

systemctl enable httpd.service

Answer Summary

semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 87
firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
firewall-cmd --add-port=87/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload
systemctl enable httpd.service

RHCSA 10 Exam Practice Question 5 – Scheduling and Managing Cron Jobs

Question

Configure the following cron jobs for user lisa:

1. Run every minute:

logger "EX294 ongoing"

2. Run daily at 2:23 PM:

/usr/bin/echo "welldone"

Answer

1. Verify the cron service

systemctl status crond

2. Edit lisa’s crontab

crontab -eu lisa

Add:

*/1 * * * * logger "EX294 ongoing"
23 14 * * * /usr/bin/echo "welldone"

3. Verify scheduled jobs

crontab -lu lisa

Answer Summary

systemctl status crond
crontab -eu lisa
crontab -lu lisa

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Practical Task Summary – What You MUST Know for EX200

A strong RHCSA candidate must be able to:

✔ Manage users & groups
✔ Configure networking
✔ Work with firewalls & SELinux (if applicable)
✔ Manage software (RPM/DNF/Flatpak)
✔ Use essential tools (tar, grep, find, ssh)
✔ Manage services via systemctl
✔ Work with storage (LVM, partitions)
✔ Schedule cron jobs
✔ Troubleshoot boot and system recovery

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