I was one of the first people to write RHEL back when I think they were still figuring out how they should do the exam. There was a written portion followed by

I was one of the first people to write RHEL back when I think they were still figuring out how they should do the exam. There was a written portion followed by a practical portion in a lab where you had to configure services/features, followed by a break where they would mess small things up that you had to troubleshoot and fix. I had a feeling they were going to break things, so I made sure I installed tripwire on each machine so I knew exactly what files they touched. I was done that portion in under 15 minutes. When I came out, the proctor said "Did you give up?" to which I replied "Nope - got 'em all I believe." I think they removed tripwire from the available binaries after that :-)