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Practise Red Hat Certified Engineer EX294 across all 8 official exam domains — Deploy Ansible Automation Platform, Manage inventories and credentials, Manage task execution and roles, Coordinate rolling updates, and more — with original exam-style questions, full explanations, and wrong-answer analysis. Courseiva helps you prepare with realistic practice questions, topic-based revision, explained answers and structured study routes.
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Key facts for the Red Hat Certified Engineer EX294 exam.
Exam cost
$400 USD / ~£320
Duration
4 hours
Question count
Performance-based tasks (approx. 15–20 tasks)
Passing score
210 / 300
Validity
3 years
Delivered by
Red Hat (in-person testing centers or remote)
Online proctored
Yes — available
Retake policy
No mandatory wait period stated; retake fee applies
Question formats
The Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam (EX294) validates a candidate's ability to automate Linux system administration tasks using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. It tests the creation and management of Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories to configure systems at scale. The exam is entirely performance-based, requiring candidates to complete real tasks on live systems rather than answering multiple-choice questions. RHCE is a respected professional-level credential for Linux engineers and DevOps practitioners working in enterprise environments.
Official prerequisite
Must hold a current RHCSA credential before taking EX294
Recommended experience
Active RHCSA certification plus 6–12 months of Ansible experience managing RHEL systems in production environments
Experienced Linux admins who already hold RHCSA and want to demonstrate automation and orchestration skills
Should you skip this exam?
Skip if you do not yet hold RHCSA or if you have no hands-on Ansible experience — you will not pass without both
Courseiva study tip
Build a home lab with multiple RHEL or CentOS Stream VMs. Practice writing Ansible playbooks from scratch daily — the exam gives you no internet access
UK salary range
£50,000–£75,000
US salary range
$90,000–$130,000
Job roles that cite EX294
What certification to take next
The EX294 exam costs approximately $400 USD. Pricing may vary by region. Red Hat also offers exam bundles with training that can reduce the per-exam cost.
You must score at least 210 out of 300 points to pass the RHCE exam.
The RHCE is a fully performance-based exam with no multiple-choice questions. You complete real Ansible automation tasks on live RHEL systems within a 4-hour window.
Yes — a current, valid RHCSA certification is an official prerequisite for the RHCE exam. You must hold RHCSA before registering.
EX294 tests your ability to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to automate system administration tasks, including writing playbooks, creating roles, managing inventories, configuring system services, and deploying applications at scale.
The RHCE certification is valid for 3 years. Recertification is available by passing a current Red Hat exam before expiry.
RHCE is widely considered one of the more challenging IT certifications due to its performance-based format with no internet access. Most candidates need 120–200 hours of hands-on practice to pass.
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Courseiva Exam Intelligence
Data confidence: BuildingDerived from Courseiva's continuously updated practice dataset: 520 exam-style questions. Updated 2 July 2026.
Question difficulty mix
Average time per question: 95s
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Exam domains
official blueprint domains covered by the bank
520
Questions
exam-style questions in the EX294 bank
Practice modes
Choose a mode that matches your current study phase. Use topic practice early on and mock exams closer to your exam date.
All EX294 Questions
Browse the full question bank organised by domain and difficulty.
Practice Test
Start a 20-question session with a full explanation after each answer.
Mock Exam
Simulate the real exam with a timed, full-length question set.
Quick 25
A 25-question warm-up — ideal for a short daily study session.
Flashcards
Reinforce key terms, commands, and protocol facts with flashcards.
Domain Practice
Focus exclusively on one exam domain to target your weakest area.
50-Question Set
Mid-length practice set covering all domains.
Exam guide
Start with a short practice session, review each missed answer, then return to the topics that caused mistakes.
Red Hat Certified Engineer EX294 spans 8 official exam domains (Deploy Ansible Automation Platform, Manage inventories and credentials, Manage task execution and roles, and more). Questions test whether you can apply each objective in a realistic scenario, not just recall a definition.
Related practice questions
Use these internal links to move from the exam guide into focused topic practice pages.
Practise EX294 questions linked to Deploy Ansible Automation Platform.
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Practise EX294 questions linked to Manage task execution and roles.
Practise EX294 questions linked to Coordinate rolling updates.
Practise EX294 questions linked to Transform data with filters and plugins.
Practise EX294 questions linked to Create content collections and execution environments.
Practise EX294 questions linked to Implement advanced Ansible automation.
Practise EX294 questions linked to Manage automation security and operations.
Practise EX294 questions linked to EX294 fundamentals.
Practise EX294 questions linked to EX294 scenario.
Practise EX294 questions linked to EX294 troubleshooting.
Practice directory
Every practice set is a unique selection of questions — numbered tests, domain-focused sessions, and topic-specific quizzes.
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Official blueprint
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Deep-dive questions
The most-searched EX294 questions — each with a detailed explanation, worked example, and full answer breakdown.
Learn the concepts
18 book-style chapters cover every EX294 objective in plain English. Read the theory here, then test it with practice questions.
Chapter 1
Introduction to Ansible and the EX294 Exam
12 min read
Chapter 2
Installing Ansible and Setting Up the Control Node
12 min read
Chapter 3
Inventory Configuration and Management
12 min read
Chapter 4
Ansible Modules and Ad Hoc Commands
12 min read
Chapter 5
Writing Playbooks: Basics and Structure
12 min read
Chapter 6
Variables and Facts in Ansible
12 min read
Chapter 7
Conditionals, Loops, and Task Control
12 min read
Chapter 8
Templates Using Jinja2
12 min read
Free study guide
The Courseiva EX294 study guide covers exam format, the official domain blueprint with weights, a structured study plan, and domain-specific tips for each section. Use it alongside practice questions to build both conceptual depth and exam confidence.
Sample questions
Original exam-style questions — not copied from any exam or dump site. Open a question for the full answer breakdown.
You are building an execution environment for a large enterprise that requires several collections from both Red Hat Automation Hub and an internal GitLab repository. Your executio…
Which TWO options are valid methods for including collections in an execution environment?
What is the most likely cause of the failure?
An Ansible rolling update playbook includes 'max_fail_percentage: 20'. If more than 20% of hosts fail during any batch, what happens?
A systems administrator is installing Ansible Automation Platform on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 server. They download the installer tarball and run `./setup.sh`. The installation…
A senior engineer needs to debug an Ansible playbook that uses lookups. Which TWO plugins can be used to retrieve data from a file on the control node? (Select exactly two.)
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