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LPIC-1: Linux Administrator
Issued by Linux Professional Institute (LPI) · Exam 101-500, 102-500
LPIC-1 is a distribution-neutral Linux administrator credential from the Linux Professional Institute. It suits people starting a Linux sysadmin career who want to prove command-line, package, filesystem and networking basics.
- Price (2 exams)
- $200 × 2
- Exam time
- 90 min per exam
- Valid for
- 5 years
- Prerequisite
- None required
Exam details
- Price
- $200Per exam (LPI USD price list, no retake). Both 101 and 102 are required, so $400 total.
- Format
- multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank
- Questions
- 60 per exam
- Length
- 90 minutes per exam
- Passing score
- 500 (scale 200-800)
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE (test centre or OnVUE online proctored)
- Required
- None
- Renewal
- LPI membership (20 PDUs per year plus dues), earning a higher LPIC level (e.g. LPIC-2), or passing the current version of both exams.
Checked October 29, 2026 against Linux Professional Institute (LPI)'s official page. Fields the vendor does not publish are left out rather than estimated.