Exam 01 of the 42 Piscine is the first significant test of your survival skills in the intensive coding bootcamp.

Sequential Progression:

You must pass Level 0 to unlock Level 1. If you fail a question, you may be given a different question of the same level, but you cannot proceed until you pass the current one.

C00 through C04

To succeed in Exam 01, you should be comfortable with the concepts covered in the modules:

• No #include <string.h> (using it fails the exam).
• Return type int.
• Handles NULL? (In Piscine, they won't send NULL. But if you want to be safe: if (!str) return (0);)

examshell

Unlike the daily projects, the exam takes place in a controlled setting called the . Time Limit: Typically 4 hours (usually from 2 PM to 6 PM).

using the generic "exam" credentials; failure to do so results in an immediate 0. 2. Entering the Exam Shell Once you launch the

If a phone rings in the cluster, the entire row may be disqualified and kicked out immediately. Grading Machine: You are graded by a program called the Moulinette

Level 2: The Graveyard (60% of students die here)

Most importantly, surviving Exam 01 changes how you code. You will never look at printf the same way again. You will understand that a string is just a pointer to characters until a \0 .