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GitHub Administration Practice Exam

GH-ADMIN

Advanced certification for managing GitHub Enterprise, user identities, security policies, and organization administration.

Exam Details

Official GH-ADMIN exam format

Questions
100
Time Limit
120 minutes
Passing Score
720/1000
Domains
7

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Practice Questions
100
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Exam Domains

The GitHub Administration exam covers 7 domains with different weight percentages

Domain 1: Domain 1: Support GitHub Enterprise for users and key stakeholders

14%

Focuses on supporting users and stakeholders in the GitHub Enterprise environment.

Topics covered:
  • Distinguish problems that can be solved by an administrator from those that need GitHub Support
  • Generate support bundles and diagnostics
  • Utilization of GitHub’s products and services
  • Standards for developer workflows
  • Tooling ecosystem at the enterprise
  • Enterprise CI/CD strategy
  • GitHub APIs for administrators
  • GitHub Marketplace assets
  • GitHub Apps vs Actions
  • Benefits and risks of apps and actions

Domain 2: Domain 2: Manage user identities and GitHub authentication

14%

Covers user identity management and authentication processes.

Topics covered:
  • SAML single sign-on (SSO) implications
  • Enabling and enforcing SAML SSO
  • Two-factor authentication (2FA)
  • Identity providers selection
  • Identity management and authorization
  • Consequences of user membership
  • Authentication and authorization model
  • Supported SCIM providers
  • SCIM protocol and Team synchronization

Domain 3: Domain 3: Describe how GitHub is deployed, distributed, and licensed

14%

Focuses on the deployment and licensing models of GitHub.

Topics covered:
  • Capabilities of GHES, GHEC, and GHAE
  • GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC)
  • GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES)
  • Enterprise permissions and policies
  • Single vs multiple organization deployment
  • Default permissions settings
  • Team sync through AD
  • Adjusting enterprise policies
  • Billing for products
  • License usage statistics
  • Metered product consumption

Domain 4: Domain 4: Manage access and permissions based on membership

14%

Covers access control and permissions management.

Topics covered:
  • Enterprise permissions and policies
  • Defining a GitHub organization
  • Roles of organization members
  • Organization member vs outside collaborator
  • Minimum required permissions
  • Benefits of creating a new organization
  • Team permissions
  • Defining Teams in GitHub
  • Permission models
  • Audit log APIs usage
  • Security and compliance concepts
  • Auditing reports

Domain 5: Domain 5: Enable secure software development and ensure compliance

14%

Focuses on security practices and compliance in software development.

Topics covered:
  • Enterprise security posture
  • Scrubbing sensitive data
  • Policy selection based on control requirements
  • Organization and enterprise policies
  • Repository permissions
  • User actions based on permissions
  • Repository membership options
  • Audit access to repositories
  • Security features of GitHub repositories
  • Vulnerability definitions
  • Importance of secret scanning
  • Automated code scanning
  • Dependency graph importance
  • Security advisories
  • Dependabot usage
  • Security vulnerability alerts
  • Security response plan
  • SSH and Deploy keys usage
  • Access tokens
  • GitHub Apps and OAuth Apps
  • Machine accounts vs GitHub Apps
  • User-created GitHub Apps approval
  • Enterprise managed users (EMU)

Domain 6: Domain 6: Manage GitHub Actions

14%

Focuses on managing GitHub Actions and workflows.

Topics covered:
  • Distributing actions and workflows
  • Managing reusable components
  • Controlling access to actions
  • Organizational use policies for GitHub Actions
  • Managing runners for the enterprise
  • IP allow lists for runners
  • Self-hosted runners
  • Selecting appropriate runners
  • Configuring self-hosted runners
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting runners
  • Managing encrypted secrets
  • Accessing and sharing GitHub Packages
  • Differences between GitHub Packages and releases

Domain 7: Domain 7: Manage GitHub Packages

14%

Covers the management of GitHub Packages.

Topics covered:
  • Supported GitHub Packages
  • Accessing and writing GitHub Packages
  • Using GitHub Packages in workflows
  • Use cases for GitHub Packages and releases

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the GitHub Administration certification exam

How many questions are on the GitHub Administration exam?
The GitHub Administration (GH-ADMIN) exam contains 100 questions that must be completed within 120 minutes.
What is the passing score for GitHub Administration?
You need to score 720 out of 1000 (72%) to pass the GitHub Administration certification exam.
What topics are covered in the GitHub Administration exam?
The exam covers 7 main domains: Domain 1: Support GitHub Enterprise for users and key stakeholders, Domain 2: Manage user identities and GitHub authentication, Domain 3: Describe how GitHub is deployed, distributed, and licensed, Domain 4: Manage access and permissions based on membership, Domain 5: Enable secure software development and ensure compliance, Domain 6: Manage GitHub Actions, Domain 7: Manage GitHub Packages. Each domain has different weight percentages based on importance.
How can BetaStudy help me pass the GitHub Administration exam?
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Are the practice questions updated for the latest GH-ADMIN exam?
Yes, our questions are automatically updated whenever the official exam syllabus changes. We monitor the official Github certification page and regenerate questions to match the current exam format.

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