Zabbix questions and answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
What are the four basic building blocks of a service check?
- correct answer host, item, trigger, and action
Where is the Zabbix server daemon located?
- correct answer /sbin/zabbix_server
What command would you execute to display the Zabbix version?
- correct answer zabbix_server -V
What command would you execute to start Zabbix and use an alternate configuration file located at
/mnt/zabbix/test.conf?
- correct answer zabbix_server -c /mnt/zabbix/test.conf
What command would you execute to start Zabbix and simultaneously reload the configuration cache?
- correct answer zabbix_server -R config_cache_reload
Does the Zabbix server process have to be ran by root?
- correct answer No, Zabbix server is designed to run as a non-root user. If you will try to run it as 'root',
it will switch to a hardcoded 'zabbix' user.
Where are the Zabbix init scripts located?
- correct answer misc/init.d
Where is the Zabbix agent daemon located?
- correct answer /sbin/zabbix_agentd
What command would you execute to test a given item on a host running a Zabbix agent?
- correct answer zabbix_agentd -t <item>
What are the four basic building blocks of a service check?
- correct answer host, item, trigger, and action
Where is the Zabbix server daemon located?
- correct answer /sbin/zabbix_server
What command would you execute to display the Zabbix version?
- correct answer zabbix_server -V
What command would you execute to start Zabbix and use an alternate configuration file located at
/mnt/zabbix/test.conf?
- correct answer zabbix_server -c /mnt/zabbix/test.conf
What command would you execute to start Zabbix and simultaneously reload the configuration cache?
- correct answer zabbix_server -R config_cache_reload
Does the Zabbix server process have to be ran by root?
- correct answer No, Zabbix server is designed to run as a non-root user. If you will try to run it as 'root',
it will switch to a hardcoded 'zabbix' user.
Where are the Zabbix init scripts located?
- correct answer misc/init.d
Where is the Zabbix agent daemon located?
- correct answer /sbin/zabbix_agentd
What command would you execute to test a given item on a host running a Zabbix agent?
- correct answer zabbix_agentd -t <item>
