ZABBIX CERTIFIED SPECIALIST DAYS 1-5 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

DAY 1
What are the 3 main types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from?
Hardware, OS, VM & Container
What are the 3 other types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from?
Cloud hosts
Applications
Business Services
What method is used to monitor Databases?
ODBC
When was Zabbix 1.0 released?
23rd March 2004
How often is a long term support version of Zabbix released?
Every 18 months
When was Zabbix LLC established?
2005
Which parts of Zabbix have been built using C?
Server, Proxy, Agent
What parts of Zabbix have been built using Go?
Zabbix Agent 2, Web Services
What does Zabbix use PHP for?
Frontend
Does Zabbix support Java?
Yes
Name three commerical services that Zabbix LLC and certified partners provide?
Technical Support, Remote Tshooting, Consulting, Upgrades, Training, Turn-key
Solutions, Integration, Template Building
What are the 3 main Zabbix components?
Server, Frontend, Database
What are the 3 main functions of Zabbix Server?
Data collection, Problem detection, Notification
What are 3 advantages of Zabbix proxy?
Monitoring remote locations, Distributing load between proxies, Limited firewall rules
What processes all collected data?
Zabbix Server
Zabbix server has several components, name one
Data collectors, internal processes, caches
What are the 7 components that make up Zabbix Server?

,Config Cache, Config Sync, Data Collectors, Preprocessing, History Cache, Value
Cache, History Syncers
What is the minimum supported version for MySQL?
8.0.x but 8.0.20 is recommended
Can Zabbix be installed on Windows?
No
What are the additional libraries required when installing Zabbix on Linux?
Libpcre, libevent, zlib
By default, how long does it take for changes made in the frontend to show up in
the database?
Once per minute
Is it possible to force Zabbix server to read config data with a runtime command?
Yes
What modes exist for the Zabbix agent and what differentiates them?
Active, passive. In active mode, all data processing is performed on the agent without
pollers. In passive mode, the poller connects to the agent on TCP port 10050.
What are the four ports that Zabbix uses and what are they each for?
10050: Zabbix agent. 10051: Server and proxy. 10052: Java gateway. 10053: Web
service.
By default, How often is data collected via the proxy, sent to the Zabbix server?
Every second
Zabbix proxies can operate in Active mode or Passive mode? What is the
difference?
In active mode, the proxy connects to the server. In passive mode, the server connects
to the proxy.
What is true about the version differences between Zabbix proxy and Zabbix
server?
The major version must match ie 6.1.2 is not compatible with 6.2.0. This changed in
version 6.4, from this version onwards they are all compatible.
What is mandatory before installing Zabbix?
Getting NTP setup and sync'd, without this you may experience false problem detection,
missing data etc
What is the recommended way of installing Zabbix?
Official packages
What cloud vendors are supported for cloud install?
AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, Red Hat Openshift
What two options exist for docker container install?
Zabbix docker hub or GitHub
What is the only way to deploy Zabbix if you want to use an Oracle database?
Source code from Zabbix Git repository
What package is required for installing MySQL on a Zabbix server?
zabbix-server-mysql
What is the one role of the Zabbix web service?
Generating scheduled reports
What needs to be built before Zabbix deployment?
Database with Unicode database character set and UTF8 national character set

, What are the 5 minimum requirements in the configuration file required to start
the Zabbix server?
Database host address, name, schema (PostgreSQL), user, password
How do you start Zabbix with a different configuration file?
zabbix_server -c /tmp/test_zabbix_server.conf
Name one runtime control that the zabbix_server can do?
zabbix_server -R config_cache_reload
zabbix_server -R housekeeper_execute
zabbix_server -R snmp_cache_reload
zabbix_server -R secrets_reload
zabbix_server -R diaginfo
What is the recommended debug level for a production environment?
3 - Warning
What is required if you change the log level in the config file?
Server restart
How do you increase the log level using runtime controls?
zabbix_server -R log_level_increase
What is the command to install MySQL on a Zabbix server?
dnf -y install mysql-community-server
What is the command to create the database on MySQL?
create database zabbix character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
What is the command to edit the zabbix config file?
nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
What is the command to enable the Zabbix server service and have it start on
every boot?
Systemctl enable zabbix-server —now
Where is the Zabbix log file located?
/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log
What is the minimum version of PHP supported?
7.2.5. 8.x supported since Zabbix 6.0.6
Name two of each for the database engine and web server package?
Database: zabbix-web-mysql, zabbix-web-postgresql. Web: zabbix-apache-conf,
zabbix-nginx-conf
What does Zabbix use by default on RHEL on the frontend?
Php-fpm (FastCGI Process Manager)
What is the minimum supported screen width for Zabbix frontend?
1200px
What must you do if one of the frontend prerequisites is not met?
Fix the problem and restart php-fpm service
What are the four built in themes that Zabbix offers?
Blue. Dark. High contrast light. High contrast dark.
What file contains the frontend settings?
/etc/zabbix/web/zabbix.conf.php
How do you install Zabbix frontend from the command line?
dnf -y install zabbix-web-mysql (or zabbix-web-postgresql) zabbix-apache-conf (or
zabbix-nginx-conf)