Zabbix Certified Specialist Exam: Advanced Study Guide & Practice Test 2025

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ZABBIX CERTIFIED SPECIALIST EXAM DAY 2 (LATEST

2025 UPDATE) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWER |

100% CORRECT | GRADE A

What will happen to problems if the trigger they depend on is in

the PROBLEM state? .....ANSWER.....They will be suppressed

Where can dependencies between triggers be defined?

.....ANSWER.....On the same host or on different hosts

What is a Zabbix agent passive check? .....ANSWER.....Zabbix

server or proxy asks for a single metric and Zabbix agent sends

back the result.

What does not matter at all for passive checks?

.....ANSWER.....Host name

What must be specified to allow connectivity between Zabbix

Server and Zabbix Agent? .....ANSWER.....Server parameter must

match Zabbix server or proxy IP address (or subnet).

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What is the default number of pollers that are started at once?

.....ANSWER.....5

What is the Zabbix server timeout (connection timeout)?

.....ANSWER.....The number of seconds the Zabbix server will wait

for an answer from the agent.

What are 2 reasons for installing Zabbix_get? .....ANSWER.....To

gather data from the Agent, to run a passive test, can be used in

custom scripts.

What file needs to be edited to allow Zabbix Server to connect

to Zabbix Agent?

.....ANSWER...../etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

What command allows you to view the list of installed packages

on a Zabbix Agent? .....ANSWER.....zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -k

system.sw.packages[zabbix]

Can Zabbix agent be installed on Windows? .....ANSWER.....Yes

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What field is mandatory for Zabbix agent to communicate in

Active Mode? .....ANSWER.....Hostname, it must be defined the

same on both the frontend host & in the zabbix_agentd.conf file.

On which port is data from active Agents accepted? And by

what process? .....ANSWER.....Port 10051, by trapper process.

Are interfaces required for Active Agent checks?

.....ANSWER.....No

What value in the zabbix_agentd.conf file needs to be updated

with the Zabbix Server or Proxy IP address?

.....ANSWER.....ServerActive

What command is used to return the Zabbix Agent hostname?

.....ANSWER.....zabbix_agentd -t system.hostname.

In the zabbix_agentd.conf file, what happens if multiple IP

addresses are listed under the ServerActive field?

.....ANSWER.....It will send data to all listed servers.