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1. What is the primary purpose of Zabbix in IT infrastructure monitoring?
A) Database development
B) Network and system monitoring
C) Web design
D) File compression
B) Network and system monitoring
Zabbix is designed to monitor servers, networks, applications, and services
in real time.
2. Which component collects data in a Zabbix server environment?
A) Zabbix Proxy
B) Zabbix Agent
, C) Zabbix Frontend
D) Zabbix API
B) Zabbix Agent
The agent runs on monitored hosts and collects system-level metrics.
3. What language is Zabbix server primarily written in?
A) Java
B) Python
C) C
D) Go
C) C
Zabbix server is developed in C for performance and scalability.
4. Which database is NOT officially supported by Zabbix?
A) MySQL
B) PostgreSQL
C) Oracle
D) MongoDB
D) MongoDB
Zabbix does not natively support MongoDB as a backend database.
5. What is a Zabbix proxy used for?
A) Designing dashboards
, B) Offloading monitoring tasks from server
C) User authentication
D) Reporting only
B) Offloading monitoring tasks from server
Proxies collect and buffer data before sending it to the Zabbix server.
6. Which Zabbix component provides the web interface?
A) Zabbix Server
B) Zabbix Frontend
C) Zabbix Agent
D) Zabbix Proxy
B) Zabbix Frontend
The frontend is a PHP-based web interface for configuration and
visualization.
7. What protocol does Zabbix agent typically use?
A) HTTP
B) SMTP
C) TCP
D) SNMP
C) TCP
Zabbix agents communicate with the server using TCP connections.
, 8. What is an item in Zabbix?
A) A user role
B) A metric collected from a host
C) A dashboard widget
D) A trigger condition
B) A metric collected from a host
Items define what data is collected from monitored devices.
9. What is a trigger in Zabbix?
A) A data collector
B) A condition that generates alerts
C) A dashboard graph
D) A host template
B) A condition that generates alerts
Triggers evaluate item data and generate problems when conditions are
met.
10. What is a host in Zabbix?
A) A dashboard
B) A monitored device
C) A database table
D) A proxy server