Zabbix Certified Specialist Day 1 Questions and Answers Updated 2026/2027 Version | Verified Answers

Zabbix Certified Specialist Day 1 Questions and Answers Updated 2026/2027 Version | Verified Answers 1. What is the recommended debug level for a production environment? - ANSWER 3 - Warning 2. What is required if you change the log level in the config file? - ANSWER Server restart 3. How do you increase the log level using runtime controls? - ANSWER zabbix_server -R log_level_increase 4. What is the command to install MySQL on a Zabbix server? - ANSWER dnf -y install mysql-community-server 5. What is the command to create the database on MySQL? - ANSWER create database zabbix character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin; 6. What is the command to edit the zabbix config file? - ANSWER nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_ 7. What is the command to enable the Zabbix server service and have it start on every boot? - ANSWER Systemctl enable zabbix-server —now 8. Where is the Zabbix log file located? - ANSWER /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_ 9. What is the minimum version of PHP supported? - ANSWER 7.2.5. 8.x supported since Zabbix 6.0.6 10. Name two of each for the database engine and web server package? - ANSWER Database: zabbix-web-mysql, zabbix-web-postgresql. Web: zabbix-apache-conf, zabbix-nginx-conf 11. What does Zabbix use by default on RHEL on the frontend? - ANSWER Php-fpm (FastCGI Process Manager) 12. What is the minimum supported screen width for Zabbix frontend? - ANSWER 1200px 13. What must you do if one of the frontend prerequisites is not met? - ANSWER Fix the problem and restart php-fpm service 14. What are the four built in themes that Zabbix offers? - ANSWER Blue. Dark. High contrast light. High contrast dark. 15. What file contains the frontend settings? - ANSWER /etc/zabbix/web/ 16. How do you install Zabbix frontend from the command line? - ANSWER dnf -y install zabbix-web-mysql (or zabbix-web-postgresql) zabbix apache-conf (or zabbix-nginx-conf) 17. What command do you run to check the Apache status? - ANSWER systemctl status httpd 18. When configuring the DB connection, what option exists for storing credentials other than plain text? - ANSWER Hashicorp Vault 19. What can the global search in the Zabbix frontend be used to find? - ANSWER Hosts, host groups and templates 20. Which menu in the Zabbix frontend contains the audit log? - ANSWER Reports 21. Which user types do not have access to Administration? - ANSWER User and admin 22. What areas of the Monitoring menu can use named filters? - ANSWER Hosts, Problems, Latest data 23. When editing a host, how do you know what tabs have settings enabled? - ANSWER Green dot 24. What are the three tabs when editing user profiles? - ANSWER User, media, messaging 25. Zabbix stores timestamps for all values in what time? - ANSWER UNIXTIME 26. What options exist for global notifications that pop up? - ANSWER Silence all currently active alarm sounds, mute/unmute current and future alarm sounds 27. Where are global notifications configured? - ANSWER User profile Messaging 28. Can you create a user without assigning them to a user group? - ANSWER No 29. What is the default page when you login to frontend? - ANSWER Monitoring Hosts 30. What do Zabbix hosts use to collect metrics? - ANSWER Items 31. Where is data preprocessing for a host defined? - ANSWER Item configuration 32. What is the four step Zabbix data flow? - ANSWER Item Trigger Event Conditions (then Operations) 33. Can a trigger belong to multiple hosts? - ANSWER Yes 34. Scheduled execution of operation steps is called what? - ANSWER Escalation