Zabbix Certified Specialist Comprehensive Examination | Zabbix LLC | Academic
Year 2026/2027 | Professional IT Certification Examination | Verified Questions
and Correct Answer Rationales
1. What options exist for filtering through hosts? - ANSWERS-Host group, template,
name, DNS, IP, Port, Monitoring by (any, server, proxy), tags
2. What tabs exist when creating/editing a host? - ANSWERS-Host, IPMI, Tags, Macros,
Inventory, Encryption, Value mapping
3. What are the four types of Macros and how are they written? - ANSWERS-Built in
{MACRO}, User defined {$MACRO}, low level discovery {#MACRO}, Expression
{?MACRO}
4. What is the macro for 'last received metric'? - ANSWERS-{ITEM.LASTVALUE}
5. On what levels can macros be defined and in what order do they take precedent? -
ANSWERS-1. Host 2. Template 3. Global
6. True or false. Inherited macros are displayed by default? - ANSWERS-False
7. Host groups are used for? - ANSWERS-Logical grouping of hosts and templates
8. True or false. All access rights are based on user groups and host groups. - ANSWERS-
True
9. True or False. It is required to create the parent host group before creating nested host
groups. - ANSWERS-False
10. Can an admin create a host group? - ANSWERS-No
11. If a host belongs to multiple host groups and you disable one of these groups, what
happens? - ANSWERS-All hosts in that host group will be disabled
12. What entities are available for monitoring when configuring a host? - ANSWERS-
Items, Triggers, Graphs, Web scenarios, Discovery rules
13. True or false. Host names & visible names must be unique and are case sensitive? -
ANSWERS-True
14. What are the four supported interface types? - ANSWERS-ZBX (passive zabbix agent),
SNMP, IPMI, JMX (Java)
15. What item types require an interface but may or may not use it? - ANSWERS-Simple
check, external check, Telnet/SSH
, 16. What does the Grey availability icon mean? - ANSWERS-At least one interface had
unknown status and none unavailable
17. What are the default values for unreachable pollers? - ANSWERS-
unreachabledelay=15, unreachableperiod=45, unavailabledelay=60
18. What are the 3 main types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - ANSWERS-
Hardware, OS, VM & Container
19. What are the 3 other types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - ANSWERS-
• Cloud hosts
• Applications
• Business Services
20. What method is used to monitor Databases? - ANSWERS-ODBC
21. When was Zabbix 1.0 released? - ANSWERS-23rd March 2004
22. How often is a long term support version of Zabbix released? - ANSWERS-Every 18
months
23. When was Zabbix LLC established? - ANSWERS-2005
24. Which parts of Zabbix have been built using C? - ANSWERS-Server, Proxy, Agent
25. What parts of Zabbix have been built using Go? - ANSWERS-Zabbix Agent 2, Web
Services
26. What does Zabbix use PHP for? - ANSWERS-Frontend
27. Does Zabbix support Java? - ANSWERS-Yes
28. Name three commerical services that Zabbix LLC and certified partners provide? -
ANSWERS-Technical Support, Remote Tshooting, Consulting, Upgrades, Training,
Turn-key Solutions, Integration, Template Building
29. What are the 3 main Zabbix components? - ANSWERS-Server, Frontend, Database
30. What are the 3 main functions of Zabbix Server? - ANSWERS-Data collection,
Problem detection, Notification
31. What are 3 advantages of Zabbix proxy? - ANSWERS-Monitoring remote locations,
Distributing load between proxies, Limited firewall rules
32. What processes all collected data? - ANSWERS-Zabbix Server
33. Zabbix server has several components, name one - ANSWERS-Data collectors,
internal processes, caches
Year 2026/2027 | Professional IT Certification Examination | Verified Questions
and Correct Answer Rationales
1. What options exist for filtering through hosts? - ANSWERS-Host group, template,
name, DNS, IP, Port, Monitoring by (any, server, proxy), tags
2. What tabs exist when creating/editing a host? - ANSWERS-Host, IPMI, Tags, Macros,
Inventory, Encryption, Value mapping
3. What are the four types of Macros and how are they written? - ANSWERS-Built in
{MACRO}, User defined {$MACRO}, low level discovery {#MACRO}, Expression
{?MACRO}
4. What is the macro for 'last received metric'? - ANSWERS-{ITEM.LASTVALUE}
5. On what levels can macros be defined and in what order do they take precedent? -
ANSWERS-1. Host 2. Template 3. Global
6. True or false. Inherited macros are displayed by default? - ANSWERS-False
7. Host groups are used for? - ANSWERS-Logical grouping of hosts and templates
8. True or false. All access rights are based on user groups and host groups. - ANSWERS-
True
9. True or False. It is required to create the parent host group before creating nested host
groups. - ANSWERS-False
10. Can an admin create a host group? - ANSWERS-No
11. If a host belongs to multiple host groups and you disable one of these groups, what
happens? - ANSWERS-All hosts in that host group will be disabled
12. What entities are available for monitoring when configuring a host? - ANSWERS-
Items, Triggers, Graphs, Web scenarios, Discovery rules
13. True or false. Host names & visible names must be unique and are case sensitive? -
ANSWERS-True
14. What are the four supported interface types? - ANSWERS-ZBX (passive zabbix agent),
SNMP, IPMI, JMX (Java)
15. What item types require an interface but may or may not use it? - ANSWERS-Simple
check, external check, Telnet/SSH
, 16. What does the Grey availability icon mean? - ANSWERS-At least one interface had
unknown status and none unavailable
17. What are the default values for unreachable pollers? - ANSWERS-
unreachabledelay=15, unreachableperiod=45, unavailabledelay=60
18. What are the 3 main types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - ANSWERS-
Hardware, OS, VM & Container
19. What are the 3 other types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - ANSWERS-
• Cloud hosts
• Applications
• Business Services
20. What method is used to monitor Databases? - ANSWERS-ODBC
21. When was Zabbix 1.0 released? - ANSWERS-23rd March 2004
22. How often is a long term support version of Zabbix released? - ANSWERS-Every 18
months
23. When was Zabbix LLC established? - ANSWERS-2005
24. Which parts of Zabbix have been built using C? - ANSWERS-Server, Proxy, Agent
25. What parts of Zabbix have been built using Go? - ANSWERS-Zabbix Agent 2, Web
Services
26. What does Zabbix use PHP for? - ANSWERS-Frontend
27. Does Zabbix support Java? - ANSWERS-Yes
28. Name three commerical services that Zabbix LLC and certified partners provide? -
ANSWERS-Technical Support, Remote Tshooting, Consulting, Upgrades, Training,
Turn-key Solutions, Integration, Template Building
29. What are the 3 main Zabbix components? - ANSWERS-Server, Frontend, Database
30. What are the 3 main functions of Zabbix Server? - ANSWERS-Data collection,
Problem detection, Notification
31. What are 3 advantages of Zabbix proxy? - ANSWERS-Monitoring remote locations,
Distributing load between proxies, Limited firewall rules
32. What processes all collected data? - ANSWERS-Zabbix Server
33. Zabbix server has several components, name one - ANSWERS-Data collectors,
internal processes, caches
