Zabbix Certified Specialist Day 2 Questions
and Answers 2025
WhatAwillAhappenAtoAproblemsAifAtheAtriggerAtheyAdependAonAisAinAtheAPROBLEMAstate?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-TheyAwillAbeAsuppressed
WhereAcanAdependenciesAbetweenAtriggersAbeAdefined?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
OnAtheAsameAhostAorAonAdifferentAhosts
WhatAisAaAZabbixAagentApassiveAcheck?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ZabbixAserverAorAproxyAasksAforAaAsingleAmetricAandAZabbixAagentAsendsAbackAtheAresult.
WhatAdoesAnotAmatterAatAallAforApassiveAchecks?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-HostAname
WhatAmustAbeAspecifiedAtoAallowAconnectivityAbetweenAZabbixAServerAandAZabbixAAgent?
A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ServerAparameterAmustAmatchAZabbixAserverAorAproxyAIPAaddressA(orAsubnet).
WhatAisAtheAdefaultAnumberAofApollersAthatAareAstartedAatAonce?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-5
WhatAisAtheAZabbixAserverAtimeoutA(connectionAtimeout)?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAnumberAofAsecondsAtheAZabbixAserverAwillAwaitAforAanAanswerAfromAtheAagent.
WhatAareA2AreasonsAforAinstallingAZabbix_get?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAgatherAdataAfromAtheAAgent,AtoArunAaApassiveAtest,AcanAbeAusedAinAcustomAscripts.
WhatAfileAneedsAtoAbeAeditedAtoAallowAZabbixAServerAtoAconnectAtoAZabbixAAgent?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
WhatAcommandAallowsAyouAtoAviewAtheAlistAofAinstalledApackagesAonAaAZabbixAAgent?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-zabbix_getA-sA127.0.0.1A-kAsystem.sw.packages[zabbix]
CanAZabbixAagentAbeAinstalledAonAWindows?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Yes
WhatAfieldAisAmandatoryAforAZabbixAagentAtoAcommunicateAinAActiveAMode?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Hostname,AitAmustAbeAdefinedAtheAsameAonAbothAtheAfrontendAhostA&AinAtheAzabbix_agent
d.confAfile.
OnAwhichAportAisAdataAfromAactiveAAgentsAaccepted?AAndAbyAwhatAprocess?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-PortA10051,AbyAtrapperAprocess.
AreAinterfacesArequiredAforAActiveAAgentAchecks?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-No
WhatAvalueAinAtheAzabbix_agentd.confAfileAneedsAtoAbeAupdatedAwithAtheAZabbixAServerAo
rAProxyAIPAaddress?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ServerActive
WhatAcommandAisAusedAtoAreturnAtheAZabbixAAgentAhostname?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-zabbix_agentd A-tAsystem.hostname.
InAtheAzabbix_agentd.confAfile,AwhatAhappensAifAmultipleAIPAaddressesAareAlistedAunderAth
eAServerActiveAfield?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ItAwillAsendAdataAtoAallAlistedAservers.
HowAoftenAdoesAtheAAgentAretrieveAconfigurationAdataAfromAtheAZabbixAServer?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-OnAagentAstartAandAeveryA2Aminutes.
WhereAdoesAtheAZabbixAagentAstoreAcollectedAvaluesAwhenAinAactiveAmode?AAndAhowAoft
enAisAtheAdataAsent?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
MemoryAbufferA(everyA5AsecondsAbyAdefault).
, DoAactiveAchecksAuseAanAavailabilityAicon?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
No,AmustAreferAtoAlatestAdata.
WhatAmustAyouAdoAafterAupdatingAtheAhostnameAonAanAagent?AAndAwhatAisAtheAcommandA
toAdoAthis?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
YouAmustArestartAtheAagentAusingAtheAcommandA"systemctlArestartAzabbix-agent".
WhatAisAtheAdefaultAhostnameAonAnewAAgentAinstallationsAandAwhyAisAthisAaAproblem?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ZabbixAserver,AhostnameAmustAbeAuniqueAotherwiseAtheAdataAwillAbeArepresentedAunderAt
heAhostAcalledAZabbixAserver.
WhyAareAActiveAchecksAmoreAprecise?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
BecauseAtheAUNIXTIMEAisAexactAwhenAtheAlogAisAgeneratedAonAtheAdeviceArunningAtheAag
ent.
WhatAisAtheAmainApurposeAofAUserParameters?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AllowsAyouAtoArunAaAcheckAthatAdoesAnotAcomeApredefinedAwithAZabbixAi.e.ALinuxAcomman
d.
WhatAmustAbeAuniqueAonAtheAZabbixAagentAinAregardsAtoAUserParameters?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Keys.
CanAyouAreloadAuserparametersAwithoutArestartingAtheAZabbixAagent?AIfAso,AwhatAisAtheAc
ommand?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Yes,Azabbix_agentdA-RAuserparameter_reload
WhatAisAtheAsytnaxAforAUserParameters?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
UserParameter=key,command
HowAdoAyouArunAaAUserParameterAscript?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-zabbix_agentdA-
tAmykey
WhyAshouldAyouAnotAconfigureAaAUserParameterAthatAtakesAaAlongAtimeAtoAfinish?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheyAwillArespectAtimeoutsAdefinedAinAtheAserverAandAagentAconfigurationAandAlikelyAtimeo
ut.
IfAyouAchangeAhowAdataAisAshownAinAtheAfrontend,AdoesAitAmodifyAtheAdataAinAtheAdatabase
?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-No
WhatAcharacterAcanAbeAusedAtoApreventAaAunitAfromAbeingAconvertedAusingAspecialAproces
sing?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ExclamationAmarkA"!"AbeforeAtheAunitAvalue.
IfAyouAdefineAtheAunitA"unixtime"AunderAanAitem,AhowAwillAitAdisplayAonAtheAfrontendAportal?A
-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-2023.03.21A13:28:32
WhatAinformationAtypesAsupportAvalueAmapsAbetweenArawAvaluesAandAstringArepresentati
ons?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-NumericA(unsigned),AnumericA(float),ACharacter.
IfAmultipleAmappingsAoverlap,AwhatAmatchAwillAbeAapplied?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
First.
WhichAthreeAItemAtypesAcannotAhaveAupdateAintervalsAdefined?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ZabbixAtrapper,ASNMPAtrapper,ADependentAitems.
WhatAisAtheAminimumAallowedAupdateAinterval?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-1Asecond.
WhatAisAtheAdefaultAupdateAintervalAmetricAifAaAsuffixAisAnotAset?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Seconds.
WhatAisAoneAreasonAwhyAyouAmightAwantAtoAsetupAflexibleAupdateAintervals?AAndAifAmultipl
eAexist,AwhichAtakesAprecedence?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAretrieveAdataAlessAfrequentlyAoutsideAofAbusinessAhours.ALowestAintervalAtakesApreced
ence.
and Answers 2025
WhatAwillAhappenAtoAproblemsAifAtheAtriggerAtheyAdependAonAisAinAtheAPROBLEMAstate?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-TheyAwillAbeAsuppressed
WhereAcanAdependenciesAbetweenAtriggersAbeAdefined?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
OnAtheAsameAhostAorAonAdifferentAhosts
WhatAisAaAZabbixAagentApassiveAcheck?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ZabbixAserverAorAproxyAasksAforAaAsingleAmetricAandAZabbixAagentAsendsAbackAtheAresult.
WhatAdoesAnotAmatterAatAallAforApassiveAchecks?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-HostAname
WhatAmustAbeAspecifiedAtoAallowAconnectivityAbetweenAZabbixAServerAandAZabbixAAgent?
A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ServerAparameterAmustAmatchAZabbixAserverAorAproxyAIPAaddressA(orAsubnet).
WhatAisAtheAdefaultAnumberAofApollersAthatAareAstartedAatAonce?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-5
WhatAisAtheAZabbixAserverAtimeoutA(connectionAtimeout)?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheAnumberAofAsecondsAtheAZabbixAserverAwillAwaitAforAanAanswerAfromAtheAagent.
WhatAareA2AreasonsAforAinstallingAZabbix_get?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAgatherAdataAfromAtheAAgent,AtoArunAaApassiveAtest,AcanAbeAusedAinAcustomAscripts.
WhatAfileAneedsAtoAbeAeditedAtoAallowAZabbixAServerAtoAconnectAtoAZabbixAAgent?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
WhatAcommandAallowsAyouAtoAviewAtheAlistAofAinstalledApackagesAonAaAZabbixAAgent?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-zabbix_getA-sA127.0.0.1A-kAsystem.sw.packages[zabbix]
CanAZabbixAagentAbeAinstalledAonAWindows?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Yes
WhatAfieldAisAmandatoryAforAZabbixAagentAtoAcommunicateAinAActiveAMode?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Hostname,AitAmustAbeAdefinedAtheAsameAonAbothAtheAfrontendAhostA&AinAtheAzabbix_agent
d.confAfile.
OnAwhichAportAisAdataAfromAactiveAAgentsAaccepted?AAndAbyAwhatAprocess?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-PortA10051,AbyAtrapperAprocess.
AreAinterfacesArequiredAforAActiveAAgentAchecks?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-No
WhatAvalueAinAtheAzabbix_agentd.confAfileAneedsAtoAbeAupdatedAwithAtheAZabbixAServerAo
rAProxyAIPAaddress?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ServerActive
WhatAcommandAisAusedAtoAreturnAtheAZabbixAAgentAhostname?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-zabbix_agentd A-tAsystem.hostname.
InAtheAzabbix_agentd.confAfile,AwhatAhappensAifAmultipleAIPAaddressesAareAlistedAunderAth
eAServerActiveAfield?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ItAwillAsendAdataAtoAallAlistedAservers.
HowAoftenAdoesAtheAAgentAretrieveAconfigurationAdataAfromAtheAZabbixAServer?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-OnAagentAstartAandAeveryA2Aminutes.
WhereAdoesAtheAZabbixAagentAstoreAcollectedAvaluesAwhenAinAactiveAmode?AAndAhowAoft
enAisAtheAdataAsent?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
MemoryAbufferA(everyA5AsecondsAbyAdefault).
, DoAactiveAchecksAuseAanAavailabilityAicon?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
No,AmustAreferAtoAlatestAdata.
WhatAmustAyouAdoAafterAupdatingAtheAhostnameAonAanAagent?AAndAwhatAisAtheAcommandA
toAdoAthis?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
YouAmustArestartAtheAagentAusingAtheAcommandA"systemctlArestartAzabbix-agent".
WhatAisAtheAdefaultAhostnameAonAnewAAgentAinstallationsAandAwhyAisAthisAaAproblem?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ZabbixAserver,AhostnameAmustAbeAuniqueAotherwiseAtheAdataAwillAbeArepresentedAunderAt
heAhostAcalledAZabbixAserver.
WhyAareAActiveAchecksAmoreAprecise?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
BecauseAtheAUNIXTIMEAisAexactAwhenAtheAlogAisAgeneratedAonAtheAdeviceArunningAtheAag
ent.
WhatAisAtheAmainApurposeAofAUserParameters?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
AllowsAyouAtoArunAaAcheckAthatAdoesAnotAcomeApredefinedAwithAZabbixAi.e.ALinuxAcomman
d.
WhatAmustAbeAuniqueAonAtheAZabbixAagentAinAregardsAtoAUserParameters?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Keys.
CanAyouAreloadAuserparametersAwithoutArestartingAtheAZabbixAagent?AIfAso,AwhatAisAtheAc
ommand?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Yes,Azabbix_agentdA-RAuserparameter_reload
WhatAisAtheAsytnaxAforAUserParameters?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
UserParameter=key,command
HowAdoAyouArunAaAUserParameterAscript?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-zabbix_agentdA-
tAmykey
WhyAshouldAyouAnotAconfigureAaAUserParameterAthatAtakesAaAlongAtimeAtoAfinish?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
TheyAwillArespectAtimeoutsAdefinedAinAtheAserverAandAagentAconfigurationAandAlikelyAtimeo
ut.
IfAyouAchangeAhowAdataAisAshownAinAtheAfrontend,AdoesAitAmodifyAtheAdataAinAtheAdatabase
?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-No
WhatAcharacterAcanAbeAusedAtoApreventAaAunitAfromAbeingAconvertedAusingAspecialAproces
sing?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ExclamationAmarkA"!"AbeforeAtheAunitAvalue.
IfAyouAdefineAtheAunitA"unixtime"AunderAanAitem,AhowAwillAitAdisplayAonAtheAfrontendAportal?A
-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-2023.03.21A13:28:32
WhatAinformationAtypesAsupportAvalueAmapsAbetweenArawAvaluesAandAstringArepresentati
ons?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-NumericA(unsigned),AnumericA(float),ACharacter.
IfAmultipleAmappingsAoverlap,AwhatAmatchAwillAbeAapplied?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
First.
WhichAthreeAItemAtypesAcannotAhaveAupdateAintervalsAdefined?A-
ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ZabbixAtrapper,ASNMPAtrapper,ADependentAitems.
WhatAisAtheAminimumAallowedAupdateAinterval?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-1Asecond.
WhatAisAtheAdefaultAupdateAintervalAmetricAifAaAsuffixAisAnotAset?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
Seconds.
WhatAisAoneAreasonAwhyAyouAmightAwantAtoAsetupAflexibleAupdateAintervals?AAndAifAmultipl
eAexist,AwhichAtakesAprecedence?A-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-
ToAretrieveAdataAlessAfrequentlyAoutsideAofAbusinessAhours.ALowestAintervalAtakesApreced
ence.