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Zabbix Certified Specialist EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: What are the four ports that Zabbix uses and what are they each for? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔10050: Zabbix agent. 10051: Server and proxy. 10052: Java gateway. 10053: Web
service.
Question: By default, How often is data collected via the proxy, sent to the Zabbix server? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Every second
Question: Zabbix proxies can operate in Active mode or Passive mode? What is the difference?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔In active mode, the proxy connects to the server. In passive mode, the
server connects to the proxy.
Question: What is true about the version differences between Zabbix proxy and Zabbix server?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The major version must match ie 6.1.2 is not compatible with 6.2.0. This
changed in version 6.4, from this version onwards they are all compatible.
Question: What is mandatory before installing Zabbix? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Getting NTP
setup and sync'd, without this you may experience false problem detection, missing data etc
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Question: What is the recommended way of installing Zabbix? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Official
packages
Question: What cloud vendors are supported for cloud install? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔AWS,
Azure, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, Red Hat Openshift
Q:What are the 3 main types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Hardware, OS, VM & Container
Question: What are the 3 other types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Cloud hosts
Applications
Business Services
Question: What method is used to monitor Databases? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ODBC
Question: When was Zabbix 1.0 released? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔23rd March 2004
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Question: How often is a long term support version of Zabbix released? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Every 18 months
Question: When was Zabbix LLC established? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2005
Question: Which parts of Zabbix have been built using C? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Server, Proxy,
Agent
Question: What parts of Zabbix have been built using Go? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Zabbix Agent
2, Web Services
Question: What does Zabbix use PHP for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Frontend
Question: Does Zabbix support Java? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Yes
Question: Name three commerical services that Zabbix LLC and certified partners provide? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Technical Support, Remote Tshooting, Consulting, Upgrades, Training,
Turn-key Solutions, Integration, Template Building
Question: What are the 3 main Zabbix components? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Server, Frontend,
Database
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Question: What are the 3 main functions of Zabbix Server? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Data
collection, Problem detection, Notification
Question: What are 3 advantages of Zabbix proxy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Monitoring remote
locations, Distributing load between proxies, Limited firewall rules
Question: What processes all collected data? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Zabbix Server
Question: Zabbix server has several components, name one - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Data
collectors, internal processes, caches
Question: What are the 7 components that make up Zabbix Server? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Config Cache, Config Sync, Data Collectors, Preprocessing, History Cache, Value
Cache, History Syncers
Question: What is the minimum supported version for MySQL? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔8.0.x
but 8.0.20 is recommended
Question: Can Zabbix be installed on Windows? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔No
Zabbix Certified Specialist EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: What are the four ports that Zabbix uses and what are they each for? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔10050: Zabbix agent. 10051: Server and proxy. 10052: Java gateway. 10053: Web
service.
Question: By default, How often is data collected via the proxy, sent to the Zabbix server? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Every second
Question: Zabbix proxies can operate in Active mode or Passive mode? What is the difference?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔In active mode, the proxy connects to the server. In passive mode, the
server connects to the proxy.
Question: What is true about the version differences between Zabbix proxy and Zabbix server?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The major version must match ie 6.1.2 is not compatible with 6.2.0. This
changed in version 6.4, from this version onwards they are all compatible.
Question: What is mandatory before installing Zabbix? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Getting NTP
setup and sync'd, without this you may experience false problem detection, missing data etc
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Question: What is the recommended way of installing Zabbix? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Official
packages
Question: What cloud vendors are supported for cloud install? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔AWS,
Azure, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, Red Hat Openshift
Q:What are the 3 main types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Hardware, OS, VM & Container
Question: What are the 3 other types of hosts that Zabbix can gather data from? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Cloud hosts
Applications
Business Services
Question: What method is used to monitor Databases? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ODBC
Question: When was Zabbix 1.0 released? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔23rd March 2004
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Question: How often is a long term support version of Zabbix released? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Every 18 months
Question: When was Zabbix LLC established? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2005
Question: Which parts of Zabbix have been built using C? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Server, Proxy,
Agent
Question: What parts of Zabbix have been built using Go? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Zabbix Agent
2, Web Services
Question: What does Zabbix use PHP for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Frontend
Question: Does Zabbix support Java? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Yes
Question: Name three commerical services that Zabbix LLC and certified partners provide? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Technical Support, Remote Tshooting, Consulting, Upgrades, Training,
Turn-key Solutions, Integration, Template Building
Question: What are the 3 main Zabbix components? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Server, Frontend,
Database
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Question: What are the 3 main functions of Zabbix Server? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Data
collection, Problem detection, Notification
Question: What are 3 advantages of Zabbix proxy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Monitoring remote
locations, Distributing load between proxies, Limited firewall rules
Question: What processes all collected data? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Zabbix Server
Question: Zabbix server has several components, name one - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Data
collectors, internal processes, caches
Question: What are the 7 components that make up Zabbix Server? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Config Cache, Config Sync, Data Collectors, Preprocessing, History Cache, Value
Cache, History Syncers
Question: What is the minimum supported version for MySQL? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔8.0.x
but 8.0.20 is recommended
Question: Can Zabbix be installed on Windows? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔No