Zabbix Questions Answered Correctly 2026/27

Zabbix Questions Answered Correctly 2026/27
What are the four basic building blocks of a service check? - Correct Answer host, item, trigger,
and action



Where is the Zabbix server daemon located? - Correct Answer /sbin/zabbix_server



What command would you execute to display the Zabbix version? - Correct Answer
zabbix_server -V



What command would you execute to start Zabbix and use an alternate configuration file
located at /mnt/zabbix/test.conf? - Correct Answer zabbix_server -c /mnt/zabbix/test.conf



What command would you execute to start Zabbix and simultaneously reload the configuration
cache? - Correct Answer zabbix_server -R config_cache_reload



Does the Zabbix server process have to be ran by root? - Correct Answer No, Zabbix server is
designed to run as a non-root user. If you will try to run it as 'root', it will switch to a hardcoded
'zabbix' user.



Where are the Zabbix init scripts located? - Correct Answer misc/init.d



Where is the Zabbix agent daemon located? - Correct Answer /sbin/zabbix_agentd



What command would you execute to test a given item on a host running a Zabbix agent? -
Correct Answer zabbix_agentd -t <item>



Where is the Zabbix proxy daemon located? - Correct Answer /sbin/zabbix_proxy