Question

What is a flap detection in Nagios?

a) A mechanism to detect when a host or service is flapping between up and down states

b) A mechanism to detect when a plugin is malfunctioning

c) A mechanism to detect when a host or service has stopped responding

d) A mechanism to detect when a host or service has exceeded a specified response time

Answer 1

Solution: a) A mechanism to detect when a host or service is flapping between up and down states

Reason:Flap detection in Nagios is a mechanism that detects when a host or service is flapping between up and down states. Flapping is when a host or service is constantly changing its state, going from up to down and back up again.