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Aug, 2025

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Question 1

Which setting in indexes.conf allows data retention to be controlled by time?

  • A: maxDaysToKeep
  • B: moveToFrozenAfter
  • C: maxDataRetentionTime
  • D: frozenTimePeriodInSecs

Question 2

Where should apps be located on the deployment server that the clients pull from?

  • A: $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps
  • B: $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/search
  • C: $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/master-apps
  • D: $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps

Question 3

Using SEDCMD in props.conf allows raw data to be modified. With the given event below, which option will mask the first three digits of the AcctID field resulting output: [22/Oct/2018:15:50:21] VendorID=1234 Code=B AcctID=xxx5309
Event:
[22/Oct/2018:15:50:21] VendorID=1234 Code=B AcctID=xxx5309

  • A: SEDCMD-1acct = s/VendorID=\d{3}(\d{4})/VendorID=xxx/g
  • B: SEDCMD-xxxAcct = s/AcctID=\d{3}(\d{4})/AcctID=xxx/g
  • C: SEDCMD-1acct = s/AcctID=\d{3}(\d{4})/AcctID=\1xxx/g
  • D: SEDCMD-1acct = s/AcctID=\d{3}(\d{4})/AcctID=xxx\1/g

Question 4

Which of the following accurately describes HTTP Event Collector indexer acknowledgement?

  • A: It requires a separate channel provided by the client.
  • B: It is configured the same as indexer acknowledgement used to protect in-flight data.
  • C: It can be enabled at the global setting level.
  • D: It stores status information on the Splunk server.

Question 5

What action is required to enable forwarder management in Splunk Web?

  • A: Navigate to Settings > Server Settings > General Settings, and set an App server port.
  • B: Navigate to Settings > Forwarding and receiving, and click on Enable Forwarding.
  • C: Create a server class and map it to a client in SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/serverclass.conf.
  • D: Place an app in the SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps directory of the deployment server.

Question 6

Which of the following is accurate regarding the input phase?

  • A: Breaks data into events with timestamps.
  • B: Applies event-level transformations.
  • C: Fine-tunes metadata.
  • D: Performs character encoding.

Question 7

When indexing a data source, which fields are considered metadata?

  • A: source, host, time
  • B: time, sourcetype, source
  • C: host, raw, sourcetype
  • D: sourcetype, source, host

Question 8

What is the default value of LINE_BREAKER?

  • A: \r\n
  • B: ([\r\n]+)
  • C: \r+\n+
  • D: (\r\n+)

Question 9

Which of the following monitor inputs stanza headers would match all of the following files?
/var/log/www1/secure.log
/var/log/www/secure.l
/var/log/www/logs/secure.logs
/var/log/www2/secure.log

  • A: [monitor:///var/log/.../secure.*]
  • B: [monitor:///var/log/www1/secure.*]
  • C: [monitor:///var/log/www1/secure.log]
  • D: [monitor:///var/log/www*/secure.*]

Question 10

What are the values for host and index for [stanza1] used by Splunk during index time, given the following configuration files?

Image 1
  • A: host=server1 index=unixinfo
  • B: host=server1 index=searchinfo
  • C: host=searchsvr1 index=searchinfo
  • D: host=unixsvr1 index=unixinfo

Question 11

An index stores its data in buckets. Which default directories does Splunk use to store buckets? (Choose all that apply.)

  • A: bucketdb
  • B: frozendb
  • C: colddb
  • D: db

Question 12

The LINE_BREAKER attribute is configured in which configuration file?

  • A: props.conf
  • B: indexes.conf
  • C: inputs.conf
  • D: transforms.conf

Question 13

This file has been manually created on a universal forwarder:
/opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/my_TA/local/inputs.conf
[monitor:///var/log/messages]
sourcetype=syslog
index=syslog
A new Splunk admin comes in and connects the universal forwarders to a deployment server and deploys the same app with a new inputs.conf file:
/opt/splunk/etc/deployment-apps/my_TA/local/inputs.conf
[monitor:///var/log/maillog]
sourcetype=maillog
index=syslog
Which file is now monitored?

  • A: /var/log/messages
  • B: /var/log/maillog
  • C: /var/log/maillog and /var/log/messages
  • D: none of the above

Question 14

After automatic load balancing is enabled on a forwarder, the time interval for switching indexers can be updated by using which of the following attributes?

  • A: channelTTL
  • B: connectionTimeout
  • C: autoLBFrequency
  • D: secsInFailureInterval

Question 15

A log file contains 193 days worth of timestamped events. Which monitor stanza would be used to collect data 45 days old and newer from that log file?

  • A: followTail = -45d
  • B: ignore = 45d
  • C: includeNewerThan = 45d
  • D: ignoreOlderThan = 45d

Question 16

After an Enterprise Trial license expires, it will automatically convert to a Free license. How many days is an Enterprise Trial license valid before this conversion occurs?

  • A: 90 days
  • B: 60 days
  • C: 7 days
  • D: 14 days

Question 17

Consider a company with a Splunk distributed environment in production. The Compliance Department wants to start using Splunk; however, they want to ensure that no one can see their reports or any other knowledge objects. Which Splunk Component can be added to implement this policy for the new team?

  • A: Indexer
  • B: Deployment server
  • C: Universal forwarder
  • D: Search head

Question 18

Which of the following is an appropriate description of a deployment server in a non-cluster environment?

  • A: Allows management of local Splunk instances, requires Enterprise license, handles job of sending configurations packaged as apps, can automatically restart remote Splunk instances.
  • B: Allows management of remote Splunk instances, requires Enterprise license, handles job of sending configurations, can automatically restart remote Splunk instances.
  • C: Allows management of remote Splunk instances, requires no license, handles job of sending configurations, can automatically restart remote Splunk instances.
  • D: Allows management of remote Splunk instances, requires Enterprise license, handles job of sending configurations, can manually restart remote Splunk instances.

Question 19

Which Splunk forwarder has a built-in license?

  • A: Light forwarder
  • B: Heavy forwarder
  • C: Universal forwarder
  • D: Cloud forwarder

Question 20

What happens when the same username exists in Splunk as well as through LDAP?

  • A: Splunk user is automatically deleted from authentication.conf.
  • B: LDAP settings take precedence.
  • C: Splunk settings take precedence.
  • D: LDAP user is automatically deleted from authentication.conf.

Question 21

Consider the following stanza in inputs.conf:

Image 1

What will the value of the source filed be for events generated by this scripts input?

  • A: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/bin/lister.sh
  • B: unknown
  • C: lister
  • D: lister.sh

Question 22

Which of the following applies only to Splunk index data integrity check?

  • A: Lookup table
  • B: Summary Index
  • C: Raw data in the index
  • D: Data model acceleration

Question 23

Which of the following types of data count against the license daily quota?

  • A: Replicated data
  • B: splunkd logs
  • C: Summary index data
  • D: Windows internal logs

Question 24

In which phase of the index time process does the license metering occur?

  • A: Input phase
  • B: Parsing phase
  • C: Indexing phase
  • D: Licensing phase

Question 25

Which default Splunk role could be assigned to provide users with the following capabilities?

Create saved searches -

Edit shared objects and alerts -
Not allowed to create custom roles

  • A: admin
  • B: power
  • C: user
  • D: splunk-system-role
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