Splunk SPLK-1002 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Splunk SPLK-1002 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 281:

  Which of the following search control will not re-rerun the search? (Select all that apply.)

  A. zoom out
  B. selecting a bar on the timeline
  C. deselect
  D. selecting a range of bars on the timelines
  B. selecting a bar on the timeline
  C. deselect
  D. selecting a range of bars on the timelines

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  Explanation

  The timeline is a graphical representation of your search results that shows the distribution of events over time. You can use the timeline to zoom in or out of a specific time range or to select one or more bars on the timeline to filter your results by that time range. However, these actions will not re-run thesearch, but rather refine the existing results based on the selected time range. Therefore, options B, C and D are correct, while option A is incorrect because zooming out will re-run the search with a broader time range.

• Question 282:

  Information needed to create a GET workflow action includes which of the following? (select all that apply.)

  A. A name of the workflow action
  B. A URI where the user will be directed at search time.
  C. A label that will appear in the Event Action menu at search time.
  D. A name for the URI where the user will be directed at search time.
  A. A name of the workflow action
  B. A URI where the user will be directed at search time.
  C. A label that will appear in the Event Action menu at search time.

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  Explanation

  References:

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Knowledge/SetupaGETwo

  rkflowaction Information needed to create a GET workflow action includes the following: a name of the workflow action, a URI where the user will be directed at search time, and a label that will appear in theEventActionmenuatsearchtime.AGETworkflowactionisatypeofworkflowactionthatperformsaGETrequestwhenyouclickonafieldvalueinyoursearchresults.AGETworkflowactioncanbeconfiguredwithvariousoptions,suchas:Anameoftheworkflowaction:ThisisauniqueidentifierfortheworkflowactionthatisusedinternallybySplunk.Thenameshouldbedescriptiveandmeaningfulforthepurposeoftheworkflowaction.AURIwheretheuserwillbedirectedatsearchtime:ThisisthebaseURLoftheexternal web service or application that will receive the GET request. The URI can include field value variables that will be replaced by the actual field values at search time. For example, if you have a field value variable ip, you can write it as (http://example.com/ip=$ip)tosendtheIPaddressasaparametertotheexternalwebserviceorapplication.AlabelthatwillappearintheEventActionmenuatsearchtime:ThisisthedisplaynameoftheworkflowactionthatwillbeshownintheEventActionmenuwhenyouclickonafieldvalueinyoursearchresults.Thelabelshouldbeclearandconcisefortheusertounderstandwhattheworkflowactiondoes.Therefore,optionsA,B,andCarecorrect.

• Question 283:

  Which of the following options will define the first event in a transaction?

  A. startswith
  B. with
  C. startingwith
  D. firstevent
  A. startswith

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  Explanation

  The explanation is as follows: Thetransactioncommand is used to find transactions based on events that meet various constraints.

  Transactions are made up of the raw text (the_raw field) of each member, the time and date fields of the earliest member, as well as the union of all other fields of each member. The startswith option is used to define the first event in a transaction by specifying a search term or an expression that matches the event.

  For example,| transaction clientip JSESSIONID startswith="view"will create transactions based on the client ip and JSESSIONID fields, and the first event in each transaction will contain the term "view" in the_raw field.

• Question 284:

  When should transaction be used?

  A. Only in a large distributed Splunk environment.
  B. When calculating results from one or more fields.
  C. When event grouping is based on start/end values.
  D. When grouping events results in over 1000 events in each group.
  C. When event grouping is based on start/end values.

• Question 285:

  The fields sidebar does not show________. (Select all that apply.)

  A. interesting fields
  B. selected fields
  C. all extracted fields
  C. all extracted fields

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  Explanation

  The fields sidebar is a panel that shows the fields that are present in your search results. The fields sidebar does not show all extracted fields, which are fields that are extracted from your raw data using various methods such as regular expressions, delimiters or key-value pairs. The fields sidebar only shows selected fields and interesting fields. Selected fields are fields that you choose to display in your search results by clicking on them in the fields sidebar or by using the fields command. Interesting fields are fields that appear in at least 20 percent of events or have high variability among values. Therefore, option C is correct, while options A and B are incorrect because they are types of fields that the fields sidebar does show.

• Question 286:

  Which of the following statements describes macros?

  A. A macro is a reusable search string that must contain the full search.
  B. A macro is a reusable search string that must have a fixed time range.
  C. A macro Is a reusable search string that may have a flexible time range.
  D. A macro Is a reusable search string that must contain only a portion of the search.
  C. A macro Is a reusable search string that may have a flexible time range.

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  Explanation

  References:

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Knowledge/DefinesearchmacrosAmacroisareusablesearchstringthatcancontainanypartofasearch,suchassearchterms,commands,arguments,etc.Amacrocanhaveaflexibletimerangethatcanbespecifiedwhenthemacroisexecuted.Amacrocanalsohaveargumentsthatcanbepassedtothemacrowhenitisexecuted.AmacrocanbecreatedbyusingtheSettingsmenuorbyeditingthemacros.conffile.Amacrodoesnothavetocontainthefullsearch,butonlythepartthatneedstobereused.Amacrodoesnothavetohaveafixedtimerange,butcanusearelativeorabsolutetimerangemodifier.Amacrodoesnothavetocontainonlyaportionofthesearch,butcancontainmultiplepartsofthesearch.

• Question 287:

  Which of the following options should a user add to a search to limit transactions to a five minute time window?

  A. duration=5m
  B. bin=5m
  C. earliest=-5m
  D. maxspan=5m
  D. maxspan=5m

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  Explanation

  The maxspan option in the transaction command limits the maximum time span of the transaction to the specified duration, in this case, 5 minutes. This ensures that only events within that time window are grouped into one transaction.

  References:

  Splunk Power User Study Guide, Transaction Command Splunk Docs: transaction Command "maxspan sets the maximum time span allowed for transactions."

• Question 288:

  Which of the following describes this search?

  New Search

  'third_party_outages(EMEA,-24h)'

  A. This search will find all events for the third_party_outages event type that have "EMEA" or "-24h" in the raw event data.
  B. This search will run the third_party_outages saved search and filter for events containing "EMEA" and "-24h" in the raw event data.
  C. This search will run the third_party_outages macro and pass the arguments EMEA and - 24h to the macro definition.
  D. This search will find all events in the third_party_outages index with the tags EMEA and -24h.
  C. This search will run the third_party_outages macro and pass the arguments EMEA and - 24h to the macro definition.

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  Explanation

  This search will run the third_party_outages macro and pass the arguments EMEA and - 24h to the macro definition. A search macro is a reusable chunk of SPL that can be inserted into other searches. A search macro can take arguments that are used to resolve the search string at execution time. The syntax for using a search macro is macro_name (argument1, argument2, ...).ReferencesSee Use search macros in searches and Search macro examples in the Splunk Documentation.

• Question 289:

  Which search would limit an "alert" tag to the "host" field?

  A. tag=alert
  B. host::tag::alert
  C. tag==alert
  D. tag::host=alert
  D. tag::host=alert

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  Explanation

  The search below would limit an "alert" tag to the "host" field. tag::host=alert

  The search does the following:

  It uses tag syntax to filter events by tags. Tags are custom labels that can be applied to fields or field values to provide additional context or meaning for your data. It specifies tag::host=alert as the tag filter. This means that it will only return events that have an "alert" tag applied to their host field or host field value. It uses an equal sign (=) to indicate an exact match between the tag and the field or field value.

• Question 290:

  Where are the descriptions of the data models that come with the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) Add-on documented?

  A. Search and reporting user manual.
  B. CIM Add-on manual.
  C. Pivot users manual.
  D. Datamodel command reference guide.
  B. CIM Add-on manual.

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  Explanation

  The descriptions of the data models that come with the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) Add-on are documented in the CIM Add-on manual (Option B). This manual provides detailed information about the data models, including their structure, the types of data they are designed to normalize, and how they can be used to facilitate cross-sourcing reporting and analysis.