Splunk SPLK-1003 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Splunk SPLK-1003 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  A user recently installed an application to index NCINX access logs. After configuring the application, they realize that no data is being ingested. Which configuration file do they need to edit to ingest the access logs to ensure it remains unaffected after upgrade?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  A. Option A

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  Explanation/Reference:

  This option corresponds to the file path "$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk_TA_nginx/local/inputs.conf". This is the configuration file that the user needs to edit to ingest the NGINX access logs to ensure it remains unaffected after upgrade.

  This is explained in the Splunk documentation, which states:

  The local directory is where you place your customized configuration files. The local directory is empty when you install Splunk Enterprise. You create it when you need to override or add to the default settings in a configuration file. The local

  directory is never overwritten during an upgrade.

• Question 62:

  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
  B. power

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  Explanation/Reference:

  The power role is a default Splunk role that grants users the ability to create saved searches, edit shared objects and alerts, and access advanced search commands. However, the power role does not allow users to create custom roles, which is a privilege reserved for the admin role. Therefore, option B is the correct answer. References: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin | Splunk, [About configuring role-based user access - Splunk Documentation]

• Question 63:

  After how many warnings within a rolling 30-day period will a license violation occur with an enforced Enterprise license?

  A. 1
  B. 3
  C. 4
  D. 5
  D. 5

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  Explanation/Reference:

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Admin/Aboutlicenseviolations "Enterprise Trial license. If you get five or more warnings in a rolling 30 days period, you are in violation of your license. Dev/Test license. If you generate five or more warnings in a rolling 30-day period, you are in violation of your license. Developer license. If you generate five or more warnings in a rolling 30-day period, you are in violation of your license. BUT for Free license. If you get three or more warnings in a rolling 30 days period, you are in violation of your license."

  Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Admin/Aboutlicenseviolations

• Question 64:

  Within props. conf, which stanzas are valid for data modification? (select all that apply)

  A. Host
  B. Server
  C. Source
  D. Sourcetype
  A. Host
  C. Source
  D. Sourcetype

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  Explanation/Reference:

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.4/Admin/Propsconf#props.conf.spec https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.1/Admin/Propsconf "* Reuse of the same field-extracting regular expression across multiple sources, source types, or hosts."https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.4/Admin/Propsconf#props.conf.spec

• Question 65:

  When are knowledge bundles distributed to search peers?

  A. After a user logs in.
  B. When Splunk is restarted.
  C. When adding a new search peer.
  D. When a distributed search is initiated.
  D. When a distributed search is initiated.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  "The search head replicates the knowledge bundle periodically in the background or when initiating a search. " "As part of the distributed search process, the search head replicates and distributes its knowledge objects to its search peers, or indexers. Knowledge objects include saved searches, event types, and other entities used in searching accorss indexes. The search head needs to distribute this material to its search peers so that they can properly execute queries on its behalf."

  Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/DistSearch/Whatsearchheadssend

• Question 66:

  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.
  B. Allows management of remote Splunk instances, requires Enterprise license, handles job of sending configurations, can automatically restart remote Splunk instances.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Reference:https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.1/Admin/StartSplunk

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Updating/Deploymentserverarchitecture

  "A deployment client is a Splunk instance remotely configured by a deployment server".

• Question 67:

  Which of the following is a benefit of distributed search?

  A. Peers run search in sequence.
  B. Peers run search in parallel.
  C. Resilience from indexer failure.
  D. Resilience from search head failure.
  B. Peers run search in parallel.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/DistSearch/Whatisdistributedsearch Parallel reduce search processing If you struggle with extremely large high-cardinality searches, you might be able to apply parallel reduce processing to them to help them complete faster. You must have a distributed search environment to use parallel reduce search processing.

• Question 68:

  When would the following command be used?

  

  A. To verify' the integrity of a local index.
  B. To verify the integrity of a SmartStore index.
  C. To verify the integrity of a SmartStore bucket.
  D. To verify the integrity of a local bucket.
  D. To verify the integrity of a local bucket.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  To verify the integrity of a local bucket. The command ./splunk check- integrity -bucketPath [bucket path] [-verbose] is used to verify the integrity of a local bucket by comparing the hashes stored in the l1Hashes and l2Hash files with the actual data in the bucket1. This command can help detect any tampering or corruption of the data.

• Question 69:

  Which Splunk component does a search head primarily communicate with?

  A. Indexer
  B. Forwarder
  C. Cluster master
  D. Deployment server
  A. Indexer

• Question 70:

  When configuring monitor inputs with whitelists or blacklists, what is the supported method of filtering the lists?

  A. Slash notation
  B. Regular expression
  C. Irregular expression
  D. Wildcard-only expression
  B. Regular expression

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  Explanation/Reference:

  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincom ingdata#Include_or_exclude_specific_incoming_data