Splunk splk-1001 practice test

Splunk Core Certified User Exam

Last exam update: Apr 18 ,2024
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Question 1

Which Field/Value pair will return only events found in the index named security?

  • C. Index=security
  • D. index!=Security
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B

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https://answers.splunk.com/answers/712164/why-are-the-wineventlogssecurity-indexing-indiffe.html

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Question 2

Which statement describes field discovery at search time?

  • A. Splunk automatically discovers only numeric fields
  • B. Splunk automatically discovers only alphanumeric fields
  • C. Splunk automatically discovers only manually configured fields
  • D. Splunk automatically discovers only fields directly related to the search results
Answer:

D

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Explanation:
Reference:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.2/Search/Changethesearchmode

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Question 3

What are the three main Splunk components?

  • A. Search head, GPU, streamer
  • B. Search head, indexer, forwarder
  • C. Search head, SQL database, forwarder
  • D. Search head, SSD, heavy weight agent
Answer:

B

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Reference:
https://www.edureka.co/blog/splunk-architecture/

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Question 4

When is an alert triggered?

  • A. When Splunk encounters a syntax error in a search
  • B. When a trigger action meets the predefined conditions
  • C. When an event in a search matches up with a data model
  • D. When results of a search meet a specifically defined condition
Answer:

D

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Explanation:
Reference:
https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=sNwkBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT525&lpg=PT525&dq=splunk+alert
+triggered+When+results+of+a+search+meet+a+specifically+defined
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Question 5

Which search will return the 15 least common field values for the dest_ip field?

  • A. sourcetype=firewall | rare num=15 dest_ip
  • B. sourcetype=firewall | rare last=15 dest_ip
  • C. sourcetype=firewall | rare count=15 dest_ip
  • D. sourcetype=firewall | rare limit=15 dest_ip
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C

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Explanation:
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https://answers.splunk.com/answers/41928/add-a-lookup-csv-colum-information-to-the-results-ofa-inputlookup-search.html

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Question 6

What is the default lifetime of every Splunk search job?

  • A. All search jobs are saved for 10 days
  • B. All search jobs are saved for 10 hours
  • C. All search jobs are saved for 10 weeks
  • D. All search jobs are saved for 10 minutes
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D

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Explanation:
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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Search/Extendjoblifetimes

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Question 7

In the Fields sidebar, what does the number directly to the right of the field name indicate?

  • A. The value of the field
  • B. The number of values for the field
  • C. The number of unique values for the field
  • D. The numeric non-unique values of the field
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C

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Explanation:
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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/SearchTutorial/Usefieldstosearch

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Question 8

How can results from a specified static lookup file be displayed?

  • A. lookup command
  • B. inputlookup command
  • C. Settings > Lookups > Input
  • D. Settings > Lookups > Upload
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B

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Question 9

When is the pipe character, I, used in search strings?

  • A. Before clauses. For example: stats sum(bytes) | by host
  • B. Before commands. For example: | stats sum(bytes) by host
  • C. Before arguments. For example: stats sum| (bytes) by host
  • D. Before functions. For example: stats |sum(bytes) by host
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B

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Explanation:
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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Search/
Aboutsearchlanguagesyntax#Quotes_and_escaping_characters

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Question 10

Which of the following is the best way to create a report that shows the last 24 hours of events?

  • A. Use earliest=-1d@d latest=@d
  • B. Set a real-time search over a 24-hour window
  • C. Use the time range picket to select “Yesterday”
  • D. Use the time range picker to select “Last 24 hours”
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D

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Question 11

What are the two most efficient search filters?

  • A. _time and host
  • B. _time and index
  • C. host and sourcetype
  • D. index and sourcetype
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B

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Question 12

Which of the following is a metadata field assigned to every event in Splunk?

  • A. host
  • B. owner
  • C. bytes
  • D. action
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A

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Explanation:
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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Data/Assignmetadatatoeventsdynamically

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Question 13

Assuming a user has the capability to edit reports, which of the following are editable?

  • A. Acceleration, schedule, permissions
  • B. The report’s name, schedule, permissions
  • C. The report’s name, acceleration, schedule
  • D. The report’s name, acceleration, permissions
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B

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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Report/Createandeditreports

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Question 14

What is a quick, comprehensive way to learn what data is present in a Splunk deployment?

  • A. Review Splunk reports
  • B. Run ./splunk show
  • C. Click Data Summary in Splunk Web
  • D. Search index=* sourcetype=* host=*
Answer:

C

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Explanation:
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https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/InheritedDeployment/Yourdata

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Question 15

When viewing results of a search job from the Activity menu, which of the following is displayed?

  • A. New events based on the current time range picker
  • B. The same events based on the current time range picker
  • C. The same events from when the original search was executed
  • D. New events in addition to the same events from the original search
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C

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