Splunk Certification Exam 87 Questions with Answers 2023
5 Main components of Splunk ES - CORRECT ANSWER Index Data, Search & investigate, Add knowledge, Monitor & Alert, Report & Analyze.
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Splunk Certification Exam 87 Questions with Answers 2023
5 Main components of Splunk ES - CORRECT ANSWER Index Data, Search & investigate, Add knowledge, Monitor & Alert, Report & Analyze.
What does index data do? (3) - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Collects data
2. Label data with source type
3. Stored in splunk index
Three main roles in splunk? (3) - CORRECT ANSWER Admin, Power, User
An admin does what? - CORRECT ANSWER Install apps, create knowledge objects for all users (what apps a user will see by default)
A power user does what? - CORRECT ANSWER Creates and shares knowledge objects for users of app, real-time searches
A Splunk user does what? - CORRECT ANSWER Only see own knowledge objects and those shared to them.
Apps in Splunk? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Pre-built dashboards, reports, alerts and workflows
2. In-depth data analysis for power users
3. Search & Reporting
What does the search and reporting app do in splunk? - CORRECT ANSWER Creates knowledge objects, reports, and dashboards
The seven main components in splunk searching and reporting? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Splunk bar
2. App bar
3. Search bar
4. Time range picker
5. How to search panel
6. What to search panel
7. Search History
What does the time range picker do? - CORRECT ANSWER Allow search by preset times, relative times. Real time (earliest, latest), date range. Retrieve events over a specific time period.
Limiting search by ___________ is key to faster results and is a best practice - CORRECT ANSWER time
The time range picker is set to _________ by default. - CORRECT ANSWER All-time
Search jobs are available after ____ minutes by default. - CORRECT ANSWER 10
________ commands create statistics and visualizations. - CORRECT ANSWER Transforming
________ tab is default tab for searches - CORRECT ANSWER Event
What are the three main search modes? - CORRECT ANSWER Fast, Verbose, and Smart
_______ mode discovery off for event searches. No event or field data for stats searches. - CORRECT ANSWER Fast
______ mode all events and field data; switches to this mode after visualization - CORRECT ANSWER Verbose
______ mode (default-based on search string data). Field discovery ON for event searches. No event or field data for stats searches. - CORRECT ANSWER Smart
This search action button "Job V" does what? - CORRECT ANSWER Edit job settings, send job to background, inspect and delete job.
Saved searches are set to ______ by default. - CORRECT ANSWER private
Timestamp seen in events is based on______setting in user account profile - CORRECT ANSWER time zone
List the three booleans - CORRECT ANSWER AND OR NOT
________boolean is used if none is implied. - CORRECT ANSWER AND
Exact phrases use______ - CORRECT ANSWER quotes
Use a _______ for searching a string with quotes in the string. - CORRECT ANSWER Backslash
Example: info="user "chrisV4" not in database" info="user\"chrisV4\" not in database "
Three default search fields automatically selected? - CORRECT ANSWER Source, Host, Sourcetype
_______ sidebar shows all field extracted at search time. - CORRECT ANSWER Fields
_______ Fields appear in event, default-host, sourcetype, source - CORRECT ANSWER Selected
_______ fields have values in at least 20% of the events - CORRECT ANSWER Interesting
Clicking on a field shows a list of _______, ________, and ________. - CORRECT ANSWER values, count, and percentage
These fields can launch a quick report by clicking on them (4) - CORRECT ANSWER top values, top values by time, rare values, events with this field
Use ______ to limit search to only one sourcetype - CORRECT ANSWER sourcetype=
Field names _____ case sensitive- Values _______ case sensitive - CORRECT ANSWER are, are not
The field operators are used with numerical string values (symbols) - CORRECT ANSWER = != -->
These symbols are only used with numerical values? - CORRECT ANSWER > >= < <= -->
Using _____ and ____ (symbols) would return the same results. - CORRECT ANSWER NOT, !=
Use _______ to nest boolean searches - CORRECT ANSWER parenthesis
______ is better than exclusion - CORRECT ANSWER inclusion
Use _____ for searches - CORRECT ANSWER time
When creating reports you can edit, clone, embed, and delete under the ______ tab - CORRECT ANSWER report
What are search commands used for? - CORRECT ANSWER Creating charts, computing statistics, and formatting
Top command returns top ____ results with a count and percentage - CORRECT ANSWER 10
What are the three ways to create visualizations? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Select a field from the fields sidebar
2. Use the pivot interface
3. Use the Splunk search language commands in the search bar with statistics and visualization tabs
Save visual reports as _______ or _______ - CORRECT ANSWER report or dashboard pannel
Dashboards are searches gathered together and can use _______input or ________ visualization - CORRECT ANSWER form or custom
________ is an action that a saved search triggers based on the results of the search - CORRECT ANSWER Alert
________ designs reports in simple interface without having to craft a search string - CORRECT ANSWER Pivot
Default time for pivot is ______ - CORRECT ANSWER all the time
Data model is framework and ______ is interface to the data - CORRECT ANSWER pivot
________ interface is the total amount of purchases, documentation actions, job actions, tools to filter/slice up data, and a side bar? - CORRECT ANSWER Pivot
_______ object is the main source of data - CORRECT ANSWER Root
_______ object acts like an AND boolean - CORRECT ANSWER Child
_________ pivot allows instant access to data without having a data model - CORRECT ANSWER Instant
Alerts combine a _______ search. - CORRECT ANSWER Saved
The alerts use a _______ search to check for events. - CORRECT ANSWER saved
Adjust the ______ type to configure how often the search runs - CORRECT ANSWER alert
Use ________ alert to check for events on a regular basis - CORRECT ANSWER Scheduled
_______ alert to monitor for events continuously - CORRECT ANSWER Real-time
A _______ action can notify you of a triggered alert and help you start responding to it - CORRECT ANSWER alert
Search terms include (6) - CORRECT ANSWER Keywords, booleans, phrases, fields, wildcards, and comparisons.
Comparison symbols - CORRECT ANSWER =, !=, <=, >, >=
______ is the most efficient filter - CORRECT ANSWER Time
Best practices to use while searching in Splunk (4) - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Time is the most efficient filter
2. More you tell search the better your results
3. Inclusion is better than exclusion
4. Filter as early as possible
_____ are case insensitive.
(components of search language) - CORRECT ANSWER Search terms
______ tell Splunk what we want to do with results (ex. stats)
(components of search language) - CORRECT ANSWER Commands
______how we want to deal with results (ex. list)
(components of search language) - CORRECT ANSWER Functions
______ variables to apply to function (ex. Product name)
(components of search language) - CORRECT ANSWER Arguments
_______ how we want results defined.
(components of search language) - CORRECT ANSWER Clauses
_____ is used to pass current results to the next component - CORRECT ANSWER Pipe
_________ command works from left to right - CORRECT ANSWER Search
Once and item is filtered _____ it is no longer available in the search string - CORRECT ANSWER Out
_____ command include or exclude fields from search results. - CORRECT ANSWER Fields
Exclude a field by using ______ symbol - CORRECT ANSWER minus (-)
Primary fields _______ and _______ will always be extracted, but can also be removed by using the minus symbol - CORRECT ANSWER _time & _raw
Field_____happens after field______only affecting displayed results. - CORRECT ANSWER exclusion, extraction
________ command retains searched data in a tabulated format - CORRECT ANSWER table
In regards to a rename command, once a field is renamed the ______ name is not available to later search commands - CORRECT ANSWER original
This command removes events with duplicate values - CORRECT ANSWER Dedup
This command displays results in ascending or descending order. - CORRECT ANSWER Sort
This command combine fields from external sources to searched events, based on event field - CORRECT ANSWER Lookup
This command produces statistics of a search result - CORRECT ANSWER Stats command
This command shows number of events matching search criteria - CORRECT ANSWER Stats count
This command is the sum of numerical value - CORRECT ANSWER Stats Sum command
This is a command that preforms stats aggregation against time - CORRECT ANSWER Timechart command
___ split data by an additional field - CORRECT ANSWER by
Usenull = _____ will remove NULL values - CORRECT ANSWER f
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