Splunk Core Certified User (SPLK-1001)

By default, how long does Splunk retain a search job? A. 10 Minutes B. 15 Minutes C. 1 Day D. 7 Days

A. 10 Minutes

Three basic components of Splunk are (Choose three.): A. Forwarders B. Deployment Server C. Indexer D. Knowledge Objects E. Index F. Search Head

A. Forwarders C. Indexer F. Search Head

All components are installed and administered in Splunk Enterprise on-premise. A. True B. False

A. True

Universal forwarder is recommended for forwarding the logs to indexers. A. False B. True

B. True

At index time, in which field does Splunk store the timestamp value? A. time B. _time C. EventTime D. timestamp

B. _time

Which of the following index searches would provide the most efficient search performance? A. index=* B. index=web OR index=s* C. (index=web OR index=sales) D. *index=sales AND index=web*

C. (index=web OR index=sales)

Which Boolean operator is always implied between two search terms, unless otherwise specified? A. OR B. NOT C. AND D. XOR

C. AND

What does the stats command do? A. Automatically correlates related fields. B. Converts field values into numerical values. C. Calculates statistics on data that matches the search criteria. D. Analyzes numerical fields for their ability to predict another discrete field.

C. Calculates statistics on data that matches the search criteria.

Which component of Splunk is primarily responsible for saving data? A. Search Head B. Heavy Forwarder C. Indexer D. Universal Forwarder

C. Indexer

What is the primary use for the rare command? A. To sort field values in descending order. B. To return only fields containing five of fewer values. C. To find the least common values of a field in a dataset. D. To find the fields with the fewest number of values across a dataset.

C. To find the least common values of a field in a dataset.

In the fields sidebar, which character denotes alphanumeric field values? A. # B. % C. a D. a#

C. a

Which command is used to validate a lookup file? A. | lookup products.csv B. inputlookup products.csv C. | inputlookup products.csv D. | lookup_definition products.csv

C. | inputlookup products.csv

When sorting on multiple fields with the sort command, what delimiter can be used between the field names in the search? A. | B. $ C. ! D. ,

D. ,

When viewing the results of a search, what is an Interesting Field? A. A field that appears in any event. B. A field that appears in every event. C. A field that appears in the top 10 events. D. A field that appears in at least 20% of the events.

D. A field that appears in at least 20% of the events.

Which statement is true about the top command? A. It returns the top 10 results. B. It displays the output in table format. C. It returns the count and percent columns per row. D. All of the above.

D. All of the above.

What is one benefit of creating dashboard panels from reports? A. Any newly created dashboard will include that report. B. There are no benefits to creating dashboard panels from reports. C. It makes the dashboard more efficient because it only has to run one search string. D. Any change to the underlying report will affect every dashboard that utilizes that report.

D. Any change to the underlying report will affect every dashboard that utilizes that report.

What can be configured using the Edit Job Settings menu? A. Export the result to CSV format. B. Add the Job results to a dashboard. C. Schedule the Job to re-run in 10 minutes. D. Change Job Lifetime from 10 minutes to 7 days.

D. Change Job Lifetime from 10 minutes to 7 days.

When an alert action is configured to run a script, Splunk must be able to locate the script.Which is one of the directories Splunk will look in to find the script? A. $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/scripts B. $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/scripts C. $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/etc/scripts D. $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/scripts/bin

A. $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/scripts

What are the steps to schedule a report? A. After saving the report, click Schedule. B. After saving the report, click Event Type. C. After saving the report, click Scheduling. D. After saving the report, click Dashboard Panel.

A. After saving the report, click Schedule.

Which statement is true about Splunk alerts? A. Alerts are based on searches that are either run on a scheduled interval or in real-time. B. Alerts are based on searches and when triggered will only send an email notification. C. Alerts are based on searches and require cron to run on scheduled interval. D. Alerts are based on searches that are run exclusively as real-time.

A. Alerts are based on searches that are either run on a scheduled interval or in real-time.

A collection of items containing things such as data inputs, UI elements, and knowledge objects is known as what? A. An app B. JSON C. A role D. An enhanced solution

A. An app

What type of search can be saved as a report? A. Any search can be saved as a report. B. Only searches that generate visualizations. C. Only searches containing a transforming command. D. Only searches that generate statistics or visualizations.

A. Any search can be saved as a report.

In the Splunk interface, the list of alerts can be filtered based on which characteristics? A. App, Owner, Severity, and Type B. App, Owner, Priority, and Status C. App, Dashboard, Severity, and Type D. App, Time Window, Type, and Severity

A. App, Owner, Severity, and Type

How can search results be kept longer than 7 days? A. By scheduling a report. B. By creating a link to the job. C. By changing the job settings. D. By changing the time range picker to more than 7 days.

A. By scheduling a report.

A field exists in search results, but isn't being displayed in the fields sidebar.How can it be added to the fields sidebar? A. Click All Fields and select the field to add it to Selected Fields. B. Click Interesting Fields and select the field to add it to Selected Fields. C. Click Selected Fields and select the field to add it to Interesting Fields. D. This scenario isn't possible because all fields returned from a search always appear in the fields sidebar.

A. Click All Fields and select the field to add it to Selected Fields.

Splunk apps are used for following (Choose three.): A. Designed to cater numerous use cases and empower Splunk. B. We can not install Splunk App. C. Allows multiple workspaces for different use cases/user roles. D. It is collection of different Splunk config files like data inputs, UI and Knowledge Object.

A. Designed to cater numerous use cases and empower Splunk. C. Allows multiple workspaces for different use cases/user roles. D. It is collection of different Splunk config files like data inputs, UI and Knowledge Object.

Which of the following is a Splunk search best practice? A. Filter as early as possible. B. Never specify more than one index. C. Include as few search terms as possible. D. Use wildcards to return more search results.

A. Filter as early as possible.

When displaying results of a search, which of the following is true about line charts? A. Line charts are optimal for single and multiple series. B. Line charts are optimal for single series when using Fast mode. C. Line charts are optimal for multiple series with 3 or more columns. D. Line charts are optimal for multiseries searches with at least 2 or more columns.

A. Line charts are optimal for single and multiple series.

What does the rare command do? A. Returns the least common field values of a given field in the results. B. Returns the most common field values of a given field in the results. C. Returns the top 10 field values of a given field in the results. D. Returns the lowest 10 field values of a given field in the results.

A. Returns the least common field values of a given field in the results.

Which of the following is the recommended way to create multiple dashboards displaying data from the same search? A. Save the search as a report and use it in multiple dashboards as needed. B. Save the search as a dashboard panel for each dashboard that needs the data. C. Save the search as a scheduled alert and use it in multiple dashboards as needed. D. Export the results of the search to an XML file and use the file as the basis of the dashboards.

A. Save the search as a report and use it in multiple dashboards as needed.

What is Splunk? A. Splunk is a software platform to search, analyze and visualize the machine-generated data. B. Database management tool. C. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). D. Cloud based application that help in analyzing logs.

A. Splunk is a software platform to search, analyze and visualize the machine-generated data.

How can another user gain access to a saved report? A. The owner of the report can edit permissions from the Edit dropdown. B. Only users with an Admin or Power User role can access other users' reports. C. Anyone can access any reports marked as public within a shared Splunk deployment. D. The owner of the report must clone the original report and save it to their user account.

A. The owner of the report can edit permissions from the Edit dropdown.

Which of the following is the most efficient filter for running searches in Splunk? A. Time B. Fast mode C. Sourcetype D. Selected Fields

A. Time

What is the purpose of using a by clause with the stats command? A. To group the results by one or more fields. B. To compute numerical statistics on each field. C. To specify how the values in a list are delimited. D. To partition the input data based on the split-by fields.

A. To group the results by one or more fields.

Documentations for Splunk can be found at docs.splunk.com A. True B. False

A. True

Splunk Enterprise is used as a Scalable service in Splunk Cloud. A. True B. False

A. True

Which stats command function provides a count of how many unique values exist for a given field in the result set? A. dc(field) B. count(field) C. count-by(field) D. distinct-count(field)

A. dc(field)

When placed early in a search, which command is most effective at reducing search execution time? A. dedup B. rename C. sort - D. fields +

A. dedup

Which of the following searches will return results where fail, 400, and error exist in every event? A. error AND (fail AND 400) B. error OR (fail and 400) C. error AND (fail OR 400) D. error OR fail OR 400

A. error AND (fail AND 400)

Which search matches the events containing the terms "error" and "fail"? A. index=security Error AND Fail B. index=security error OR fail C. index=security "error failure" D. index=security NOT error NOT fail

A. index=security Error AND Fail

Which of the following constraints can be used with the top command? A. limit B. useperc C. addtotals D. fieldcount

A. limit

Which command automatically returns percent and count columns when executing searches? A. top B. stats C. table D. percent

A. top

Which of the following searches would return events with failure in index netfw or warn or critical in index netops? A. (index=netfw failure) AND index=netops warn OR critical B. (index=netfw failure) OR (index=netops (warn OR critical)) C. (index=netfw failure) AND (index=netops (warn OR critical)) D. (index=netfw failure) OR index=netops OR (warn OR critical)

B. (index=netfw failure) OR (index=netops (warn OR critical))

In the fields sidebar, what indicates that a field is numeric? A. A number to the right of the field name. B. A # symbol to the left of the field name. C. A lowercase n to the left of the field name. D. A lowercase n to the right of the field name.

B. A # symbol to the left of the field name.

Which of the following is an option after clicking an item in search results? A. Saving the item to a report. B. Adding the item to the search. C. Adding the item to a dashboard. D. Saving the Search to a JSON file.

B. Adding the item to the search.

Which events will be returned by the following search string? host=www3 status=503 A. All events that either have a host of www3 or a status of 503. B. All events with a host of www3 that also have a status of 503. C. We need more information; we cannot tell without knowing the time range. D. We need more information; a search cannot be run without specifying an index.

B. All events with a host of www3 that also have a status of 503.

When a Splunk search generates calculated data that appears in the Statistics tab, in what formats can the results be exported? A. CSV, JSON, PDF B. CSV, XML, JSON C. Raw Events, XML, JSON D. Raw Events, CSV, XML, JSON

B. CSV, XML, JSON

Which of the following statements about case sensitivity is true? A. Both field names and field values ARE case sensitive. B. Field names ARE case sensitive; field values are NOT. C. Field values ARE case sensitive; field names ARE NOT. D. Both field names and field values ARE NOT case sensitive.

B. Field names ARE case sensitive; field values are NOT.

After running a search, what effect does clicking and dragging across the timeline have? A. Executes a new search. B. Filters current search results. C. Moves to past or future events. D. Expands the time range of the search.

B. Filters current search results.

Which of the following Splunk components typically resides on the machines where data originates? A. Indexer B. Forwarder C. Search head D. Deployment server

B. Forwarder

Which of the following file types is an option for exporting Splunk search results? A. PDF B. JSON C. XLS D. RTF

B. JSON

What does the values function of the stats command do? A. Lists all values of a given field. B. Lists unique values of a given field. C. Returns a count of unique values for a given field. D. Returns the number of events that match the search.

B. Lists unique values of a given field.

What must be done before an automatic lookup can be created? (Choose all that apply.) A. The lookup command must be used. B. The lookup definition must be created. C. The lookup file must be uploaded to Splunk. D. The lookup file must be verified using the inputlookup command.

B. The lookup definition must be created.

When writing searches in Splunk, which of the following is true about Booleans? A. They must be lowercase. B. They must be uppercase. C. They must be in quotations. D. They must be in parentheses.

B. They must be uppercase.

What user interface component allows for time selection? A. Time summary B. Time range picker C. Search time picker D. Data source time statistics

B. Time range picker

We should use heavy forwarder for sending event-based data to Indexers. A. False B. True

B. True

What is a suggested Splunk best practice for naming reports? A. Reports are best named using many numbers so they can be more easily sorted. B. Use a consistent naming convention so they are easily separated by characteristics such as group and object. C. Name reports as uniquely as possible with no overlap to differentiate them from one another. D. Any naming convention is fine as long as you keep an external spreadsheet to keep track.

B. Use a consistent naming convention so they are easily separated by characteristics such as group and object.

What syntax is used to link key/value pairs in search strings? A. action+purchase B. action=purchase C. action | purchase D. action equal purchase

B. action=purchase

Which search string only returns events from hostWWW3? A. host=* B. host=WWW3 C. host=WWW* D. Host=WWW3

B. host=WWW3

By default, which of the following fields would be listed in the fields sidebar under interesting Fields? A. host B. index C. source D. sourcetype

B. index

Which search string returns a field containing the number of matching events and names that field Event Count? A. index=security failure | stats sum as "Event Count" B. index=security failure | stats count as "Event Count" C. index=security failure | stats count by "Event Count" D. index=security failure | stats dc(count) as "Event Count"

B. index=security failure | stats count as "Event Count"

Select the answer that displays the accurate placing of the pipe in the following search string: index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 stats count by price A. index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 stats | count by price B. index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 | stats count by price C. index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 | stats count | by price D. index=security sourcetype=access_* | status=200 | stats count by price

B. index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 | stats count by price

Which of the following fields is stored with the events in the index? A. user B. source C. location D. sourceIp

B. source

Which of the following represents the Splunk recommended naming convention for dashboards? A. Description_Group_Object B. Group_Description_Object C. Group_Object_Description D. Object_Group_Description

C. Group_Object_Description

How are events displayed after a search is executed? A. In chronological order. B. Randomly by default. C. In reverse chronological order. D. Alphabetically according to field name.

C. In reverse chronological order.

Which of the following is a best practice when writing a search string? A. Include all formatting commands before any search terms. B. Include at least one function as this is a search requirement. C. Include the search terms at the beginning of the search string. D. Avoid using formatting clauses, as they add too much overhead.

C. Include the search terms at the beginning of the search string.

_______________ transforms raw data into events and distributes the results into an index. A. Index B. Search Head C. Indexer D. Forwarder

C. Indexer

Which of the following describes lookup files? A. Lookup fields cannot be used in searches. B. Lookups contain static data available in the index. C. Lookups add more fields to results returned by a search. D. Lookups pull data at index time and add them to search results.

C. Lookups add more fields to results returned by a search.

When editing a dashboard, which of the following are possible options? (Choose all that apply.) A. Add an output. B. Export a dashboard panel. C. Modify the chart type displayed in a dashboard panel. D. Drag a dashboard panel to a different location on the dashboard.

C. Modify the chart type displayed in a dashboard panel. D. Drag a dashboard panel to a different location on the dashboard.

What can be included in the All Fields option in the sidebar? A. Dashboards B. Metadata only C. Non-interesting fields D. Field descriptions

C. Non-interesting fields

When running searches, command modifiers in the search string are displayed in what color? A. Red B. Blue C. Orange D. Highlighted

C. Orange

Which time range picker configuration would return real-time events for the past 30 seconds? A. Preset - Relative: 30-seconds ago B. Relative - Earliest: 30-seconds ago, Latest: Now C. Real-time - Earliest: 30-seconds ago, Latest: Now D. Advanced - Earliest: 30-seconds ago, Latest: Now

C. Real-time - Earliest: 30-seconds ago, Latest: Now

What must be done in order to use a lookup table in Splunk? A. The lookup must be configured to run automatically. B. The contents of the lookup file must be copied and pasted into the search bar. C. The lookup file must be uploaded to Splunk and a lookup definition must be created. D. The lookup file must be uploaded to the etc/apps/lookups folder for automatic ingestion.

C. The lookup file must be uploaded to Splunk and a lookup definition must be created.

When looking at a dashboard panel that is based on a report, which of the following is true? A. You can modify the search string in the panel, and you can change and configure the visualization. B. You can modify the search string in the panel, but you cannot change and configure the visualization. C. You cannot modify the search string in the panel, but you can change and configure the visualization. D. You cannot modify the search string in the panel, and you cannot change and configure the visualization.

C. You cannot modify the search string in the panel, but you can change and configure the visualization.

What is the main requirement for creating visualizations using the Splunk UI? A. Your search must transform event data into Excel file format first. B. Your search must transform event data into XML formatted data first. C. Your search must transform event data into statistical data tables first. D. Your search must transform event data into JSON formatted data first.

C. Your search must transform event data into statistical data tables first.

According to Splunk best practices, which placement of the wildcard results in the most efficient search? A. f*il B. *fail C. fail* D. *fail*

C. fail*

Which command is used to review the contents of a specified static lookup file? A. lookup B. csvlookup C. inputlookup D. outputlookup

C. inputlookup

Which search would return events from the access_combined sourcetype? A. Sourcetype=access_combined B. Sourcetype=Access_Combined C. sourcetype=Access_Combined D. SOURCETYPE=access_combined

C. sourcetype=Access_Combined

What is the correct syntax to count the number of events containing a vendor_action field? A. count stats vendor_action B. count stats (vendor_action) C. stats count (vendor_action) D. stats vendor_action (count)

C. stats count (vendor_action)

Which of the following are functions of the stats command? A. count, sum, add B. count, sum, less C. sum, avg, values D. sum, values, table

C. sum, avg, values

When looking at a statistics table, what is one way to drill down to see the underlying events? A. Creating a pivot table. B. Clicking on the visualizations tab. C. Viewing your report in a dashboard. D. Clicking on any field value in the table.

D. Clicking on any field value in the table.

In a deployment with multiple indexes, what will happen when a search is run and an index is not specified in the search string? A. No events will be returned. B. Splunk will prompt you to specify an index. C. All non-indexed events to which the user has access will be returned. D. Events from every index searched by default to which the user has access will be returned.

D. Events from every index searched by default to which the user has access will be returned.

Which of the following is true about user account settings and preferences? A. Search & Reporting is the only app that can be set as the default application. B. Full names can only be changed by accounts with a Power User or Admin role. C. Time zones are automatically updated based on the setting of the computer accessing Splunk. D. Full name, time zone, and default app can be defined by clicking the login name in the Splunk bar.

D. Full name, time zone, and default app can be defined by clicking the login name in the Splunk bar.

What does the following specified time range do?earliest=-72h@h latest=@d A. Look back 3 days ago and prior. B. Look back 72 hours, up to one day ago. C. Look back 72 hours, up to the end of today. D. Look back from 3 days ago, up to the beginning of today.

D. Look back from 3 days ago, up to the beginning of today.

What syntax is used to link key/value pairs in search strings? A. Parentheses B. @ or # symbols C. Quotation marks D. Relational operators such as =, <, or >

D. Relational operators such as =, <, or >

Which component of Splunk let us write SPL query to find the required data? A. Forwarders B. Indexer C. Heavy Forwarders D. Search head

D. Search head

How does Splunk determine which fields to extract from data? A. Splunk only extracts the most interesting data from the last 24 hours. B. Splunk only extracts fields users have manually specified in their data. C. Splunk automatically extracts any fields that generate interesting visualizations. D. Splunk automatically discovers many fields based on sourcetype and key/value pairs found in the data.

D. Splunk automatically discovers many fields based on sourcetype and key/value pairs found in the data.

What determines the scope of data that appears in a scheduled report? A. All data accessible to the User role will appear in the report. B. All data accessible to the owner of the report will appear in the report. C. All data accessible to all users will appear in the report until the next time the report is run. D. The owner of the report can configure permissions so that the report uses either the User role or the owner's profile at run time.

D. The owner of the report can configure permissions so that the report uses either the User role or the owner's profile at run time.

What happens when a field is added to the Selected Fields list in the fields sidebar? A. Splunk will re-run the search job in Verbose Mode to prioritize the new Selected Field. B. Splunk will highlight related fields as a suggestion to add them to the Selected Fields list. C. Custom selections will replace the Interesting Fields that Splunk populated into the list at search time. D. The selected field and its corresponding values will appear underneath the events in the search results.

D. The selected field and its corresponding values will appear underneath the events in the search results.

Which is primary function of the timeline located under the search bar? A. To differentiate between structured and unstructured events in the data. B. To sort the events returned by the search command in chronological order. C. To zoom in and zoom out, although this does not change the scale of the chart. D. To show peaks and/or valleys in the timeline, which can indicate spikes in activity or downtime.

D. To show peaks and/or valleys in the timeline, which can indicate spikes in activity or downtime.

What is a primary function of a scheduled report? A. Auto-detect changes in performance. B. Auto-generated PDF reports of overall data trends. C. Regularly scheduled archiving to keep disk space use low. D. Triggering an alert in your Splunk instance when certain conditions are met.

D. Triggering an alert in your Splunk instance when certain conditions are met.

Which search string is the most efficient? A. "failed password" B. "failed password"* C. index=* "failed password" D. index=security "failed password"

D. index=security "failed password"

Which of the following are common constraints of the top command? A. limit, count B. limit, showpercent C. limits, countfield D. showperc, countfield

D. showperc, countfield

By default, which of the following is a Selected Field? A. action B. clientip C. categoryId D. sourcetype

D. sourcetype

Which search string matches only events with the status_code of 404? A. status_code!=404 B. status_code>=400 C. status_code<=404 D. status_code>403 status_code<405

D. status_code>403 status_code<405