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What is the default character encoding used by Splunk during the input phase?

UTF-8

UTF-16

EBCDIC

ISO 8859

Which of the following enables compression for universal forwarders in outputs.conf?

[udpout:mysplunk_indexer11] compression=true

[tcpout] defaultGroup=my_indexers compressed=true

/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk enable compression

[tcpount:my_indexers] server=mysplunk_indexer1:9997, mysplunk_indexer2:9997 decompression=false

User role inheritance allows what to be inherited from the parent role? (Choose all that apply.)

Parents

Capabilities

Index access

Search history

Which of the following statements apply to directory inputs? (Choose all that apply.)

All discovered text files are consumed.

Compressed files are ignored by default.

Splunk recursively traverses through the directory structure.

When adding new log files to a monitored directory, the forwarder must be restarted to take them into account.

How would you configure your distsearch.conf to allow you to run the search below? sourcetype=access_combined status=200 action=purchase splunk_server_group=HOUSTON

[distributedSearch:NYC]
default = false servers = nyc1:8089, nyc2:8089
[distributedSearch:HOUSTON]
default = false servers = houston1:8089, houston2:8089

[distributedSearch]
servers =nyc1, nyc2, houston1, houston2
[distributedSearch:NYC]
default = false servers = nyc1, nyc2
[distributedSearch:HOUSTON]
default = false servers = houston1, houston2

[distributedSearch]
servers =nyc1:8089, nyc2:8089, houston1:8089, houston2:8089 [distributedSearch:NYC]
default = false servers = nyc1:8089, nyc2:8089
[distributedSearch:HOUSTON]
default = false servers = houston1:8089, houston2:8089

[distributedSearch]
servers =nyc1:8089; nyc2:80893; houston1:8089; houston2:8089 [distributedSearch:NYC]
default = false servers = nyc1:8089; nyc2:8089
[distributedSearch:HOUSTON]
default = false servers = houston1:80897706; houston2:80898350

Which of the following is a valid distributed search group?

[distributedSearch:Paris]
default = false
servers = server1, server2

[searchGroup:Paris]
default = false
servers = server1:8089, server2:8089

[searchGroup:Paris]
default = false
servers = server1:9997, server2:9997

[distributedSearch:Paris]
default = false
servers = server1:8089, server2:8089

Local user accounts created in Splunk store passwords in which file?

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/authentication

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/passwd.conf

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/authentication.conf

For single line event sourcetypes, it is most efficient to set SHOULD_LINEMERGE to what value?

True

False

Newline Character

Which Splunk component does a search head primarily communicate with?

Indexer

Forwarder

Cluster master

Deployment server

Which layers are involved in Splunk configuration file layering? (Choose all that apply.)

App context

User context

Global context

Forwarder context

Which of the following are methods for adding inputs in Splunk? (Choose all that apply.)

CLI

Splunk Web

Editing inputs.conf

Editing monitor.conf

Which of the following authentication types requires scripting in Splunk?

ADFS

LDAP

SAML

RADIUS

Which option accurately describes the purpose of the HTTP Event Collector (HEC)?

A token-based HTTP input that is secure and scalable and that requires the use of forwarders.

A token-based HTTP input that is secure and scalable and that does not require the use of forwarders.

An agent-based HTTP input that is secure and scalable and that does not require the use of forwarders.

A token-based HTTP input that is insecure and non-scalable and that does not require the use of forwarders.

What is the difference between the two wildcards ... and * for the monitor stanza in inputs.conf?

... Is not supported in monitor stanzas.

There is no difference, they are interchangeable and match anything beyond directory boundaries.

* matches anything in that specific directory path segment, whereas ... Recurses through subdirectories as well.

... Matches anything in that specific directory path segment, whereas * recurses through subdirectories as well.

What type of data is counted against the Enterprise license at a fixed 150 bytes per event?

License data

Metrics data

Internal Splunk data

Internal Windows logs

Which setting in indexes.conf allows data retention to be controlled by time?

maxDaysToKeep

moveToFrozenAfter

maxDataRetentionTime

frozenTimePeriodInSecs

The universal forwarder has which capabilities when sending data? (Choose all that apply.)

Sending alerts

Compressing data

Obfuscating/hiding data

Indexer acknowledgement

In case of a conflict between a whitelist and a blacklist input setting, which one is used?

Blacklist

Whitelist

They cancel each other out.

Whichever is entered into the configuration first.

In which Splunk configuration is the SEDCMD used?

props.conf

inputs.conf

indexes.conf

transforms.conf

Which of the following are supported configuration methods to add inputs on a forwarder? (Choose all that apply.)

CLI

Edit inputs.conf

Edit forwarder.conf

Forwarder Management

Which parent directory contains the configuration files in Splunk?

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc

$SPLUNK_HOME/var

$SPLUNK_HOME/conf

$SPLUNK_HOME/default

Which forwarder type can parse data prior to forwarding?

Universal forwarder

Heaviest forwarder

Hyper forwarder

Heavy forwarder

Which Splunk component consolidates the individual results and prepares reports in a distributed environment?

Indexers

Forwarder

Search head

Search peers

Which Splunk component distributes apps and certain other configuration updates to search head cluster members?

Deployer

Cluster master

Deployment server

Search head cluster master

Where should apps be located on the deployment server that the clients pull from?

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/search

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/master-apps

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps

This file has been manually created on a universal forwarder: /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/my_TA/local/inputs.conf [monitor:///var/log/messages] sourcetype=syslog index=syslog A new Splunk admin comes in and connects the universal forwarders to a deployment server and deploys the same app with a new inputs.conf file: /opt/splunk/etc/deployment-apps/my_TA/local/inputs.conf [monitor:///var/log/maillog] sourcetype=maillog index=syslog Which file is now monitored?

/var/log/messages

/var/log/maillog

/var/log/maillog and /var/log/messages

None of the above

In which phase of the index time process does the license metering occur?

Input phase

Parsing phase

Indexing phase

Licensing phase

You update a props.conf file while Splunk is running. You do not restart Splunk and you run this command: splunk btool props list ג€"-debug. What will the output be?

A list of all the configurations on-disk that Splunk contains.

A verbose list of all configurations as they were when splunkd started.

A list of props.conf configurations as they are on-disk along with a file path from which the configuration is located.

A list of the current running props.conf configurations along with a file path from which the configuration was made.

When running the command shown below, what is the default path in which deploymentserver.conf is created? Splunk set deploy-poll deployServer:port

SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment

SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local

SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default

SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/deployment

The priority of layered Splunk configuration files depends on the fileג€™s:

Owner

Weight

Context

Creation time

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

Slash notation

Regular expression

Irregular expression

Wildcard-only expression

What is required when adding a native user to Splunk? (Choose all that apply.)

Password

Username

Full Name

Default app

What are the minimum required settings when creating a network input in Splunk?

Protocol, port number

Protocol, port, location

Protocol, username, port

Protocol, IP, port number

Which Splunk component requires a Forwarder license?

Search head

Heavy forwarder

Heaviest forwarder

Universal forwarder

Which optional configuration setting in inputs.conf allows you to selectively forward the data to specific indexer(s)?

_TCP_ROUTING

_INDEXER_LIST

_INDEXER_GROUP

_INDEXER_ROUTING

To set up a network input in Splunk, what needs to be specified?

File path.

Username and password.

Network protocol and port number.

Network protocol and MAC address.

Which Splunk forwarder type allows parsing of data before forwarding to an indexer?

Universal forwarder

Parsing forwarder

Heavy forwarder

Advanced forwarder

Which of the following statements describe deployment management? (Choose all that apply.)

Requires an Enterprise license.

Is responsible for sending apps to forwarders.

Once used, is the only way to manage forwarders.

Can automatically restart the host OS running the forwarder.

During search time, which directory of configuration files has the highest precedence?

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/app1/local

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/admin/local

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

Host

Server

Source

Sourcetype

What is the correct order of steps in Duo Multifactor Authentication?

1. Request Login 2. Connect to SAML server 3. Duo MFA 4. Create User session 5. Authentication Granted 6. Log into Splunk

1. Request Login 2. Duo MFA 3. Authentication Granted 4. Connect to SAML server 5. Log into Splunk 6. Create User session

1. Request Login 2. Check authentication / group mapping 3. Authentication Granted 4. Duo MFA 5. Create User session 6. Log into Splunk

1. Request Login 2. Duo MFA 3. Check authentication / group mapping 4. Create User session 5. Authentication Granted 6. Log into Splunk

Where can scripts for scripted inputs reside on the host file system? (Choose all that apply.)

$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/scripts

B$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/bin

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/bin

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/your_app/bin

How does the Monitoring Console monitor forwarders?

By pulling internal logs from forwarders.

By using the forwarder monitoring add-on.

With internal logs forwarded by forwarders.

With internal logs forwarded by deployment server.

What options are available when creating custom roles? (Choose all that apply.)

Restrict search terms.

Whitelist search terms.

Limit the number of concurrent search jobs.

Allow or restrict indexes that can be searched.

Which of the following are supported options when configuring optional network inputs?

Metadata override, sender filtering options, network input queues (quantum queues)

Metadata override, sender filtering options, network input queues (memory/persistent queues)

Filename override, sender filtering options, network output queues (memory/persistent queues)

Metadata override, receiver filtering options, network input queues (memory/persistent queues)

Which valid bucket types are searchable? (Choose all that apply.)

Hot buckets

Cold buckets

Warm buckets

Frozen buckets

How do you remove missing forwarders from the Monitoring Console?

By restarting Splunk.

By rescanning active forwarders.

By reloading the deployment server.

By rebuilding the forwarder asset table.

Which Splunk indexer operating system platform is supported when sending logs from a Windows universal forwarder?

Any OS platform.

Linux platform only.

Windows platform only.

None of the above.

What are the required stanza attributes when configuring the transforms.conf to manipulate or remove events?

REGEX, DEST, FORMAT

REGEX, SRC_KEY, FORMAT

REGEX, DEST_KEY, FORMAT

REGEX, DEST_KEY, FORMATTING

Which of the following indexes come pre-configured with Splunk Enterprise? (Choose all that apply.)

_licence

_internal

_external

_thefishbucket

How often does Splunk recheck the LDAP server?

Every 5 minutes.

Each time a user logs in.

Each time Splunk is restarted.

Varies based on LDAP_refresh setting.

Where are license files stored?

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/secure

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/licenses

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/licenses

In which scenario would a Splunk Administrator want to enable data integrity check when creating an index?

To ensure that hot buckets are still open for writers and have not been forced to roll to a cold state.

To ensure that configuration files have not been tampered with for auditing and/or legal purposes.

To ensure that user passwords have not been tampered with for auditing and/or legal purposes.

To ensure that data has not been tampered with for auditing and/or legal purposes.

Which Splunk component performs indexing and responds to search requests from the search head?

Forwarder

Search peer

License master

Search head cluster

When deploying apps, which attribute in the forwarder management interface determines the apps that clients install?

App Class

Client Class

Server Class

Forwarder Class

In this sourcetype definition the MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD is missing. Which value would fit best?
[sshd_syslog]
TIME_PREFIX = ^
TIME_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3N %z
LINE_BREAKER = ([\r\n]+)\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}

SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false -

TRUNCATE = 0 -
Event example:
2018-04-13 13:42:41.214 -0500 server sshd[26219]: Connection from 172.0.2.60 port 47366

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 5

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 10

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 20

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 30

Which of the following are required when defining an index in indexes.conf? (Choose all that apply.)

ColdPath

HomePath

FrozenPath

ThawedPath

Which of the following apply to how distributed search works? (Choose all that apply.)

The search head dispatches searches to the peers.

The search peers pull the data from the forwarders.

Peers run searches in parallel and return their portion of results.

The search head consolidates the individual results and prepares reports.

What hardware attribute would you need to be changed to increase the number of simultaneous searches (ad-hoc and scheduled) on a single search head?

Disk

CPUs

Memory

Network interface cards

With authentication methods are natively supported within Splunk Enterprise? (Choose all that apply.)

LDAP

SAML

RADIUS

Duo Multifactor Authentication

Which configuration files are used to transform raw data ingested by Splunk? (Choose all that apply.)

Props.conf

Inputs.conf

Rawdata.conf

Transforms.conf

What conf file needs to be edited to set up distributed search groups?

Props.conf

Search.conf

Distsearch.conf

Distibutedsearch.conf

After configuring a universal forwarder to communicate with an indexer, which index can be checked via the Splunk Web UI for a successful connection?

Index=main

Index=test

Index=summary

Index=_internal

Which of the following are available input methods when adding a file input in Splunk Web? (Choose all that apply.)

Index once.

Monitor interval.

On-demand monitor.

Continuously monitor.

Which is a valid stanza for a network input?

[udp://172.16.10.1:9997]
connection = dns sourcetype = dns

[any://172.16.10.1:10001]
connection_host = ip sourcetype = web

[tcp://172.16.10.1:9997]
connection_host = web sourcetype = web

[tcp://172.16.10.1:10001]
connection_host = dns sourcetype = dns

Which additional component is required for a search head cluster?

Deployer

Cluster Master

Monitoring Console

Management Console

When are knowledge bundles distributed to search peers?

After a user logs in.

When Splunk is restarted.

When adding a new search peer.

When a distributed search is initiated.

Assume a file is being monitored and the data was incorrectly indexed to an exclusive index. The index is cleaned and now the data must be reindexed. What other index must be cleaned to reset the input checkpoint information for that file?

_audit

_checkpoint

_introspection

_thefishbucket

If an update is made to an attribute in inputs.conf on a universal forwarder, on which Splunk component would the fishbucket need to be reset in order to reindex the data?

Indexer

Forwarder

Search head

Deployment server

How can native authentication be disabled in Splunk?

Remove the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd file

Create an empty $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd file

Set SPLUNK_AUTHENTICATION=false in splunk-launch.conf

Set nativeAuthentication=false in authentication.conf

Using SEDCMD in props.conf allows raw data to be modified. With the given event below, which option will mask the first three digits of the AcctID field resulting output: [22/Oct/2018:15:50:21] VendorID=1234 Code=B AcctID=xxx5309

Event:
[22/Oct/2018:15:50:21] VendorID=1234 Code=B AcctID=xxx5309

SEDCMD-1acct = s/VendorID=\d{3}(\d{4})/VendorID=xxx/g

SEDCMD-xxxAcct = s/AcctID=\d{3}(\d{4})/AcctID=xxx/g

SEDCMD-1acct = s/AcctID=\d{3}(\d{4})/AcctID=\1xxx/g

SEDCMD-1acct = s/AcctID=\d{3}(\d{4})/AcctID=xxx\1/g

When running a real-time search, search results are pulled from which Splunk component?

Heavy forwarders and seach peers

Heavy forwarders

Search heads

Search peers

Which of the following is the use case for the deployment server feature of Splunk?

Managing distributed workloads in a Splunk environment.

Automating upgrades of Splunk forwarder installations on endpoints.

Orchestrating the operations and scale of a containerized Splunk deployment.

Updating configuration and distributing apps to processing components, primarily forwarders.

Which feature of Splunk’s role configuration can be used to aggregate multiple roles intended for groups of users?

Linked roles

Grantable roles

Role federation

Role inheritance

Which of the following statements accurately describes using SSL to secure the feed from a forwarder?

It does not encrypt the certificate password.

SSL automatically compresses the feed by default.

It requires that the forwarder be set to compressed=true.

It requires that the receiver be set to compression=true.

Which feature in Splunk allows Event Breaking, Timestamp extractions, and any advanced configurations found in props.conf to be validated all through the UI?

Apps

Data preview

Forwarder inputs

Which of the following statements describes how distributed search works?

Forwarders pull data from the search peers.

Search heads store a portion of the searchable data.

The search head dispatches searches to the search peers.

Search results are replicated within the indexer cluster.

In which phase do indexed extractions in props.conf occur?

Inputs phase

Parsing phase

Indexing phase

Searching phase

Which of the following must be done to define user permissions when integrating Splunk with LDAP?

Map Users

Map Groups

Map LDAP Inheritance

Map LDAP to Active Directory

An organization wants to collect Windows performance data from a set of clients, however, installing Splunk software on these clients is not allowed. What option is available to collect this data in Splunk Enterprise?

Use Local Windows host monitoring.

Use Windows Remote Inputs with WMI.

Use Local Windows network monitoring.

Use an index with an Index Data Type of Metrics.

Which option on the Add Data menu is most useful for testing data ingestion without creating inputs.conf?

Upload option

Forward option

Monitor option

Download option

How is data handled by Splunk during the input phase of the data ingestion process?

Data is treated as streams.

Data is broken up into events.

Data is initially written to disk.

Data is measured by the license meter.

How is a remote monitor input distributed to forwarders?

As an app.

As a forward.conf file.

As a monitor.conf file.

As a forwarder monitor profile.

When does a warm bucket roll over to a cold bucket?

When Splunk is restarted.

When the maximum warm bucket age has been reached.

When the maximum warm bucket size has been reached.

When the maximum number of warm buckets is reached.

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

An admin is running the latest version of Splunk with a 500 GB license. The current daily volume of new data is 300 GB per day. To minimize license issues, what is the best way to add 10 TB of historical data to the index?

Buy a bigger Splunk license

Add 2.5 TB each day for the next 5 days.

Add all 10 TB in a single 24 hour period.

Add 200 GB of historical data each day for 50 days.

Which Splunk configuration file is used to enable data integrity checking?

Props.conf

Global.conf

Indexes.conf

Data_integrity.conf

Where are deployment server apps mapped to clients?

Apps tab in forwarder management interface or clientapps.conf.

Clients tab in forwarder management interface or deploymentclient.conf.

Server Classes tab in forwarder management interface or serverclass.conf.

Client Applications tab in forwarder management interface or clientapps.conf.

Social Security Numbers (PII) data is found in log events, which is against company policy. SSN format is as follows: 123-44-5678. Which configuration file and stanza pair will mask possible SSNs in the log events?

props.conf
[mask-SSN]
REX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
KEY = _raw

props.conf
[mask-SSN]
REGEX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
DEST_KEY = _raw

transforms.conf
[mask-SSN]
REX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
DEST_KEY = _raw

transforms.conf
[mask-SSN]
REGEX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
DEST_KEY = _raw

The Splunk administrator wants to ensure data is distributed evenly amongst the indexers. To do this, he runs the following search over the last 24 hours: index=* What field can the administrator check to see the data distribution?

Host

Index

Linecount

Splunk_server

The CLI command splunk add forward-server indexer: will create stanza(s) in which configuration file?

Inputs.conf

Indexes.conf

Outputs.conf

Servers.conf

Which of the following is a benefit of distributed search?

Peers run search in sequence.

Peers run search in parallel.

Resilience from indexer failure.

Resilience from search head failure.

What is the valid option for a [monitor] stanza in inputs.conf?

Enabled

Datasource

Server_name

IgnoreOlderThan

Which configuration file would be used to forward the Splunk internal logs from a search head to the indexer?

Props.conf

Inputs.conf

Outputs.conf

Collections.conf

On the deployment server, administrators can map clients to server classes using client filters. Which of the following statements is accurate?

The blacklist takes precedence over the whitelist.

The whitelist takes precedence over the blacklist.

Wildcards are not supported in any client filters.

Machine type filters are applied before the whitelist and blacklist.

Which of the following configuration files are used with a universal forwarder? (Choose all that apply.)

Inputs.conf

Monitor.conf

Outputs.conf

Forwarder.conf

The volume of data from collecting log files from 50 Linux servers and 200 Windows servers will require multiple indexers. Following best practices, which types of Splunk component instances are needed?

Indexers, search head, universal forwarders, license master

Indexers, search head, deployment server, universal forwarders

Indexers, search head, deployment server, license master, universal forwarder

Indexers, search head, deployment server, license master, universal forwarder, heavy forwarder

Who provides the Application Secret, Integration, and Secret keys, as well as the API Hostname when setting up Duo for Multi-Factor Authentication in Splunk Enterprise?

Duo Administrator

LDAP Administrator

SAML Administrator

Trio Administrator

What action is required to enable forwarder management in Splunk Web?

Navigate to Settings > Server Settings > General Settings, and set an App server port.

Navigate to Settings > Forwarding and receiving, and click on Enable Forwarding.

Create a server class and map it to a client in SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/serverclass.conf.

Place an app in the SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps directory of the deployment server.

Which of the following is accurate regarding the input phase?

Breaks data into events with timestamps.

Applies event-level transformations.

Fine-tunes metadata.

Performs character encoding.

When configuring HTTP Event Collector (HEC) input, how would one ensure the events have been indexed?

Enable indexer acknowledgment.

Enable forwarder acknowledgment.

Splunk check-integrity -index

index=_internal component=ACK | stats count by host

Which of the following accurately describes HTTP Event Collector indexer acknowledgement?

It requires a separate channel provided by the client.

It is configured the same as indexer acknowledgement used to protect in-flight data.

It can be enabled at the global setting level.

It stores status information on the Splunk server.

When indexing a data source, which fields are considered metadata?

Source, host, time

Time, sourcetype, source

Host, raw, sourcetype

Sourcetype, source, host

What is the default value of LINE_BREAKER?

\r\n

([\r\n]+)

\r+\n+

(\r\n+)

Which of the following monitor inputs stanza headers would match all of the following files?
/var/log/www1/secure.log
/var/log/www/secure.l
/var/log/www/logs/secure.logs
/var/log/www2/secure.log

[monitor:///var/log/.../secure.*]

[monitor:///var/log/www1/secure.*]

[monitor:///var/log/www1/secure.log]

[monitor:///var/log/www*/secure.*]

What are the values for host and index for [stanza1] used by Splunk during index time, given the following configuration files?
SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/inputs.conf [stanza1] host=server1 SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/search/local/inputs.conf [stanaza1] host=searchsvr1 index=searchinfo
SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/unix/local/inputs.conf [stanza1] host=unixsvr1 index=unixinfo

Host=server1 index=unixinfo

Host=server1 index=searchinfo

Host=searchsvr1 index=searchinfo

Host=unixsvr1 index=unixinfo

An index stores its data in buckets. Which default directories does Splunk use to store buckets? (Choose all that apply.)

Bucketdb

Frozendb

Colddb

The LINE_BREAKER attribute is configured in which configuration file?

Props.conf

Indexes.conf

Inputs.conf

Transforms.conf

After automatic load balancing is enabled on a forwarder, the time interval for switching indexers can be updated by using which of the following attributes?

ChannelTTL

ConnectionTimeout

AutoLBFrequency

SecsInFailureInterval

A log file contains 193 days worth of timestamped events.
Which monitor stanza would be used to collect data 45 days old and newer from that log file?

FollowTail = -45d

Ignore = 45d

IncludeNewerThan = 45d

IgnoreOlderThan = 45d

After an Enterprise Trial license expires, it will automatically convert to a Free license. How many days is an Enterprise Trial license valid before this conversion occurs?

90 days

60 days

7 days

14 days

Consider a company with a Splunk distributed environment in production. The Compliance Department wants to start using Splunk; however, they want to ensure that no one can see their reports or any other knowledge objects. Which Splunk Component can be added to implement this policy for the new team?

Indexer

Deployment server

Universal forwarder

Search head

Which of the following is an appropriate description of a deployment server in a non-cluster environment?

Allows management of local Splunk instances, requires Enterprise license, handles job of sending configurations packaged as apps, can automatically restart remote Splunk instances.

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

Allows management of remote Splunk instances, requires no license, handles job of sending configurations, can automatically restart remote Splunk instances.

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

Which Splunk forwarder has a built-in license?

Light forwarder

Heavy forwarder

Universal forwarder

Cloud forwarder

What happens when the same username exists in Splunk as well as through LDAP?

Splunk user is automatically deleted from authentication.conf.

LDAP settings take precedence.

Splunk settings take precedence.

LDAP user is automatically deleted from authentication.conf.

Consider the following stanza in inputs.conf:
[script://opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/bin/lister.sh] disabled = 0 interval = 60.0 sourcetype = lister
What will the value of the source filed be for events generated by this scripts input?

/opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/bin/lister.sh

Unknown

Lister

Lister.sh

Which of the following applies only to Splunk index data integrity check?

Lookup table

Summary Index

Raw data in the index

Data model acceleration

Which of the following types of data count against the license daily quota?

Replicated data

Splunkd logs

Summary index data

Windows internal logs

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

Admin

Power

User

Splunk-system-role

When Splunk is integrated with LDAP, which attribute can be changed in the Splunk UI for an LDAP user?

Default app

LDAP group

Password

Username

Using the CLI on the forwarder, how could the current forwarder to indexer configuration be viewed?

Splunk btool server list --debug

Splunk list forward-indexer

Splunk list forward-server

splunk btool indexes list --debug

Which artifact is required in the request header when creating an HTTP event?

AckID

Token

Manifest

Host name

All search-time field extractions should be specified on which Splunk component?

Deployment server

Universal forwarder

Indexer

Search head

In addition to single, non-clustered Splunk instances, what else can the deployment server push apps to?

Universal forwarders

Splunk Cloud

Linux package managers

Windows using WMI

What is the command to reset the fishbucket for one source?

Rm -r ~/splunkforwarder/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket

splunk clean eventdata -index _thefishbucket

splunk cmd btprobe -d SPLUNK_HOME/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket/splunk_private_db --file <source> --reset

Splunk btool fishbucket reset

Which setting allows the configuration of Splunk to allow events to span over more than one line?

SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true

BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE_DATE = true

BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE =

SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false

In this example, if useACK is set to true and the maxQueueSize is set to 7MB, what is the size of the wait queue on this universal forwarder?

21MB

28MB

14MB

7MB

Which of the following are reasons to create separate indexes? (Choose all that apply.)

Different retention times.

Increase number of users.

Restrict user permissions.

File organization.

Which network input option provides durable file-system buffering of data to mitigate data loss due to network outages and splunkd restarts?

DiskQueueSize

DurableQueueSize

PersistentQueueSize

QueueSize

A new forwarder has been installed with a manually created deploymentclient.conf.
What is the next step to enable the communication between the forwarder and the deployment server?

Restart Splunk on the deployment server.

Enable the deployment client in Splunk Web under Forwarder Management.

Restart Splunk on the deployment client.

Wait for up to the time set in the phoneHomeIntervalInSecs setting.

When using a directory monitor input, specific source type can be selectively overridden using which configuration file?

Props.conf

Sourcetypes.conf

Transforms.conf

Outputs.conf

When using license pools, volume allocations apply to which Splunk components?

Indexers

Indexes

Heavy Forwarders

Search Heads

An add-on has configured field aliases for source IP address and destination IP address fields.
A specific user prefers not to have those fields present in their user context. Based on the default props.conf below, which SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/buttercup/myTA/local/props.conf stanza can be added to the user’s local context to disable the field aliases?
SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/myTA/default/props.conf
[mySourcetype]
FIELDALIAS-cim-src_ip = sourceIPAddress as src_ip
FIELDALIAS-cim-dest_ip = destinationIPaddress as dest_ip

[mySourcetype]
disable FIELDALIAS-cim-src_ip
disable FIELDALIAS-cim-dest_ip

[mySourcetype]
FIELDALIAS-cim-src_ip =
FIELDALIAS-cim-dest_ip =

[mySourcetype]
unset FIELDALIAS-cim-src_ip
unset FIELDALIAS-cim-dest-ip

[mySourcetype]
#FIELDALIAS-cim-src_ip = sourceIPAddress as src_ip
#FIELDALIAS-cim-dest_ip = destinationIPaddress as dest_ip

Which forwarder is recommended by Splunk to use in a production environment?

Heavy forwarder

SSL forwarder

Lightweight forwarder

Universal forwarder

Which of the following Splunk components require a separate installation package?

Deployment server

License master

Universal forwarder

Heavy forwarder

Which data pipeline phase is the last opportunity for defining event boundaries?

Input phase

Indexing phase

Parsing phase

Search phase

@ Symbol can be used in advanced time unit option.

Yes

The new data uploaded in Splunk are shown in ________________.

Real-time

10 Minutes

Overnight Download

30 Minutes

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