SPLK-1003 Sample Questions

SPLK-1003 Sample Questions & Answers

Several areas tie for the heaviest weight: config file precedence, index structure, distributed search and forwarder management, alongside license basics, user roles, LDAP authentication, getting data in, and tuning how raw data gets parsed.

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Free SPLK-1003 Sample Questions with Answers

Real questions from the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin practice test — answers and explanations included. Showing 10 of 20 free samples.

  1. Question 1

    Which parent directory contains the configuration files in Splunk?

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    Correct answer: A

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Admin/Configurationfiledirectories

  2. Question 2

    Which forwarder type can parse data prior to forwarding?

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    Correct answer: D

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Forwarding/Typesofforwarders

  3. Question 3

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

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    Correct answer: A

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Indexer/Advancedindexingstrategy

  4. Question 4

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

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    Correct answer: A

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/DistSearch/PropagateSHCconfigurationchan ges

  5. Question 5

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

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    Correct answer: A

    Reference: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/371099/how-to-configure-deployment-apps-to-push-toclient.html

  6. Question 6

    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?

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    Correct answer: A

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Updating/Exampleaddaninputtoforwarders

  7. Question 7

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

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    Correct answer: C

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Admin/HowSplunklicensingworks

  8. Question 8

    You update a props.conf file while Splunk is running. You do not restart Splunk and you run this command:
    splunk btool props list -debug.

    What will the output be?

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    Correct answer: D

    Reference: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/494219/need-help-with-what-should-be-a-simpleprecedence.html

  9. Question 9

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

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    Correct answer: B

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Updating/Configuredeploymentclients

  10. Question 10

    The priority of layered Splunk configuration files depends on the files:

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    Correct answer: C

    Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.0/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles

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