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Which of the following will cause the greatest reduction in disk size requirements for a cluster of N indexers running Splunk Enterprise Security? A. Setting the cluster search factor to N-1. B. Increasing the number of buckets per index. C. Decreasing the data model acceleration range. D. Setting the cluster replication factor to N-1. - answer-A 2 Stakeholders have identified high availability for searchable data as their top priority. Which of the following best addresses this requirement? A. Increasing the search factor in the cluster. B. Increasing the replication factor in the cluster. C. Increasing the number of search heads in the cluster. D. Increasing the number of CPUs on the indexers in the cluster. - answer-A 3 Search dashboards in the Monitoring Console indicate that the distributed deployment is approaching its capacity. Which of the following options will provide the most search performance improvement? A. Replace the indexer storage to solid state drives (SSD). B. Add more search heads and redistribute users based on the search type. C. Look for slow searches and reschedule them to run during an off-peak time.
D. Add more search peers and make sure forwarders distribute data evenly across all indexers. - answer-D 4 A Splunk architect has inherited the Splunk deployment at Buttercup Games and end users are complaining that the events are inconsistently formatted for a web sourcetype. Further investigation reveals that not all web logs flow through the same infrastructure: some of the data goes through heavy forwarders and some of the forwarders are managed by another department. Which of the following items might be the cause for this issue? A. The search head may have different configurations than the indexers. B. The data inputs are not properly configured across all the forwarders. C. The indexers may have different configurations than the heavy forwarders. D. The forwarders managed by the other department are an older version than the rest.
- answer-B 5 A customer has installed a 500GB Enterprise license. They also purchased and installed a 300GB, no enforcement license on the same license master. How much data can the customer ingest before search is locked out? A. 300GB. After this limit, search is locked out. B. 500GB. After this limit, search is locked out. C. 800GB. After this limit, search is locked out. D. Search is not locked out. Violations are still recorded. - answer-D 6 What does the deployer do in a Search Head Cluster (SHC)? (Select all that apply.) A. Distributes apps to SHC members. B. Bootstraps a clean Splunk install for a SHC. C. Distributes non-search related and manual configuration file changes. D. Distributes runtime knowledge object changes made by users across the SHC. - answer-A/C
11 Which of the following are client filters available in serverclass.conf? (Select all that apply.) A. DNS name. B. IP address. C. Splunk server role. D. Platform (machine type). - answer-A/B/D 12 What log file would you search to verify if you suspect there is a problem interpreting a regular expression in a monitor stanza? A. btool.log B. metrics.log C. splunkd.log D. tailing_processor.log - answer-B 13 Which Splunk tool offers a health check for administrators to evaluate the health of their Splunk deployment? A. btool B. DiagGen C. SPL Clinic D. Monitoring Console - answer-D 14 In a four site indexer cluster, which configuration stores two searchable copies at the origin site, one searchable copy at site2, and a total of four searchable copies? A. site_search_factor = origin:2, site1:2, total: B. site_search_factor = origin:2, site2:1, total: C. site_replication_factor = origin:2, site1:2, total: D. site_replication_factor = origin:2, site2:1, total:4 - answer-B
15 Which of the following is true regarding Splunk Enterprise performance? (Select all that apply.) A. Adding search peers increases the maximum size of search results. B. Adding RAM to existing search heads provides additional search capacity. C. Adding search peers increases the search throughput as search load increases. D. Adding search heads provides additional CPU cores to run more concurrent searches. - answer-C/D 16 Which Splunk Enterprise offering has its own license? A. Splunk Cloud Forwarder B. Splunk Heavy Forwarder C. Splunk Universal Forwarder D. Splunk Forwarder Management - answer-C 17 Which component in the splunkd.log will log information related to bad event breaking? A. Audittrail B. EventBreaking C. IndexingPipeline D. AggregatorMiningProcessor - answer-D 18 Which Splunk server role regulates the functioning of indexer cluster? A. Indexer B. Deployer C. Master Node D. Monitoring Console - answer-C 19
B. rawdata is: 15%, tsidx is: 35% C. rawdata is: 35%, tsidx is: 15% D. rawdata is: 40%, tsidx is: 10% - answer-B 23 In an existing Splunk environment, the new index buckets that are created each day are about half the size of the incoming data. Within each bucket, about 30% of the space is used for rawdata and about 70% for index files. What additional information is needed to calculate the daily disk consumption, per indexer, if indexer clustering is implemented? A. Total daily indexing volume, number of peer nodes, and number of accelerated searches. B. Total daily indexing volume, number of peer nodes, replication factor, and search factor. C. Total daily indexing volume, replication factor, search factor, and number of search heads. D. Replication factor, search factor, number of accelerated searches, and total disk size across cluster. - answer-B 24 A three-node search head cluster is skipping a large number of searches across time. What should be done to increase scheduled search capacity on the search head cluster? A. Create a job server on the cluster. B. Add another search head to the cluster. C. server.conf captain_is_adhoc_searchhead = true. D. Change limits.conf value for max_searches_per_cpu to a higher value. - answer-B 25 The frequency in which a deployment client contacts the deployment server is controlled by what? A. polling_interval attribute in outputs.conf
B. phoneHomeIntervalInSecs attribute in outputs.conf C. polling_interval attribute in deploymentclient.conf D. phoneHomeIntervalInSecs attribute in deploymentclient.conf - answer-D 26 To activate replication for an index in an indexer cluster, what attribute must be configured in indexes.conf on all peer nodes? A. repFactor = 0 B. replicate = 0 C. repFactor = auto D. replicate = auto - answer-C 27 Which of the following clarification steps should be taken if apps are not appearing on a deployment client? (Select all that apply.) A. Check serverclass.conf of the deployment server. B. Check deploymentclient.conf of the deployment client. C. Check the content of SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps of the deployment server. D. Search for relevant events in splunkd.log of the deployment server. - answer-A/B/D 28 What is the minimum reference server specification for a Splunk indexer? A. 12 CPU cores, 12GB RAM, 800 IOPS B. 16 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, 800 IOPS C. 24 CPU cores, 16GB RAM, 1200 IOPS D. 28 CPU cores, 32GB RAM, 1200 IOPS - answer-A 29 Which of the following security options must be explicitly configured (i.e. which options are not enabled by default)? A. Data encryption between Splunk Web and splunkd. B. Certificate authentication between forwarders and indexers.
C. disk_objects.log D. resource_usage.log - answer-C/D 34 Which of the following can a Splunk diag contain? A. Search history, Splunk users and their roles, running processes, indexed data B. Server specs, current open connections, internal Splunk log files, index listings C. KV store listings, internal Splunk log files, search peer bundles listings, indexed data D. Splunk platform configuration details, Splunk users and their roles, current open connections, index listings - answer-B 35 Which of the following are true statements about Splunk indexer clustering? A. All peer nodes must run exactly the same Splunk version. B. The master node must run the same or a later Splunk version than search heads. C. The peer nodes must run the same or a later Splunk version than the master node. D. The search head must run the same or a later Splunk version than the peer nodes. - answer-A/B/D 36 A customer plans to ingest 600 GB of data per day into Splunk. They will have six concurrent users, and they also want high data availability and high search performance. The customer is concerned about cost and wants to spend the minimum amount on the hardware for Splunk. How many indexers are recommended for this deployment? A. Two indexers not in a cluster, assuming users run many long searches. B. Three indexers not in a cluster, assuming a long data retention period. C. Two indexers clustered, assuming high availability is the greatest priority. D. Two indexers clustered, assuming a high volume of saved/scheduled searches. - answer-C
To reduce the captain's work load in a search head cluster, what setting will prevent scheduled searches from running on the captain? A. adhoc_searchhead = true (on all members) B. adhoc_searchhead = true (on the current captain) C. captain_is_adhoc_searchhead = true (on all members) D. captain_is_adhoc_searchhead = true (on the current captain) - answer-C 38 At which default interval does metrics.log generate a periodic report regarding license utilization? A. 10 seconds B. 30 seconds C. 60 seconds D. 300 seconds - answer-B 39 Which of the following is a good practice for a search head cluster deployer? A. The deployer only distributes configurations to search head cluster members when they "phone home". B. The deployer must be used to distribute non-replicable configurations to search head cluster members. C. The deployer must distribute configurations to search head cluster members to be valid configurations. D. The deployer only distributes configurations to search head cluster members with splunk apply shcluster-bundle. - answer-A 40 A new Splunk customer is using syslog to collect data from their network devices on port 514. What is the best practice for ingesting this data into Splunk? A. Configure syslog to send the data to multiple Splunk indexers. B. Use a Splunk indexer to collect a network input on port 514 directly.
To optimize the distribution of primary buckets; when does primary rebalancing automatically occur? (Select all that apply.) A. Rolling restart completes. B. Master node rejoins the cluster. C. Captain joins or rejoins cluster. D. A peer node joins or rejoins the cluster. - answer-A/B/D 46 Which search head cluster component is responsible for pushing knowledge bundles to search peers, replicating configuration changes to search head cluster members, and scheduling jobs across the search head cluster? A. Master B. Captain C. Deployer D. Deployment server - answer-B 47 Configurations from the deployer are merged into which location on the search head cluster member? A. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local B. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/APP_HOME/local C. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/search/default D. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/APP_HOME/default - answer-D 48 When Splunk indexes data in a non clustered environment, what kind of files does it create by default? A. Index and .tsidx files. B. Rawdata and index files. C. Compressed and .tsidx files.
D. Compressed and meta data files. - answer-B 49 How does IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) impact the planning of a Splunk deployment? A. ITSI requires a dedicated deployment server. B. The amount of users using ITSI will not impact performance. C. ITSI in a Splunk deployment does not require additional hardware resources. D. Depending on the Key Performance Indicators that are being tracked, additional infrastructure may be needed. - answer-D 50 In the deployment planning process, when should a person identify who gets to see network data? A. Deployment schedule B. Topology diagramming C. Data source inventory D. Data policy definition - answer-D 51 The KV store forms its own cluster within a SHC. What is the maximum number of SHC members KV store will form? A. 25 B. 50 C. 100 D. Unlimited - answer-B 52 In search head clustering, which of the following methods can you use to transfer captaincy to a different member? (Select all that apply.) A. Use the Monitoring Console. B. Use the Search Head Clustering settings menu from Splunk Web on any member. C. Run the splunk transfer shcluster-captain command from the current captain.
56 What does setting site=site0 on all Search Head Cluster members do in a multi-site indexer cluster? A. Disables search site affinity. B. Sets all members to dynamic captaincy. C. Enables multisite search artifact replication. D. Enables automatic search site affinity discovery. - answer-A 57 Which of the following is a way to exclude search artifacts when creating a diag? A. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --exclude B. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --debug --refresh C. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --disable=dispatch D. SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk diag --filter-searchstrings - answer-A 58 Which of the following statements describe licensing in a clustered Splunk deployment? (Select all that apply.) A. Free licenses do not support clustering. B. Replicated data does not count against licensing. C. Each cluster member requires its own clustering license. D. Cluster members must share the same license pool and license master. - answer- A/B/D 59 When planning a search head cluster, which of the following is true? A. All search heads must use the same operating system. B. All search heads must be members of the cluster (no standalone search heads). C. The search head captain must be assigned to the largest search head in the cluster. D. All indexers must belong to the underlying indexer cluster (no standalone indexers). - answer-A
60 In which phase of the Splunk Enterprise data pipeline are indexed extraction configurations processed? A. Input B. Search C. Parsing D. Indexing - answer-C 61 Which server.conf attribute should be added to the master node's server.conf file when decommissioning a site in an indexer cluster? A. site_mappings B. available_sites C. site_search_factor D. site_replication_factor - answer-A 62 Which tool(s) can be leveraged to diagnose connection problems between an indexer and forwarder? (Select all that apply.) A. telnet B. tcpdump C. splunk btool D. splunk btprobe - answer-A/B 63 A search head has successfully joined a single site indexer cluster. Which command is used to configure the same search head to join another indexer cluster? A. splunk add cluster-config B. splunk add cluster-master C. splunk edit cluster-config D. splunk edit cluster-master - answer-B
D. curl https://serverhost:8089/services/admin/inputstatus/TailingProcessor:Tailstatus
- answer-C 67 Which of the following is a best practice to maximize indexing performance? A. Use automatic sourcetyping. B. Use the Splunk default settings. C. Not use pre-trained source types. D. Minimize configuration generality. - answer-D 68 When should multiple search pipelines be enabled? A. Only if disk IOPS is at 800 or better. B. Only if there are fewer than twelve concurrent users. C. Only if running Splunk Enterprise version 6.6 or later. D. Only if CPU and memory resources are significantly under-utilized. - answer-D 69 Of the following types of files within an index bucket, which file type may consume the most disk? A. Rawdata B. Bloom filter C. Metadata (.data) D. Inverted index (.tsidx) - answer-B 70 When converting from a single-site to a multi-site cluster, what happens to existing single-site clustered buckets? A. They will continue to replicate within the origin site and age out based on existing policies. B. They will maintain replication as required according to the single-site policies, but never age out. C. They will be replicated across all peers in the multi-site cluster and age out based on existing policies.
D. They will stop replicating within the single-site and remain on the indexer they reside on and age out according to existing policies. - answer-A 71 Which of the following should be done when installing Enterprise Security on a Search Head Cluster? (Select all that apply.) A. Install Enterprise Security on the deployer. B. Install Enterprise Security on a staging instance. C. Copy the Enterprise Security configurations to the deployer. D. Use the deployer to deploy Enterprise Security to the cluster members. - answer-A/D 72 Splunk configuration parameter settings can differ between multiple .conf files of the same name contained within different apps. Which of the following directories has the highest precedence? A. System local directory. B. System default directory. C. App local directories, in ASCII order. D. App default directories, in ASCII order. - answer-A 73 Which of the following is an indexer clustering requirement? A. Must use shared storage. B. Must reside on a dedicated rack. C. Must have at least three members. D. Must share the same license pool. - answer-D 74 What is the algorithm used to determine captaincy in a Splunk search head cluster? A. Raft distributed consensus. B. Rapt distributed consensus.
