Splunk Power User SPLK-1002 Exam - Part 2

Information needed to create a GET workflow action includes which of the following? (select all that apply.). A. A name of the workflow action. B. A URI where the user will be directed at search time. C. A label that will appear in the Event Action menu at search time. D. A name for the URI where the user will be directed at search time.

By default, how is acceleration configured in the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on? (*). A. Turned off. B. Turned on. C. Determined automatically based on the sourcetype. D. Determined automatically based on the data source.

Which of the following statements about tags is true? (select all that apply.). A. Tags are case-insensitive. B. Tags are based on field/vale pairs. C. Tags categorize events based on a search. D. Tags are designed to make data more understandable.

There are several ways to access the field extractor. Which option automatically identifies data type, source type, and sample event? (*). A. Event Actions > Extract Fields. B. Fields sidebar > Extract New Field. C. Settings > Field Extractions > New Field Extraction. D. Settings > Field Extractions > Open Field Extraction.

Which statement is true?. A. Pivot is used for creating datasets. B. Data model are randomly structured datasets. C. Pivot is used for creating reports and dashboards. D. In most cases, each Splunk user will create their own data model.

When should transaction be used?. A. Only in a large distributed Splunk environment. B. When calculating results from one or more fields. C. When event grouping is based on start/end values. D. When grouping events results in over 1000 events in each group.

When using | timechart by host, which field is represented in the x-axis?. A. date. B. host. C. time. D. -time.

What is a limitation of searches generated by workflow actions?. A. Searches generated by workflow action cannot use macros. B. Searches generated by workflow actions must be less than 256 characters long. C. Searches generated by workflow action must run in the same app as the workflow action. D. Searches generated by workflow action run with the same permissions as the user running them.

Which workflow action method can be used the action type is set to link?. A. GET. B. PUT. C. Search. D. UPDATE.

Which of the following commands support the same set of functions?. A. stats, eval, table. B. search, where, eval. C. stats, chart, timechart. D. transaction, chart, timechart.

The eval command allows you to do which of the following? (Choose all that apply.). A. Format values. B. Convert values. C. Perform calculations. D. Use conditional statements.

When using the timechart command, how can a user group the events into buckets based on time?. A. Using the span argument. B. Using the duration argument. C. Using the interval argument. D. Adjusting the fieldformat options.

Which type of visualization shows relationships between discrete values in three dimensions?. A. Pie chart. B. Line chart. C. Bubble chart. D. Scatter chart.

Which of the following is a function of the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)?. A. Normalizing data across a Splunk deployment. B. Providing templates for reports and dashboards. C. Algorithmically shifting events to other indexes. D. Reingesting previously indexed data with new field names.

What information must be included when using the datamodel command?. A. status field. B. Multiple indexes. C. Data model field name. D. Data model dataset name.

A data model can consist of what three types of datasets?. A. Pivot, searches, and events. B. Pivot, events, and transactions. C. Searches, transactions, and pivot. D. Events, searches, and transactions.

When is a GET workflow action needed?. A. To send field values to an external resource. B. To retrieve information from an external resource. C. To use field values to perform a secondary search. D. To define how events flow from forwarders to indexes.

Which command can include both an over and a by clause to divide results into sub-groupings?. A. chart. B. stats. C. xyseries. D. transaction.

A user wants to create a new field alias for a field that appears in two sourcetypes. How many field aliases need to be created?. A. One. B. Two. C. It depends on whether the original fields have the same name. D. It depends on whether the two sourcetypes are associated with the same index.

In the following eval statement, what is the value of description if the status is 503? index=main | eval description=case(status==200, "OK", status==404, "Not found", status==500, "Internal Server Error"). A. The description field would contain no value. B. The description field would contain the value 0. C. The description field would contain the value "Internal Server Error". D. This statement would produce an error in Splunk because it is incomplete.

In which Settings section are macros defined?. A. Fields. B. Tokens. C. Advanced Search. D. Searches, Reports, Alerts.

Which of the following statements describes calculated fields?. A. Calculated fields are only used on fields added by lookups. B. Calculated fields are a shortcut for repetitive and complex eval commands. C. Calculated fields are a shortcut for repetitive and complex calc commands. D. Calculated fields automatically calculate the simple moving average for indexed fields.

Which of the following is one of the pre-configured data models included in the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on?. A. Access. B. Accounting. C. Authorization. D. Authentication.

What happens when a user edits the regular expression (regex) field extraction generated in the Field Extractor (FX)? (*). A. There is a limit to the number of fields that can be extracted. B. The user is unable to preview the extractions. C. The extraction is added at index time. D. The user is unable to return to the automatic field extraction workflow.

Consider the following search: Index=web sourcetype=access_combined The log shows several events that share the same JSESSIONID value (SD404K289O2F151). View the events as a group. From the following list, which search groups events by JSESSIONID?. A. index=web sourcetype=access_combined SD404K289O2F151 | table JSESSIONID. B. index=web sourcetype=access_combined JSESSIONID <SD404K289O2F151>. C. index=web sourcetype=access_combined | highlight JSESSIONID | search SD404K289O2F151. D. index-web sourcetype=access_combined | transaction JSESSIONID | search SD404K289O2F151.

Data models are composed of one or more of which of the following datasets? (select all that apply). A. Transaction datasets. B. Events datasets. C. Search datasets. D. Any child of event, transaction, and search datasets.

Which of the following searches will return events containing a tag named Privileged?. A. tag=Priv. B. tag=Priv*. C. tag=priv*. D. tag=privileged.

How is a Search Workflow Action configured to run at the same time range as the original search?. A. Set the earliest time to match the original search. B. Select the same time range from the time-range picker. C. Select the "Use the same time range as the search that created the field listing" checkbox. D. Select the "Overwrite time range with the original search" checkbox.

What is the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)?. A. The CIM is a prerequisite that any data source must meet to be successfully onboarded into Splunk. B. The CIM provides a methodology to normalize data from different sources and source types. C. The CIM defines an ecosystem of apps that can be fully supported by Splunk. D. The CIM is a data exchange initiative between software vendors.

What is the correct format for naming a macro with multiple arguments? (*). A. monthly_sales(argument 1, argument 2, argument 3). B. monthly_sales(3). C. monthly_sales[3]. D. monthly_sales[argument 1, argument 2, argument 3).

Which of the following eval command functions is valid?. A. int(). B. count(). C. print(). D. tostring().

Which method in the Field Extractor would extract the port number from the following event? (*) | 102 - 125.24.20.1 ++++ port 54 - user: admin <web error>. A. Delimiter. B. rex command. C. The Field Extractor tool cannot extract regular expressions. D. Regular expression.

The macro weekly sales (2) contains the search string: index=games | eval ProductSales = $Price$ * $AmountSold$ Which of the following will return results?. A. 'weekly sales (3)'. B. 'weekly_sales($3.995, $108)'. C. 'weekly_sales (3.99, 10)'. D. 'weekly sales (3.99, 10)'.

Which search string would only return results for an event type called successful_purchases?. A. tag=successful_purchases. B. Event_Type::successful_purchases. C. successful_purchases. D. eventtype=successful_purchases.

When creating a data model, which root dataset requires at least one constraint?. A. Root transaction dataset. B. Root event dataset. C. Root child dataset. D. Root search dataset.

Which of the following statements describes an event type?. A. A log level measurement: info, warn, error. B. A knowledge object that is applied before fields are extracted. C. A field for categorizing events based on a search string. D. Either a log, a metric, or a trace.

What type of command is eval?. A. Streaming in some modes. B. Report generating. C. Distributable streaming. D. Centralized streaming.

Which of the following is a feature of the Pivot tool?. A. Creates lookups without using SPL. B. Data Models are not required. C. Creates reports without using SPL. D. Datasets are not required.

When used with the timechart command, which value of the limit argument returns all values?. A. limit=*. B. limit=all. C. limit=none. D. limit=0.

Which field extraction method should be selected for comma-separated data?. A. Regular expression. B. Delimiters. C. eval expression. D. table extraction.

What approach is recommended when using the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on to normalize data?. A. Consult the CIM data model reference tables. B. Run a search using the authentication command. C. Consult the CIM event type reference tables. D. Run a search using the correlation command.

Which of the following is included with the Common Information Model (CIM) add-on?. A. Search macros. B. Event category tags. C. Workflow actions. D. tsidx files.

For the following search, which field populates the x-axis? index=security sourcetype=linux secure | timechart count by action. A. action. B. source type. C. _time. D. time.

In the Field Extractor, when would the regular expression method be used?. A. When events contain JSON data. B. When events contain comma-separated data. C. When events contain unstructured data. D. When events contain table-based data.

Which of the following searches will return all clientip addresses that start with 108?. A. ... | search clientip=108. B. ... | where like (clientip, "108.% ). C. ... | where (clientip, "108. %"). D. ... | where (clientip=108. % ).

What are search macros?. A. Lookup definitions in lookup tables. B. Reusable pieces of search processing language. C. A method to normalize fields. D. Categories of search results.

Which of the following options will define the first event in a transaction?. A. startswith. B. with. C. startingwith. D. firstevent.

The timechart command is an example of which of the following command types?. A. Orchestrating. B. Transforming. C. Statistical. D. Generating.

Which type of workflow action sends field values to an external resource (e.g. a ticketing system)?. A. POST. B. Search. C. GET. D. Format.

What fields does the transaction command add to the raw events? (select all that apply). A. count. B. duration. C. eventcount. D. transaction id.

How are event types different from saved reports?. A. Event types cannot be used to organize data into categories. B. Event types include formatting of the search results. C. Event types can be shared with Splunk users and added to dashboards. D. Event types do not include a time range.

When using the transaction command, how are evicted transactions identified?. A. Closed_txn field is set to o, or false. B. Max_txn field is set to O, or false. C. Txn_field is set to 1, or true. D. open_txn field is set to 1, or true.

Which of the following describes the | transaction command?. A. It is an SPL command that groups at least two events together based on shared values in selected fields. B. It allows an exchange of data from one Splunk index to another Splunk index. C. It is an SPL command that groups events together with shared values in selected fields. D. It allows an exchange of data from one Splunk system to another Splunk system.

Which of the following eval commands will provide a new value for host from src if it exists?. A. | eval host = if (isnu11 (src), src, host). B. | eval host = if (NOT src = host, src, host). C. | eval host = if (src = host, src, host). D. | eval host = if (isnotnull (src), src, host).

A macro has another macro nested within it, and this inner macro requires an argument. How can the user pass this argument into the SPL?. A. An argument can be passed through the outer macro. B. An argument can be passed to the outer macro by nesting parentheses. C. There is no way to pass an argument to the inner macro. D. An argument can be passed to the inner macro by nesting parentheses.

Which of the following statements about calculated fields in Splunk is true?. A. Calculated fields cannot be chained together to create more complex fields. B. Calculated fields can be chained together to create more complex fields. C. Calculated fields can only be used in dashboards. D. Calculated fields can only be used in saved reports.

Why would the following search produce multiple transactions instead of one?. A. The maxspan option is not included. B. The transaction command has a limit of 1000 events per transaction. C. The transaction and commands cannot be used together. D. The stats list () function is used.

How is a macro referenced in a search?. A. By using the macroname command. B. By using the macro command. C. By enclosing the macro name in backtick characters (`). D. By enclosing the macro name in single-quote characters (').

Which workflow action type performs a secondary search?. A. POST. B. Drilldown. C. GET. D. Search.

Which of the following objects can a calculated field use as a source?. A. An alias of a field. B. A field added by an automatic lookup. C. The tag field. D. The eventtype field.

Which of the following transforming commands can be used with transactions?. A. chart, timechart, stats, eventstats. B. chart, timechart, stats, diff. C. chart, timeehart, datamodel, pivot. D. chart, timechart, stats, pivot.

If there are fields in the data with values that are " " or empty but not null, which of the following would add a value?. A. | eval notNULL = if(isnull (notNULL), "0" notNULL). B. | eval notNULL = if(isnull (notNULL), "0". C. | eval notNULL = "" | nullfill value=0 notNULL. D. | eval notNULL = "" fillnull value=0 notNULL.

Which syntax is used to represent an argument in a macro definition?. A. "argument". B. %argument%. C. 'argument'. D. $argument$.

Which of the following statements best describes a macro?. A. A macro is a method of categorizing events based on a search. B. A macro is a way to associate an additional (new) name with an existing field name. C. A macro is a portion of a search that can be reused in multiple place. D. A macro is a knowledge object that enables you to schedule searches for specific events.

A field alias is created where field1 -> field2 and the Overwrite Field Values checkbox is selected. What happens if an event only contains values for field1?. A. field2 values are removed from the events. B. field1 and field2 values are merged. C. field2 values are unchanged. D. field2 values are replaced with the value of the field1.

Which search retrieves events with the event type web_errors?. A. tag=web_errors. B. eventtype=web_errors. C. eventtype "web errors". D. eventtype (web_errors).

What is the correct syntax to find events associated with a tag?. A. tag:<field>=<value>. B. tags=<value>. C. tags:<field>=<value>. D. tag=<value>.

Which of the following examples would use a POST workflow action?. A. Perform an external IP lookup based on a domain value found in events. B. Use the field values in an HTTP error event to create a new ticket in an external system. C. Launch secondary Splunk searches that use one or more field values from selected events. D. Open a web browser to look up an HTTP status code.

Which field will be used to populate the field if the productName and productid fields have values for a given event? . | eval productINFO=coalesco(productName,productid). A. Neither field value will be used and the field will be assigned a NULL value for the given event. B. Both field values will be used and the product INFO field will become a multivalue field for the given event. C. The value for the productName field because it appears first.

What are the expected results for a search that contains the command | where A=B?. A. Events that contain the string value where A=B. B. Events that contain the string value A=B. C. Events where values of field A are equal to values of field B. D. Events where field A contains the string value B.

When would a user select delimited field extractions using the Field Extractor (FX)?. A. When a log file has values that are separated by the same character, for example, commas. B. When a log file contains empty lines or comments. C. With structured files such as JSON or XML. D. When the file has a header that might provide information about its structure or format.

A calculated field is a shortcut for performing repetitive, long, or complex transformations using which of the following commands?. A. transaction. B. lookup. C. stats. D. eval.

A user runs the following search: index="X" sourcetype=Y | chart count(domain) as count, sum(price) as sum by product, action useother=f usenull=f. A. The chart command does not allow for multiple statistical functions. B. Product, sum: addtocart, sum: remove, sum: purchase, count: addtocart, count: remove, count: purchase. C. Product, count: addtocart, count: remove, count: purchase, sum: addtocart, sum: remove, sum: purchase. D. Count: product, sum: product, count: action, sum: action.

Which of the following is true about Pivot?. A. Users can save reports from Pivot. B. Users cannot share visualizations created with Pivot. C. Users must use SPL to find events in a Pivot. D. Users cannot create visualizations with Pivot.

Which tool uses data models to generate reports and dashboard panels without using SPL?. A. Visualization tab. B. Pivot. C. Datasets. D. splunk CIM.

Which knowledge object is used to normalize field names to comply with the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)?. A. Field alias. B. Event types. C. Search workflow action. D. Tags.

How is an event type created from the search window? (select all that apply) *. A. In the top right corner, click Save As > Event Type. B. In an event's detail dropdown, click Event Actions > Build Event Type. C. Edit eventtypes.conf and add a new stanza. D. Add | eventtype to the SPL and execute the search.

Consider the following search: index=web sourcetype=access_combined The log shows several events that share the same JSESSIONID value (SD462K101O2F267). View the events as a group. From the following list, which search groups events by JSESSIONID?. A. index=web sourcetype=access_combined | transaction JSESSIONID | search SD462K101O2F267. B. index=web sourcetype=access_combined SD462K101O2F267 | table JSESSIONID. D. index=web sourcetype=access_combined | highlight JSESSIONID | search SD462K101O2F267. C. index=web sourcetype=access_combined JSESSIONID=SD462K101O2F267.

When defining a macro, what are the required elements?. A. Name and arguments. B. Name and a validation error message. C. Name and definition. D. Definition and arguments.

Which of the following expressions could be used to create a calculated field called gigabytes?. A. eval sc_bytes(1024/1024). B. | eval megabytes=sc_bytes(1024/1024). C. megabytes=sc_bytes(1024/1024). D. sc_bytas(1024/1024).

Consider the the following search run over a time range of last 7 days: index=web sourcetype=access_combined | timechart avg(bytes) by product_nane Which option is used to change the default time span so that results are grouped into 12 hour intervals?. A. span=12h. B. timespan=12h. C. span=12. D. timespan=12.

What commands can be used to group events from one or more data sources?. A. eval, coalesce. B. transaction, stats. C. stats, format. D. top, rare.

Tags can reference which of the following knowledge objects?. A. Lookups and event types only. B. Extracted fields, field aliases, calculated fields, lookups, and event types. C. Tags cannot reference any of these knowledge objects because tags are the last knowledge objects generated in the search-time operation sequence. D. Extracted fields, calculated fields, and field aliases only.

If a calculated field has the same name as an extracted field, what happens to the extracted field?. A. The calculated field will override the extracted field. B. The calculated and extracted fields will be combined. C. The calculated field will duplicate the extracted field. D. An error will be returned and the search will fail.

Given the following eval statement: ... | eval field1 = if(isnotnull(field1), field1, 0), field2 = if(isnull(field2), "NO-VALUE", field2) Which of the following is the equivalent using fillnull? *. A. There is no equivalent expression using fillnull. B. ... | fillnull values=(0,"NO-VALUE") fields=(field1,field2). C. ... | fillnull value=0 field1 | fillnull fields. D. ... | fillnull field1 | fillnull value="NO-VALUE" field2.

Why are tags useful in Splunk?. A. Tags look for less specific data. B. Tags visualize data with graphs and charts. C. Tags group related data together. D. Tags add fields to the raw event data.

The Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) is a collection of what type of knowledge object?. A. KV Store. B. Lookups. C. Saved searches. D. Data models.

When should the regular expression mode of Field Extractor (FX) be used? (select all that apply). A. For data cleanly separated by a space, a comma, or a pipe character. B. For data in a CSV (comma-separated value) file. C. For data with multiple, different characters separating fields. D. For unstructured data.

Which of the following is true about data model attributes?. A. They cannot be created within the data model. B. They can only be added into a root search dataset. C. They cannot be edited if inherited from a parent dataset. D. They can be added to a dataset from search time field extractions.

Which of the following describes this search? New Search 'third_party_outages(EMEA,-24h)'. A. This search will find all events for the third_party_outages event type that have "EMEA" or "-24h" in the raw event data. B. This search will run the third_party_outages saved search and filter for events containing "EMEA" and "-24h" in the raw event data. C. This search will run the third_party_outages macro and pass the arguments EMEA and -24h to the macro definition. D. This search will find all events in the third_party_outages index with the tags EMEA and -24h.

To create a tag, which of the following conditions must be met by the user?. A. Identify at least one field:value pair. B. Have the Power role at a minimum. C. Be able to edit the sourcetype the tag applies to. D. Must have the tag capability associated with their user role.

Which of the following data models are included in the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on? (select all that apply). A. User permissions. B. Alerts. C. Databases. D. Email.

When would transaction be used instead of stats?. A. To group events based on a single field value. B. To see results of a calculation. C. To have a faster and more efficient search. D. To group events based on start/end values.

Where are the descriptions of the data models that come with the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) Add-on documented?. A. Datamodel command reference guide. B. Pivot users manual. C. Search and reporting user manual. D. CIM Add-on manual.

How are arguments defined within the macro search string?. A. $arg$. B. 'arg'. C. %arg%. D. "arg".

A user wants to create a workflow action that will retrieve a specific field value from an event and run a search in a new browser window in the user's Splunk instance. What kind of workflow action should they create?. A. A Run workflow action, because the user is running a new search with a specific field value from an event returned in the user's search. B. A Search workflow action, because the user is running a new search with a specific field value from an event returned in the user's search. C. A POST workflow action, because the search is being sent to the user's current Splunk instance. D. A GET workflow action, because a field value needs to be retrieved from the events returned in the user's search.

Which of the following is true about a datamodel that has been accelerated?. A. They can be used with Pivot, the | tstats command, or the | datamodel command. B. They can still be used in the Pivot tool but only with the accelerate_pivot capability. C. They can no longer be used in the Pivot tool. D. They can be used with the |tstats command, but will only return that data which has been accelerated.

How can an existing accelerated data model be edited?. A. An accelerated data model can be edited once its .tsidx file has expired. B. An accelerated data model can be edited from the Pivot tool. C. The data model must be de-accelerated before edits can be made to its structure. D. It cannot be edited. A new data model would need to be created.

Using the Field Extractor (FX) tool, a value is highlighted to extract and give a name to a new field. Splunk has not successfully extracted that value from all appropriate events. What steps can be taken so Splunk successfully extracts the value from all appropriate events? (select all that apply). A. Select an additional sample event with the Field Extractor (FX) and highlight the missing value in the event. B. Re-ingest the data and attempt to extract from a new dataset. C. Click on the event where the field was not extracted and choose "Change to Delimited". D. Edit the regular expression manually.

Which of the following can be saved as an event type?. A. index=server_472 sourcetype=BETA_494 code=488 | stats count by code. B. index=server_472 sourcetype=BETA_494 code=488 [ | inputlookup append=t servercode.csv ]. C. index=server_472 sourcetype=BETA_494 code=488 | stats where code > 200. D. index=server_472 sourcetype=BETA_494 code=488.

How could the following syntax for the chart command be rewritten to remove the OTHER category? (select all that apply). A. | chart count over CurrentStanding by Action useother=f. B. | chart count over CurrentStanding by Action usenull-f useother-t. C. | chart count over CurrentStanding by Action limit=10 useother=f. D. | chart count over CurrentStanding by Action limit-10.

Which of the following knowledge objects can reference field aliases?. A. Calculated fields, lookups, event types, and tags. B. Calculated fields and tags only. C. Calculated fields and event types only. D. Calculated fields, lookups, event types, and extracted fields.

What is the purpose of the fillnull command?. A. Replace empty values with a specified value. B. Create a new field based on the values in an existing field. C. Rename a specific field in the search results. D. Replace all values in a specific field with a default value.

When performing a regex field extraction with the Field Extractor (FX), a data type must be chosen before a sample event can be selected. Which of the following data types are supported?. A. index or source. B. sourcetype or host. C. index or sourcetype. D. sourcetype or source.

Which of these stats commands will show the total bytes for each unique combination of page and server?. A. index=web | stats sum (bytes) BY page BY server. B. index=web | stats sum (bytes) BY page server. C. index=web | stats sum(bytes) BY page AND server. D. index=web | stats sum(bytes) BY values (page) values (server).

Two separate results tables are being combined using the |join command. The outer table has the following values: Refer to following Tables The line of SPL used to join the tables is: | join employeeNumber type=outer How many rows are returned in the new table? *. A. Zero. B. Five. C. Eight. D. Three.

When using transaction, what is the default maximum span between events?. A. Unlimited. B. 1h. C. 1m. D. 1d.

Which of the following commands connects an additional table of data directly to the right side of the existing table?. A. subsearch. B. update. C. appendcols. D. append.

What are the expected search results from executing the following SPL command? index=network NOT StatusCode=200. A. Every event in the network index that does not have a value in this field. B. Every event in the network index that does not contain a StatusCode of 200 and excluding events that do not have a value in this field. C. Every event in the network index that does not contain a StatusCode of 200, including events that do not have a value in this field. D. No results as the syntax is incorrect, the != field expression needs to be used instead of the NOT operator.

Which of the following is included with the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) Add-on?. A. Sourcetype definitions from the most popular technology vendors. B. A set of pre-configured data models. C. Scripted inputs to pre-align data with the CIM. D. Dashboards to validate data quality.

To which of the following can a field alias be applied?. A. Data found in a lookup table. B. Either a calculated field or an extracted field. C. Only one single field in a dataset. D. A given host, source, or sourcetype.

Which of the following statements is true about the root dataset of a data model?. A. It can contain transforming commands as long as it is a root search dataset. B. It will automatically contain knowledge objects associated with the base search. C. It must contain the transaction command if it is a root transaction dataset. D. It can only contain a base search with no transforming commands.

A POST workflow action will pass which types of arguments to an external website?. A. Clear text only. B. A mix of clear text strings and variables. C. It can only send raw event data. D. Variables only.

When does the CIM add-on apply preconfigured data models to the data?. A. Search time. B. Index time. C. On a cron schedule. D. At midnight.

How is a variable for a macro defined?. A. Place the variable name inside of curly braces: {variable name}. B. Place the variable name inside of asterisks: variable name. C. Place the variable name inside of dollar signs: $variable name$. D. Place the variable name inside of percentage signs: %variable name%.

For the following search, which command would further filter for only IP addresses present more than five times?. A. index=games | stats count as IP_count by IP | where IP_count > 5. B. index=games | search IP_count > 5. C. index=games | where IP > 5. D. index=games | search IP > 5.

Which of the following searches can be used to define an event type?. A. index=games sourcetype=score [ search index=players | fields player_id ]. B. index=games sourcetype=score | where score > 9999. C. index=games sourcetype=score player=* score>9999. D. index=games sourcetype=score | stats count by player.

When using the Field Extractor (FX) to perform a field extraction, which delimiter can be used?. A. A period or comma. B. A comma. C. A tab or space. D. Any consistent character.

What is the purpose of a calculated field?. A. To automatically add fields to the index using an eval expression rather than manually including an eval command. B. To manually add and remove fields at search time related to statistical functions. C. To automatically add fields at search time using an eval expression rather than manually including an eval command. D. To manually add fields at search time and check for syntax errors.

When creating an event type, which is allowed in the search string? *. A. Tags. B. Joins. C. Subsearches. D. Pipes.

When using multiple expressions in a single eval command, which delimiter is used?. A. , (comma). B. I (pipe). C. / (forward slash). D. : (colon).

A Splunk app is configured to extract domain names in web service logs and specify them as a field named domain. What workflow action would return an external IP lookup for the field named domain?. A. POST. B. PUT. C. GET. D. Search.

Which option of the transaction command would be used to specify the maximum time between events in a transaction?. A. maxpause. B. maxspan. C. duration. D. eventcount.

What field must be present in order to use the timechart command?. A. _raw. B. rime. C. _time. D. index.

Which of the following definitions describes a macro named "samplemacro" that accepts two arguments? Questions and Answers PDF. A. Examplemacro [1,2]. B. samplemacro(1,2). C. u amp -CJEUCXG (2). D. samplemacro[2].

What is the correct Boolean order of evaluation for the where command from first to last?. A. NOT, Parentheses, OR, AND. B. AND, Parentheses, NOT, OR. C. Parentheses, NOT, AND, OR. D. Parentheses, NOT, OR, AND.

Why would the transaction command be used instead of the stats command?. A. The transaction command has better search-time performance. B. The transaction command can perform calculations on fields. C. The transaction command keeps the raw data for each event. D. The transaction command is less resource-intensive.

Which of the following is true about data sets used in the Pivot tool?. A. They can only be created from data models. B. They can only be created by users with the Admin role. C. They can only be created from summary indexes. D. They can only be created from saved reports.

What is needed to define a calculated field?. A. Eval expression. B. Data model. C. Event type. D. Regular expression.

A user wants a table that will show the total revenue made for each product in each sales region. Which would be the correct SPL query to use?. A. index=X sourcetype=Y | chart sum(product) by price AND region. B. index=X | chart sum(price) by product, region. C. index=X | chart total(product) over price by region. D. index=X | chart total(price) by product, region.

How do event types help a user search their data?. A. Event types can optimize data storage. B. Event types improve dashboard performance. C. Event types improve search performance. D. Event types categorize events based on a search string.

What happens to the original field name when a field alias is created?. A. The original field name is not affected by the creation of a field alias. B. The original field name is replaced by the field alias within the index. C. The original field name is italicized to indicate that it is not an alias. D. The original field name still exists in the index but is not visible to the user at search time.

A search contains example(100,200). What is the name of the macro?. A. example(2). B. example(var1,var2). C. example($,$). D. example[2].

What is a benefit of installing the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on?. A. It permits users to create workflow actions to align with industry standards. B. It provides users with a standardized set of field names and tags to normalize data. C. It allows users to create 3-D models of their data and export these visualizations. D. It enables users to itemize their events based on the results of the Search Job Inspector.