Splunk SPLK-2002 Free Practice Questions

NEW QUESTION 1
A Splunk user successfully extracted an ip address into a field called src_ip. Their colleague cannot see that field in their search results with events known to have src_ip. Which of the following may explain the problem? (Select all that apply.)

• A. The field was extracted as a private knowledge object.
• B. The events are tagged as communicate, but are missing the network tag.
• C. The Typing Queue, which does regular expression replacements, is blocked.
• D. The colleague did not explicitly use the field in the search and the search was set to Fast Mode.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 2
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

NEW QUESTION 3
Which search will show all deployment client messages from the client (UF)?

• A. index=_audit component=DC* host=<ds> | stats count by message
• B. index=_audit component=DC* host=<uf> | stats count by message
• C. index=_internal component= DC* host=<uf> | stats count by message
• D. index=_internal component=DS* host=<ds> | stats count by message

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 4
In which phase of the Splunk Enterprise data pipeline are indexed extraction configurations processed?

• A. Input
• B. Search
• C. Parsing
• D. Indexing

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 5
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

NEW QUESTION 6
What is the logical first step when starting a deployment plan?

• A. Inventory the currently deployed logging infrastructure.
• B. Determine what apps and use cases will be implemented.
• C. Gather statistics on the expected adoption of Splunk for sizing.
• D. Collect the initial requirements for the deployment from all stakeholders.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 7
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

NEW QUESTION 8
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

NEW QUESTION 9
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

NEW QUESTION 10
Which two sections can be expanded using the Search Job Inspector?

• A. Execution costs.
• B. Saved search history.
• C. Search job properties.
• D. Optimization suggestions.

Answer: BC

NEW QUESTION 11
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: C

NEW QUESTION 12
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: C

NEW QUESTION 13
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: C

NEW QUESTION 14
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: B

NEW QUESTION 15
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: D

NEW QUESTION 16
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: D

NEW QUESTION 17
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: D

NEW QUESTION 18
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: B

NEW QUESTION 19
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. 300G
• B. After this limit, search is locked ou
• C. B.500G
• D. After this limit, search is locked out.
• E. 800G
• F. After this limit, search is locked out.
• G. Search is not locked ou
• H. Violations are still recorded.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 20
Because Splunk indexing is read/write intensive, it is important to select the appropriate disk storage solution for each deployment. Which of the following statements is accurate about disk storage?

• A. High performance SAN should never be used.
• B. Enable NFS for storing hot and warm buckets.
• C. The recommended RAID setup is RAID 10 (1 + 0).
• D. Virtualized environments are usually preferred over bare metal for Splunk indexers.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 21
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: D

NEW QUESTION 22
Which command is used for thawing the archive bucket?

• A. Splunk collect
• B. Splunk convert
• C. Splunk rebuild
• D. Splunk dbinspect

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 23
Which of the following should be included in a deployment plan?

• A. Business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• B. Current logging details and data source inventory.
• C. Current and future topology diagrams of the IT environment.
• D. A comprehensive list of stakeholders, either direct or indirect.

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 24
Which Splunk internal index contains licenserelated events?

• A. _audit
• B. _license
• C. _internal
• D. _introspection

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 25
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: D

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