Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect v1.0

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Exam contains 158 questions

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

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

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

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

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 : B

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.
  • C. Use a Splunk forwarder to collect the input on port 514 and forward the data.
  • D. Configure syslog to write logs and use a Splunk forwarder to collect the logs.


Answer : D

Which Splunk internal index contains license-related events?

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


Answer : C

Which of the following statements describe a Search Head Cluster (SHC) captain? (Select all that apply.)

  • A. Is the job scheduler for the entire SHC.
  • B. Manages alert action suppressions (throttling).
  • C. Synchronizes the member list with the KV store primary.
  • D. Replicates the SHC's knowledge bundle to the search peers.


Answer : AB

Before users can use a KV store, an admin must create a collection. Where is a collection is defined?

  • A. kvstore.conf
  • B. collection.conf
  • C. collections.conf
  • D. kvcollections.conf


Answer : C

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 : C

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

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

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

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

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