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Splunk Cloud Certified Admin (SPLK-1005)

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The Splunk Cloud Certified Admin (SPLK-1005) certification validates your expertise in managing and maintaining Splunk Cloud environments. This credential signifies a deep understanding of Splunk Cloud's unique architecture, data ingestion methodologies, user and access management, and best practices for operational efficiency. Achieving this certification demonstrates your ability to effectively configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Splunk Cloud deployments, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity. It's a critical step for professionals looking to enhance their career in cloud-based data analytics and security operations, proving your capability to leverage Splunk Cloud's full potential for organizational insights and resilience. This certification is highly valued, opening doors to advanced roles in enterprise data management.

Questions

65

Passing Score

700/1000

Duration

100 Minutes

Difficulty

Intermediate

Level

Professional

Skills Measured

Splunk Cloud Platform & Architecture: Understanding the components, deployment models, and unique aspects of Splunk Cloud's infrastructure and services.
Data Ingestion & Management: Configuring various data inputs, managing sourcetypes, indexes, data routing, and ensuring efficient data onboarding within a cloud environment.
User, Role, and Access Management: Administering users, roles, capabilities, authentication methods, and multi-factor authentication to enforce secure access control in Splunk Cloud.
Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance: Utilizing Splunk Cloud monitoring tools, identifying common issues, troubleshooting performance problems, and performing routine maintenance tasks.
Knowledge Objects & App Management: Creating and managing essential knowledge objects (fields, extractions, lookups, event types) and deploying/managing apps within the Splunk Cloud platform.

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Target Roles

Splunk Cloud Administrator IT Operations Engineer Security Operations Analyst

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QUESTION 1

When monitoring directories that contain mixed file types, which setting should be omitted from inputs.conf and instead be overridden in props.conf?

A
sourcetype
B
host
C
source
D
index

Correct Option: A

QUESTION 2

How are HTTP Event Collector (HEC) tokens configured in a managed Splunk Cloud environment?

A
Any token will be accepted by HEC, the data may just end up in the wrong index.
B
A token is generated when configuring a HEC input, which should be provided to the application developers.
C
Obtain a token from the organization’s application developers and apply it in Settings > Data Inputs > HTTP Event Collector > New Token.
D
Open a support case for each new data input and a token will be provided.

Correct Option: B

QUESTION 3

The following Apache access log is being ingested into Splunk via a monitor input:


How does Splunk determine the time zone for this event?

A
The value of the TZ attribute in props.conf for the access_combined sourcetype.
B
The value of the TZ attribute in props.conf for the my.webserver.example host.
C
The time zone of the Heavy/Intermediate Forwarder with the monitor input.
D
The time zone indicator in the raw event data.

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 4

What syntax is required in inputs.conf to ingest data from files or directories?

A
A monitor stanza, sourcetype, and index is required to ingest data.
B
A monitor stanza, sourcetype, index, and host is required to ingest data.
C
A monitor stanza and sourcetype is required to ingest data.
D
Only the monitor stanza is required to ingest data.

Correct Option: A

QUESTION 5

A user has been asked to mask some sensitive data without tampering with the structure of the file /var/log/purchases/transactions.log that has the following format:
2020-01-01 00:01:20 User=bob SuperSecretNumber=123456789012 Operation=purchase
2020-01-01 16:15:32 User=alice SuperSecretNumber=123456789012 Operation=purchase
Which of the stanzas below will achieve this?

A
Option A
B
Option B
C
Option C
D
Option D

Correct Option: C

QUESTION 6

Which of the following are valid settings for file and directory monitor inputs?

A
host, index, source_length, _TCP_Routing, host_segment
B
host, index, sourcetype, _TCP_Routing, host_regex, host_segment
C
host, index, directory, host_regex, host_segment
D
host, index, sourcetype, _UDP_Routing, host_regex, host_segment

Correct Option: B

QUESTION 7

Which of the following are features of a managed Splunk Cloud environment?

A
Availability of premium apps, no IP address whitelisting or blacklisting, deployed in US East AWS region.
B
20GB daily maximum data ingestion, no SSO integration, no availability of premium apps.
C
Availability of premium apps, SSO integration, IP address whitelisting and blacklisting.
D
Availability of premium apps, SSO integration, maximum concurrent search limit of 20.

Correct Option: C

QUESTION 8

Which of the following is correct in regard to configuring a Universal Forwarder as an Intermediate Forwarder?

A
This can only be turned on using the Settings > Forwarding and Receiving menu in Splunk Web/UI.
B
The configuration changes can be made using Splunk Web, CLI, directly in configuration files, or via a deployment app.
C
The configuration changes can be made using CLI, directly in configuration files, or via a deployment app.
D
It is only possible to make this change directly in configuration files or via a deployment app.

Correct Option: C

QUESTION 9

What does the followTail attribute do in inputs.conf?

A
Pauses a file monitor if the queue is full.
B
Only creates a tail checkpoint of the monitored file.
C
Ingests a file starting with new content and then reading older events.
D
Prevents pre-existing content in a file from being ingested.

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 10

In case of a Change Request, which of the following should submit a support case for Splunk Support?

A
The party requesting the change.
B
Certified Splunk Cloud administrator.
C
Splunk infrastructure owner.
D
Any person with the appropriate entitlement.

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 11

A monitor has been created in inputs.conf for a directory that contains a mix of file types.

How would a Cloud Admin fine-tune assigned sourcetypes for different files in the directory during the input phase?

A
On the Indexer parsing the data, leave sourcetype as automatic for the directory monitor. Then create a props.conf that assigns a specific sourcetype by source stanza.
B
On the forwarder collecting the data, leave sourcetype as automatic for the directory monitor. Then create a props.conf that assigns a specific sourcetype by source stanza.
C
On the Indexer parsing the data, set multiple sourcetype_source attributes for the directory monitor collecting the files. Then create a props.conf that filters out unwanted files.
D
On the forwarder collecting the data, set multiple sourcetype_source attributes for the directory monitor collecting the files. Then create a props.conf that filters out unwanted files.

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QUESTION 12

Windows input types are collected in Splunk via a script which is configurable using the GUI. What is this type of input called?

A
Batch
B
Scripted
C
Modular
D
Front-end

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