SPLK-1003 Practice Test 15 — 15 Questions

Question 1

What is the primary function of the 'thawed' bucket state?

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It is used to store restored frozen data.. The thawed state is used to store data that has been manually restored from a frozen (archived) state.

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It is the default state for new data.

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It is for data that is being deleted.

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It is a cache for warm buckets.

Question 2

A customer wants to split their 1TB license into two 500GB pools for different departments. How is this achieved?

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By creating two license pools on the License Master.. License pools are defined on the License Master and are limited by quotas per pool.

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By using different license keys on indexers.

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By creating two separate License Masters.

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By modifying the license file directly.

Question 3

When should you use the 'volume' configuration in indexes.conf?

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To manage shared storage limits across multiple indexes.. Volumes are used to group multiple indexes together to manage their shared storage capacity constraints.

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To increase search speed.

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To replicate data between indexers.

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To encrypt index data.

Question 4

What is the impact of a license warning on data indexing?

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Indexing continues unaffected.. A license warning does not stop indexing, though it indicates that the volume limit is being exceeded.

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Indexing is permanently disabled.

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Indexing is throttled.

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Indexing is paused for 24 hours.

Question 5

Which TWO of the following directories are used to store Splunk configuration files?

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/default/. Default and Local directories are the standard locations for configuration files.

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/var/

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/etc/

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/bin/

Question 6

Which TWO of the following settings are typically found in inputs.conf?

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[tcp://...]. inputs.conf is used to monitor files and listen on network ports.

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[indexer_cluster]

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[index_retention]

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[search_head]

Question 7

Which THREE items are included in a bucket's directory?

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tsidx files. A standard bucket directory contains raw data, metadata files, and search-time indexes (tsidx).

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config.json

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license.key

Question 8

A company is using a Trial license. How does this affect their ability to add more indexers?

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They are limited to the total volume specified in the trial key.. Trial licenses have very specific volume limits and usually restrict the number of indexers or the volume they can process.

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They can add unlimited indexers.

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Trial licenses do not support distributed indexing.

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They can only have one indexer.

Question 9

Which THREE of the following information points are displayed on the License Master dashboard?

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Number of connected license slaves.. The dashboard shows overall usage, the number of slaves, and usage per slave.

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Real-time search head performance.

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Total number of raw events indexed.

Question 10

Which Splunk component is primarily responsible for parsing and indexing incoming data streams?

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Indexer. The Indexer performs the heavy lifting of processing, parsing, and storing indexed data.

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Deployment Server

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Universal Forwarder

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Search Head

Question 11

What is the default retention policy for the '_internal' index?

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30 days. The internal index has specific default retention settings to ensure system logs are kept for troubleshooting.

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Unlimited

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90 days

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1 day

Question 12

Which TWO factors contribute to the 'frozen' state of a bucket?

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The bucket age exceeds frozenTimePeriodInSecs.. Buckets move to frozen when they exceed the time-based retention policy or the maximum total size limit.

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The bucket is locked by a search head.

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The index reaches maxHotBuckets.

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The license master is unreachable.

Question 13

A Splunk admin wants to implement license pooling to ensure that certain indexers do not consume more than a fixed portion of the total license. What is the correct order of operations?

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Define the pool on the Master, then assign slaves to the pool.. First, configure the master, then define the pool, then assign indexers (slaves) to that pool.

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Assign slaves to the pool, then create the pool on the Master.

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Modify server.conf on slaves, then restart the Master.

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Create a separate license file for each pool.

Question 14

Which file stores the definitions of roles and their associated capabilities?

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authorize.conf. authorize.conf is the configuration file that manages roles and capabilities.

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indexes.conf

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authentication.conf

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limits.conf

Question 15

When configuring 'LDAP Strategy', what is the purpose of the 'User Base DN'?

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To define the root search path for users in LDAP.. The 'User Base DN' specifies the node in the LDAP directory where Splunk should begin searching for user objects.

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To define the authentication port.

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To define the administrator's password.

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To specify the LDAP server IP address.