SPLK-1001 Splunk Basics and Interface Navigation — Timed 10 Questions

Question 1

After running a search, a user wants to save the search for later use. Which button should they click?

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Save As. The 'Save As' button in Splunk allows a user to save a completed search as a report, alert, or dashboard panel for later use. This is the standard method for persisting a search definition without executing it immediately, enabling reuse in the future.

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Export

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Share

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Schedule

Question 2

During onboarding, a new user can't find any data in Splunk. They see 'No results found' for all searches. The data is being forwarded from a universal forwarder. What should they check first?

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Check if the forwarder is configured to send to the correct indexer. The most common reason a universal forwarder sends data that never appears in Splunk is misconfiguration of the outputs.conf file. The forwarder must specify the correct indexer IP address or hostname and the receiving port (default 9997) using the TCP output stanza; if this is wrong, data is sent to the wrong destination or nowhere at all. Checking the forwarder's configuration first isolates whether data is even reaching the indexer tier before investigating other potential issues.

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Check if the user has admin role

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Check if the firewall is blocking ports

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Check if the search is using the correct time range

Question 3

Which of the following is the default time range in a new Splunk search?

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All time. When you open a new search in Splunk, the default time range is set to 'All time' (no time filter), meaning the search will scan all indexed data unless you explicitly specify a time range. This is because Splunk defaults to showing all available events to avoid inadvertently excluding data, and it is the user's responsibility to narrow the search scope.

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Last 24 hours

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Last 7 days

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Real-time

Question 4

A user wants to view only the fields that appear in the current search results, without seeing all extracted fields. Which option should they use?

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All fields. The 'All fields' option in Splunk displays all fields that appear in the current search results, allowing users to see the complete list of extracted fields without filtering. This is distinct from 'Selected fields', which shows only the fields the user has manually selected, and 'Interesting fields', which shows a heuristic-based subset that may not include all fields present in the results.

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Field picker

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Selected fields

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Interesting fields

Question 5

Which THREE of the following are features available in the Splunk Settings menu?

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Indexes. In the Splunk Settings menu, Indexes (B) is correct because administrators use Settings > Indexes to create, edit, and configure index storage, retention, and permissions. Data inputs (C) is correct because Settings > Data inputs is where you manage and configure input types such as files, directories, TCP/UDP ports, and scripts. Roles (E) is correct because Settings > Roles lets administrators define and modify role-based access controls, including capabilities and index permissions. Data summary (A) is not a Settings menu feature; it is accessed from the Search & Reporting app's navigation or search bar area. Search history (D) is also not in Settings; it is available through the Search app's History menu or search bar interface.

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Data summary

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Search history

Question 6

Refer to the exhibit. What can be determined about the license usage?

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180 MB of license capacity is available. The exhibit shows a license pool with a total capacity and a used amount; subtracting used from total yields 180 MB of remaining capacity. Splunk license usage is reported in MB/GB per day, and the pool's available capacity is simply total minus peak usage. Therefore 180 MB is the correct available license capacity.

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320 MB of license is used for search

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The pool is over-allocated

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The license is expired

Question 7

Refer to the exhibit. What is the most likely cause of the error?

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The KV Store is not running. The error message in the exhibit indicates that the KV Store is not running. The KV Store is a Splunk component that stores knowledge objects (such as lookups, data models, and saved searches) in a MongoDB-based key-value store. When the KV Store is down, Splunk cannot access these objects, leading to the displayed error. Restarting the KV Store or ensuring it is enabled in the server.conf file resolves the issue.

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The firewall is blocking port 8191

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The search head is overloaded

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The indexer is out of disk space

Question 8

A medium-sized enterprise uses Splunk Enterprise with a single indexer and one search head. They have 50 universal forwarders sending data from web servers, application servers, and database logs. Recently, the indexer crashed during peak hours. The administrator restarted the indexer and it came back up. After analyzing the crash log, they found that the indexer ran out of memory. The indexer has 16 GB RAM and the default memory settings. The daily indexing volume is about 20 GB. The administrator is concerned about stability. They want to prevent future crashes without adding hardware. What should they do?

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Reduce the max memory for the indexer process in limits.conf. The indexer crashed due to running out of memory with 16 GB RAM and default settings. Reducing the max memory for the indexer process in limits.conf (specifically the maxMemMB parameter) limits the heap size used by Splunk, preventing out-of-memory (OOM) kills during peak indexing loads. This is a software-level tuning that avoids hardware upgrades by capping memory consumption to a safe level below the physical RAM.

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Reduce the number of forwarders sending data

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Switch universal forwarders to heavy forwarders

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Increase the max memory for the indexer process in limits.conf

Question 9

A user at a large organization runs a search that returns 50,000 events. They need to export these events to a CSV file for further analysis in Excel. However, when they click the Export button and select CSV, only 10,000 events are exported. What is the most likely reason and how should they export all 50,000 events?

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The export function has a default limit of 10,000 events; use the 'Export Results' feature with output_mode=csv. The Splunk export function has a default limit of 10,000 events when exporting via the UI. To export all 50,000 events, the user must use the 'Export Results' feature with the `output_mode=csv` parameter, which bypasses the UI limit and allows exporting the full result set.

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The user does not have permissions to export more than 10,000 events

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The report view limits export to 10,000 events; create a dashboard panel instead

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The search itself is limited to 10,000 events by default

Question 10

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to add data to Splunk?

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Deploying a universal forwarder to monitor a log file.. Option A is correct because a universal forwarder is Splunk's lightweight agent that can be deployed on a host and configured with inputs.conf to monitor a log file and forward that data to an indexer, making it a standard method of ingesting data. Option B is correct because the HTTP Event Collector (HEC) provides a token-based HTTP/HTTPS endpoint that applications and scripts can send events to, which is a valid and common way to add data to Splunk. Option C is not a data ingestion method; writing alert results to a summary index is a reporting/acceleration technique that stores already-indexed search output, not a way to bring new external data in. Option D is not a valid ingestion mechanism by itself; the 'Add Data' button in Splunk Web is a UI wizard that guides you through configuring existing methods such as uploads, monitors, or forwarders, but it is not itself a distinct way to add data. Option E is incorrect because the search bar is used to query and analyze indexed data, not to ingest or index new events.

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Creating an alert that writes results to a summary index.

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Using the 'Add Data' button in Splunk Web.

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Typing data directly into the search bar.