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Common Splunk Basics and Interface Navigation exam traps

▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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What is the purpose of this search?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.
search index=web sourcetype=access_combined status=404 | top 10 uri_path

Trap 1: To show the top 10 IP addresses causing 404 errors.

Incorrect. This option suggests finding top 10 IP addresses, but the search targets URI paths, not IP addresses.

Trap 2: To list all 404 errors from the web index.

Incorrect. This option suggests listing all 404 errors, but the search uses top 10 to limit results.

Trap 3: To count the number of unique URLs with 404 errors.

Incorrect. This option describes counting unique URLs, but the search uses top 10 to identify most accessed pages.

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A
To find the top 10 most accessed web pages that returned a 404 status.
Correct. The search filters for 404 status codes and uses top 10 to identify the most accessed URI paths.
B
To show the top 10 IP addresses causing 404 errors.
Why wrong: Incorrect. This option suggests finding top 10 IP addresses, but the search targets URI paths, not IP addresses.
C
To list all 404 errors from the web index.
Why wrong: Incorrect. This option suggests listing all 404 errors, but the search uses top 10 to limit results.
D
To count the number of unique URLs with 404 errors.
Why wrong: Incorrect. This option describes counting unique URLs, but the search uses top 10 to identify most accessed pages.

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Splunk Basics and Interface Navigation questions

What is the purpose of this search?

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An administrator wants to group all events from a single web session identified by session_id, where the session starts with a 'login' event and ends with a 'logout' event. Which search is correct?

A user runs a search in Splunk Web that returns no results. The user believes data should exist for the current time. Which action most quickly verifies whether the time range is the issue?

Refer to the exhibit. A user runs this search but receives an error. What is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

A new Splunk user wants to view the raw event data for the last hour. Which interface should they use?

An analyst notices that searches take long to complete. They want to understand how many events are indexed per second. Which tab in the Monitoring Console provides this information?

A search returns no results. The user has verified that data is being indexed. What is the most likely cause?

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

A user wants to see a visual representation of search results over time. Which tab should they use?

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?

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

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?

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to share a Splunk dashboard?

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

Which THREE of the following are default Splunk roles?

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

Exhibit

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

Exhibit

A security analyst wants to investigate a suspicious IP address that appeared in multiple log sources. Which Splunk feature is best suited to quickly find all events containing that IP across all indexed data?

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