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SPLK-1001 Practice Question: Which two of the following are best practices…
Which two of the following are best practices when designing Splunk data models? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse the flexibility of wildcards in searches with best practices for data model design, not realizing that wildcards undermine acceleration and should be avoided in field names.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Avoid using wildcards in field names.
Wildcards in field names can cause performance degradation and ambiguity in data model acceleration. Splunk recommends using explicit, descriptive field names to ensure efficient indexing and query execution, as wildcards force the search-time field extraction to scan more data than necessary.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Limit the number of fields to no more than 100.
Why it's wrong here
There is no hard limit; the number of fields should be based on performance testing.
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Avoid using wildcards in field names.
Why this is correct
Wildcards in field names can cause performance degradation and should be avoided.
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Avoid time-based constraints to ensure all historical data is searchable.
Why it's wrong here
Time-based constraints help optimize search performance and should be used appropriately.
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Enable acceleration for large datasets.
Why this is correct
Acceleration pre-computes summaries for faster search performance on large datasets.
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Leave constraints undefined to include all events.
Why it's wrong here
Constraints should be defined to filter events and improve search efficiency.
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