Splunk SPLK-1003 Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 2
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Question 11

When are knowledge bundles distributed to search peers?
Explanation:
"The search head replicates the knowledge bundle periodically in the background or when initiating a search. " "As part of the distributed search process, the search head replicates and distributes its knowledge objects to its search peers, or indexers. Knowledge objects include saved searches, event types, and other entities used in searching accorss indexes. The search head needs to distribute this material to its search peers so that they can properly execute queries on its behalf." Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/DistSearch/Whatsearchheadssend
Question 12

Assume a file is being monitored and the data was incorrectly indexed to an exclusive index. The index is cleaned and now the data must be reindexed. What other index must be cleaned to reset the input checkpoint information for that file?
Explanation:
--reset Reset the fishbucket for the given key or file in the btree. Resetting the checkpoint for an active monitor input reindexes data, resulting in increased license use.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.1/Troubleshooting/CommandlinetoolsforusewithSupport
Reference: http://docshare02.docshare.tips/files/4773/47733589.pdf
Question 13

After configuring a universal forwarder to communicate with an indexer, which index can be checked via the Splunk Web UI for a successful connection?
Explanation:
Reference:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Security/Validateyourconfiguration
Question 14

Which of the following are available input methods when adding a file input in Splunk Web? (Choose all that apply.)
Explanation:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Data/Howdoyouwanttoadddata
The fastest way to add data to your Splunk Cloud instance or Splunk Enterprise deployment is to use Splunk Web. After you access the Add Data page, choose one of three options for getting data into your Splunk platform deployment with Splunk Web: (1) Upload, (2) Monitor, (3) Forward The Upload option lets you upload a file or archive of files for indexing. When you choose Upload option, Splunk Web opens the upload process page. Monitor. For Splunk Enterprise installations, the Monitor option lets you monitor one or more files, directories, network streams, scripts, Event Logs (on Windows hosts only), performance metrics, or any other type of machine data that the Splunk Enterprise instance has access to.
Question 15

What is the valid option for a [monitor] stanza in inputs.conf?
Explanation:
Setting: ignoreOlderThan = <time_window> Description: "Causes the input to stop checking files for updates if the file modification time has passed the <time_window> threshold." Default: 0 (disabled) Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Data/Monitorfilesanddirectorieswithinputs.conf
Question 16

Which of the following is a benefit of distributed search?
Explanation:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/DistSearch/Whatisdistributedsearch
Parallel reduce search processing If you struggle with extremely large high-cardinality searches, you might be able to apply parallel reduce processing to them to help them complete faster. You must have a distributed search environment to use parallel reduce search processing.
Question 17

The CLI command splunk add forward-server indexer:<receiving-port> will create stanza(s) in which configuration file?
Explanation:
The CLI command "Splunk add forward-server indexer:<receiving-port>" is used to define the indexer and the listening port on forwards. The command creates this kind of entry "[tcpout-server://<ip address>:<port>]" in the outputs.conf file.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/8.2.2/Forwarder/Configureforwardingwithoutputs.conf
Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/8.0.5/Forwarder/Enableareceiver
Question 18

The Splunk administrator wants to ensure data is distributed evenly amongst the indexers. To do this, he runs the following search over the last 24 hours:
index=*
What field can the administrator check to see the data distribution?
Explanation:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Knowledge/Usedefaultfields splunk_server
The splunk server field contains the name of the Splunk server containing the event. Useful in a distributed Splunk environment. Example: Restrict a search to the main index on a server named remote. splunk_server=remote index=main 404
Question 19

Social Security Numbers (PII) data is found in log events, which is against company policy. SSN format is as follows: 123-44-5678.
Which configuration file and stanza pair will mask possible SSNs in the log events?
Explanation:
because transforms.conf is the right configuration file to state the regex expression.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Admin/Transformsconf
Reference: https://community.splunk.com/t5/Archive/How-to-mask-SSN-into-our-logs-going-into-Splunk/tdp/433035
Question 20

If an update is made to an attribute in inputs.conf on a universal forwarder, on which Splunk component would the fishbucket need to be reset in order to reindex the data?
Explanation:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/what-is-this-fishbucket-thing.html
"Every Splunk instance has a fishbucket index, except the lightest of hand-tuned lightweight forwarders, and if you index a lot of files it can get quite large. As any other index, you can change the retention policy to control the size via indexes.conf" Reference https://community.splunk.com/t5/Archive/How-to-reindex-data-from-a-forwarder/tdp/93310
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