SPLK-1003 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Correct Answer: D

The correct answer is D. The timezone of the forwarder will be added to the event as part of indexing.

According to the Splunk documentation1, Splunk software determines the time zone to assign to a timestamp using the following logic in order of precedence:

Use the time zone specified in raw event data (for example, PST, -0800), if present.

Use the TZ attribute set in props.conf, if the event matches the host, source, or source type that the stanza specifies.

If the forwarder and the receiving indexer are version 6.0 or higher, use the time zone that the forwarder provides.

Use the time zone of the host that indexes the event. In this case, the event does not have a time zone specified in the raw data, nor does it have a TZ attribute set in props.conf. Therefore, the next rule applies, which is to use the time zone

that the forwarder provides.A universal forwarder is a lightweight agent that can forward data to a Splunk deployment, and it knows its system time zone and sends that information along with the events to the indexer2.The indexer then

converts the event time to UTC and stores it in the _time field1.

The other options are incorrect because:

A. Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) is not the time zone that Splunk adds to the event as part of indexing, but rather the time zone that Splunk uses to store the event time in the _time field.Splunk software converts the event time to UTC based on the time zone that it determines from the rules above1. B.The timezone of the search head is not relevant for indexing, as the search head is a Splunk component that handles search requests and distributes them to indexers, but it does not process incoming data3.The search head uses the user's timezone setting to determine the time range in UTC that should be searched and to display the timestamp of the results in the user's timezone2. C. The timezone of the indexer that indexed the event is only used as a last resort, if none of the other rules apply.In this case, the forwarder provides the time zone information, so the indexer does not use its own time zone1.

Correct Answer: B

Correct Answer: A

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Admin/Inputsconf

-Scroll down to source = *Default: the input file path

Correct Answer: D

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Admin/Aboutlicenseviolations "Enterprise Trial license. If you get five or more warnings in a rolling 30 days period, you are in violation of your license. Dev/Test license. If you generate five or more warnings in a rolling 30-day period, you are in violation of your license. Developer license. If you generate five or more warnings in a rolling 30-day period, you are in violation of your license. BUT for Free license. If you get three or more warnings in a rolling 30 days period, you are in violation of your license."

Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Admin/Aboutlicenseviolations

Correct Answer: C

Reference:https://github.com/packetiq/SplunkArchitect/blob/master/Install-and-Configure-Splunk-Enterprise-Components.md

The Splunk component that requires a separate installation package is the universal forwarder. The universal forwarder is a lightweight Splunk agent that forwards data to indexers or other forwarders. The universal forwarder has a different installation package than the Splunk Enterprise package, which includes all the other Splunk components. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. References: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin | Splunk, [About installing Splunk Enterprise with a universal forwarder - Splunk Documentation]

Correct Answer: A

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.0.3/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Perf orm_selective_indexing_and_forwarding Specifies a comma-separated list of tcpout group names. Use this setting to selectively forward your data to specific indexers by specifying the tcpout groups that the forwarder should use when forwarding the data. Define the tcpout group names in the outputs.conf file in [tcpout:] stanzas. The groups present in defaultGroup in [tcpout] stanza in the outputs.conf file.

Correct Answer: C

Indexers, search head, deployment server, license master, universal forwarder. This is the combination of Splunk component instances that are needed to handle the volume of data from collecting log files from 50 Linux servers and 200 Windows servers, following the best practices. The roles and functions of these components are: Indexers: These are the Splunk instances that index the data and make it searchable. They also perform some data processing, such as timestamp extraction, line breaking, and field extraction. Multiple indexers can be clustered together to provide high availability, data replication, and load balancing. Search head: This is the Splunk instance that coordinates the search across the indexers and merges the results from them. It also provides the user interface for searching, reporting, and dashboarding. A search head can also be clustered with other search heads to provide high availability, scalability, and load balancing. Deployment server: This is the Splunk instance that manages the configuration and app deployment for the universal forwarders. It allows the administrator to centrally control the inputs.conf, outputs.conf, and other configuration files for the forwarders, as well as distribute apps and updates to them. License master: This is the Splunk instance that manages the licensing for the entire Splunk deployment. It tracks the license usage of all the Splunk instances and enforces the license limits and violations. It also allows the administrator to add, remove, or change licenses. Universal forwarder: These are the lightweight Splunk instances that collect data from various sources and forward it to the indexers or other forwarders. They do not index or parse the data, but only perform minimal processing, such as compression and encryption. They are installed on the Linux and Windows servers that generate the log files.

Correct Answer: B

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincom ingdata#Include_or_exclude_specific_incoming_data

Correct Answer: A

Correct Answer: D