Splunk Fundamentals 1

Machine data is only generated by web servers. - answer-False Search requests are processed by the ___________. - answer-Indexers Search strings are sent from the _________. - answer-Search Head In most Splunk deployments, ________ serve as the primary way data is supplied for indexing. - answer-Forwarders Which of these is *not* a main component of Splunk? A) Search and investigate. B) Compress and archive. C) Add knowledge. D) Collect and index data. - answer-B) Compress and archive What are the three main processing components of Splunk? *(Select all that apply.)* A) Indexers B) Deployment Maker C) Search Heads D) Forwarders E) Distributors - answer-A) Indexers C) Search Heads D) Forwarders _________ define what users can do in Splunk. A) Tokens B) Disk permissions C) Roles - answer-C) Roles This role will only see their own knowledge objects and those that have been shared with them. A) User B) Power C) Admin - answer-A) User T/F: You can launch and manage apps from the home app. - answer-True What are the three main default roles in Splunk Enterprise? *(Select all that apply.)* A) King B) User C) Manager D) Admin E) Power - answer-B) User D) Admin E) Power Which apps ship with Splunk Enterprise? *(Select all that apply.)* A) Home App B) Sideview Utils C) Search & Reporting D) DB Connect - answer-A) Home App C) Search & Reporting The default username and password for a newly installed Splunk instance is: A) username and password B) admin and changeme C) admin and 12345 D) buttercup and rawks - answer-B) admin and changeme Files indexed using the *upload* input option get indexed _____. A) Each time Splunk restarts. B) Every hour. C) On every search. D) Once. - answer-D) Once. T/F: The monitor input option will allow you to continuously monitor files. - answer-True Splunk knows where to break the event, where the time stamp is located and how to automatically create field value pairs using these. A) Line breaks B) Source types C) File names - answer-B) Source types Splunk uses ______________ to categorize the type of data being indexed. - answer-sourcetype In most production environments, _____________ will be used as your the source of data input. - answer-Forwarders How is the *asterisk* used in Splunk search? A) As a wildcard. B) To make a nose for your clown emoticon. C) As a place holder. D) To add up numbers. - answer-A) As a wildcard. Which following search mode toggles behavior based on the type of search being run? A) Smart B) Fast C) Verbose - answer-A) Smart T/F: When zooming in on the event time line, a new search is run. - answer-False T/F: These searches will return the same results... failed password failed AND password - answer-True A search job will remain active for _____ minutes after it is run. A) 5 B) 10 C) 30 D) 60 E) 90 - answer-B) 10 What attributes describe the field below? a dest 4 (Select all that apply.) A) It contains 4 values. B) It contains numerical values. C) It cannot be used in a search. D) It contains string values. - answer-A) It contains 4 values. D) It contains string values. T/F: Wildcards cannot be used with field searches. - answer-False T/F: Field values are case sensitive. - answer-False Which is not a comparison operator in Splunk? (Select your answer.) A) B) ?= C) = D) != E) = - answer-?= Field names are ________. *(Select all that apply.)* A) Always capitalized. B) Not important in Splunk. C) Case sensitive. D) Case insensitive. - answer-C) Case sensitive This symbol is used in the "Advanced" section of the time range picker to round down to nearest unit of specified time. (Select your answer.) A) % B) ^ C) @ D) & E) * - answer-C) @ T/F: Time to search can only be set by the time range picker. - answer-False What is the most efficient way to filter events in Splunk? A) By time. B) Using booleans. C) With an asterisk. - answer-A) By time. T/F: As a general practice, exclusion is better than inclusion in a Splunk search. - answer-False Having separate indexes allows: *(Select all that apply.)* A) Faster Searches.