Splunk SPLK-3003 Exam Practice Test Instant Access

Question 1

When monitoring and forwarding events collected from a file containing unstructured textual events, what is the difference in the Splunk2Splunk payload traffic sent between a universal forwarder (UF) and indexer compared to the Splunk2Splunk payload sent between a heavy forwarder (HF) and the indexer layer? (Assume that the file is being monitored locally on the forwarder.)

AThe payload format sent from the UF versus the HF is exactly the same. The payload size is identical because they're both sending 64K chunks.

BThe UF sends a stream of data containing one set of medata fields to represent the entire stream, whereas
the HF sends individual events, each with their own metadata fields attached, resulting in a lager payload.

CThe UF will generally send the payload in the same format, but only when the sourcetype is specified in the inputs.conf and EVENT_BREAKER_ENABLE is set to true.

DThe HF sends a stream of 64K TCP chunks with one set of metadata fields attached to represent the entire stream, whereas the UF sends individual events, each with their own metadata fields attached.

Answer : B

Question 2

The universal forwarder (UF) should be used whenever possible, as it is smaller and more efficient. In which of the following scenarios would a heavy forwarder (HF) be a more appropriate choice?

AWhen a predictable version of Python is required.

BWhen filtering 10%--15% of incoming events.

CWhen monitoring a log file.

DWhen running a script.

Answer : B

Question 3

A non-ES customer has a concern about data availability during a disaster recovery event. Which of the following Splunk Validated Architectures (SVAs) would be recommended for that use case?

ATopology Category Code: M4

BTopology Category Code: M14

CTopology Category Code: C13

DTopology Category Code: C3

Answer : B

Question 4

Which statement is correct?

AIn general, search commands that can be distributed to the search peers should occur as early as possible in a well-tuned search.

BAs a streaming command, streamstats performs better than stats since stats is just a reporting command.

CWhen trying to reduce a search result to unique elements, the dedup command is the only way to achieve this.

DFormatting commands such as fieldformat should occur as early as possible in the search to take full advantage of the often larger number of search peers.

Answer : D

Question 5

Which event processing pipeline contains the regex replacement processor that would be called upon to run event masking routines on events as they are ingested?

AMerging pipeline

BIndexing pipeline

CTyping pipeline

DParsing pipeline

Answer : A

Question 6

What happens to the indexer cluster when the indexer Cluster Master (CM) runs out of disk space?

AA warm standby CM needs to be brought online as soon as possible before an indexer has an outage.

BThe indexer cluster will continue to operate as long as no indexers fail.

CIf the indexer cluster has site failover configured in the CM, the second cluster master will take over.

DThe indexer cluster will continue to operate as long as a replacement CM is deployed within 24 hours.

Answer : C

Question 7

In addition to the normal responsibilities of a search head cluster captain, which of the following is a default behavior?

AThe captain is not a cluster member and does not perform normal search activities.

BThe captain is a cluster member who performs normal search activities.

CThe captain is not a cluster member but does perform normal search activities.

DThe captain is a cluster member but does not perform normal search activities.

Answer : B

Splunk SPLK-3003 Splunk Core Certified Consultant Exam Practice Test