Introducing the exam’s test pattern

The exam contains 56 questions to be answered in 57 minutes. Each question has at most five options. Some of the questions will have more than one answer, under the Select all that apply category. Others are either true or false or single-answer.

The following are sample questions of the different categories with answers.

True or false category

Q. Splunk Enterprise is only able to store and retrieve text-based data.

1. True
2. False

Here, the answer is option A.

Single-answer category

Q. A UF is sending data to index=linux_os, which does not exist on the indexer layer. What happens to the data in this scenario?

1. Since no such index has been configured, the data will be ignored by the indexer
2. The indexer throws an error message to the UF
3. A linux_os index is automatically created since it did not exist before
4. The data gets stored in the lostandfound index

Here, the answer is option A.

Multiple-choice category

Q. A Splunk admin user has, by default, which capabilities? (Select all that apply)

1. Admin can install the UF remotely
2. Admin can create another admin user
3. Admin can create a custom role for a group of non-admin users
4. Admin can restart a Splunk SH instance through the GUI

Here, the answers are options B, C, and D.

Let’s get started with learning about Splunk Enterprise in the following section.