Describe Cloud Topology CLOUD-CERTIFIED-ADMIN Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · medium

   What is a key characteristic of Splunk Cloud's multi-tenant architecture?

   • ACustomers are responsible for patching the Splunk software
   • BEach customer has a dedicated set of indexers and search heads
   • CCustomers share the underlying infrastructure but have isolated data and access
   • DCustomers can customize the operating system of the platform
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2. 7application · medium

   A company needs to send data from a private data center to Splunk Cloud. They want to avoid sending data over the public internet and require a private, dedicated connection. Which network option should they use?

   • AUsing Splunk Cloud's egress API to push data
   • BConfiguring the forwarders to use HTTPS on port 443
   • CA VPN tunnel over the internet using IPsec
   • DAWS Direct Connect or Azure ExpressRoute to establish a private connection to Splunk Cloud
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4. 8application · medium

   A company is planning to use Splunk Cloud for a mission-critical application. They require that if one indexer fails, data is still available and searchable. Which feature of Splunk Cloud provides this redundancy?

   • AForwarder load balancing
   • BSearch head clustering
   • CUsing a single large indexer
   • DIndexer replication across multiple indexers
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5. 9application · medium

   A security team is planning to send Windows event logs from 200 servers to Splunk Cloud. They want to minimize the amount of data sent over the internet and ensure the logs are encrypted in transit. Which component should they deploy in their environment?

   • AAn indexer cluster deployed in their data center that forwards summaries to Splunk Cloud
   • BA universal forwarder that sends raw events directly to Splunk Cloud
   • CA deployment server that manages forwarder configurations and routes data to Splunk Cloud
   • DA heavy forwarder that parses and filters events before sending them to Splunk Cloud
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6. 10expert · hard

   A security team is deploying Splunk Cloud and needs to ensure that data sent from their forwarders is not intercepted. They also need to comply with a policy that requires all data to be encrypted in transit. Which configuration should they use?

   • AUse HTTP with a shared secret for authentication
   • BUse Syslog over TCP with TLS
   • CUse a VPN tunnel from the forwarder to Splunk Cloud
   • DUse SSL/TLS with a valid certificate on the forwarder and configure Splunk Cloud to accept only SSL connections
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