SplunkCloud Certified Admin
Domain 4Objective 2
Review Configuration File Precedence CLOUD-CERTIFIED-ADMIN Practice Questions (Page 4)
Part of the Splunk Configuration Files domain, which accounts for 5% of the CLOUD-CERTIFIED-ADMIN exam. Splunk does not publish an official question count, but from its 75-minute exam (~30–50 total, ~2–3 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 19 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 16–19
- 16
Within a single configuration file, if the same stanza appears multiple times, how does Splunk handle the duplicate stanzas?
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An admin is investigating why a custom sourcetype is not parsing correctly. The admin has a custom app with two props.conf files in its local directory: 'props.conf' and 'aaa_props.conf'. Both files define the same sourcetype stanza. 'props.conf' sets SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false, while 'aaa_props.conf' sets SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true. Which value is being used?
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A Splunk Cloud admin has a system-level props.conf that defines a stanza for sourcetype 'my_app' with TRUNCATE = 1000. The admin also has a custom app 'my_app_config' with a props.conf in its default directory that defines the same sourcetype with TRUNCATE = 2000. What is the effective TRUNCATE value?
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An administrator wants to verify the effective value of a specific setting in props.conf after all precedence rules are applied. Which btool command should they use?
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