SplunkCloud Certified Admin
Domain 4Objective 1
Review Splunk Configuration Files and Directories 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 23 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 16–20
- 16
An admin is troubleshooting why a search-time field extraction is not working for a specific sourcetype. The admin suspects that a setting in props.conf is being overridden by a higher-precedence configuration. Which btool command should the admin run to see the effective props.conf settings for that sourcetype?
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An admin has a configuration setting defined in multiple places: etc/system/local/inputs.conf, etc/apps/app1/local/inputs.conf, and etc/apps/app1/default/inputs.conf. The admin wants to know which value will be used for a specific input. Which btool command will show the effective value and the source file for that setting?
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An admin is troubleshooting why a specific index-time transformation is not being applied to events from a particular sourcetype. The admin has verified that the transforms.conf entry exists in the app's local directory. Which btool command should the admin run to see the effective, merged configuration for that transforms stanza?
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A Splunk admin is investigating a configuration issue where a setting in an app's default directory is not being applied. The admin has verified that the app is enabled and installed. Which directory should the admin check next to see if a higher-precedence override exists?
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Which directory in Splunk is used to store user-specific configuration overrides that apply only to a particular user?
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