Data Model Acceleration core-certified-advanced-power-user Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   Which component of a tsidx file allows Splunk to quickly locate events within a specific time range?

   • AThe bloom filter
   • BThe field dictionary
   • CThe raw event data
   • DThe time-series index
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2. 17foundation · easy

   Which setting controls how far back in time an accelerated data model will build summaries?

   • AAcceleration window
   • BRetention period
   • CSummary range
   • DBackfill
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4. 18expert · hard

   A Splunk admin is managing an accelerated data model that has a summary range of 30 days. The admin notices that the tsidx files for the data model are consuming a large amount of disk space. The admin wants to reduce the disk footprint without losing the ability to search the last 7 days of data. What should the admin do?

   • ADelete the data model and recreate it with a 7-day summary range.
   • BKeep the 30-day summary range but disable acceleration for the data model.
   • CChange the acceleration setting to 'auto' to reduce the frequency of tsidx file updates.
   • DReduce the summary range to 7 days and run a backfill.
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5. 19expert · hard

   A Splunk admin notices that a tstats search against an accelerated data model is returning results, but the results are missing some events that are present in the raw index. The admin checks the data model's acceleration status and sees that the 'backfill' status is 'in progress'. What is the most likely reason for the missing events?

   • AThe tsidx files are corrupted and need to be rebuilt.
   • BThe backfill process is still building tsidx files for older data, so those events are not yet searchable via tstats.
   • CThe data model's acceleration is set to 'auto', which only summarizes a subset of the data.
   • DThe tstats search is using a time range that excludes the missing events.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   What is a key advantage of using `tstats` with an accelerated data model?

   • AIt returns results much faster because it uses precomputed summaries.
   • BIt automatically creates a report of the search results.
   • CIt can search any field in the data model without performance degradation.
   • DIt searches the raw events directly for more accurate results.
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