SplunkCore Certified Consultant
Domain 9Objective 5
Articulate How Captain Election Works (RAFT) CORE-CERTIFIED-CONSULTANT Practice Questions (Page 4)
Part of the Search Head Clustering domain, which accounts for 10% of the CORE-CERTIFIED-CONSULTANT exam. Splunk does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~5–8 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 30 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 16–20
- 16
A Splunk search head cluster has 5 members. The captain's host experiences a brief network partition for 10 seconds, during which 2 members cannot reach the captain but the other 2 can. After the partition heals, the cluster is still functional. What is the most likely state of the cluster?
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During a RAFT election, what does a candidate send to other search head cluster members to request their votes?
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What is the minimum number of votes a candidate needs to win a RAFT election in a search head cluster with five members?
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A Splunk search head cluster has 5 members. A new member is added to the cluster. The new member's configuration has a lower member ID than the current captain. What is the most likely impact on the cluster's captain?
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What is the first step a search head cluster member takes when it becomes a candidate in a RAFT election?
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