Which of the following should be included in the documentation of a data review process?

The names of all users who accessed the data

The hardware specifications of the Splunk servers

Data sources, methodologies, and findings

A Splunk analyst is validating the accuracy of a new data source that ingests authentication logs. The analyst has a known list of valid users from Active Directory. The analyst wants to ensure that the `user` field in the logs only contains valid usernames. Which approach best validates this?

Create a dashboard that shows the top users in the logs.

Use a lookup to compare the `user` field against the list of valid users and identify any events where the user is not found.

Use the `rex` command to extract the `user` field and check for special characters.

Count the number of unique users in the logs and compare it to the number of users in Active Directory.

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Domain 1Objective 1

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Questions 6–10

6foundation · easy
Which Splunk visualization is best suited to show the trend of a metric over time?
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7foundation · easy
Which Splunk search command is commonly used to correlate events from multiple data sources based on common fields?
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8foundation · easy
Which data quality dimension is being assessed when an analyst checks whether all expected fields are populated in the events?
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9foundation · easy
Which of the following should be included in the documentation of a data review process?
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10expert · hard
A Splunk analyst is validating the accuracy of a new data source that ingests authentication logs. The analyst has a known list of valid users from Active Directory. The analyst wants to ensure that the `user` field in the logs only contains valid usernames. Which approach best validates this?
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Questions 6–10

Which Splunk visualization is best suited to show the trend of a metric over time?

Which Splunk search command is commonly used to correlate events from multiple data sources based on common fields?

Which data quality dimension is being assessed when an analyst checks whether all expected fields are populated in the events?

Which of the following should be included in the documentation of a data review process?

A Splunk analyst is validating the accuracy of a new data source that ingests authentication logs. The analyst has a known list of valid users from Active Directory. The analyst wants to ensure that the `user` field in the logs only contains valid usernames. Which approach best validates this?

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