A user needs to search for events that occurred between January 1, 2024, and January 15, 2024. Which method should they use to set this specific time range?

Use the 'Custom' option in the time range picker

A user ran a search earlier in the day and wants to run it again with a different time range. They cannot remember the exact search string. What is the quickest way to retrieve the previous search?

Use the 'History' link to see a list of recent searches

Reconstruct the search from memory

Check the 'Saved' searches list

A user runs the search `index=web status=404` and gets 50 results. They want to see the actual content of each event to understand why the 404 errors occurred. What should they do?

Run the search again with the 'raw' command

Click on the event to expand it and view the raw event text

Use the 'Table' view to see all fields

Switch to Verbose mode to see more fields

What is the primary purpose of saving a search in Splunk?

To make the search available for reuse in the future

To automatically run the search every minute

To permanently delete the search from history

To share the search with all users in the organization

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Domain 2Objective 1

Run Basic Searches SPLK-1001 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Basic Searching domain, which accounts for 22% of the SPLK-1001 exam. Splunk does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~6–9 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 17 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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22%of the exam

Questions 6–10

6foundation · easy
A user wants to search for events from the last 24 hours. Which time range preset should they select in the time range picker?
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7foundation · easy
A user needs to search for events that occurred between January 1, 2024, and January 15, 2024. Which method should they use to set this specific time range?
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8application · easy
A user ran a search earlier in the day and wants to run it again with a different time range. They cannot remember the exact search string. What is the quickest way to retrieve the previous search?
Select an answer first
9application · easy
A user runs the search `index=web status=404` and gets 50 results. They want to see the actual content of each event to understand why the 404 errors occurred. What should they do?
Select an answer first
10foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of saving a search in Splunk?
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