Use the Timechart Command SPLK-1002 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   How do you set a custom time span in a timechart command to aggregate data per hour?

   • ABy adding `per_hour` as a parameter.
   • BBy using the `bucket` command before timechart.
   • CBy specifying `_time` as a field in the function.
   • DBy adding `span=1h` at the end of the timechart command.
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2. 7application · medium

   A junior analyst is learning Splunk and asks why the timechart command is used instead of simply using the stats command with a time-based bucket. Which response correctly explains the primary purpose of timechart?

   • Atimechart is faster than stats for all queries because it uses a specialized search algorithm.
   • Btimechart automatically creates a time-series visualization with _time on the x-axis, while stats requires additional commands to produce a chart.
   • Ctimechart can only be used with the count function, while stats supports all statistical functions.
   • Dtimechart is the only command that can aggregate data over time; stats cannot perform time-based aggregations.
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4. 8expert · hard

   A support team wants to create a chart showing the number of tickets created per day, split by priority (P1, P2, P3). The data has a field called priority, but some tickets have a null priority. The team wants to exclude null priorities from the chart. Which search achieves this?

   • Aindex=tickets | where isnotnull(priority) | timechart count by priority span=1d
   • Bindex=tickets | timechart count by priority span=1d useother=f
   • Cindex=tickets | timechart count by priority span=1d
   • Dindex=tickets | timechart count by priority span=1d limit=3
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5. 9application · medium

   A SOC manager wants a chart showing the count of alerts per day for the last 7 days, split by severity level (low, medium, high, critical). The severity field has many values, but only these four are of interest. Which search achieves this?

   • Aindex=alerts | timechart count by severity
   • Bindex=alerts | where severity IN ("low","medium","high","critical") | timechart count by severity
   • Cindex=alerts | timechart count by severity useother=f
   • Dindex=alerts | timechart count by severity limit=4
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6. 10application · medium

   A data analyst needs to create a chart showing the count of logins per hour for the last 24 hours. They are considering whether to use chart or timechart. Which statement correctly explains why timechart is the appropriate command?

   • Atimechart is faster than chart for large datasets because it uses a different search pipeline.
   • Btimechart can only be used with the count function, while chart supports all statistical functions.
   • Ctimechart automatically uses _time as the x-axis, while chart requires a manual split-by field.
   • Dtimechart requires a BY clause, while chart does not.
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