Plan Deployment SPLK-2002 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   Which component is typically included in a Splunk deployment plan?

   • AA description of the data sources and expected data volumes
   • BA list of all Splunk users and their passwords
   • CA detailed diagram of the network topology
   • DA step-by-step guide for troubleshooting Splunk errors
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2. 17expert · hard

   A financial services company is planning a Splunk deployment. They have a requirement to retain data for 7 years for regulatory compliance. They also have a requirement to provide sub-second search performance for recent data. The team has a limited budget and cannot afford to store all 7 years of data on high-performance storage. Which deployment plan component is most critical to address this challenge?

   • AA data tiering strategy that uses fast storage for recent data and slower, cheaper storage for older data.
   • BA comprehensive security plan that includes encryption and access controls.
   • CA detailed user training program to ensure users can search effectively.
   • DA plan to reduce the data retention period to 1 year to save costs.
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4. 18application · medium

   A team is in the middle of a Splunk deployment and has encountered an unexpected issue: the indexers are running out of disk space faster than anticipated. According to the deployment process, what should the team do to address this issue?

   • AStop the deployment and restart from the beginning with a new plan.
   • BRevisit the capacity planning and sizing estimates and adjust the deployment plan to account for the actual data volume.
   • CReduce the data retention period to free up space and continue with the current plan.
   • DImmediately purchase additional disk space and add it to the indexers without changing the plan.
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5. 19expert · hard

   A global company is planning a Splunk Enterprise deployment. They have offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. The security team requires that data from each region be searchable locally for performance, but the compliance team requires that all data be centrally accessible for auditing. The company has a limited budget and wants to minimize the number of indexers. Which deployment architecture best meets these competing requirements?

   • AA single distributed deployment with indexers in each region and a central search head cluster that searches all indexers.
   • BA single cluster of indexers located in one central data center, with all forwarders sending data there.
   • CSeparate Splunk deployments for each region, with no central access.
   • DA single indexer cluster in the US with a search head in each region that connects to the central cluster.
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6. 20expert · medium

   A company is deploying Splunk Enterprise and has completed the production rollout. The team is now in the operations phase. A new data source has been identified that needs to be ingested. According to the deployment process, what should the team do?

   • ARestart the entire deployment process from the beginning to incorporate the new data source.
   • BAdd the new data source to the existing deployment by configuring a forwarder and validating the data flow.
   • CIgnore the new data source until the next major version upgrade.
   • DCreate a separate, isolated Splunk deployment for the new data source.
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