Give Examples of Splunk Best Practices for Composing Efficient Searches. SPLK-5001 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   Which Splunk tool provides detailed information about how a search executed, including the time spent in each phase?

   • AData Model Editor
   • BSearch History
   • CJob Inspector
   • DField Extractor
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2. 7foundation · easy

   Which search is likely to be the slowest?

   • Aindex=web uri=*login*
   • Bindex=web uri=*
   • Cindex=web status=404
   • Dindex=web uri=/login
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4. 8foundation · easy

   What type of information can be found in the Job Inspector?

   • AThe number of events scanned and the time spent in each search phase
   • BThe list of users who ran the same search
   • CThe configuration of the indexers
   • DThe exact content of the indexed events
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5. 9application · medium

   A security operations center runs a search every hour to count the number of malware detections by endpoint. The search takes several minutes to complete each time. What is the best approach to improve the performance of this recurring search?

   • AIncrease the time range to ensure all events are included.
   • BUse the job inspector to analyze the search and then manually optimize it each time.
   • CCreate a scheduled report that runs the search and stores the results in a summary index.
   • DRun the search in verbose mode to get more detailed results.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   What is the primary benefit of narrowing the time range in a Splunk search?

   • AIt automatically excludes all sourcetypes you do not need
   • BIt guarantees the search returns only relevant events
   • CIt increases the accuracy of field extraction
   • DIt reduces the number of events scanned, improving performance
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