Give Examples of Splunk Best Practices for Composing Efficient Searches. SPLK-5001 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which factor has the most direct impact on the amount of data a Splunk search must scan?

   • AThe time range and the indexes included in the search
   • BThe output format of the search results
   • CThe number of users running searches concurrently
   • DThe number of fields extracted by the search
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2. 22foundation · easy

   Which search characteristic typically increases the computational cost of a search?

   • AAdding multiple transforming commands
   • BUsing a narrow time range
   • CUsing field-value pairs early in the search
   • DRestricting the search to a single index
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4. 23foundation · easy

   An analyst wants to search only Windows Event Logs for security events. Which filter should be included in the search?

   • Asourcetype=WinEventLog:Security
   • Beventtype=windows_security
   • Cindex=main
   • D| table EventCode
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5. 24application · medium

   A search that an analyst runs is taking too long to complete. The analyst wants to identify the specific part of the search that is causing the bottleneck. What should the analyst do first?

   • AIncrease the time range to see if that helps.
   • BRewrite the search using different commands.
   • COpen the Job Inspector for the search to review the performance statistics.
   • DRun the search in fast mode to see if it completes faster.
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6. 25foundation · easy

   When should verbose mode be used in a Splunk search?

   • AWhen you are using the tstats command
   • BWhen you want to speed up a statistical search
   • CWhen you only need a count of events
   • DWhen you need to see all fields and raw events in the results
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