SPLUNK CERTIFICATION EXAM SCRIPT
FINAL PAPER 2026 SOLVED QUESTION SET
GRADED A+
◉Where would you go to determine whether the built-in search
optimizations are helping your search to complete faster?. Answer:
Job Inspector
◉What is the job of the Search Head?. Answer: *Handle search
requests* using Splunk search language. Enriches data with reports,
dashboards, visualizations.
◉Search heads send searches to.... Answer: Indexers
◉What processes machine data, storing the results in indexes as
events, and enables fast search and analysis?. Answer: The Splunk
*Indexer*.
◉As the Indexer indexes data, it creates a number of files organized
by __________. Answer: age
,(using the imestamps)
◉What do Indexes point to?. Answer: Indexes point to raw
compressed data.
◉Which Splunk component allows a user to extract fields and
transform data without changing the underlying index data?.
Answer: Search Heads
◉Where do forwarders usually reside?. Answer: Forwarders reside
on the machines where the data originates.
◉Which Splunk component supplies data to be indexed?. Answer:
Forwarders
◉What are the three less common Splunk components?. Answer: 1)
Deployment Server
2) Cluster Master
3) License Master
◉What are the Splunk *Basic* Deployment limitations?. Answer: 1)
Indexing less than 20GB per day.
2) Under 20 users.
3) Limited number of forwarders.
, ◉What is the minimum number of search heads required for a
search head cluster?. Answer: Three
◉What is used to *manage and distribute apps* to the members of
the search head cluster?. Answer: A deployer.
◉What are the benefits of a Search Head Cluster?. Answer: 1)
Services more users.
2) Allows users and searches to share resources.
3) Distribute requests across the set of indexers.
◉What are the benefits of a traditional Index Cluster?. Answer: 1)
Replicate data.
2) Prevent data loss.
3) Promote availability.
4) Manage multiple indexers.
◉Which ports are required for Splunk?. Answer: 1) splunkweb, port
8000
2) splunkd, port 8089
3) forwarder, port 9997
FINAL PAPER 2026 SOLVED QUESTION SET
GRADED A+
◉Where would you go to determine whether the built-in search
optimizations are helping your search to complete faster?. Answer:
Job Inspector
◉What is the job of the Search Head?. Answer: *Handle search
requests* using Splunk search language. Enriches data with reports,
dashboards, visualizations.
◉Search heads send searches to.... Answer: Indexers
◉What processes machine data, storing the results in indexes as
events, and enables fast search and analysis?. Answer: The Splunk
*Indexer*.
◉As the Indexer indexes data, it creates a number of files organized
by __________. Answer: age
,(using the imestamps)
◉What do Indexes point to?. Answer: Indexes point to raw
compressed data.
◉Which Splunk component allows a user to extract fields and
transform data without changing the underlying index data?.
Answer: Search Heads
◉Where do forwarders usually reside?. Answer: Forwarders reside
on the machines where the data originates.
◉Which Splunk component supplies data to be indexed?. Answer:
Forwarders
◉What are the three less common Splunk components?. Answer: 1)
Deployment Server
2) Cluster Master
3) License Master
◉What are the Splunk *Basic* Deployment limitations?. Answer: 1)
Indexing less than 20GB per day.
2) Under 20 users.
3) Limited number of forwarders.
, ◉What is the minimum number of search heads required for a
search head cluster?. Answer: Three
◉What is used to *manage and distribute apps* to the members of
the search head cluster?. Answer: A deployer.
◉What are the benefits of a Search Head Cluster?. Answer: 1)
Services more users.
2) Allows users and searches to share resources.
3) Distribute requests across the set of indexers.
◉What are the benefits of a traditional Index Cluster?. Answer: 1)
Replicate data.
2) Prevent data loss.
3) Promote availability.
4) Manage multiple indexers.
◉Which ports are required for Splunk?. Answer: 1) splunkweb, port
8000
2) splunkd, port 8089
3) forwarder, port 9997
