Splunk SPLK-3003 Core Certified
Consultant 2024/2025 Exam Questions
and Correct Answers | New Update
How does Monitoring Console (MC) initially identify the server role(s) of a
new Splunk Instance?
A. The MC uses a REST endpoint to query the server.
B. Roles are manually assigned within the MC.
C. Roles are read from distsearch.conf.
D. The MC assigns all possible roles by default. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A (Core
slides pg. 67, initially guesses using REST, then looks at distsearch.conf)
[not on exam]
The universal forwarder (UF) should be used whenever possible, as it is
smaller and more efficient. In which of the following scenarios would a
heavy forwarder (HF) be a more appropriate choice?
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,A. When a predictable version of Python is required.
B. When filtering 10%-15% of incoming events.
C. When monitoring a log file.
D. When running a script. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A ( Use the universal forwarder
whenever possible, it is smaller and more efficient. Only use a heavy
forwarder when: • The UI is needed • Advanced event-level routing is
needed • You are filtering more than 80% of incoming events •
Anonymizing or masking data before forwarding to indexer • Predictable
version of Python is needed • Required by an app/modular input (HEC,
DBX, Checkpoint OPSEC LEA)
When monitoring and forwarding events collected from a file containing
unstructured textual events, what is the difference in the Splunk2Splunk
payload traffic sent between a universal forwarder (UF) and indexer
compared to the Splunk2Splunk payload sent between a heavy forwarder
(HF) and the indexer layer? (Assume that the file is being monitored locally
on the forwarder.)
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,A. The payload format sent from the UF versus the HF is exactly the same.
The payload size is identical because they're both sending 64K chunks.
B. The UF sends a stream of data containing one set of medata fields to
represent the entire stream, whereas the HF sends individual events, each
with their own metadata fields attached, resulting in a larger payload.
C. The UF will generally send the payload in the same format, but only
when the sourcetype is specified in the inputs.conf and
EVENT_BREAKER_ENABLE is set to true.
D. The HF sends a stream - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B (HF adds data / parsing
resulting in larger payload)
A non-ES customer has a concern about data availability during a disaster
recovery event. Which of the following Splunk Validated Architectures
(SVAs) would be recommended for that use case?
A. Topology Category Code: M4
B. Topology Category Code: M14
C. Topology Category Code: C13
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, D. Topology Category Code: C3 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A (non ES deployment,
ES environment +10)
[not on exam]
Which event processing pipeline contains the regex replacement processor
that would be called upon to run event masking routines on events as they
are ingested?
A. Merging pipeline
B. Indexing pipeline
C. Typing pipeline
D. Parsing pipeline - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C
(https://wiki.splunk.com/Community:HowIndexingWorks)
Which statement is correct?
A. In general, search commands that can be distributed to the search peers
should occur as early as possible in a well-tuned search.
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Consultant 2024/2025 Exam Questions
and Correct Answers | New Update
How does Monitoring Console (MC) initially identify the server role(s) of a
new Splunk Instance?
A. The MC uses a REST endpoint to query the server.
B. Roles are manually assigned within the MC.
C. Roles are read from distsearch.conf.
D. The MC assigns all possible roles by default. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A (Core
slides pg. 67, initially guesses using REST, then looks at distsearch.conf)
[not on exam]
The universal forwarder (UF) should be used whenever possible, as it is
smaller and more efficient. In which of the following scenarios would a
heavy forwarder (HF) be a more appropriate choice?
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,A. When a predictable version of Python is required.
B. When filtering 10%-15% of incoming events.
C. When monitoring a log file.
D. When running a script. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A ( Use the universal forwarder
whenever possible, it is smaller and more efficient. Only use a heavy
forwarder when: • The UI is needed • Advanced event-level routing is
needed • You are filtering more than 80% of incoming events •
Anonymizing or masking data before forwarding to indexer • Predictable
version of Python is needed • Required by an app/modular input (HEC,
DBX, Checkpoint OPSEC LEA)
When monitoring and forwarding events collected from a file containing
unstructured textual events, what is the difference in the Splunk2Splunk
payload traffic sent between a universal forwarder (UF) and indexer
compared to the Splunk2Splunk payload sent between a heavy forwarder
(HF) and the indexer layer? (Assume that the file is being monitored locally
on the forwarder.)
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,A. The payload format sent from the UF versus the HF is exactly the same.
The payload size is identical because they're both sending 64K chunks.
B. The UF sends a stream of data containing one set of medata fields to
represent the entire stream, whereas the HF sends individual events, each
with their own metadata fields attached, resulting in a larger payload.
C. The UF will generally send the payload in the same format, but only
when the sourcetype is specified in the inputs.conf and
EVENT_BREAKER_ENABLE is set to true.
D. The HF sends a stream - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B (HF adds data / parsing
resulting in larger payload)
A non-ES customer has a concern about data availability during a disaster
recovery event. Which of the following Splunk Validated Architectures
(SVAs) would be recommended for that use case?
A. Topology Category Code: M4
B. Topology Category Code: M14
C. Topology Category Code: C13
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, D. Topology Category Code: C3 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A (non ES deployment,
ES environment +10)
[not on exam]
Which event processing pipeline contains the regex replacement processor
that would be called upon to run event masking routines on events as they
are ingested?
A. Merging pipeline
B. Indexing pipeline
C. Typing pipeline
D. Parsing pipeline - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C
(https://wiki.splunk.com/Community:HowIndexingWorks)
Which statement is correct?
A. In general, search commands that can be distributed to the search peers
should occur as early as possible in a well-tuned search.
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