1 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
Splunk Fundamentals and Power User
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Which search will return the same events as the search in the searchbar?
password failed
✓✓ password AND failed
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What is the most efficient way to filter events in Splunk?
Exampromax - Stuvia US
✓✓ By time.
Which is not a comparison operator in Splunk?
✓✓ ?=
How is the asterisk used in Splunk search?
✓✓ As a wildcard
As general practice, inclusion is better than exclusion in a Splunk search.
✓✓ True
Field names are _________.
✓✓ case sensitive
What command would you use to remove the status field from the returned
events?
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ fields -
Finish the rename command to change the name of the status field to
HTTP Status.
sourcetype=access* status=404 | rename ______
✓✓ status as "HTTP Status"
Would the clientip column be removed in the results of this search? Why or
why not?
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Exampromax - Stuvia US
sourcetype=access* | rename clientip as "user" | table user status | fields -
clientip
✓✓ No, because the name was changed.
What is missing from this search?
sourcetype=acc* status=404 | rename clientip as "User ID" | table USer ID
status host
✓✓ Quotation marks around User ID
Which command removes results with duplicate field values?
✓✓ Dedup
To display the most common values in a specific field, what command
would you use?
sourcetype=vendor_sales | ______ Vendor
, 3 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ top
How many events are shown by default when using the top or rare
command?
✓✓ 10
Finish this search to return unlimited results.
sourcetype=access_combined action=purchase | rare product_name
_________
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✓✓ limit=0
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Which of these is NOT a stats function?
✓✓ addtotals
Which clause would you use to rename the count field?
sourcetype=vendor_sales | stats count(linecount) ______ "Units Sold"
✓✓ as
Which stats function would you use to find the average value of a field?
✓✓ avg
If a search returns this, you can view the results as a chart.
✓✓ Statistical values
When using the chart command, the x-axis should always be numeric.
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✓✓ False
The timechart command clusters data in time intervals dependent on:
✓✓ Time range selected
Finish this search to remove any results that do not contain a value in the
product_name field.
sourcetype=access_c* status>299 | chart count over host by product_name
_______
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✓✓ usenull=f
Exampromax - Stuvia US
When using the search below, what axis would time be on?
sourcetype=vendor_sales | timechart count(linecount)
✓✓ x
The Trendline Command requires this many arguments:
✓✓ 3
In the following search, what should the empty argument contain?
sourcetype=linux_secure | iplocation ______
✓✓ An IP address.
The Geostats Command requires both latitude and longitude data to use on
a map.
Splunk Fundamentals and Power User
Certification Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers (100% Correct Answers) /Already
Graded A+
Which search will return the same events as the search in the searchbar?
password failed
✓✓ password AND failed
©, 2025 All rights reserved®
What is the most efficient way to filter events in Splunk?
Exampromax - Stuvia US
✓✓ By time.
Which is not a comparison operator in Splunk?
✓✓ ?=
How is the asterisk used in Splunk search?
✓✓ As a wildcard
As general practice, inclusion is better than exclusion in a Splunk search.
✓✓ True
Field names are _________.
✓✓ case sensitive
What command would you use to remove the status field from the returned
events?
, 2 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ fields -
Finish the rename command to change the name of the status field to
HTTP Status.
sourcetype=access* status=404 | rename ______
✓✓ status as "HTTP Status"
Would the clientip column be removed in the results of this search? Why or
why not?
©, 2025 All rights reserved®
Exampromax - Stuvia US
sourcetype=access* | rename clientip as "user" | table user status | fields -
clientip
✓✓ No, because the name was changed.
What is missing from this search?
sourcetype=acc* status=404 | rename clientip as "User ID" | table USer ID
status host
✓✓ Quotation marks around User ID
Which command removes results with duplicate field values?
✓✓ Dedup
To display the most common values in a specific field, what command
would you use?
sourcetype=vendor_sales | ______ Vendor
, 3 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ top
How many events are shown by default when using the top or rare
command?
✓✓ 10
Finish this search to return unlimited results.
sourcetype=access_combined action=purchase | rare product_name
_________
©, 2025 All rights reserved®
✓✓ limit=0
Exampromax - Stuvia US
Which of these is NOT a stats function?
✓✓ addtotals
Which clause would you use to rename the count field?
sourcetype=vendor_sales | stats count(linecount) ______ "Units Sold"
✓✓ as
Which stats function would you use to find the average value of a field?
✓✓ avg
If a search returns this, you can view the results as a chart.
✓✓ Statistical values
When using the chart command, the x-axis should always be numeric.
, 4 Exampromax - Stuvia US 2025/2026
✓✓ False
The timechart command clusters data in time intervals dependent on:
✓✓ Time range selected
Finish this search to remove any results that do not contain a value in the
product_name field.
sourcetype=access_c* status>299 | chart count over host by product_name
_______
©, 2025 All rights reserved®
✓✓ usenull=f
Exampromax - Stuvia US
When using the search below, what axis would time be on?
sourcetype=vendor_sales | timechart count(linecount)
✓✓ x
The Trendline Command requires this many arguments:
✓✓ 3
In the following search, what should the empty argument contain?
sourcetype=linux_secure | iplocation ______
✓✓ An IP address.
The Geostats Command requires both latitude and longitude data to use on
a map.
