Splunk SPLK-3003 Exam Questions Instant Access

Question 1

Which statement is correct?

AIn general, search commands that can be distributed to the search peers should occur as early as possible in a well-tuned search.

BAs a streaming command, streamstats performs better than stats since stats is just a reporting command.

CWhen trying to reduce a search result to unique elements, the dedup command is the only way to achieve this.

DFormatting commands such as fieldformat should occur as early as possible in the search to take full advantage of the often larger number of search peers.

Answer : D

Question 2

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?

ATopology Category Code: M4

BTopology Category Code: M14

CTopology Category Code: C13

DTopology Category Code: C3

Answer : B

Question 3

What happens to the indexer cluster when the indexer Cluster Master (CM) runs out of disk space?

AA warm standby CM needs to be brought online as soon as possible before an indexer has an outage.

BThe indexer cluster will continue to operate as long as no indexers fail.

CIf the indexer cluster has site failover configured in the CM, the second cluster master will take over.

DThe indexer cluster will continue to operate as long as a replacement CM is deployed within 24 hours.

Answer : C

Question 4

A customer has written the following search:

How can the search be rewritten to maximize efficiency?

AOption A

BOption B

COption C

DOption D

Answer : C

Question 5

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?

AMerging pipeline

BIndexing pipeline

CTyping pipeline

DParsing pipeline

Answer : A

Question 6

The customer wants to migrate their current Splunk Index cluster to new hardware to improve indexing and search performance. What is the correct process and procedure for this task?

A1. Install new indexers.
2. Configure indexers into the cluster as peers; ensure they receive the same configuration via the deployment server.
3. Decommission old peers one at a time.
4. Remove old peers from the CM's list.
5. Update forwarders to forward to the new peers.

B1. Install new indexers.
2. Configure indexers into the cluster as peers; ensure they receive the cluster bundle and the same configuration as original peers.
3. Decommission old peers one at a time.
4. Remove old peers from the CM's list.
5. Update forwarders to forward to the new peers.

C1. Install new indexers.
2. Configure indexers into the cluster as peers; ensure they receive the same configuration via the deployment server.
3. Update forwarders to forward to the new peers.
4. Decommission old peers on at a time.
5. Restart the cluster master (CM).

D1. Install new indexers.
2. Configure indexers into the cluster as peers; ensure they receive the cluster bundle and the same configuration as original peers.
3. Update forwarders to forward to the new peers.
4. Decommission old peers one at a time.
5. Remove old peers from the CM's list.

Answer : C

Question 7

In addition to the normal responsibilities of a search head cluster captain, which of the following is a default behavior?

AThe captain is not a cluster member and does not perform normal search activities.

BThe captain is a cluster member who performs normal search activities.

CThe captain is not a cluster member but does perform normal search activities.

DThe captain is a cluster member but does not perform normal search activities.

Answer : B

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