Free Splunk SPLK-1005 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

Exam Code/Number: SPLK-1005
Exam Name/Title: Splunk Cloud Certified Admin
Certification Provider: Splunk
Corresponding Certification: Splunk Cloud Certified Admin

Exam Questions: 102
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026

Question #10

What syntax is required in inputs.conf to ingest data from files or directories?

A. A monitor stanza, sourcetype, and Index is required to ingest data.

B. A monitor stanza and sourcetype is required to ingest data.

C. Only the monitor stanza is required to ingest data.

D. A monitor stanza, sourcetype, index, and host is required to ingest data.

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Question #11

Which of the following is true when using Intermediate Forwarders?

A. All Intermediate Forwarders must be Universal Forwarders.

B. All Intermediate Forwarders must be Heavy Forwarders.

C. Intermediate Forwarders may be a mix of Universal and Heavy Forwarders.

D. Intermediate Forwarders may be Universal Forwarders or Heavy Forwarders, but may not be mixed.

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Correct Answer: B Vote an answer

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Question #12

Where can an administrator download the Splunk Cloud Universal Forwarder credentials package?

A. Splunkbase.

B. Splunk Support.

C. Universal Forwarder app in the Splunk Cloud search head.

D. Cloud Monitoring Console forwarder drop-down.

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Correct Answer: C Vote an answer

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Question #13

A user has been asked to mask some sensitive data without tampering with the structure of the file /var/log/purchases/transactions.log that has the following format:
2020-01-01 00:01:20 User=bob SuperSecretNumber=123456789012
Operation=purchase
2020-01-01 16:15:32 User=alice SuperSecretNumber=123456789012
Operation=purchase
Which of the stanzas below will achieve this?

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Question #14

Which of the following tasks is the responsibility of a Splunk Cloud administrator?

A. Configuring indexers

B. Configuring deployer

C. Configuring cluster master

D. Configuring indexes

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Question #15

In which file can the SH0ULD_LINEMERCE setting be modified?

A. inputs.conf

B. outputs.conf

C. transforms.conf

D. props.conf

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Question #16

Which Splunk Cloud feature commonly supports application-based ingestion using authenticated REST communication methods?

A. HTTP Event Collector securely receives structured application events through authenticated REST requests.

B. License Manager controls daily ingestion quotas and subscription enforcement across enterprise deployments globally.

C. Search Head clustering synchronizes historical indexes between distributed search infrastructure components continuously.

D. Deployment Server distributes configuration bundles and application updates toward managed forwarders automatically.

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Question #17

Which statement best describes the primary purpose of sourcetypes during Splunk event processing operations?

A. Sourcetypes identify event formats and control parsing behavior during ingestion processing automatically.

B. Sourcetypes replace indexes entirely when organizing searchable historical event storage repositories permanently.

C. Sourcetypes permanently determine retention policies and storage allocation for indexed enterprise datasets globally.

D. Sourcetypes authenticate users and assign administrative permissions within distributed search infrastructures securely.

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Question #18

For the following data, what would be the correct attribute/value oair to use to successfully extract the correct timestamp from all the events?

A. DATETIKE CONFIG = Sb %d %H:%M:%S

B. TIMK_FORMAT = %b %d %H:%M:%S %z

C. DATETIME CONFIG = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %2

D. TIME_FORMAT = %b %d %H:%M:%S

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