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Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Questions 76–80 (page: 17)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

What is the valid option for a [monitor] stanza in inputs.conf?

  1. enabled
  2. datasource
  3. server_name
  4. ignoreOlderThan

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Setting: ignoreOlderThan = <time_window> Description: "Causes the input to stop checking files for updates if the file modification time has passed the <time_window> threshold." Default: 0 (disabled)


Reference:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Data/ Monitorfilesanddirectorieswithinputs.conf



Which of the following is a benefit of distributed search?

  1. Peers run search in sequence.
  2. Peers run search in parallel.
  3. Resilience from indexer failure.
  4. Resilience from search head failure.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/DistSearch/Whatisdistributedsearch Parallel reduce search processing If you struggle with extremely large high-cardinality searches, you might be able to apply parallel reduce processing to them to help them complete faster. You must have a distributed search environment to use parallel reduce search processing.



The CLI command splunk add forward-server indexer:<receiving-port> will create stanza(s) in which configuration file?

  1. inputs.conf
  2. indexes.conf
  3. outputs.conf
  4. servers.conf

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The CLI command "Splunk add forward-server indexer:<receiving-port>" is used to define the indexer and the listening port on forwards. The command creates this kind of entry "[tcpout-server://<ip address>:<port>]" in the outputs.conf file.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/8.2.2/Forwarder/Configureforwardingwithoutp uts.conf


Reference:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/8.0.5/Forwarder/Enableareceiver



The Splunk administrator wants to ensure data is distributed evenly amongst the indexers. To do this, he runs the following search over the last 24 hours:
index=*

What field can the administrator check to see the data distribution?

  1. host
  2. index
  3. linecount
  4. splunk_server

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Knowledge/Usedefaultfields splunk_server The splunk server field contains the name of the Splunk server containing the event. Useful in a distributed Splunk environment. Example: Restrict a search to the main index on a server named remote. splunk_server=remote index=main 404



Social Security Numbers (PII) data is found in log events, which is against company policy. SSN format is as follows: 123-44-5678.
Which configuration file and stanza pair will mask possible SSNs in the log events?

  1. props.conf
    [mask-SSN]
    REX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
    FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
    KEY = _raw
  2. props.conf
    [mask-SSN]

    REGEX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
    FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
    DEST_KEY = _raw
  3. transforms.conf
    [mask-SSN]
    REX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
    FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
    DEST_KEY = _raw
  4. transforms.conf
    [mask-SSN]
    REGEX = (?ms)^(.)\<[SSN>\d{3}-?\d{2}-?(\d{4}.*)$"
    FORMAT = $1<SSN>###-##-$2
    DEST_KEY = _raw

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

because transforms.conf is the right configuration file to state the regex expression. https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Admin/Transformsconf


Reference:

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Archive/How-to-mask-SSN-into-our-logs-going-into- Splunk/tdp/
433035



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