SPLK-1002 Practice Test

Explanation:
In Splunk, thetransactioncommand is used to group events that share common characteristics into a single transaction1.By default, thetransactioncommand groups all matching events into a single transaction1.
However, you can use themaxspanoption to limit the time span of the transactions1.If the time span between the first and last event in a transaction exceeds themaxspanvalue, thetransactioncommand will start a new transaction1.
Therefore, if themaxspanoption is not included in the search, thetransactioncommand might produce multiple transactions instead of one if the time span between the first and last event in a transaction exceeds the defaultmaxspanvalue1.
Here is an example of how you can use themaxspanoption in a search:
index=main sourcetype=access_combined | transaction someuniqefield maxspan=1h
In this search, thetransactioncommand groups events that share the samesomeuniqefieldvalue into a single transaction, but only if the time span between the first and last event in the transaction does not exceed 1 hour1.If the time span exceeds 1 hour, thetransactioncommand will start a new transaction1.

Explanation: The timechart command in Splunk requires the _time field to be present in the dataset because it uses time as the primary axis for charting data. The _time field represents the time of events and is essential for commands that generate visualizations based on time, such as timechart. This command groups the events into time intervals and performs statistical functions on those time intervals. Without the _time field, the timechart command will not function properly.

Explanation:
The correct answer is B. eventtype=web_errors.
An event type is a way to categorize events based on a search. An event type assigns a label to events that match a specific search criteria.Event types can be used to filter and group events, create alerts, or generate reports1.
To search for events that have a specific event type, you need to use the eventtype field with the name of the event type as the value. The syntax for this is:
eventtype=
For example, if you want to search for events that have the event type web_errors, you can use the following syntax:
eventtype=web_errors
This will return only the events that match the search criteria defined by the web_errors event type.
The other options are not correct because they use different syntax or fields that are not related to event types. These options are:
A. tag=web_errors: This option uses the tag field, which is a way to add descriptive keywords to events based on field values. Tags are different from event types, although they can be used together.Tags can be used to filter and group events by common characteristics2.
C. eventtype “web errors”: This option uses quotation marks around the event type name, which is not valid syntax for the eventtype field.Quotation marks are used to enclose phrases or exact matches in a search3.
D. eventtype (web_errors): This option uses parentheses around the event type name, which is also not valid syntax for the eventtype field.Parentheses are used to group expressions or terms in a search3.

Explanation:
The correct answer isA. Field alias123.
In Splunk, a field alias is a knowledge object that you can use to assign an alternate name to a field3.This can be particularly useful when you want to normalize your data to comply with the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM)12.
The CIM provides a methodology for normalizing values to a common field name1.It acts as a search-time schema to define relationships in the event data while leaving the raw machine data intact2.By using field aliases, you can map vendor fields to common fields that are the same for each data source in a given domain4.This allows you to correlate events from different source types by normalizing these different occurrences to a common structure and naming convention1.

Explanation:
The explanation is as follows:
Thetransactioncommand is used to find transactions based on events that meet various constraints12.
Transactions are made up of the raw text (the _raw field) of each member, the time and date fields of the earliest member, as well as the union of all other fields of each member1.
Thestartswithoption is used to define the first event in a transaction by specifying a search term or an expression that matches the event13.
For example,| transaction clientip JSESSIONID startswith="view"will create transactions based on theclientipandJSESSIONIDfields, and the first event in each transaction will contain the term “view” in the _raw field2.