Splunk SPLK-5002 Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 07,2025- Exam Code: SPLK-5002
- Exam Name: Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer
- Certification Provider: Splunk
- Latest update: Apr 07,2025
During an incident, a correlation search generates several notable events related to failed logins. The engineer notices the events are from test accounts.
What should be done to address this?
- A . Disable the correlation search for test accounts.
- B . Apply filtering to exclude test accounts from the search results.
- C . Lower the search threshold for failed logins.
- D . Suppress all notable events temporarily.
What Splunk process ensures that duplicate data is not indexed?
- A . Data deduplication
- B . Metadata tagging
- C . Indexer clustering
- D . Event parsing
How can you incorporate additional context into notable events generated by correlation searches?
- A . By adding enriched fields during search execution
- B . By using the dedup command in SPL
- C . By configuring additional indexers
- D . By optimizing the search head memory
What are key elements of a well-constructed notable event? (Choose three)
- A . Meaningful descriptions
- B . Minimal use of contextual data
- C . Proper categorization
- D . Relevant field extractions
Which actions help to monitor and troubleshoot indexing issues? (Choose three)
- A . Use btool to check configurations.
- B . Monitor queues in the Monitoring Console.
- C . Review internal logs such as splunkd.log.
- D . Enable distributed search in Splunk Web.
Which features are crucial for validating integrations in Splunk SOAR? (Choose three)
- A . Testing API connectivity
- B . Monitoring data ingestion rates
- C . Verifying authentication methods
- D . Evaluating automated action performance
- E . Increasing indexer capacity
How can you ensure efficient detection tuning? (Choose three)
- A . Perform regular reviews of false positives.
- B . Use detailed asset and identity information.
- C . Disable correlation searches for low-priority threats.
- D . Automate threshold adjustments.
What is a key advantage of using SOAR playbooks in Splunk?
- A . Manually running searches across multiple indexes
- B . Automating repetitive security tasks and processes
- C . Improving dashboard visualization capabilities
- D . Enhancing data retention policies
What is the primary purpose of data indexing in Splunk?
- A . To ensure data normalization
- B . To store raw data and enable fast search capabilities
- C . To secure data from unauthorized access
- D . To visualize data using dashboards
What is the role of aggregation policies in correlation searches?
- A . To group related notable events for analysis
- B . To index events from multiple sources
- C . To normalize event fields for dashboards
- D . To automate responses to critical events