SPLK-4001 Exam Questions
64 real SPLK-4001 exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 1 of 2.
- Question #1Observability Cloud Introduction
Which of the following are true about organization metrics? (select all that apply)
organization metricsMTS limitssystem usagefree metrics - Question #2Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Which of the following aggregate analytic functions will allow a user to see the highest or lowest n values of a metric?
aggregate analyticsTop/Bottom functionchart analytics - Question #3Metrics Alerts and Detectors
Which of the following are ways to reduce flapping of a detector? (select all that apply)
detector flappingalert durationsmoothing transformationreset threshold - Question #4Metrics Troubleshooting and Best Practices
A customer is experiencing an issue where their detector is not sending email notifications but is generating alerts within the Splunk Observability UI. Which of the below is the r...
muting rulesalert notificationsdetector troubleshooting - Question #5Metrics Charts and Dashboards
To smooth a very spiky cpu.utilization metric, what is the correct analytic function to better see if the cpu. utilization for servers is trending up over time?
data smoothingMean transformationrolling averageCPU utilization - Question #6Metrics Data Collection
What happens when the limit of allowed dimensions is exceeded for an MTS?
MTS dimensionsdimension limitsdatapoint handling - Question #7Metrics Data Collection
Changes to which type of metadata result in a new metric time series?
MTS creationdimensionsmetadatatime series identity - Question #8Observability Cloud Introduction
The built-in Kubernetes Navigator includes which of the following?
Kubernetes Navigatornavigator viewsinfrastructure monitoring - Question #9Metrics Alerts and Detectors
A customer has a very dynamic infrastructure. During every deployment, all existing instances are destroyed, and new ones are created Given this deployment model, how should a dete...
ephemeral infrastructuredynamic infrastructuredetector configurationfalse alerts - Question #10Metrics Charts and Dashboards
A customer wants to share a collection of charts with their entire SRE organization. What feature of Splunk Observability Cloud makes this possible?
dashboard groupschart sharingteam collaboration - Question #11Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Given that the metric demo. trans. count is being sent at a 10 second native resolution, which of the following is an accurate description of the data markers displayed in the char...
counter metricsdata rollupchart resolutionnative resolution - Question #12Metrics Data Collection
What constitutes a single metrics time series (MTS)?
MTS definitionmetric namedimensionstime series - Question #13Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Clicking a metric name from the results in metric finder displays the metric in Chart Builder. What action needs to be taken in order to save the chart created in the UI?
Chart Buildermetric findersaving chartsdashboards - Question #14Metrics Data Collection
What is the limit on the number of properties that an MTS can have?
MTS propertiesproperty limitsmetadata limits - Question #15Metrics Data Collection
Which of the following statements about adding properties to MTS are true? (select all that apply)
MTS propertiesmetric metadataAPI configurationdimension properties - Question #16Observability Cloud Introduction
What Pod conditions does the Analyzer panel in Kubernetes Navigator monitor? (select all that apply)
Kubernetes NavigatorAnalyzer panelPod conditions - Question #17Metrics Alerts and Detectors
A customer is sending data from a machine that is over-utilized. Because of a lack of system resources, datapoints from this machine are often delayed by up to 10 minutes. Which se...
Max Delaylate datadetector settingsdatapoint latency - Question #18Metrics Charts and Dashboards
How is it possible to create a dashboard group that no one else can edit?
dashboard permissionswrite accessaccess control - Question #19Metrics Alerts and Detectors
What is one reason a user of Splunk Observability Cloud would want to subscribe to an alert?
alert subscriptionemail notificationdetector alerts - Question #20Metrics Alerts and Detectors
Which of the following are accurate reasons to clone a detector? (select all that apply)
detector cloningalert managementdetector configuration - Question #21Metrics Alerts and Detectors
When creating a standalone detector, individual rules in it are labeled according to severity. Which of the choices below represents the possible severity levels that can be select...
detector severity levelsalert rulesstandalone detector - Question #22Metrics Charts and Dashboards
The Sum Aggregation option for analytic functions does which of the following?
sum aggregationanalytic functionsMTStime series - Question #23Metrics Data Collection
Which of the following are required in the configuration of a data point? (select all that apply)
data point configurationmetric nametimestampmetric value - Question #24Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Which of the following statements are true about local data links? (select all that apply)
local data linksdashboard permissionsdata links scope - Question #25Metrics Data Collection
To configure the OTel Collector, which file is typically used to define the settings for receivers, exporters, and processors?
OTel Collectorconfiguration filereceiversexporters - Question #26Metrics Data Collection
Which component of the OTel Collector is responsible for receiving telemetry data from instrumented applications?
OTel Collectorreceiverstelemetry ingestioninstrumentation - Question #27Metrics Charts and Dashboards
How can analytic functions be applied to a subset of multiple time series (MTS) in a signal? (Select all that apply)
analytic functionsMTS subsetaggregationtime series - Question #28Metrics Charts and Dashboards
When you add instructions to dashboards, what is their primary purpose?
dashboard instructionsdashboard usabilitydashboard configuration - Question #29Metrics Troubleshooting and Best Practices
In monitoring systems, which feature allows you to troubleshoot and identify issues with charts and alerts effectively?
event logstroubleshooting chartsalerts troubleshooting - Question #30Metrics Alerts and Detectors
What is the key difference between creating a standalone detector and creating a detector from a chart?
standalone detectordetector from chartdetector creationmuting rules - Question #31Metrics Alerts and Detectors
How can you effectively monitor metrics with cyclic patterns using detectors?
cyclic metricsmoving averagedetector configurationalert smoothing - Question #32Metrics Charts and Dashboards
When applying analytic functions to a subset of multiple time series (MTS) in a signal, what is the resulting data structure?
analytic functionsMTS subsettime series outputaggregation - Question #33Metrics Alerts and Detectors
What approach can be used to effectively monitor cyclic metrics with unpredictable periods?
cyclic metricsanomaly detectionunpredictable periodsdetector strategy - Question #34Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Which action allows you to analyze data across different dimensions and perform calculations based on a set of rows?
rollupsanalytic functionsdimensionsdata analysis - Question #35Metrics Troubleshooting and Best Practices
What are the best practices for creating detectors? (select all that apply)
detector best practicesdata resolutionmeasurement consistency - Question #36Metrics Alerts and Detectors
An SRE came across an existing detector that is a good starting point for a detector they want to create. They clone the detector, update the metric, and add multiple new signals....
cloning detectorsdetector independencesignalsdetector management - Question #37Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Which of the following are supported rollup functions in Splunk Observability Cloud?
rollup functionsaveragemin/maxsum rate - Question #38Metrics Charts and Dashboards
A Software Engineer is troubleshooting an issue with memory utilization in their application. They released a new canary version to production and now want to determine if the aver...
Mean aggregationdimension filteringcanary deploymentanalytics - Question #39Metrics Charts and Dashboards
One server in a customer's data center is regularly restarting due to power supply issues. What type of dashboard could be used to view charts and create detectors for this server?
single-instance dashboardserver monitoringdashboard types - Question #40Metrics Data Collection
To refine a search for a metric a customer types host: test-*. What does this filter return?
metric searchdimension filteringwildcard filterhost dimension - Question #41Metrics Charts and Dashboards
A customer operates a caching web proxy. They want to calculate the cache hit rate for their service. What is the best way to achieve this?
cache hit ratepercentages and ratioschart analyticsmetric calculations - Question #42Metrics Data Collection
Which of the following are correct ports for the specified components in the OpenTelemetry Collector?
OpenTelemetry CollectorgRPC portSignalFx portFluentd port - Question #43Metrics Alerts and Detectors
When writing a detector with a large number of MTS, such as memory. free in a deployment with 30,000 hosts, it is possible to exceed the cap of MTS that can be contained in a singl...
MTS plot capdetector filtersmetric time seriesscope filtering - Question #44Metrics Alerts and Detectors
An SRE creates a new detector to receive an alert when server latency is higher than 260 milliseconds. Latency below 260 milliseconds is healthy for their service. The SRE creates...
alert sensitivitytrigger sensitivitystatic thresholdalert tuning - Question #45Metrics Data Collection
Where does the Splunk distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector store the configuration files on Linux machines by default?
OpenTelemetry CollectorLinux configurationconfig file pathdefault settings - Question #46Metrics Data Collection
Which of the following rollups will display the time delta between a datapoint being sent and a datapoint being received?
rollup functionslagdatapoint timingdata latency - Question #47Metrics Alerts and Detectors
A user wants to add a link to an existing dashboard from an alert. When they click the dimension value in the alert message, they are taken to the dashboard keeping the context. Ho...
global data linksalert contextdashboard linkingdimension values - Question #48Metrics Charts and Dashboards
An SRE creates an event feed chart in a dashboard that shows a list of events that meet criteria they specify. Which of the following should they include? (select all that apply)
event feed chartcustom eventsdetector eventsdashboard charts - Question #49Metrics Charts and Dashboards
Which of the following chart visualization types are unaffected by changing the time picker on a dashboard? (select all that apply)
time pickerSingle Value chartList chartchart behavior - Question #50Metrics Troubleshooting and Best Practices
When installing OpenTelemetry Collector, which error message is indicative that there is a misconfigured realm or access token?
401 unauthorizedaccess tokenrealm configurationcollector errors