Certification guide
Cloud Certified AdminSplunk Cloud Certified Admin: the honest guide
Everything Splunk publishes about Cloud Certified Admin, in one place: what the exam asks, how the domains are weighted, and what it takes to be ready.
This guide page is built from the registry, not written yet.
Everything below comes from Cloud Certified Admin’s published exam data, and every figure links to the vendor page it came from. The researched version, with study plans and the parts nobody publishes, is still being written. This page is not submitted to search engines until it is.
Practise Cloud Certified Admin questions in the meantimeWhat the exam actually asks you to do
60 multiple choice questions and nothing else. Splunk sets no lab and no simulation on this exam, so the practice that matters is reading a scenario and choosing well under the clock.
Item formats
- Multiple choice
Nothing here needs a lab. Reading carefully and eliminating options is the whole skill. Splunk, Splunk Cloud Certified Admin certification track ↗
Domain breakdown and official weightings
From the official Splunk certification tracks. Getting Data in Cloud is the heaviest domain at 15 percent, followed by Monitor Inputs at 15 percent.
- Splunk Cloud Overview5%
- Index Management5%
- User Authentication and Authorization5%
- Splunk Configuration Files5%
- Getting Data in Cloud15%
- Forwarder Management5%
- Monitor Inputs15%
- Network and Other Inputs10%
- Fine-tuning Inputs5%
- Parsing Phase and Data Preview10%
- Manipulating Raw Data10%
- Installing and Managing Apps5%
- Working with Splunk Cloud Support5%
Where to focus: Getting Data in Cloud and Monitor Inputs are 15% each, and with Network and Other Inputs, Parsing Phase and Data Preview and Manipulating Raw Data at 10% each, data ingest is 60% of the exam. Study the inputs first.
What comes after passing
Cloud Certified Admin is valid for 3 years. All Splunk certifications run a three year life cycle from the date of the highest certification exam passed. Splunk stopped renewing certifications through coursework on 1 March 2026, so renewal now means either retaking the same exam in the final year of the window or earning a higher level certification in the same track. Splunk says a certification you let lapse is marked inactive, and that you then restart the programme at the Splunk Core Certified Power User level.
Costs across the full renewal cycle are on the Cloud Certified Admin cost page.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Splunk Cloud Certified Admin exam cost?
Splunk lists the exam at $130 USD per exam attempt and delivers it through its testing partner Pearson VUE, at a test centre or with an online proctor. A retake costs the same $130 again.
How long is the exam and how many questions does it have?
Splunk publishes 60 multiple choice questions in 75 minutes. Splunk notes on the test blueprint that the 75 minutes include three minutes to review the exam agreement, so the working time is 72.
What is the passing score?
Splunk publishes no passing score for this exam, and no exam code either. It states the question count, the time limit and the section weightings on its test blueprint and stops there, so any percentage you see quoted elsewhere is somebody's estimate rather than Splunk's number.
What do I need before I can sit it?
Splunk lists the prerequisite as: Splunk Core Certified Power User.
Keep reading
Cloud Certified Admin practice questions
Free sample questions with the full explanation on every answer.
Free Cloud Certified Admin practice test
Ten real questions, playable now. No account, no card.
Cloud Certified Admin exam objectives
The full official blueprint, with practice pages on covered objectives.
Cloud Certified Admin passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
How hard is Cloud Certified Admin?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
Practise Cloud Certified Admin for free while you decide
Original questions written from the published objectives, with the concept, the reasoning, and a note on every wrong option. No account needed to start.
Start free Cloud Certified Admin questions