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Objective 2.1

Cloud Certified Admin

Define a Splunk index

Objective 2.1 sits in Index Management, which carries 5% of the Cloud Certified Admin exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.

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A worked example

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2-1Index Management

You send a week of firewall logs to your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment and want to know where they end up. What does an index do with that data?

Runs the scheduled searchesScheduled searches are run by the search tier.
Stores the data you sendCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Holds the app configurationApp configuration lives in the app's own directories.
Tracks the license volumeThe license manager tracks indexing volume.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Everything about retention, access and cost attaches to this one object. Naming it precisely is what makes those conversations concrete.

Why B

Splunk states that indexes store the data you have sent to your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment.

Source

Indexes store the data you have sent to your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment.

Splunk Docs: Manage Splunk Cloud Platform indexes, checked August 2026
#cloud#indexes

Now you: objective 2.1 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

2-1Index Management

You are setting up storage for application logs on one side and CPU utilization data points on the other. Which two index types can you create?

Sample question 2 of 3

2-1Index Management

A colleague creates an index in Splunk Cloud Platform without choosing a type, then loads syslog data into it. Which index type did your deployment give them?

Sample question 3 of 3

2-1Index Management

You are deciding where to send ten thousand CPU and memory data points per second: an events index or a metrics index. What does the metrics index give you?

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