Core Certified Advanced Power User

Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User practice exams

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Exam code
Core Certified Advanced Power User
Cost
$130USD
Questions
70
Duration
60minutes
Passing score
Not published by Splunk
Level
Mid level
Valid for
3years
Study guide
How to prepare
Sources
54official pages
Format
70multiple choice questions, delivered by Pearson VUE at a test centre or with an online proctor

Core Certified Advanced Power User practice exams

2 full-length forms, 70 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.

Still being written. Domain Drill opens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Exploring Statistical Commands, Exploring eval Command Functions, Exploring Lookups, Exploring Alerts, Advanced Field Creation and Management, Working with Self-Describing Data and Files, Advanced Search Macros, Using Acceleration Options: Reports and Summary Indexing, Using Acceleration Options: Data Models and tsidx Files, Using Search Efficiently, More Search Tuning, Manipulating and FIltering Data, Working with Multivalued Fields, Using Advanced Transactions, Working with Time, Using Subsearches, Creating a Prototype, Using Forms, Improving Performance, Customizing Dashboards, Adding Drilldowns and Adding Advanced Behaviors and Visualizations.

What the exam tests

Exam domains and official weightings

The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.

22domains
  • Exploring Statistical Commands4%
    7 verified
  • Exploring eval Command Functions4%
    7 verified
  • Exploring Lookups4%
    7 verified
  • Exploring Alerts4%
    7 verified
  • Advanced Field Creation and Management4%
    7 verified
  • Working with Self-Describing Data and Files3%
    5 verified
  • Advanced Search Macros3%
    5 verified
  • Using Acceleration Options: Reports and Summary Indexing4%
    7 verified
  • Using Acceleration Options: Data Models and tsidx Files4%
    7 verified
  • Using Search Efficiently4%
    7 verified
  • More Search Tuning3%
    5 verified
  • Manipulating and FIltering Data6%
    9 verified
  • Working with Multivalued Fields7%
    11 verified
  • Using Advanced Transactions5%
    9 verified
  • Working with Time2%
    3 verified
  • Using Subsearches6%
    9 verified
  • Creating a Prototype4%
    7 verified
  • Using Forms5%
    7 verified
  • Improving Performance6%
    9 verified
  • Customizing Dashboards6%
    9 verified
  • Adding Drilldowns7%
    11 verified
  • Adding Advanced Behaviors and Visualizations5%
    7 verified

Open now. 2 complete practice exams, 70 questions each and Quick Practice on all 162 verified questions.

Opens next. Domain Drill opens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Exploring Statistical Commands, Exploring eval Command Functions, Exploring Lookups, Exploring Alerts, Advanced Field Creation and Management, Working with Self-Describing Data and Files, Advanced Search Macros, Using Acceleration Options: Reports and Summary Indexing, Using Acceleration Options: Data Models and tsidx Files, Using Search Efficiently, More Search Tuning, Manipulating and FIltering Data, Working with Multivalued Fields, Using Advanced Transactions, Working with Time, Using Subsearches, Creating a Prototype, Using Forms, Improving Performance, Customizing Dashboards, Adding Drilldowns and Adding Advanced Behaviors and Visualizations.

Every question here is checked against the official page it cites before it serves, which is why the count grows slowly.

Where to focus: Twenty two sections across 70 questions means most sections are worth two or three questions. Working with Multivalued Fields and Adding Drilldowns are the joint heaviest at 7% each, and Working with Time is the lightest at 2%.

Every Core Certified Advanced Power User objective, with practice questions mapped to each one

What the exam actually asks you to do

70 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 Core Certified Advanced Power User certification track

Between sittings

The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.

  • Open now

    Quick Practice

    All 162 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.

  • Opens later

    Domain Drill

    Opens when every domain holds 12 verified questions. Still short: Exploring Statistical Commands, Exploring eval Command Functions, Exploring Lookups, Exploring Alerts, Advanced Field Creation and Management, Working with Self-Describing Data and Files, Advanced Search Macros, Using Acceleration Options: Reports and Summary Indexing, Using Acceleration Options: Data Models and tsidx Files, Using Search Efficiently, More Search Tuning, Manipulating and FIltering Data, Working with Multivalued Fields, Using Advanced Transactions, Working with Time, Using Subsearches, Creating a Prototype, Using Forms, Improving Performance, Customizing Dashboards, Adding Drilldowns, Adding Advanced Behaviors and Visualizations.

  • Fills as you go

    Review Missed

    Re-asks the questions you got wrong. Nothing to review until you miss something.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does the Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User 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 70 multiple choice questions in 60 minutes. Splunk notes on the test blueprint that the 60 minutes include three minutes to review the exam agreement, so the working time is 57.

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.

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