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Everything Splunk publishes about Core Certified Advanced Power User, in one place: what the exam asks, how the domains are weighted, and what it takes to be ready.
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Practise Core Certified Advanced Power User questions in the meantimeWhat 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 ↗
Domain breakdown and official weightings
From the official Splunk certification tracks. Working with Multivalued Fields is the heaviest domain at 7 percent, followed by Adding Drilldowns at 7 percent.
- Exploring Statistical Commands4%
- Exploring eval Command Functions4%
- Exploring Lookups4%
- Exploring Alerts4%
- Advanced Field Creation and Management4%
- Working with Self-Describing Data and Files3%
- Advanced Search Macros3%
- Using Acceleration Options: Reports and Summary Indexing4%
- Using Acceleration Options: Data Models and tsidx Files4%
- Using Search Efficiently4%
- More Search Tuning3%
- Manipulating and FIltering Data6%
- Working with Multivalued Fields7%
- Using Advanced Transactions5%
- Working with Time2%
- Using Subsearches6%
- Creating a Prototype4%
- Using Forms5%
- Improving Performance6%
- Customizing Dashboards6%
- Adding Drilldowns7%
- Adding Advanced Behaviors and Visualizations5%
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%.
What comes after passing
Core Certified Advanced Power User 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 Core Certified Advanced Power User cost page.
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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