Objective 13.2

Core Certified Advanced Power User

Some multivalued eval functions

Objective 13.2 sits in Working with Multivalued Fields, which carries 7% of the Core Certified Advanced Power User 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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13-2Working with Multivalued Fields

An engineer asks what the multivalue eval functions are for. What does Splunk say?

Comparing two values for equalityComparison and conditional functions handle equality tests.
Converting numbers into stringsType conversion belongs to the conversion functions.
Used on or returning multivalue fieldsCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Returning information about a valueThe informational functions return information about a value.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Ordinary functions expect one value, so a plural field needs its own family. Some of them read a plural field and some produce one, which is why they are grouped together.

Why C

Splunk states that the multivalue eval functions are the functions you can use on multivalue fields or to return multivalue fields.

Source

The following list contains the functions that you can use on multivalue fields or to return multivalue fields.

Splunk Docs: Multivalue eval functions, checked August 2026
#multivalue#eval-functions

Now you: objective 13.2 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

13-2Working with Multivalued Fields

An analyst needs the largest value held in a multivalue field. Which functions does Splunk say work there?

Sample question 2 of 2

13-2Working with Multivalued Fields

An analyst asks what the multivalue eval functions can return. What does Splunk say about them?

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