Objective 10.3

Core Certified Power User

Use the CIM Add-On to normalize data

Objective 10.3 sits in Using the Common Information Model (CIM) Add-On, which carries 10% of the Core Certified 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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A worked example

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10-3Using the Common Information Model (CIM) Add-On

A team has normalized data from several source types. What does Splunk say they can then develop?

New indexes for each sourceNormalization is about naming rather than about where data is stored.
Reports across one domainCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Separate roles per vendorRoles govern access and are unrelated to the vocabulary.
Forwarder inputs per hostInputs decide how data is collected.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

The payoff of a shared vocabulary is that one piece of work covers every source that speaks it. A dashboard written once keeps working when a new vendor is added.

Why B

Splunk states that after you have normalized the data from multiple different source types, you can develop reports, correlation searches and dashboards to present a unified view of a data domain.

Source

After you have normalized the data from multiple different source types, you can develop reports, correlation searches, and dashboards to present a unified view of a data domain.

Splunk Docs: Overview of the Splunk Common Information Model, checked August 2026
#cim#reporting

Now you: objective 10.3 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

10-3Using the Common Information Model (CIM) Add-On

An analyst finds a CIM compliant dashboard showing nothing for one source. What does Splunk say those dashboards display?

Sample question 2 of 3

10-3Using the Common Information Model (CIM) Add-On

A user asks what they can do with the CIM data models besides normalizing. Which use does Splunk name?

Sample question 3 of 3

10-3Using the Common Information Model (CIM) Add-On

An engineer is normalizing a new data source and needs to know which tags to apply. Where does Splunk say to look?

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