Objective 10.1
Enterprise Certified AdminConfigure Forwarders
Objective 10.1 sits in Configuring Forwarders, which carries 5% of the Enterprise 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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An administrator asks how the universal forwarder is obtained. What does Splunk say?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
A separate package is what keeps the agent small on the machines it is installed on. It also means upgrading collectors is independent of upgrading the platform.
Why B
Splunk states that the universal forwarder is a separately downloadable piece of software, and that unlike the heavy and light forwarders you do not enable it from a full Splunk Enterprise instance.
Source
Splunk Docs: Types of forwarders, checked August 2026The universal forwarder is a separately downloadable piece of software. Unlike the heavy and light forwarders, you do not enable it from a full Splunk Enterprise instance.
Now you: objective 10.1 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
An administrator asks what the universal forwarder can send data to. Which does Splunk name?
Sample question 2 of 3
An administrator asks why the light forwarder existed. What does Splunk say it was for?
Sample question 3 of 3
An administrator asks what the universal forwarder is best suited to. What does Splunk say?
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Read the sources
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