Objective 10.2

Enterprise Certified Admin

Identify additional Forwarder options

Objective 10.2 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.

Objective title verbatim from the official objectives. Splunk exam page

A worked example

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10-2Configuring Forwarders

A team plans to run Python scripts on a universal forwarder. What does Splunk say it lacks?

A monitor input processorThe monitor processor is one of its three file input processors.
A configuration directoryThe forwarder has its own configuration directory.
A bundled version of PythonCorrect · your answerCorrect.
An outputs configurationOutputs configuration is how it is told where to send data.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

The agent ships without an interpreter to stay small, so anything expecting one has to bring it. That single omission decides where scripted inputs can run.

Why C

Splunk states that unlike full Splunk Enterprise, the universal forwarder does not include a bundled version of Python.

Source

Unlike full Splunk Enterprise, the universal forwarder does not include a bundled version of Python.

Splunk Docs: Types of forwarders, checked August 2026
#forwarders#limitations

Now you: objective 10.2 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

10-2Configuring Forwarders

An administrator asks what the universal forwarder contains. How does Splunk describe it?

Sample question 2 of 2

10-2Configuring Forwarders

An administrator asks why the heavy forwarder has features disabled. What reason does Splunk give?

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