Objective 10.2
Enterprise Certified AdminIdentify 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.
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A worked example
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A team plans to run Python scripts on a universal forwarder. What does Splunk say it lacks?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
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 D
Splunk states that unlike full Splunk Enterprise, the universal forwarder does not include a bundled version of Python.
Source
Splunk Docs: Types of forwarders, checked August 2026Unlike full Splunk Enterprise, the universal forwarder does not include a bundled version of Python.
Now you: objective 10.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
A security review needs the list of Splunk software installed on each endpoint that runs a universal forwarder. What does the universal forwarder contain?
Sample question 2 of 2
You install a heavy forwarder on a busy application server and find several Splunk Enterprise features switched off in it by default. Why are they disabled?
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Read the sources
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