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Objective 12.2

Enterprise Certified Admin

Use optional settings for monitor inputs

Objective 12.2 sits in Monitor Inputs, 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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12-2Monitor Inputs

An administrator has an archive of historical data to load once. Which input does Splunk suggest?

The upload inputCorrect · your answerCorrect.
The monitor inputThe monitor input is for sources that keep producing data.
A network inputA network input receives data over a port.
A scripted inputA scripted input runs a script to produce events.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

A one time load and a continuous watch have different failure modes. Using the one time input avoids leaving a monitor pointed at a file that will never change again.

Why A

Splunk states that you can use the monitor input to add nearly all your data sources from files and directories, but that you might want to use the upload input to monitor a file such as an archive of historical data only one time.

Source

You can use the monitor input to add nearly all your data sources from files and directories. However, you might want to use the upload input to monitor a file such as an archive of historical data, only one time.

Splunk Docs: Monitor files and directories, checked August 2026
#inputs#upload

Now you: objective 12.2 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

12-2Monitor Inputs

Windows rotates a log file automatically and events are being missed. Which input does Splunk name for that?

Sample question 2 of 2

12-2Monitor Inputs

An administrator cannot read a directory they want to monitor. What does Splunk say is required?

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