Objective 14.1
Enterprise Certified AdminCreating Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) inputs
Objective 14.1 sits in Agentless 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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A worked example
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An administrator wants Windows event log data from machines without installing software on them. Which does Splunk support?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Collecting without an agent on every machine is what makes a large Windows estate tractable at first. The cost of that convenience shows up as load on the collector.
Why B
Splunk states that the platform supports the use of Windows Management Instrumentation providers for access to Windows performance and event log data on remote Windows machines without the need to install software on those machines.
Source
Splunk Docs: Monitor data through WMI, checked August 2026The Splunk platform supports the use of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) providers for access to Windows performance and event log data on remote Windows machines without the need to install software on those machines.
Now you: objective 14.1 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
An administrator asks what kind of input the WMI data input is. What does Splunk say?
Sample question 2 of 3
A team collects many event logs from busy domain controllers. What does Splunk recommend over WMI?
Sample question 3 of 3
A team wants Splunk Cloud Platform to collect WMI data directly from a Windows machine. What does Splunk say?
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