Objective 3.1
Enterprise Certified AdminDescribe Splunk configuration directory structure
Objective 3.1 sits in Splunk Configuration Files, 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
Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.
An administrator asks how Splunk configuration files are identified. What does Splunk say?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
One extension across the whole product means configuration is recognisable wherever it is found. What a file governs is then decided by its name and its location rather than its format.
Why B
Splunk states that Splunk Enterprise configuration settings are stored in configuration files, and that these files are identified by the conf extension.
Source
Splunk Docs: About configuration files, checked August 2026Splunk Enterprise configuration settings are stored in configuration files . These files are identified by the .conf extension.
Now you: objective 3.1 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
An administrator asks where the shipped default configuration files live. Which directory does Splunk name?
Sample question 2 of 2
An administrator changes a setting in Splunk Web. What does Splunk say happens to the configuration file?
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Read the sources
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