Exam format

Enterprise Certified Architect

What the Enterprise Certified Architect exam looks like

Enterprise Certified Architect has 85 questions in 90 minutes, 85 multiple choice questions, delivered by Pearson VUE at a test center or with an online proctor. Every figure on this page is read from the official exam page and linked to it.

How many questions, and how long

Splunk states 85 questions for Enterprise Certified Architect, with a time limit of 90 minutes. That is about 1.1 minutes a question, including the time it takes to read the stem and the options.

The count is fixed. Splunk does not publish the cut score, so there is no miss budget to work out.

What the questions look like

85 multiple choice questions and nothing else. Splunk sets no lab and no simulation on this exam, so the practice that matters is reading a scenario and choosing well under the clock.

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What passes

Splunk does not publish a fixed passing score for Enterprise Certified Architect.

What that score means, and how it is calculated

If you do not pass

Splunk makes you wait seven days after a failed attempt before you can sit the exam again, and says the wait is longer for later retakes. Splunk reserves the right to deny a retake beyond the sixth attempt. A retake costs another $130.

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How long it stays valid

Enterprise Certified Architect is valid for 3 years from the day you pass. All Splunk certifications run a three year life cycle from the date of the highest certification exam passed. Splunk stopped renewing certifications through coursework on 1 March 2026, so renewal now means either retaking the same exam in the final year of the window or earning a higher level certification in the same track. Splunk says a certification you let lapse is marked inactive, and that you then restart the program at the Splunk Core Certified Power User level. Splunk runs a three year cycle and, since 1 March 2026, renews only by examination: you retake this exam in the final year of the window or pass a higher certification in the same track. Either way renewal costs another $130 attempt.

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What this means for practice

Our Enterprise Certified Architect practice exams are assembled to the published domain weightings and sat against a 90-minute clock, in exam conditions or in study mode. Every answer shows the official page it was checked against.

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