Objective 18.2
Enterprise Certified ArchitectSearch head cluster configuration
Objective 18.2 sits in Search Head Cluster, which carries 5% of the Enterprise Certified Architect 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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Fifty scheduled searches run across your five-member search head cluster every hour. How is job scheduling handled?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Allocating each scheduled search to the least loaded member spreads work without anybody configuring it. That is what keeps a cluster's throughput close to the sum of its parts.
Why B
Splunk states that the cluster manages job scheduling centrally, allocating each scheduled search to the optimal member, usually the member with the least load.
Source
Splunk Docs: About search head clustering, checked August 2026Job scheduling. The cluster manages job scheduling centrally, allocating each scheduled search to the optimal member, usually the member with the least load.
Now you: objective 18.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A user starts a search on one member of the cluster and later opens the results from another. What happens to search artifacts in a search head cluster?
Sample question 2 of 3
An analyst edits a dashboard on one member at runtime, and the change must appear on the others. How do such knowledge object updates reach them?
Sample question 3 of 3
One search head in your cluster goes down while an analyst is mid-investigation. What does high availability mean for that cluster?
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