Objective 1.2
O11y Cloud Certified Metrics UserConfigure the OTel Collector
Objective 1.2 sits in Get Metrics In with OpenTelemetry, which carries 10% of the O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User 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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You have installed the Collector on a host and are opening its config file for the first time. Which components do you define there?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Three component kinds cover the whole path: where data comes from, what happens to it, and where it goes. Anything else is an extension.
Why C
Splunk documents updating the config file to define the different Collector components, namely receivers, processors and exporters.
Source
Splunk Docs: Get started with the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector, checked August 2026After you’ve installed the Collector in your platform, update your config file to define the different Collector components (receivers, processors, and exporters) you want to use.
Now you: objective 1.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
An engineer defines a receiver in the Collector config and no data flows. What does Splunk document is still required?
Sample question 2 of 2
An engineer has declared a hostmetrics receiver, a batch processor and an exporter, yet no data leaves the host. What does the pipelines section of the config do?
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