Objective 5.3
O11y Cloud Certified Metrics UserCreate a standalone detector
Objective 5.3 sits in Introduction to Alerting on Metrics with Detectors, 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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A team is planning forty detectors, some built by hand in the interface and some generated in code. Which routes can they use to create them?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Three entry points cover three working styles: exploratory, deliberate and automated. Knowing they exist decides whether detectors can be managed as code.
Why A
Splunk documents creating a detector from one of the signals on a chart, creating a detector from scratch, or using the API to create detectors programmatically.
Source
Splunk Docs: Create detectors to trigger alerts, checked August 2026Create a detector from one of the signals on the chart you're viewing. See Create a detector from a chart. Create a detector from scratch. See Create a detector from scratch. Use the API to programmatically create detectors, instead of creating them through the user interface.
Now you: objective 5.3 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A rule on a new detector must be pointed at something to watch, and something has to come out when the rule matches. What does a detector monitor and produce?
Sample question 2 of 3
An analyst reads that detector rule severities run Info, Warning, Minor and Major. Which further label does Splunk document?
Sample question 3 of 3
An analyst applies a five minute mean to a metric time series while building a detector. What does applying analytics produce?
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