Splunk SPLK-1004 Exam - Topic 21 Question 23 Discussion

Actual exam question for Splunk's SPLK-1004 exam

Question #: 23
Topic #: 21

Assuming a standard time zone across the environment, what syntax will always return events from between 2:00 AM and 5:00 AM?

Adatehour>-2 AND date_hour<5

Bearliest=-2h@h AND latest=-5h@h

Ctime_hour>-2 AND time_hour>-5

Dearliest=2h@ AND latest=5h3h

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Suggested Answer: A, D

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Markus

3 months ago

Not sure about D, it looks confusing to me.

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Rosita

3 months ago

Wait, why would you use "latest=-5h@h"? That seems off.

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Jamie

3 months ago

Definitely going with B, it makes the most sense!

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Marge

4 months ago

I think A is actually the right choice.

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Gracia

4 months ago

Option B is the correct syntax for that time range.

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Armanda

4 months ago

Option D seems off to me; I don't remember seeing "5h3h" in our examples. It feels like a typo or something.

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Alesia

4 months ago

I remember something about using time ranges, but I can't recall if "time_hour" is the right field to use.

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Kenneth

4 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like option A might be incorrect because of the way the operators are set up.

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Leonida

5 months ago

I think option B looks familiar; it uses the earliest and latest syntax, which we practiced in class.

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Marci

5 months ago

This is a tricky one. I'm not entirely sure which option is the best approach, but I'll probably start with option B and see if that works. If not, I'll try to troubleshoot the other options.

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Isreal

5 months ago

I like the strategy of option B, using the earliest and latest parameters. That seems like a cleaner way to specify the time range without having to worry about the time zone. I think I'll go with that one.

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Stefania

5 months ago

Okay, let's see here. I'm leaning towards option A, since it looks like it's directly comparing the date_hour value to the desired range. But I'm not 100% sure if that will work with the time zone assumption.

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Kasandra

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused by the time zone assumption. Does that mean the hours are relative to the standard time zone, or do we need to account for any potential offsets? I'll have to think this through carefully.

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Lashaunda

5 months ago

This one seems pretty straightforward. I think option B is the correct syntax to return events between 2:00 AM and 5:00 AM.

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Shonda

10 months ago

Option B looks good, but I'm worried it might be a bit too fancy for a standard time zone scenario. Gotta keep it simple, my dude!

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Rolland

8 months ago

C) time_hour>-2 AND time_hour>-5

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Romana

8 months ago

Option B looks good, but it might be too fancy for a standard time zone.

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Dulce

9 months ago

B) earliest=-2h@h AND latest=-5h@h

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Maia

9 months ago

A) datehour>-2 AND date_hour<5

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Chantay

10 months ago

Option A seems the most straightforward to me. 'datehour>-2 AND date_hour<5' - can't go wrong with that, right? Wait, is 'date_hour' even a thing?

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Kanisha

9 months ago

User 3: Maybe we should double check the correct syntax for the time range.

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Verona

9 months ago

User 2: I'm not sure if 'date_hour' is a valid syntax though.

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Jesusa

10 months ago

User 1: I think 'datehour>-2 AND date_hour<5' is the way to go.

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Valene

10 months ago

Haha, Option C is definitely the most creative one! 'time_hour>-2 AND time_hour>-5' - I don't think that's going to work, but points for the attempt!

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Jacqueline

10 months ago

I'm leaning towards Option D, but the 'latest=5h3h' part seems a bit strange. Shouldn't it be 'latest=5h'?

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Donte

8 months ago

Glad I could help, Option B is the most accurate syntax for that time range.

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Martin

8 months ago

Thanks for the clarification, I'll go with Option B then.

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Craig

9 months ago

You're right, Option B is the correct syntax to return events between 2:00 AM and 5:00 AM.

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Danica

10 months ago

Option D is incorrect, the correct syntax should be 'latest=5h'.

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Tori

10 months ago

Option B looks the most promising, but I'm not entirely sure if the syntax is correct. The use of the hour indicator '@h' seems a bit unusual to me.

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Emelda

10 months ago

User 2: Yeah, I agree. The '@h' might just be a formatting thing.

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Glenna

10 months ago

User 1: I think option B is correct. It's using the earliest and latest parameters.

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Giovanna

10 months ago

But B makes more sense because it specifies the exact time range we need.

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Jacob

11 months ago

I disagree, I believe the correct syntax is A) datehour>-2 AND date_hour<5.

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Giovanna

11 months ago

I think the correct syntax is B) earliest=-2h@h AND latest=-5h@h.

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