Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer (SPLK-5002) Free Practice Test

Question 1

Which Splunk feature enables integration with third-party tools for automated response actions?

A. Event sampling

B. Workflow actions

C. Data model acceleration

D. Summary indexing

Correct Answer: B

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Question 2

Which of the following should be the primary reference when designing a new playbook in Splunk SOAR?

A. CIS Framework

B. MITRE ATT&CK framework

C. Existing Standard Operating Procedure

D. Existing investigation actions

Correct Answer: C

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Question 3

Which phase of the incident response lifecycle would cause the least amount of friction when replacing manual steps with automation?

A. Containment

B. Rendering a verdict

C. Triage

D. Remediation

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

The SOC Manager requested a better method to standardize the list of tasks that analysts follow when they evaluate events or cases. Which Splunk SOAR feature allows the creation of SOPs based on criteria like the type of event or attack vector?

A. Events

B. Workbooks

C. Cases

D. Incidents

Correct Answer: B

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Question 5

In Enterprise Security, what is the name of the threat intelligence lookup pertaining to files?

A. file_hash

B. user_hash

C. user_intel

D. file_intel

Correct Answer: D

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Question 6

How does Mission Control decipher which response template to assign to findings?

A. This is determined when creating a detection in ES, which gets carried over to Mission Control.

B. Mission Control uses AI to decipher which response templates are assigned.

C. The only way to configure this is with SOAR.

D. Response templates are assigned to specific incident types.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 7

What is the best method to operationalize the results of a threat hunt for daily use by SOC analysts?

A. Communicate gaps to the architecture team.

B. Create monthly reports based on the documented findings.

C. Communicate findings based on the hunt.

D. Create detections based on the documented findings.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 8

Which tool can help identify known tactics, techniques, and procedures that a threat group is most likely to use when targeting a financial organization?

A. Splunk Threat Intelligence Management

B. The MITRE ATT&CK matrix's industry heatmap in Splunk Security Essentials

C. The MITRE ATT&CK Posture panel within Mission Control's Incident Review page

D. The Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain Posture panel within Enterprise Security's Incident Review page

Correct Answer: B

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Question 9

What is a key feature of effective security reports for stakeholders?

A. Excluding compliance-related metrics

B. High-level summaries with actionable insights

C. Detailed event logs for every incident

D. Exclusively technical details for IT teams

Correct Answer: B

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