1. What is the primary purpose of a SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system?
a) Network monitoring
b) Log management and analysis
c) Data encryption
d) Firewall configuration
Answer: b) Log management and analysis
2. What is the function of a correlation rule in a SIEM system?
a) Log collection
b) Threat detection
c) Access control
d) Network routing
Answer: b) Threat detection
3. Which component of Splunk is responsible for collecting and indexing data?
a) Search Head
b) Forwarder
c) Indexer
d) Deployment Server
Answer: c) Indexer
4. Which type of data source is typically monitored by a SIEM system?
a) User passwords
b) Network traffic
c) Web application code
d) Printer configurations
Answer: b) Network traffic
5. What does "SIM" stand for in the context of SIEM?
a) Security Information Model
b) Security Incident Management
c) System Integration Module
d) Security Identity Management
Answer: b) Security Incident Management
6. What is the purpose of log parsing in a SIEM system?
a) Log retention
b) Data encryption
c) Data normalization
d) Data authentication
Answer: c) Data normalization
7. Which phase of the Incident Response process involves identifying and mitigating threats?
a) Detection
b) Eradication
c) Recovery
d) Preparation
Answer: b) Eradication
8. Which Splunk component is used for searching and reporting on data?
a) Indexer
b) Forwarder
c) Search Head
d) Deployment Server
Answer: c) Search Head
9. In Splunk, what is a sourcetype used for?
a) Identifying log files
b) Creating user accounts
c) Configuring firewalls
d) Network monitoring
Answer: a) Identifying log files
10. Which feature of Splunk allows you to define custom processing logic for events?
a) Splunk Dashboards
b) Splunk Search Language
c) Splunk Universal Forwarder
d) Splunk Processing Pipeline
Answer: b) Splunk Search Language
11. Which Splunk command is used to extract fields from events?
a) eval
b) dedup
c) transaction
d) lookup
Answer: a) eval
12. What is the purpose of a Splunk CIM (Common Information Model)?
a) To standardize event logging
b) To install Splunk apps
c) To manage hardware resources
d) To encrypt data at rest
Answer: a) To standardize event logging
13. Which protocol is commonly used to collect log data from various sources in a SIEM system?
a) HTTP
b) SNMP
c) SMTP
d) Syslog
Answer: d) Syslog
14. What is the purpose of a SIEM dashboard?
a) To store log data
b) To create backups
c) To display security-related information
d) To monitor network traffic
Answer: c) To display security-related information
15. What does "IOC" stand for in the context of cybersecurity?
a) Information of Concern
b) Incident of Compromise
c) Indicator of Compromise
d) Internet of Computers
Answer: c) Indicator of Compromise
16. What is the role of a Splunk Universal Forwarder?
a) Collect and forward log data to an indexer
b) Index and search log data
c) Generate reports
d) Monitor network traffic
Answer: a) Collect and forward log data to an indexer
17. Which phase of the SIEM life cycle involves tuning the system to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy?
a) Deployment
b) Normalization
c) Optimization
d) Reporting
Answer: c) Optimization
18. In Splunk, what is a Knowledge Object?
a) A type of hardware
b) A security policy
c) A reusable search or configuration artifact
d) An authentication method
Answer: c) A reusable search or configuration artifact
19. Which Splunk command is used to filter and limit the number of results returned by a search?
a) sort
b) head
c) stats
d) table
Answer: b) head
20. What is the purpose of a SIEM's incident management module?
a) Data collection
b) Threat detection
c) Incident response and tracking
d) Network routing
Answer: c) Incident response and tracking
21. What is the primary goal of log management in a SIEM system?
a) Identifying attackers
b) Reducing system downtime
c) Storing and analyzing logs for security purposes
d) Generating reports for management
Answer: c) Storing and analyzing logs for security purposes
22. In Splunk, what does "timechart" do?
a) It displays events in a timeline.
b) It charts the events over time.
c) It filters events based on timestamps.
d) It converts timestamps to text.
Answer: b) It charts the events over time.
23. Which Splunk component is responsible for storing and retrieving data?
a) Forwarder
b) Deployment Server
c) Search Head
d) Indexer
Answer: d) Indexer
24. What is the purpose of the Splunk CIM Add-on?
a) To provide search optimization tips
b) To standardize and normalize data for security use cases
c) To manage data retention policies
d) To create custom dashboards
Answer: b) To standardize and normalize data for security use cases
25. In Splunk, what is a "field extraction"?
a) The process of creating new fields in the data
b) The process of removing fields from the data
c) The process of compressing log files
d) The process of exporting data to external systems
Answer: a) The process of creating new fields in the data
26. What is a SIEM's role in compliance?
a) Ensuring employee compliance with policies
b) Monitoring and reporting on security-related events
c) Auditing financial records
d) Managing HR data
Answer: b) Monitoring and reporting on security-related events
27. What is the purpose of a Splunk app?
a) To provide a user interface for managing hardware
b) To create log files
c) To provide pre-built knowledge objects, searches, and dashboards for specific use cases
d) To automate incident response
Answer: c) To provide pre-built knowledge objects, searches, and dashboards for specific use cases
28. What does "RTO" stand for in the context of incident response?
a) Recovery Time Objective
b) Response Time Objective
c) Retention Time Objective
d) Recovery Task Objective
Answer: a) Recovery Time Objective
29. What does "APT" stand for in the context of cybersecurity?
a) Advanced Persistent Threat
b) Application Performance Testing
c) Advanced Password Technology
d) Application Patching Toolkit
Answer: a) Advanced Persistent Threat
30. What is the primary purpose of the "sourcetype" field in Splunk?
a) To identify the type of source (e.g., application, system, security)
b) To define the data retention policy
c) To specify access control settings
d) To encrypt the data
Answer: a) To identify the type of source (e.g., application, system, security)
31. Which Splunk command is used to calculate statistics such as count, sum, average, etc.?
a) stats
b) eval
c) transaction
d) dedup
Answer: a) stats
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