Splunk O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User - SPLK-4001 Exam Questions [2025]

QUESTION NO: 1
To smooth a very spiky cpu.utilization metric, what is the correct analytic function to better see if the cpu. utilization for servers is trending up over time?

A. Median B. Rate/Sec C. Mean (Transformation) D. Mean (by host)

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 2
A Software Engineer is troubleshooting an issue with memory utilization in their application. They released a new canary version to production and now want to determine if the average memory usage is lower for requests with the 'canary' version dimension. They've already opened the graph of memory utilization for their service.
How does the engineer see if the new release lowered average memory utilization?

A. On the chart for plot A, select Add Analytics, then select Mean:Aggregation. In the window that appears, select 'version' from the Group By field. B. On the chart for plot A, scroll to the end and click Enter Function, then enter 'A/B-l'. C. On the chart for plot A, select Add Analytics, then select MeanrTransformation. In the window that appears, select 'version' from the Group By field. D. On the chart for plot A, click the Compare Means button. In the window that appears, type 'version1.

Correct Answer: A

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QUESTION NO: 3
When writing a detector with a large number of MTS, such as memory. free in a deployment with 30,000 hosts, it is possible to exceed the cap of MTS that can be contained in a single plot. Which of the choices below would most likely reduce the number of MTS below the plot cap?

A. Select the Sharded option when creating the plot. B. When creating the plot, add a discriminator. C. Add a filter to narrow the scope of the measurement. D. Add a restricted scope adjustment to the plot.

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 4
Interpreting data in charts can be affected by which of the following? (select all that apply)

A. Analytics functions B. Chart resolution C. Rollups D. Tags

Correct Answer: A,B,C

QUESTION NO: 5
What constitutes a single metrics time series (MTS)?

A. A set of data points that use different dimensions but the same metric name. B. A set of metrics that are ordered in series based on timestamp. C. A set of data points that all have the same metric name and list of dimensions. D. A series of timestamps that all reflect the same metric.

Correct Answer: C

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QUESTION NO: 6
Which of the following aggregate analytic functions will allow a user to see the highest or lowest n values of a metric?

A. Best/Worst B. Top / Bottom C. Maximum / Minimum D. Exclude / Include

Correct Answer: B

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