Splunk Fundamentals 1 Practice Exam

Do the searches 'failed password' and 'failed AND password' return the same results?

1. True

2. False

3. Only if case sensitive

4. Depends on the event

The correct answer is: True

The statement that the searches 'failed password' and 'failed AND password' return the same results is correct. In Splunk, when using the default search language, a space between two words acts as an implicit AND operator. Therefore, both searches imply that the results should contain both terms, "failed" and "password". When you use 'failed password', Splunk interprets this as looking for events that contain both the word "failed" and the word "password" in any order or position within the event data. Similarly, 'failed AND password' explicitly specifies that both terms must be present, producing the same result set. This relationship holds true regardless of case sensitivity because Splunk search queries are typically case-insensitive by default, meaning "failed" and "Failed" would be treated as equivalent. Thus, the rationale behind the correct answer reflects the way Splunk processes keywords and logical operators in its search language.