Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

What is typically a result of increased field extraction?

1. Reduced search times

2. Increased problem resolution times

3. Increased storage consumption

4. More efficient data parsing

The correct answer is: Increased storage consumption

Increased field extraction typically leads to increased storage consumption rather than reduced storage or improved efficiency. When more fields are extracted from the incoming data, each event may contain additional metadata that represents these fields. This means that the overall amount of data being indexed and stored grows because each event, now enriched with several fields, occupies more disk space. In contrast, reduced search times and more efficient data parsing would often not be direct results of increased field extraction. Rather, field extraction can initially slow down search performance since more data fields need to be processed. Additionally, increased problem resolution times may arise from the complexity added by numerous extracted fields. Thus, increased storage consumption represents a more accurate consequence of enhanced field extraction processes within Splunk.