⚡ IT Wisdom
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Curious Mind
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203 to Eager Learner
124 cards total
DEVASC
Application Deployment and Security
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What is a container image and how does it relate to application deployment?
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What is the OWASP Top 10 and why is it relevant to developers?
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What is TLS and why is it important in securing application communications?
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What is the purpose of a secrets management tool (e.g., HashiCorp Vault) in application deployment?
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Cisco Platforms and Development
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What is Cisco DNA Center used for in a network environment?
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What type of API does Cisco DNA Center expose for programmatic access?
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What is Cisco Meraki and how is it primarily managed?
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What is the purpose of the Cisco Meraki API key and where is it passed in API requests?
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What is Cisco ACI and what is its primary programmability interface?
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What is Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) and which component provides its REST API?
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What is Cisco Webex and what capabilities does its REST API provide?
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What is a Webex Bot and how does it receive messages from users?
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What is Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF and what data modeling language does it rely on?
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What is the difference between NETCONF and RESTCONF on Cisco IOS XE devices?
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Infrastructure and Automation
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What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
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What is the difference between mutable and immutable infrastructure?
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What is Ansible and how does it differ from Puppet or Chef?
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What is a CI/CD pipeline and why is it important in network automation?
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What is the purpose of a Python virtual environment in automation projects?
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What is Terraform and what language does it use for configuration?
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What is the role of a Docker container in application deployment automation?
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What is configuration drift and how is it addressed?
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What is the difference between declarative and imperative approaches to automation?
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What is a webhook and how is it used in automation workflows?
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Network Fundamentals
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What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
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What are the seven layers of the OSI model, in order?
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What is the purpose of a subnet mask?
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What is the function of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)?
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What is the difference between a hub, a switch, and a router?
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What is CIDR notation, and how is /26 interpreted?
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What is the role of DNS in networking?
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What is Network Address Translation (NAT) and why is it used?
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What is the purpose of VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)?
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What are the well-known port numbers for HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, and Telnet?
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Software Development and Design
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What is the difference between REST and SOAP APIs?
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What does the HTTP status code 401 indicate, and how does it differ from 403?
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What is the purpose of a webhook?
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What are the four main HTTP methods used in RESTful APIs and their purposes?
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What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous API calls?
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What is version control, and why is it used in software development?
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What is the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern?
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What is the purpose of JSON and how does it differ from XML?
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What is Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)?
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What is the difference between unit testing and integration testing?
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Understanding and Using APIs
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What is the difference between a synchronous and asynchronous API call?
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What HTTP status code indicates a resource was successfully created via a POST request?
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What is the purpose of an API key?
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What distinguishes a RESTful API from a SOAP API?
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What is pagination in the context of REST APIs?
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What is the role of the HTTP OPTIONS method in REST APIs?
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What is OAuth 2.0 and how is it used with APIs?
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What is the purpose of rate limiting in an API?
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What is the difference between a REST API resource and an endpoint?
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What does idempotent mean in the context of HTTP methods, and which methods are idempotent?
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SPLUNK-CORE
Alerts
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What are the two types of alert scheduling in Splunk?
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What is a throttle in the context of Splunk alerts?
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What permission level is required to create a scheduled alert in Splunk?
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What is the difference between "Per-Result" and "Number of Results" alert trigger conditions?
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What alert action in Splunk adds triggered alert information to a shared, reviewable list...
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What is the purpose of the "Expires" setting on a Splunk alert?
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What trigger condition should be used to fire an alert when the number of results in a time...
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What Splunk alert action can be used to automatically create a ticket or send a notification to...
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Where in Splunk can you view all alerts that have fired within the configured expiration window?
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What is the significance of alert severity levels in Splunk?
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Basic Searching
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What is the default time range used when performing a search in Splunk if no time range is specified?
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What does the `index` keyword do in a Splunk search?
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What is the difference between a `AND`, `OR`, and `NOT` Boolean operator in Splunk searches?
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What are the three main components of the Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) pipeline?
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What does the wildcard character `*` do in a Splunk search string?
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What is the purpose of field-value pair searching in Splunk?
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What is the role of the `sourcetype` field in a Splunk search?
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What does the `stats count` command do in a Splunk search?
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What is the difference between a "transforming command" and a "streaming command" in Splunk?
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How does Splunk's search use "keywords" to find events, and where does it look?
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Reports and Dashboards
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What is the difference between a Report and a Dashboard in Splunk?
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What acceleration option is available for Reports in Splunk?
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How can a Report be shared with other Splunk users?
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What are the three time range options when scheduling a Report in Splunk?
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What is a Dashboard Panel in Splunk?
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What is the purpose of Dashboard Inputs (tokens) in Splunk?
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What file format underlies a Classic Splunk Dashboard, and where is it stored?
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What scheduling action can be triggered automatically when a scheduled Report runs in Splunk?
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What is the difference between "Powered by Report" and "Inline Search" panels in a Splunk Dashboard?
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What Splunk feature allows a Dashboard to automatically refresh its data at a set interval?
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Search Language Fundamentals
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What is the default time range used when no time picker selection is made in a Splunk search?
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What is the purpose of the `stats` command in SPL?
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What is the difference between a transforming command and a non-transforming command in Splunk?
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What does the `eval` command do in SPL?
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What is the function of the pipe (`|`) character in a Splunk search?
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What is the role of Boolean operators in a Splunk search, and what is their order of precedence?
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What is the `table` command used for in SPL?
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What is the difference between the `search` command and the `where` command in SPL?
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What does a field extraction using the `rex` command accomplish in SPL?
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What is the purpose of the `dedup` command in SPL?
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Splunk Basics
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What is a Splunk index?
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What are the three main processing components of the Splunk architecture?
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What is the default field that Splunk automatically assigns to every indexed event?
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What is a sourcetype in Splunk?
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What is the role of a Universal Forwarder in Splunk?
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What is the Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL)?
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What are transforming commands in Splunk, and why are they important?
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What is the difference between a scheduled report and an alert in Splunk?
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What is the purpose of field extraction in Splunk?
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What are the four types of Splunk knowledge objects?
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Using Fields
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What is the difference between a default field and an extracted field in Splunk?
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What does the `fields` command do in a Splunk search, and what are its two modes?
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What is field extraction in Splunk and when does it occur?
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What is the purpose of the `field.conf` file in Splunk?
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How does Splunk handle field names that differ only in case (e.g., "Status" vs. "status")?
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What is the `rex` command used for in Splunk?
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What does the `rename` command do in Splunk?
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What is a multi-value field in Splunk and how can you create one?
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What is the Fields sidebar in Splunk and what does it display?
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What is the purpose of the `eval` command when used with fields in Splunk?
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Working with Events
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What is an event in Splunk?
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What does the `fields` command do when used with a minus sign (e.g., `fields - fieldname`)?
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What is event segmentation in Splunk, and why does it matter?
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What is the purpose of the `table` command in Splunk?
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How does the `rename` command affect fields in Splunk search results?
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What is the difference between a raw event and a field-value pair in Splunk?
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What does the `dedup` command do in a Splunk search?
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What is the role of the `sort` command in Splunk, and what is the default sort order?
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What does `eval` do when used to create a new field in Splunk?
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What is the significance of the selected time range when working with events in Splunk?
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