Are you taking the online/eLearning Splunk Education courses for Admin or Power User?
Clarification regarding the quizzes: If you're taking Splunk Education courses such as "Using Splunk" or "Searching and Reporting" via eLearning, eLearning is a self-paced online course with videos and labs for each module. After each module, there is an online quiz that you can take multiple times. The way the eLearning course works is that you have to complete each aspect of the course such as watching the videos, doing the labs, and completing the quizzes in order for Splunk to mark the course as completed so that it can count towards getting certified. If you're just reviewing the PDFs of each module, it may not be enough to prepare you for the exam.
Regarding the certification exam: If you do not pass after 3 attempts, please email certification@splunk.com for retake options. If you have not taken the recommended courses, you will be required to do so before you can take the test again.
If you are without a Splunk test instance, you should definitely download Splunk and do the Search Tutorial at least. Also, are a couple of previous Answers post to help you in getting started:
- Hungry Newbie: Best way to learn Splunk
- Training materials for new users
Hope that helps. Good luck to you!
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