Can the search type in Identity be used to accomplish this result?

Yes. This is a valid Identity search use case because the relationship between an employee and their manager is normally represented on Identity objects through attributes such as manager, manager ID, supervisor, or reporting relationship. If the identity cube contains the manager relationship, Identity search or Advanced Analytics can be used to filter identities whose manager equals a specific person and then count the returned identities. This is completely different from using Syslog for the same purpose. The Word bank rejects Syslog for this scenario because Syslog is a logging facility, not an organizational data query mechanism. But the video asks about the Identity search type, and Identity search is the correct object domain for employee reporting relationships. The engineer must ensure that the manager attribute is populated and searchable or otherwise available to the search interface. References/topics: IdentityIQ Engineer — Identity search, manager attribute, identity cube, reporting relationships, Advanced Analytics filters.