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ServiceNow CIS-ITSM: Configuration, Request, and Incident Management Q&A, Exams of Web Application Development

A comprehensive set of questions and answers covering key aspects of servicenow's configuration management, request fulfillment, incident management, and knowledge management modules. it's a valuable resource for students and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of itsm principles and servicenow's implementation. The q&a format facilitates learning and knowledge retention, making it ideal for exam preparation or self-study.

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Config Management - Ways to create CI ✔✔Manually,
Import external data,
Use ITOM Discovery
What are the baseline problems states? ✔✔New
Assess
Root Cause Analysis
Fix in Progress
Resolved
Closed
Request Fulfillment Life-cycle (4) ✔✔Submission, Approval, Fulfillment, Closure
Change Life-cycle (4) ✔✔Creation & Scope, Approval Implementation, Closure
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ServiceNow CIS-ITSM Questions and

Answers Already Passed

Config Management - Ways to create CI ✔✔Manually,

Import external data,

Use ITOM Discovery

What are the baseline problems states? ✔✔New

Assess

Root Cause Analysis

Fix in Progress

Resolved

Closed

Request Fulfillment Life-cycle (4) ✔✔Submission, Approval, Fulfillment, Closure

Change Life-cycle (4) ✔✔Creation & Scope, Approval Implementation, Closure

Incident lifecycle (4) ✔✔Creation & Classification,

Investigation & Diagnosis,

Resolution,

Closure

Incident - Which fields are copied from parent to child incidents (4) ✔✔State,

Closed notes,

Comments,

Work Notes

What are the methods to initiate a Request? ✔✔Service Portal, Service Catalog Application, Incident Record, Email, Service Desk

What are the possible ways have a request approved? ✔✔Individual User, by approval group, at REQ level, at RITM level.

What are the 4 closure status for a catalog request? ✔✔Closed Complete, Closed incomplete, Closed Rejected, Closed Cancelled

What are the related links in the baseline instance? ✔✔Communicate Workaround

Post Knowledge

Post News

What are the problem closure states in the baseline image? ✔✔Pending Change

Close/Resolved

What are the stages for a change request in the baseline instance? ✔✔New

Assess

Authorize

Scheduled

Implement

Review

Closed

Canceled

What are the phases of the Knowledge Management life-cycle ✔✔Draft

Review

Publish

Retire

What are the possible methods to create a knowledge article? ✔✔Manual using the 'Create new' module

From an existing record, e.g. Incident, Problem, Case (CSM)

Importing from Word Document

Importing using internal integration (e.g. Sharepoint, Box, IBM Lotus)

What are the OOTB templates for Knowledge Articles? ✔✔FAQ

What is

KCS Article

How to

What are the configured schedules in the baseline instance for Change Conflict Detection? ✔✔Scheduled date >= 1 Month away - every 7 days

Scheduled date < 1 Month away - every 2 days

Closed - 7

Canceled - 8

What are the Incident 'On Hold' state reasons? ✔✔Awaiting Caller

Awaiting Change

Awaiting Problem

Awaiting Vendor

What does the 'Business Duration' metric record for an Incident? ✔✔The elapsed time based on the associated SLA.

What does the 'Calendar Duration' metric record for an Incident? ✔✔The total elapsed time until the incident was resolved.

What does the 'Child Incident' metric record for an Incident? ✔✔The number of linked Child Incidents

What does the 'Reopen Count' metric record for an Incident? ✔✔The number of times an incident was reopened.

What does the 'Reassignment Count' metric record for an Incident? ✔✔The number of times an incident was reassigned to a different assignment group.

What are the tables used for Knowledge management? ✔✔Knowledge Bases - kb_knowledge_base

Articles - kb_knowledge

Categories - kb_category

Version - kb_version (Needs Advanced Plugin)

Article views - kb_use

All User Searches - ts_query_kb

What are the topics will need to be covered during a scoping discussion with the customer for a Knowledge Base implementation? ✔✔Content

Integration

Process

Security

Closed Complete - 3

Closed Incomplete - 4

Closed Skipped - 7

What are the Request Task (table) States and their values for Request Fulfillment? ✔✔Pending Approval - requested

Approved - in_progress

Closed Complete - closed_complete

Closed Incomplete - closed_incomplete

Closed Cancelled - closed_canceled

Closed Rejected - closed_rejected

What are the States and their values in both the Task table and Problem table? ✔✔Open - 1

Known Error - 2

Pending Change - 3

Closed/Resolved - 4

What fields and values are copied from a problem to a knowledge article when the 'Post Knowledge' UI Action is used? ✔✔Title -> Number + Short Description fields

Text -> Description + Workaround fields

Source -> "Problem"

How are field decorations configured for a field on a form? ✔✔Configure the 'Reference contributions' (rel_contributions) attribute in the dictionary definition of a field.

What link is used to configure the popup for a field? ✔✔https://[instance].service- now.com/

.do?sysparm_view=sys_popup

What is contextual search? ✔✔It displays search results on forms and record producers when the user enter text in a the 'Short Description' field.

What does the 'Enable 'Search As' option do in Contextual Search? ✔✔It provides the possibility to adjust the search result for another user, for example the caller in an incident.

What is the 'Meta' field used for in a Knowledge Article? ✔✔It sets meta search terms for a knowledge article that can fine-tune the search results in contextual search.

What are field decorations? ✔✔These are icons which appear next to a reference field.

What's the name of the field what show the fields details when the user hovers over the referrence icon? ✔✔sys_popup

How can users interact with a Customer Service Rep in real time? ✔✔Connect Support Chat option.

What functionality enables users to discuss Knowledge Articles? ✔✔Social Q&A.

Which field in the incident table tracks total time between created to resolved? ✔✔Calendar duration.

What is used when calculating the value Business Duration field? ✔✔The 'SLA Schedule' that is used by the associated SLA for the incident.

What columns of the Caller field in an incident are displayed by default? ✔✔User's full name and email address.

What areas of ServiceNow can a variable Editor be used? ✔✔Incident, requested items and catalog tasks.

What role is needed to delete Configuration Items? ✔✔ecmdb_admin

What is the best practice to use Incident State value in scripting? ✔✔Use the global constant INCIDENT.state_value

True or False? A KB article can be associated with multiple Knowledge Bases. ✔✔False

What is the CMDB Base class? ✔✔Base Configuration Item (CMDB)

True or False? Baseline ServiceNow has approvals defined for Knowledge Management. ✔✔False

True or False? All baseline notifications have a message body and/or template defined? ✔✔False

What option allows Order Guide variables to be used by catalogue items? ✔✔The 'cascade variables' checkbox

Where can priority matrix values based on Impact and Urgency be updated? ✔✔The 'Priority Lookup Rules' table (no scripting required)

When a Parent Incident is reopened by an ITIL user, what will happen to the Child Incidents? ✔✔Both parent and child incidents are reopened.

The "refresh impacted services" ui action is available in which application? ✔✔Incident

Where in ServiceNow can you find the default stages for change requests? ✔✔Workflow => Default Stages (by table), select 'Change Request'

How do you add a category to a KB? ✔✔Click the add category icon (+) to add a new category.

What dictionary attribute is used to configure which reference fields are shown? ✔✔The ref_ac_columns attribute

What is the goal of Configuration Management? ✔✔Provide a single logical view of all components and connections needed to deliver services effectively.

What are problem tasks used for? ✔✔To get help from other individuals without reassigning the problem record.

How are related incidents closed from the problem form? ✔✔Select 'Resolve Incidents' from context menu. Incidents needs to be in a state of 'On Hold' with a reason of 'Awaiting Problem'.

What are the criteria to create a known error record? ✔✔When you cannot, or choose not to, pursue a permanent fix.

What are the methods to run change Conflict checks? ✔✔Can be run manually by using the 'Change Conflicts' UI Action or by a scheduled jobs.

How is the 'Change Risk Calculation' started? ✔✔By using the Calculate Risk UI Action, or automatically on insert/update by using glide.ui.risk_calculate_rule property

Is it possible to re-publish a retired article after it has expired? ✔✔No, but a knowledge manager can create a copy of the article which will be put in Draft state.

What is the Change Request Interceptor and where is it configured? ✔✔They open a new change record using certain standards, like change type, workflow etc. Can be modified in System Definition => Interceptors

What does the 'CAB Required' field do in a change request? ✔✔Nothing, CAB requirement is based on conditions set in the CAB definition.

When is the CAB date filled in in a change request? ✔✔When is the CAB date filled in in a change request?

What does the VIP Flag do in incidents? ✔✔The Caller name appears in red, in the baseline instance it does not affect priority or process logic.

What is the ref_contributions attribute is used for? ✔✔It determines which field decorations are shown for a filed.

Which is the preferred state model to used for incidents? ✔✔Use task rather than the incident state model (even though business rules keep them in sync).

Which script includes are meant to be read-only? ✔✔All script includes with SNC in the name

Where do you update the Priority Matrix? ✔✔In the Priority Data Lookups table (System Policy => Rules => Priority Lookup Tables), no scripting is required.

How do you restrict assignment options for groups? ✔✔Use the 'Group Type' field and use Reference Qualifiers in Dictionary Overrides for the assignment group field.

Name some example 'Reference Qualifiers' for assignment groups? ✔✔Incident: javascript:GetGroupFilter('itil'),

Change: javascript:GetGroupFilter('change'),

Request: javascript:GetGroupFilter('request')

What happens to a child when parent incident reopened? ✔✔If ITIL user, all child incidents reopen. If ESS user, child incidents are not reopened.