CIS-CSM Practice Test 2 — 25 Questions

Question 1

An organization requires that when a CSM case SLA is paused, the elapsed time calculation must exclude non-business days and hours, but when the SLA is running, it should use a 24x7 schedule. Can an SLA definition use different schedules for running and paused states?

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No, an SLA definition references a single schedule that governs the calendar calculation for duration and elapsed time.. Standard SLA definitions accept a single schedule per definition record.

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Yes, by attaching two conflicting workflows simultaneously.

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Yes, by checking the 'Dual Schedule' checkbox on the Task SLA form.

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Yes, by configuring separate schedules in the Advanced SLA property table.

Question 2

An administrator is asked to configure a custom SLA stage that triggers when an SLA is within 15 minutes of breaching. Where must this custom stage be added so that the SLA engine recognizes and applies it correctly?

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In the SLA Stage [sla_stage] choice list on the Task SLA table dictionary.. Stages are maintained via choice lists on the Task SLA stage field and engine workflow configurations.

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In the Service Level Management Properties module under 'Custom Stages'.

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In the Dictionary Override of the Case table.

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In the SLA Definition condition builder as an explicit stage filter.

Question 3

An implementation specialist is setting up Case Lifecycle Management and needs to configure state transitions so that a case cannot move directly from 'New' to 'Closed'. Where are these state transition rules defined in CSM?

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State Model Definitions. CSM uses Customer Service State Model configurations to restrict allowed transitions between case states.

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Dictionary Overrides

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Client Scripts

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Workflow Activity Properties

Question 4

An agent is reviewing a customer account and notices multiple duplicate contact records with slightly different email spellings. What is the best practice method to resolve this in CSM?

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Use the Deduplication feature or merge contact records. Duplicate contact records should be resolved using standard data deduplication or merging features if available.

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Update the email address on both records to match

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Delete both records and create a new one

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Deactivate both records and ignore them

Question 5

An implementation specialist is configuring community notification settings so users receive alerts regarding discussions they follow. Which TWO actions or components are part of configuring community notifications out-of-the-box? (Choose two.)

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Modifying the Email Notification records configured for the sn_communities_content table. Community notifications rely on subscription preferences and specific notification definitions tailored for community content events.

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Disabling the global system property glide.email.activity.community

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Writing custom webhooks to an external mail server for every forum insert

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Enabling Connect Chat routing rules for all community subscriptions

Question 6

A community moderator wants to convert a popular, unresolved peer-to-peer community question into a formal customer service case because it requires specialized backend engineering support. How should the moderator achieve this in ServiceNow CSM?

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Use the 'Create Case' action directly from the community thread moderation menu. Moderators can use the out-of-the-box 'Create Case' UI action or contextual menu option available on community threads to seamlessly spin up a case.

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Export the thread to XML and import it into the Case table

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Change the table name of the record from community content to case via background scripts

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Manually copy and paste the forum text into a new record on the sn_customerservice_case form

Question 7

A community member notices a spam post in a forum and wants to bring it to the attention of the moderators. What action should the user take on the post?

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Click the 'Report' or 'Flag as Inappropriate' button on the post. Community users can flag or report content as inappropriate, which places it in a moderation queue for review.

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Delete the post directly using administrative credentials

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Submit a high-priority IT service desk incident

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Close the forum category

Question 8

When configuring a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for CSM cases, an administrator wants the SLA duration to be calculated using only business hours instead of 24x7. Where should the administrator define these business hours?

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In the SLA Definition record under the Schedule field. Business hours are defined in the Schedule [cmn_schedule] table and then referenced within the SLA Definition record.

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In the Dictionary entry for the Case priority field

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In the System Properties under com.glide.sla.business_hours

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In the Workflow properties of the attached SLA workflow

Question 9

An implementation specialist is setting up a new Customer Service Management community and needs to allow community members to create new forums. Which role must be assigned to these members to enable forum creation if the default configuration is used?

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sn_communities.forum_creator. In ServiceNow CSM Communities, the sn_communities.forum_creator role is specifically designed to allow users to create forums within community nodes depending on access control configurations.

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sn_communities_admin

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sn_communities_content_author

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sn_communities_moderator

Question 10

An administrator is configuring the peer-to-peer support forums for a new customer service portal in ServiceNow. Where should the administrator define the specific roles required for users to create new forums and manage categories?

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Community Administration > Forums. Community forum configuration, including user access roles and category management, is managed directly within the Community Administration settings in the CSM portal.

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User Administration > Roles

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Knowledge Management > Administration

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Service Portal > Portals > Community

Question 11

An administrator is troubleshooting a scenario where community discussions are not appearing in Contextual Search results during case creation. Which table must be indexed or included in the Contextual Search table configurations to resolve this issue?

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sn_communities_content. Contextual Search search sources must explicitly include the community content table (typically sn_communities_answer or related question/blog tables) to enable deflection.

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kb_knowledge

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sn_customerservice_case

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sys_user

Question 12

Which THREE features are provided out-of-the-box by the Consumer Service Portal in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

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Management of household or family member relationships. The Consumer Service Portal is designed for B2C interactions, offering consumer-specific registration, profile management, and case tracking without requiring an enterprise account structure.

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Bulk asset ordering and enterprise contract renewals

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Ability to manage corporate child accounts and view company asset hierarchies

Question 13

An organization notices that community search results are returning outdated and low-quality posts. Which feature should an administrator configure to improve search relevancy for community content?

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AI Search search profile configurations and search sources. AI Search search profiles, stop words, synonyms, and result improvement rules can be configured to tune search relevancy for community content.

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UI Actions on the Incident table

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Dictionary search flags on the task table

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Email notification templates

Question 14

A customer service agent receives a case from a user who is registered as a consumer in the system (csm_consumer table), but the user now works for a corporate client and needs to be converted to a contact associated with an Account. What is the recommended administrative approach to handle this transition?

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Change the table reference on the user record from csm_consumer to sys_user and populate the account field.. Transitioning a consumer to a contact involves creating the contact record linked to the account and migrating relevant historical context if necessary, as consumers and contacts reside on different tables.

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Use the 'Convert to Contact' UI action available on the Consumer form.

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Delete the consumer record and create a new contact record from scratch, losing all case history.

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Merge the consumer record into the parent Account record using Data Deduplication.

Question 15

When setting up a new community in ServiceNow CSM, an administrator can configure different types of content formats to encourage user participation. Which TWO content types are supported natively in ServiceNow Communities? (Choose two.)

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Blogs (allowing authors to publish posts and readers to comment). ServiceNow Communities support multiple content formats, such as questions, blogs, and standard discussion threads.

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Live chat transcript logs

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Direct database SQL query forms

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Automated patch deployment forms

Question 16

When configuring entitlements in ServiceNow CSM, which THREE criteria can be used to restrict or determine when an entitlement applies to an incoming case? (Choose three.)

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Account. Entitlements can be matched against specific accounts, products, assets, and contacts to control service levels and consumption.

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Geographic Region

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Case Priority

Question 17

Which THREE factors are critical when designing peer-to-peer support communities to ensure effective case deflection? (Choose three.)

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Organizing forums into logical, easy-to-navigate categories. Effective case deflection relies on discoverable content, clear categorization, and strong search indexing.

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Disabling all authentication requirements so anonymous bots can spam the forums

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Hardcoding all community replies into static knowledge articles manually

Question 18

Which role is typically required to create and modify SLA Definitions in a CSM implementation?

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sla_admin or admin. SLA configuration requires specialized administrative privileges, typically provided by the SLA Admin role.

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sn_customerservice_manager

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sn_customerservice_agent

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itil

Question 19

An administrator is setting up account and contact management in ServiceNow CSM. Which TWO of the following statements are true regarding the relationship between accounts and contacts? (Choose two.)

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A single contact can be associated with multiple accounts using contact relationships or multiple contact-account mappings.. Contacts represent individuals working for an account. A contact can be associated with multiple accounts, and accounts can have multiple contacts.

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Deactivating an account automatically deactivates all associated contact records in the system.

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An account must have at least one primary contact designated at all times for case creation.

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Contacts inherit all roles and permissions of their parent account automatically without user record configuration.

Question 20

A customer service agent wants to reference a community thread directly inside a customer case record. Which mechanism links a case to a community thread?

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The Community Thread related list on the Case form. Many-to-many relationships or reference fields on the case table allow linking community threads or using built-in CSM related lists.

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Attaching a PDF export of the browser screen

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Writing a client script on the sys_user table

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Changing the case category to 'Community'