Be able to locate Dependency Views relationship filter defaults, identify the native CMDB audit trail for manual relationship edits, configure CI retirement/archive rules, and point to the Service Mapping feature that displays live network connections and traffic flows.
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Insight covers how ServiceNow surfaces CMDB and CSDM data through Dependency Views, Service Mapping, and audit tooling. Questions test where defaults are configured, which native mechanism tracks manual CI changes, how CIs are retired, and which feature shows live traffic between application nodes.
Exam objectives
Configuring Relationship Filters defaults in Dependency Views for all users
Using CMDB audit/history to trace manual relationship changes on production servers
Defining CI retirement or archive rules based on operational status and last update
Reading live network connections and traffic flows in Service Mapping service maps
Assuming Dependency Views relationship filters are per-user preferences rather than a system-wide default configured in the Dependency Views properties or filter settings.
Confusing CMDB audit history with Discovery logs, then missing that manual relationship edits are captured as CI relationship audit records.
Expecting Service Mapping to show live traffic by default, when live connections come from a specific feature rather than the base map.
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An organization requires a custom report that extracts CIs that match a complex multi-class criteria: Linux servers running a specific Oracle version that connect to a Business Service via a downstream 'Depends on::Used by' relationship. What is the most efficient native way to generate this dataset?
2An incident manager wants to see all upstream business services impacted by a failed network switch directly from the infrastructure alert. Where can they view this immediate impact path?
3A team needs to evaluate the overall health of their CSDM implementation by verifying if technical services are correctly linked to applications and infrastructure. Which built-in assessment tool provides this specific visibility?
4An administrator wants to view the hierarchical relationship and physical connections between a Business Application and its underlying database infrastructure in the CMDB. Which feature should they open from the Configuration Item form?
5During a Dependency Views troubleshooting session, an engineer notices that a specific application server is missing its connected database nodes. What is the most likely cause when relationships are missing despite successful Discovery runs?
6When analyzing a service map in Service Mapping, an administrator wants to see live network connections and traffic flows captured between application nodes. Which feature provides this insight?
7Which module provides a centralized reporting interface specifically for monitoring CMDB data quality scores across Completeness, Correctness, and Compliance?
8An organization uses Service Mapping to visualize an e-commerce application. A user notices that a specific entry point shows a 'Partial' map status. What does this Insight indicator specifically communicate?
9An enterprise configuration manager needs to audit all manual relationship modifications made to production servers over the last 30 days to ensure compliance with automated discovery policies. Which native audit mechanism tracks this?
10Where can an administrator view graphical relationship maps directly from an incident ticket to assess which business services might be affected by an attached configuration item?
11A reporting analyst wants to create a report showing the distribution of CIs across different operational statuses (e.g., In Use, Maintenance, Retired). Which table and field should be used as the primary grouping?
12An organization is troubleshooting a Service Mapping map where a discovery pattern fails to populate attributes for a custom application server. Which diagnostic tool helps inspect the raw payload and intermediate variables during pattern execution?
13What is the primary purpose of the CMDB Query Builder when generating insights?
14When configuring Relationship Filters within Dependency Views, an administrator wants to ensure that only 'Runs on::Runs' and 'Hosted on::Hosts' relationships are rendered by default for all users. Where is this default view behavior configured?
15An IT director wants to identify all business applications that do not have an assigned owner or support group in the CMDB. Which ServiceNow reporting or dashboard feature is best suited to highlight this specific completeness gap?
16Which dashboard provides visibility into how well an organization's data aligns with the Common Service Data Model (CSDM) across foundations, design, manage technical services, and sell/consume?
17An enterprise wants to schedule a CMDB Query Builder query to automatically run weekly and export the resulting CI dataset to an external SFTP server. Which feature enables this automation?
18An analyst is examining a map in Service Mapping and needs to understand why a specific process on a host was not included in the map. Which map indicator or feature should they inspect?
19What is the primary visual benefit of using Dependency Views during change management planning?
20When configuring custom indicators in Dependency Views, an organization wants to display a warning badge on any server CI whose CPU utilization exceeds 90% based on recent Performance Analytics or metric data. Where are custom widget indicators and map decorators configured for Dependency Views?
21Which tab or related list on a Configuration Item form allows a user to manually add a new relationship to another CI without using Discovery?
22An IT team wants to create a report that lists all Business Services that depend on a specific database instance, traversing up to three relationship hops away. Which native feature can accomplish this multi-hop relationship extraction?
23An organization wants to establish a baseline snapshot of their critical infrastructure CIs to compare against future configuration changes. Which native feature allows creating and viewing these configuration baselines?
24An administrator is troubleshooting a Service Mapping map where a load balancer is mapped correctly, but the backend web servers are missing from the topology. Upon checking the traffic connections, the traffic is visible, but the map traversal stopped. What is the most common reason for this behavior in Service Mapping?
25An enterprise has multiple child domains. An administrator needs to generate a CMDB Query Builder report that aggregates CIs across all domains while respecting domain separation rules. How does Query Builder handle domain separation?
26Which tool enables administrators to define rules that automatically retire or archive CIs based on their operational status and last update date?
27A user is viewing a Dependency Views map and wants to filter out non-essential relationships, showing only 'Hosted on' links. Where can they adjust this filter in the UI?
28An organization wants to track performance metrics for Service Mapping, specifically measuring the average time taken to complete full discovery maps across all critical business services. Which reporting feature provides this analytics capability?
29What does a green health score indicator represent on the CMDB Health Dashboard?
30Which THREE of the following features are key attributes of the CMDB Query Builder? (Choose three.)
31Which TWO of the following indicators or statuses can be viewed on a Service Mapping map? (Choose two.)
32Which THREE of the following statements are true regarding Dependency Views visualization? (Choose three.)
33Which THREE of the following features are supported when configuring and working with CMDB Query Builder? (Choose three.)
34Which THREE of the following are primary components evaluated under the CMDB Health Dashboard framework? (Choose three.)
35Which TWO of the following tasks can be accomplished using the CMDB Data Manager? (Choose two.)
36Which TWO of the following methods can be used to view relationship-based insights for a configuration item in ServiceNow? (Choose two.)
37Which TWO of the following features are associated with Service Mapping visualization and insights? (Choose two.)
38Which THREE of the following are benefits of implementing CSDM and using the CSDM Data Foundations Dashboard? (Choose three.)
39Which THREE of the following actions help ensure accurate relationship-based insights in the CMDB? (Choose three.)
40An administrator needs to identify Configuration Items that have not been updated by any discovery source or integration for more than 90 days. Which tool in ServiceNow should be used to isolate these stale records for review?
41When analyzing CMDB data using Performance Analytics, which of the following is a primary benefit of using CMDB PA dashboards over standard list reports?
42While reviewing the CMDB Dashboard, an administrator notices a high number of duplicate CIs flagged under the Correctness score. What mechanism should be reviewed and tuned to prevent these duplicate records from being continuously created by incoming integrations?
43An administrator needs to create a CMDB Query Builder definition to locate all Windows Servers that host a specific Business Application and have an open critical Incident. What capability does Query Builder provide to achieve this?
44When customizing Dependency Views icons and indicators, an administrator wants to display a visual alert symbol directly on a CI node when its associated hardware warranty is expiring within 30 days. How is this achieved within the platform?
45Which TWO metrics are primary components of the CMDB Health framework? (Choose two.)
46Which THREE features are provided natively by the CMDB Query Builder tool? (Choose three.)
47When configuring and troubleshooting Dependency Views in ServiceNow, which TWO factors directly affect how relationship lines and nodes are displayed between CIs? (Choose two.)
48A CMDB administrator for a large enterprise notices that the CMDB Health Dashboard's Completeness KPI for the 'Business Application' class has been degrading over the past quarter, even though discovery and integrations are running successfully. The administrator needs to identify which specific CI attributes are most frequently left blank so that data stewards can be tasked with remediation. Which action should the administrator take to obtain this insight?
49A large enterprise uses CSDM to model its services. The CMDB administrator notices that many Business Applications are not linked to any Application Service, causing a gap in the service hierarchy. The administrator needs to identify these unlinked Business Applications and understand which CSDM domain they belong to. Which CSDM domain should the administrator focus on to resolve this issue?
50A CMDB administrator is using the CMDB Health Dashboard to analyze the Compliance KPI. The administrator notices that many CIs are failing compliance due to missing required relationships, such as a Server not being related to an Application Service. Which CMDB feature should the administrator use to define and enforce these required relationships?
Be able to locate Dependency Views relationship filter defaults, identify the native CMDB audit trail for manual relationship edits, configure CI retirement/archive rules, and point to the Service Mapping feature that displays live network connections and traffic flows.
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