SERVICENOW-CIS-DISCOVERY Practice Test 6 — 10 Questions

Question 1

Which THREE components are involved in the Discovery process flow?

Accepted Answer

Discovery Patterns. Discovery utilizes the MID Server for execution, the ECC queue for communication, and Patterns for data collection.

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Service Mapping

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CI Class Manager

Question 2

Which action must you perform before a pattern can be used in Discovery?

Accepted Answer

Publish the pattern.. Patterns must be published to be active in the production environment.

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Run a full scan.

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Add it to an Update Set.

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Clear the MID Server cache.

Question 3

What does the 'Discovery Status' field 'Completed' mean?

Accepted Answer

The discovery process has finished executing.. It indicates that all phases of the discovery process for that specific status record have finished.

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No errors occurred.

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The CMDB is now up-to-date.

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All devices were successfully updated.

Question 4

When configuring a Discovery Schedule, what happens if the 'Active' checkbox is unchecked?

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It does not run. An inactive Discovery Schedule will not run, regardless of the schedule definition or the defined Discovery range.

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It remains in the queue

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It runs only once

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It ignores the IP ranges

Question 5

What is the result of using a 'Delimiter' of '
' in a 'Parse Delimited' step?

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It splits the text into separate lines (rows).. The '
' (newline) delimiter splits the text into separate rows.

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It splits the text into individual characters.

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It removes all spaces.

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It converts the text to JSON.

Question 6

What is the primary role of the MID Server during pattern execution?

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To execute the pattern commands on the target.. The MID Server executes the commands on the target on behalf of the instance.

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To define pattern logic.

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To store the CMDB.

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To design the pattern.

Question 7

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to debug a pattern?

Accepted Answer

Review the 'Pattern Log' in the Discovery Status. Option B is correct because the 'Pattern Log' in the Discovery Status provides the execution trace and error details generated when a pattern runs during discovery, making it the primary place to inspect what a pattern actually did and where it failed. Option D is correct because the 'Test' mode in the Pattern Designer lets you execute a pattern against a specific CI or host in a controlled, interactive environment, showing step-by-step results and allowing iterative debugging without running a full discovery. The other options do not belong: restarting the instance (A) is a generic troubleshooting action that does not expose pattern logic or execution details, modifying the MID Server source code (C) is unsupported and unrelated to pattern debugging, and running the pattern from the command line (E) is not a valid debugging method for patterns in this platform.

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Restart the instance

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Modify the MID Server source code

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Run the pattern from the command line

Question 8

What happens to the ECC Queue if the MID Server is unable to connect to the ServiceNow instance?

Accepted Answer

The records stay in the 'ready' state until the MID Server reconnects.. If the MID is down, the ECC Queue records remain in the 'ready' state on the instance and wait until the MID reconnects to process them.

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The instance marks the records as 'processed'.

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The records are automatically moved to the error state.

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The records are automatically deleted.

Question 9

Which TWO types of discovery probes can a MID Server execute?

Accepted Answer

WMI probes. A MID Server in ServiceNow Discovery can execute WMI probes, which use Windows Management Instrumentation over DCOM/RPC to collect hardware, software, and configuration data from Windows hosts, making option A correct. It can also execute SSH probes, which connect to Linux/Unix and network devices over TCP port 22 to run commands and gather inventory data, making option E correct. Hardware replacement probes (B) are not a Discovery probe category—Discovery identifies and classifies CIs but does not perform hardware replacement actions. User creation probes (C) are likewise not a Discovery probe type; user provisioning is handled by orchestration/fulfillment workflows, not Discovery. SQL injection probes (D) are attack techniques, not legitimate Discovery probes, and have no place in the MID Server probe library.

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Hardware replacement probes

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User creation probes

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SQL injection probes

Question 10

You are creating a pattern to capture a version number from a command line output. The output is 'Version: 1.2.3.4'. Which parsing strategy is most efficient for this specific string?

Accepted Answer

Regex parsing. Regex is the standard tool for extracting specific patterns from a single line of text.

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Name-Value pair parsing

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Delimiter parsing

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XML parsing