SERVICENOW-CIS-DISCOVERY Discovery Configuration — All Questions With Answers

Question 1easymultiple choice

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Which phase of Discovery is responsible for matching the fingerprint of a device to a specific Classification record?

Question 2hardmultiple choice

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During the Classification phase, Discovery identifies a device as a Linux server but fails to populate the serial number. Which troubleshooting step is most effective?

Question 3hardmultiple choice

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A customer requires that a specific Discovery Schedule only executes during maintenance windows on weekends. Which configuration setting should be modified?

Question 4easymultiple choice

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Which of the following is NOT a phase of the Discovery process?

Question 5mediummultiple choice

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Which record type is used to associate a credential with a specific Discovery Schedule, allowing for secure and automated credential selection?

Question 6mediummultiple choice

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A Discovery Schedule is configured but not running. Where is the first place you should look for errors?

Question 7hardmultiple choice

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What happens if a device is discovered that matches two different Classification records?

Question 8mediummultiple choice

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Which of the following is a valid method to trigger a Discovery scan manually?

Question 9mediummultiple choice

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Which field on the Discovery Schedule allows you to restrict the discovery to specific device types?

Question 10mediummultiple choice

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Which phase comes immediately after the Identification phase?

Question 11hardmultiple choice

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When configuring a custom probe, what is the best practice for ensuring that the probe executes only on relevant devices?

Question 12mediummultiple choice

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When a MID server is part of a cluster, what happens if one node fails during a discovery scan?

Question 13mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are primary functions of a Discovery Behavior?

Question 14mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are valid states for a MID Server?

Question 15mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are potential outcomes for an IP in a Discovery scan?

Question 16hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are standard Discovery phases that can be seen in the 'Discovery Status' record?

Question 17mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about Discovery Behaviors?

Question 18mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true regarding Discovery IP Ranges?

Question 19hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about Shazzam?

Question 20mediummultiple choice

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You need to ensure that Discovery only scans specific ports for a particular set of Linux servers. Where should you configure this customized port list to override the default Shazzam probe settings?

Question 21mediummultiple choice

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Which phase of Discovery is responsible for determining whether a device is a Windows server, a Linux server, or a network switch?

Question 22mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are true regarding the Shazzam phase?

Question 23mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to ensure that a new subnet range is scanned only during a specific two-hour maintenance window each night. The MID Server is already configured and validated. Which configuration should the administrator create and assign to achieve this requirement?

Question 24mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is configuring a new Discovery Schedule for a subnet that contains several load balancers and firewalls. The administrator wants to ensure that only specific IP addresses within the subnet are scanned, and that the schedule runs only during a designated maintenance window. Which combination of Discovery Schedule configuration elements should the administrator use to achieve this?

Question 25hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator notices that several Windows servers are being classified as 'Linux' in the CMDB. After investigating, the administrator finds that the Shazzam phase is returning incorrect port information. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the misclassification?

Question 26hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to prevent a MID Server named 'MID-EU-01' from being automatically selected by any new horizontal discovery schedules, but the MID Server must remain available for existing schedules that already reference it. Which configuration on the MID Server record accomplishes this?

Question 27mediummulti select

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A discovery administrator is preparing to run discovery against a subnet that contains both production servers and network printers. The administrator wants to avoid creating CIs for the printers while still discovering the servers. Which two configuration actions should the administrator take? (Choose two.)

Question 28mediummulti select

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A discovery administrator is configuring a new Discovery Schedule for a data center subnet. The administrator needs to ensure that the discovery process does not overwhelm the network and that only authorized devices are scanned. Which two actions should the administrator take when configuring the Discovery Schedule? (Choose two.)

Question 29mediummultiple choice

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When configuring a Discovery Behavior, what is the primary purpose of defining 'Probes' within the behavior?

Question 30hardmultiple choice

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If you are troubleshooting a Discovery issue where the device is correctly classified but no data is being populated in the CMDB, which phase should you investigate first?

Question 31mediummultiple choice

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You need to ensure that Discovery ignores a specific range of IP addresses within a larger CIDR block that is already configured. What is the most efficient configuration approach?

Question 32mediummultiple choice

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During the Shazzam phase, Discovery identifies that a port is open. If the port corresponds to a configured classifier but no trigger probe is defined, what is the default behavior?

Question 33mediummultiple choice

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An administrator needs to restrict a Discovery Schedule to only scan specific IP addresses within a subnet during off-peak hours. Which configuration fulfills this requirement?

Question 34easymultiple choice

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What is the purpose of the 'Shazzam' phase in the Discovery process?

Question 35mediummultiple choice

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You have multiple MID Servers in a cluster. Where do you define the capability that restricts a specific MID Server to only perform 'Windows' discovery?

Question 36mediummultiple choice

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If you want to ensure that a Discovery Schedule runs exactly once every 24 hours starting at a specific time, which setting do you use?

Question 37mediummultiple choice

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You notice that Discovery is failing to detect devices in a new subnet. What is the first thing you should verify in the Discovery configuration?

Question 38hardmultiple choice

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When a discovery probe fails due to a timeout, what is the best way to increase the timeout value for that specific probe?

Question 39hardmultiple choice

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How does Discovery handle the identification of a device that has had its IP address changed since the last discovery?

Question 40mediummultiple choice

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When configuring an IP Range for a Discovery Schedule, what format must be used for a block of IPs?

Question 41easymultiple choice

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What is the primary function of a MID Server in the ServiceNow environment?

Question 42mediummultiple choice

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Which record type stores the credentials used by Discovery to log into target devices?

Question 43hardmultiple choice

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During discovery, a device is identified as 'Linux'. Which component is responsible for triggering the specific pattern to gather Linux-specific data?

Question 44mediummultiple choice

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Why would you choose to use a 'Discovery Behavior' instead of the default behavior?

Question 45mediummultiple choice

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When a Discovery scan completes, how can you view the status of all individual IP addresses scanned by that schedule?

Question 46easymultiple choice

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What is the role of the 'ECC Queue' in Discovery?

Question 47mediummultiple choice

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If a MID Server is 'Down', what happens to Discovery schedules assigned to it?

Question 48easymultiple choice

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What is the purpose of the 'Classification' phase?

Question 49mediummultiple choice

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How do you associate a specific MID Server with a Discovery Schedule?

Question 50mediummultiple choice

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Which of the following would be the best reason to create a custom Discovery Behavior?

Question 51hardmultiple choice

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You are performing Discovery and notice that the 'Discovery Status' shows 'Success', but the CI record was not updated. What is the most likely cause?

Question 52mediummultiple choice

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When troubleshooting a specific device, how can you see exactly what was returned by the probes?

Question 53easymultiple choice

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What is the maximum number of times a Discovery Schedule can run?

Question 54mediummultiple choice

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

Question 55hardmultiple choice

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A customer needs to discover devices across a firewall. What is the standard configuration to allow this?

Question 56mediummultiple choice

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What is the purpose of an 'IP Service' in Discovery?

Question 57hardmultiple choice

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When a discovery scan is running very slowly, which configuration adjustment might improve performance?

Question 58mediummultiple choice

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What is the consequence of deleting a Discovery Schedule?

Question 59easymultiple choice

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What is the primary way to check if a MID Server is communicating correctly with the ServiceNow instance?

Question 60hardmultiple choice

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If you need to ensure that a Discovery scan does not impact network traffic, what is a recommended best practice?

Question 61mediummultiple choice

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What is the purpose of the 'Identification' phase in Discovery?

Question 62hardmultiple choice

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A new device type is not being discovered correctly. Where should you look to ensure the classification process is prepared to handle it?

Question 63mediummultiple choice

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Which of these is a valid way to organize discovery when dealing with a very large network?

Question 64easymultiple choice

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What does 'Discovery' in ServiceNow primarily populate?

Question 65mediummultiple choice

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How can you identify which MID Server performed a specific discovery task?

Question 66hardmultiple choice

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You need to add a new port to be scanned by Discovery. Which record do you update?

Question 67easymultiple choice

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What is the primary function of the Discovery 'Exploration' phase?

Question 68easymultiple choice

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Which of the following is NOT a required part of a Discovery Schedule?

Question 69mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to configure an IP range for a Discovery Schedule?

Question 70mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are components of the Discovery process?

Question 71mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are true about the 'Discovery Status' module?

Question 72hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are valid ways to improve discovery performance?

Question 73hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are key components for configuring a successful Discovery?

Question 74hardmulti select

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Which TWO of the following can be used to troubleshoot a MID Server that is not responding?

Question 75hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following items are stored in the Credential record?

Question 76hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are necessary to successfully discover a Windows server?

Question 77mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about the MID Server?

Question 78mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to trigger Discovery?

Question 79hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are common reasons for a Discovery scan to fail?

Question 80hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about the Identification phase?

Question 81mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are true about Discovery Credentials?

Question 82hardmultiple choice

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During the Identification phase, you notice that multiple CI records are being created for the same physical server. Which component should you verify to ensure the Identification engine correctly merges these attributes?

Question 83easymultiple choice

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You are setting up a new Discovery schedule to scan a large, segmented network. Which feature would you use to ensure the scan is distributed across multiple MID Servers?

Question 84mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to define the scope of a Discovery scan?

Question 85hardmultiple choice

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You have a custom application that Discovery is currently ignoring. You want to trigger a specific pattern when the device is classified as a 'Linux Server'. Where do you configure this relationship?

Question 86mediummultiple choice

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A discovery scan is failing during the Exploration phase because the credentials are insufficient. Where should you look to find the specific error logs related to this credential failure?

Question 87easymultiple choice

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

Question 88hardmulti select

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Which THREE components are involved in the Discovery process flow?

Question 89mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to prevent the MID Server from scanning a set of production database servers on the 10.10.0.0/24 subnet, while still allowing discovery of all other devices on that same subnet. The MID Server is already configured and the discovery schedule uses a single IP range that includes 10.10.0.0/24. Which configuration should the administrator use to exclude only the database servers?

Question 90hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is troubleshooting why a Windows server is not being classified correctly during discovery. The server responds to pings and the MID Server successfully runs probes, but the Classification record is not being matched. The administrator verifies that the correct Windows pattern is being triggered. Which configuration should the administrator check to ensure the classification is applied based on the correct criteria?

Question 91hardmultiple choice

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During a discovery run, a Windows server is correctly identified and classified, but the discovery administrator notices that the 'Serial number' attribute is not populated on the resulting CI. The administrator verifies that the Windows credentials are correct and that the server is reachable. Which component should the administrator investigate to ensure the serial number is collected?

Question 92mediummultiple choice

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An implementation specialist is reviewing the discovery logs and notices that a network device is being classified as a 'Printer' instead of a 'Router'. The device responds to SNMP but the classification is incorrect. Which Discovery configuration element should be adjusted to correct the classification?

Question 93mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is troubleshooting a server that was discovered but shows no installed software in the CMDB. The horizontal discovery status shows the device completed successfully and the classification matched the correct Linux Server class. Which configuration element should the administrator verify to ensure application and package data is collected for this device?

Question 94easymultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to ensure that a MID Server can discover devices in a remote subnet that is not directly routable from the ServiceNow instance. The MID Server is already installed and validated in the remote network. What is the next step to enable discovery of that subnet?

Question 95hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is troubleshooting a Linux server that is not being discovered despite correct credentials and network connectivity. The administrator runs a horizontal discovery and notices that the 'SSH' probe fails with a 'Command not found' error. Which step should the administrator take to resolve this?

Question 96mediummulti select

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A discovery administrator is reviewing the Discovery Logs to troubleshoot why a Windows server was not properly discovered. The administrator notices that the Shazzam phase completed successfully, but the Classification phase did not identify the device. Which two actions should the administrator take to resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

Question 97hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is configuring a new Discovery Schedule for a subnet that contains both Linux and Windows servers. The administrator wants to minimize the load on the MID Server and ensure that only necessary probes are run. Which configuration should the administrator use?

Question 98easymultiple choice

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A discovery administrator has created a new Discovery Schedule for a data center subnet and wants the MID Server to begin scanning immediately without waiting for the next scheduled interval. Which action should the administrator take on the Discovery Schedule record?

Question 99mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator notices that a Windows server is discovered and classified correctly, but its serial number and manufacturer fields remain empty in the CMDB. The MID Server is up, the credentials are validated, and other Windows servers on the same schedule populate these fields. Which configuration should the administrator review first?

Question 1easymultiple choice

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Which phase of Discovery is responsible for matching the fingerprint of a device to a specific Classification record?

Question 2hardmultiple choice

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During the Classification phase, Discovery identifies a device as a Linux server but fails to populate the serial number. Which troubleshooting step is most effective?

Question 3hardmultiple choice

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A customer requires that a specific Discovery Schedule only executes during maintenance windows on weekends. Which configuration setting should be modified?

Question 4easymultiple choice

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Which of the following is NOT a phase of the Discovery process?

Question 5mediummultiple choice

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Which record type is used to associate a credential with a specific Discovery Schedule, allowing for secure and automated credential selection?

Question 6mediummultiple choice

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A Discovery Schedule is configured but not running. Where is the first place you should look for errors?

Question 7hardmultiple choice

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What happens if a device is discovered that matches two different Classification records?

Question 8mediummultiple choice

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Which of the following is a valid method to trigger a Discovery scan manually?

Question 9mediummultiple choice

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Which field on the Discovery Schedule allows you to restrict the discovery to specific device types?

Question 10mediummultiple choice

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Which phase comes immediately after the Identification phase?

Question 11hardmultiple choice

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When configuring a custom probe, what is the best practice for ensuring that the probe executes only on relevant devices?

Question 12mediummultiple choice

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When a MID server is part of a cluster, what happens if one node fails during a discovery scan?

Question 13mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are primary functions of a Discovery Behavior?

Question 14mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are valid states for a MID Server?

Question 15mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are potential outcomes for an IP in a Discovery scan?

Question 16hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are standard Discovery phases that can be seen in the 'Discovery Status' record?

Question 17mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about Discovery Behaviors?

Question 18mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true regarding Discovery IP Ranges?

Question 19hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about Shazzam?

Question 20mediummultiple choice

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You need to ensure that Discovery only scans specific ports for a particular set of Linux servers. Where should you configure this customized port list to override the default Shazzam probe settings?

Question 21mediummultiple choice

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Which phase of Discovery is responsible for determining whether a device is a Windows server, a Linux server, or a network switch?

Question 22mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are true regarding the Shazzam phase?

Question 23mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to ensure that a new subnet range is scanned only during a specific two-hour maintenance window each night. The MID Server is already configured and validated. Which configuration should the administrator create and assign to achieve this requirement?

Question 24mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is configuring a new Discovery Schedule for a subnet that contains several load balancers and firewalls. The administrator wants to ensure that only specific IP addresses within the subnet are scanned, and that the schedule runs only during a designated maintenance window. Which combination of Discovery Schedule configuration elements should the administrator use to achieve this?

Question 25hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator notices that several Windows servers are being classified as 'Linux' in the CMDB. After investigating, the administrator finds that the Shazzam phase is returning incorrect port information. Which action should the administrator take to resolve the misclassification?

Question 26hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to prevent a MID Server named 'MID-EU-01' from being automatically selected by any new horizontal discovery schedules, but the MID Server must remain available for existing schedules that already reference it. Which configuration on the MID Server record accomplishes this?

Question 27mediummulti select

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A discovery administrator is preparing to run discovery against a subnet that contains both production servers and network printers. The administrator wants to avoid creating CIs for the printers while still discovering the servers. Which two configuration actions should the administrator take? (Choose two.)

Question 28mediummulti select

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A discovery administrator is configuring a new Discovery Schedule for a data center subnet. The administrator needs to ensure that the discovery process does not overwhelm the network and that only authorized devices are scanned. Which two actions should the administrator take when configuring the Discovery Schedule? (Choose two.)

Question 29mediummultiple choice

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When configuring a Discovery Behavior, what is the primary purpose of defining 'Probes' within the behavior?

Question 30hardmultiple choice

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If you are troubleshooting a Discovery issue where the device is correctly classified but no data is being populated in the CMDB, which phase should you investigate first?

Question 31mediummultiple choice

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You need to ensure that Discovery ignores a specific range of IP addresses within a larger CIDR block that is already configured. What is the most efficient configuration approach?

Question 32mediummultiple choice

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During the Shazzam phase, Discovery identifies that a port is open. If the port corresponds to a configured classifier but no trigger probe is defined, what is the default behavior?

Question 33mediummultiple choice

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An administrator needs to restrict a Discovery Schedule to only scan specific IP addresses within a subnet during off-peak hours. Which configuration fulfills this requirement?

Question 34easymultiple choice

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What is the purpose of the 'Shazzam' phase in the Discovery process?

Question 35mediummultiple choice

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You have multiple MID Servers in a cluster. Where do you define the capability that restricts a specific MID Server to only perform 'Windows' discovery?

Question 36mediummultiple choice

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If you want to ensure that a Discovery Schedule runs exactly once every 24 hours starting at a specific time, which setting do you use?

Question 37mediummultiple choice

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You notice that Discovery is failing to detect devices in a new subnet. What is the first thing you should verify in the Discovery configuration?

Question 38hardmultiple choice

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When a discovery probe fails due to a timeout, what is the best way to increase the timeout value for that specific probe?

Question 39hardmultiple choice

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How does Discovery handle the identification of a device that has had its IP address changed since the last discovery?

Question 40mediummultiple choice

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When configuring an IP Range for a Discovery Schedule, what format must be used for a block of IPs?

Question 41easymultiple choice

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What is the primary function of a MID Server in the ServiceNow environment?

Question 42mediummultiple choice

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Which record type stores the credentials used by Discovery to log into target devices?

Question 43hardmultiple choice

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During discovery, a device is identified as 'Linux'. Which component is responsible for triggering the specific pattern to gather Linux-specific data?

Question 44mediummultiple choice

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Why would you choose to use a 'Discovery Behavior' instead of the default behavior?

Question 45mediummultiple choice

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When a Discovery scan completes, how can you view the status of all individual IP addresses scanned by that schedule?

Question 46easymultiple choice

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What is the role of the 'ECC Queue' in Discovery?

Question 47mediummultiple choice

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If a MID Server is 'Down', what happens to Discovery schedules assigned to it?

Question 48easymultiple choice

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What is the purpose of the 'Classification' phase?

Question 49mediummultiple choice

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How do you associate a specific MID Server with a Discovery Schedule?

Question 50mediummultiple choice

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Which of the following would be the best reason to create a custom Discovery Behavior?

Question 51hardmultiple choice

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You are performing Discovery and notice that the 'Discovery Status' shows 'Success', but the CI record was not updated. What is the most likely cause?

Question 52mediummultiple choice

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When troubleshooting a specific device, how can you see exactly what was returned by the probes?

Question 53easymultiple choice

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What is the maximum number of times a Discovery Schedule can run?

Question 54mediummultiple choice

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

Question 55hardmultiple choice

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A customer needs to discover devices across a firewall. What is the standard configuration to allow this?

Question 56mediummultiple choice

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What is the purpose of an 'IP Service' in Discovery?

Question 57hardmultiple choice

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When a discovery scan is running very slowly, which configuration adjustment might improve performance?

Question 58mediummultiple choice

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What is the consequence of deleting a Discovery Schedule?

Question 59easymultiple choice

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What is the primary way to check if a MID Server is communicating correctly with the ServiceNow instance?

Question 60hardmultiple choice

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If you need to ensure that a Discovery scan does not impact network traffic, what is a recommended best practice?

Question 61mediummultiple choice

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What is the purpose of the 'Identification' phase in Discovery?

Question 62hardmultiple choice

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A new device type is not being discovered correctly. Where should you look to ensure the classification process is prepared to handle it?

Question 63mediummultiple choice

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Which of these is a valid way to organize discovery when dealing with a very large network?

Question 64easymultiple choice

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What does 'Discovery' in ServiceNow primarily populate?

Question 65mediummultiple choice

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How can you identify which MID Server performed a specific discovery task?

Question 66hardmultiple choice

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You need to add a new port to be scanned by Discovery. Which record do you update?

Question 67easymultiple choice

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What is the primary function of the Discovery 'Exploration' phase?

Question 68easymultiple choice

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Which of the following is NOT a required part of a Discovery Schedule?

Question 69mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to configure an IP range for a Discovery Schedule?

Question 70mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are components of the Discovery process?

Question 71mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are true about the 'Discovery Status' module?

Question 72hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are valid ways to improve discovery performance?

Question 73hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are key components for configuring a successful Discovery?

Question 74hardmulti select

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Which TWO of the following can be used to troubleshoot a MID Server that is not responding?

Question 75hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following items are stored in the Credential record?

Question 76hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are necessary to successfully discover a Windows server?

Question 77mediummulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about the MID Server?

Question 78mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to trigger Discovery?

Question 79hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are common reasons for a Discovery scan to fail?

Question 80hardmulti select

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Which THREE of the following are true about the Identification phase?

Question 81mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are true about Discovery Credentials?

Question 82hardmultiple choice

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During the Identification phase, you notice that multiple CI records are being created for the same physical server. Which component should you verify to ensure the Identification engine correctly merges these attributes?

Question 83easymultiple choice

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You are setting up a new Discovery schedule to scan a large, segmented network. Which feature would you use to ensure the scan is distributed across multiple MID Servers?

Question 84mediummulti select

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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to define the scope of a Discovery scan?

Question 85hardmultiple choice

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You have a custom application that Discovery is currently ignoring. You want to trigger a specific pattern when the device is classified as a 'Linux Server'. Where do you configure this relationship?

Question 86mediummultiple choice

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A discovery scan is failing during the Exploration phase because the credentials are insufficient. Where should you look to find the specific error logs related to this credential failure?

Question 87easymultiple choice

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

Question 88hardmulti select

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Which THREE components are involved in the Discovery process flow?

Question 89mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to prevent the MID Server from scanning a set of production database servers on the 10.10.0.0/24 subnet, while still allowing discovery of all other devices on that same subnet. The MID Server is already configured and the discovery schedule uses a single IP range that includes 10.10.0.0/24. Which configuration should the administrator use to exclude only the database servers?

Question 90hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is troubleshooting why a Windows server is not being classified correctly during discovery. The server responds to pings and the MID Server successfully runs probes, but the Classification record is not being matched. The administrator verifies that the correct Windows pattern is being triggered. Which configuration should the administrator check to ensure the classification is applied based on the correct criteria?

Question 91hardmultiple choice

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During a discovery run, a Windows server is correctly identified and classified, but the discovery administrator notices that the 'Serial number' attribute is not populated on the resulting CI. The administrator verifies that the Windows credentials are correct and that the server is reachable. Which component should the administrator investigate to ensure the serial number is collected?

Question 92mediummultiple choice

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An implementation specialist is reviewing the discovery logs and notices that a network device is being classified as a 'Printer' instead of a 'Router'. The device responds to SNMP but the classification is incorrect. Which Discovery configuration element should be adjusted to correct the classification?

Question 93mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is troubleshooting a server that was discovered but shows no installed software in the CMDB. The horizontal discovery status shows the device completed successfully and the classification matched the correct Linux Server class. Which configuration element should the administrator verify to ensure application and package data is collected for this device?

Question 94easymultiple choice

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A discovery administrator needs to ensure that a MID Server can discover devices in a remote subnet that is not directly routable from the ServiceNow instance. The MID Server is already installed and validated in the remote network. What is the next step to enable discovery of that subnet?

Question 95hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is troubleshooting a Linux server that is not being discovered despite correct credentials and network connectivity. The administrator runs a horizontal discovery and notices that the 'SSH' probe fails with a 'Command not found' error. Which step should the administrator take to resolve this?

Question 96mediummulti select

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A discovery administrator is reviewing the Discovery Logs to troubleshoot why a Windows server was not properly discovered. The administrator notices that the Shazzam phase completed successfully, but the Classification phase did not identify the device. Which two actions should the administrator take to resolve the issue? (Choose two.)

Question 97hardmultiple choice

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A discovery administrator is configuring a new Discovery Schedule for a subnet that contains both Linux and Windows servers. The administrator wants to minimize the load on the MID Server and ensure that only necessary probes are run. Which configuration should the administrator use?

Question 98easymultiple choice

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A discovery administrator has created a new Discovery Schedule for a data center subnet and wants the MID Server to begin scanning immediately without waiting for the next scheduled interval. Which action should the administrator take on the Discovery Schedule record?

Question 99mediummultiple choice

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A discovery administrator notices that a Windows server is discovered and classified correctly, but its serial number and manufacturer fields remain empty in the CMDB. The MID Server is up, the credentials are validated, and other Windows servers on the same schedule populate these fields. Which configuration should the administrator review first?