SNOW-CSA Practice Test 18 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A user reports that they are unable to submit a catalog request because the 'Submit' button is grayed out. The form has mandatory variables. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

A mandatory variable is not filled in.. The 'Submit' button being grayed out typically indicates that the form has not passed client-side validation. Since the question states the form has mandatory variables, the most likely cause is that one or more of these required fields have not been filled in, preventing submission.

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The catalog item is inactive.

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The service catalog is not in the user's home page.

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The user does not have the 'catalog_admin' role.

Question 2

A company is implementing ServiceNow Service Portal for employee self-service. They want to display a list of recent requests on the homepage. Which widget is most appropriate for this purpose?

Accepted Answer

'My Requests' widget. The 'My Requests' widget is specifically designed to display a list of requests associated with the current logged-in user, making it the most appropriate choice for showing recent requests on a Service Portal homepage. It automatically filters records from the 'Request' (sc_request) table based on the user's sys_id and provides built-in sorting and status indicators.

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'SC Category' widget

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'Widget Container'

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'List V2' widget

Question 3

What is the purpose of the CMDB Health Dashboard?

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To monitor the completeness and compliance of CI data in the CMDB. The CMDB Health Dashboard is designed to monitor the completeness and compliance of Configuration Item (CI) data within the CMDB. It provides metrics and visualizations that help administrators identify data quality issues, such as missing mandatory fields, stale CIs, or violations of CMDB rules, ensuring the CMDB remains a reliable source of truth for IT operations.

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To manage user roles and permissions for CMDB

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To visualize relationships between CIs

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To configure discovery schedules and probes

Question 4

An administrator is troubleshooting issues with the CMDB identification and reconciliation engine. Which three components are part of the identification and reconciliation process? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

Reconciliation rules. The identification and reconciliation process in the CMDB consists of three core components: identification rules (D), reconciliation rules (B), and data sources (C). Identification rules (D) define how incoming data is matched against existing CIs using identifiers and identifier entries to determine whether a record is new or an update. Reconciliation rules (B) determine which data source wins when multiple sources provide conflicting values for the same CI attribute, based on priority and precedence. Data sources (C) represent the origins of the incoming CI data (such as ServiceNow Discovery, import sets, or third-party integrations) and are essential because identification and reconciliation logic is applied per data source. Transform maps (A) are used by import sets to map source fields to target fields, but they are not a component of the identification and reconciliation engine itself. CI Class Manager (E) is a UI tool for managing class definitions and identifiers, not a functional component of the identification and reconciliation process.

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Transform maps

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CI Class Manager

Question 5

A workflow on a catalog item contains a 'Wait for Condition' activity that checks whether the catalog task state is 'Closed Complete'. The task is closed but the workflow does not advance. Which configuration should be verified first?

Accepted Answer

The condition script uses the correct field name and value for the catalog task state.. When a Wait for Condition activity does not advance, the most common cause is that the condition script references an incorrect field name or an invalid state value. The workflow engine periodically evaluates the condition against the record, and if the logic never returns true, the workflow remains paused. Checking the field and value ensures the condition matches the actual data.

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The catalog task has an assigned user and a due date.

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The workflow version has been published and is set as the default version.

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The workflow's start condition includes the catalog item's category.

Question 6

Which three conditions must be met for an SLA to start automatically when a new incident is created? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

The incident matches the SLA's conditions.. Option A is correct because an SLA only attaches when the incident satisfies the conditions defined in the SLA's start condition (e.g., priority, category, or assignment group filters), so a matching incident is required for automatic attachment. Option B is correct because an SLA definition must be in an active state; inactive SLA definitions are ignored by the SLA engine and will never attach to a new incident. Option C is correct because the SLA definition must be defined on the 'incident' table or a parent table of 'incident' (such as 'task') so that the SLA engine evaluates it against the incident record. Option D is not required because the SLA schedule determines when the SLA clock runs (business hours vs. 24x7), not whether the SLA attaches; an SLA can attach outside schedule hours and simply pause. Option E is not required because the 'watch_list' field is unrelated to SLA attachment; it only controls who receives notifications, not whether an SLA starts.

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The SLA schedule includes the current time.

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The incident has a 'watch_list' set.

Question 7

A ServiceNow administrator is asked to provide a list of all CIs that are not related to any other CI in the CMDB. Which CMDB health metric should the administrator use to identify these CIs?

Accepted Answer

Orphan CIs. The CMDB Health Dashboard's 'Orphan CIs' metric specifically identifies configuration items that have no relationships to any other CI. This directly matches the administrator's need. Duplicate, stale, and completeness metrics address different aspects of data quality and do not identify CIs lacking relationships.

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Duplicate CIs

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Completeness

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Stale CIs

Question 8

A user reports that the 'My Work' module is missing from the application navigator. The administrator has assigned the user the 'sn_hr_core.hr_case_agent' role. Which step should the administrator take to troubleshoot this issue?

Accepted Answer

Check the sys_module list for role requirements on the 'My Work' module.. The 'My Work' module is a standard application module that may have role-based visibility restrictions defined in the sys_module record. By checking the sys_module list, the administrator can verify if the 'sn_hr_core.hr_case_agent' role is included in the required roles for the module. If the role is missing, the module will not appear in the application navigator for that user.

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Ask the user to clear their browser cache and reload the instance.

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Deactivate and reactivate the 'My Work' module in the application navigator.

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Assign the user the 'admin' role to ensure full access.

Question 9

Based on the exhibit, why did the identification rule fail?

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The serial_number field is empty, but the rule requires it to be non-empty.. The identification rule fails because the serial_number field, which is defined as a required identifier field in the rule configuration, is empty in the incoming payload. ServiceNow CMDB identification rules use a set of fields to uniquely identify CI records; if any required field is missing or null, the rule cannot match or create a record, resulting in a failure. In this case, the payload contains the serial_number field but with no value, which the rule treats as a violation of its non-empty constraint.

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The name field is missing from the payload.

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The rule has a dependency that is not satisfied.

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The ip_address field is not included in the identification rule.

Question 10

A CMDB administrator notices that duplicate CIs are being created for the same server from different discovery sources. What is the most likely cause?

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The identification rules for the CI class are not correctly defined.. Duplicate CIs occur when multiple discovery sources (e.g., Service Mapping, Discovery, or cloud APIs) identify the same server but the identification rules fail to reconcile them into a single CI. Identification rules define which attributes (such as serial number, MAC address, or FQDN) uniquely identify a CI class. If these rules are missing, incomplete, or incorrectly prioritized, the system treats each discovery event as a new CI, leading to duplicates.

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The 'Prevent duplicates' flag is not enabled.

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The reconciliation rules are misconfigured.

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The CMDB is set to read-only mode.

Question 11

A workflow on a catalog item includes a 'Catalog Task' activity that creates a task for the 'Network' group. The task must be completed before the workflow can proceed to the next activity. Which two statements are true about how the workflow handles this task? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The workflow will wait for the task to be closed before moving to the next activity.. The Catalog Task activity waits for the task to be closed before the workflow continues, and the task must be closed by an authorized user, typically a member of the assigned group or someone with the itil role. These two behaviors ensure that the fulfillment step is completed before proceeding, maintaining process integrity.

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The workflow will automatically close the task after a predefined timeout period.

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The task can be closed by any user regardless of group membership.

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The workflow will proceed immediately after the task is created, without waiting for closure.

Question 12

Which TWO statements about ServiceNow CMDB identification and reconciliation are correct?

Accepted Answer

The Identification and Reconciliation (IRE) engine processes incoming CI data.. Option B is correct because the Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE) is the ServiceNow component that ingests incoming CI data from discovery sources, service graph connectors, and imports, then applies identification rules to match records and reconciliation rules to resolve conflicts before writing to the CMDB. Option D is correct because reconciliation rules specify the priority order of data sources (for example, which discovery source or source name wins) so that when multiple sources report different values for the same CI attribute, the higher-priority source's value is written to the CMDB. Option A is incorrect because the 'Source' field is a single field on the CI record, not a per-attribute setting; source priority is handled through reconciliation rules, not by setting Source per attribute. Option C is incorrect because identification rules, not reconciliation rules, are used to identify and match CIs (including detecting potential duplicates); reconciliation rules govern which source's data wins. Option E is incorrect because the CMDB does not automatically delete duplicate CIs; IRE can flag or create duplicate CIs, and de-duplication requires manual or scripted remediation, not automatic deletion.

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The 'Source' field on a CI can be set per attribute.

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Reconciliation rules are used to identify duplicate CIs.

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The CMDB automatically deletes duplicate CIs when detected.

Question 13

Based on the exhibit, who will receive the email notification?

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The caller only.. The exhibit shows that the 'Caller' checkbox is selected in the notification's 'Who will receive' configuration, while the 'Assigned user' checkbox is not selected. In ServiceNow, when only the 'Caller' option is checked, the notification is sent exclusively to the user listed as the caller on the record, regardless of who the record is assigned to.

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No one receives the email.

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The assigned user only.

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Both assigned user and caller.

Question 14

A company wants to allow users to request software licenses through the service catalog. The request requires approval from the manager and then automatically creates a task for the procurement team. Which configuration option should be used?

Accepted Answer

Catalog Item with Approval and Task. A Catalog Item can be configured with an approval flow (manager approval) and a task creation step for the procurement team, directly fulfilling the requirement. Record Producers create records from catalog requests but lack built-in approval and task generation. Order Guides bundle items but don't handle approvals or tasks. Variable Sets collect data but don't define workflow actions.

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Record Producer

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Order Guide

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Variable Set

Question 15

An administrator notices that a scheduled job that queries the cmdb_ci table is taking longer than expected. The job uses a glide query with multiple encoded queries. What is the best approach to improve performance without altering the job's results?

Accepted Answer

Add an index on the fields used in the encoded query conditions.. Adding an index on the fields used in the encoded query conditions directly reduces the number of rows scanned by the database engine when executing the GlideRecord query. This improves query performance without changing the logic or results of the scheduled job, as indexes only affect data access speed, not the data returned.

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Create a database view on the cmdb_ci table and query the view instead.

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Convert the glide query to a direct database query using System SQL.

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Add an index on the sys_created_on field.