CIS-CSM Account And Contact Management Practice Question
A customer service agent needs to create a new case for a caller who works at a subsidiary company, but the case needs to be billed to the parent corporation's service contract. How should the agent configure the Account and Entitlement fields on the case?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Set Account to subsidiary and select an entitlement associated with the parent account via hierarchy
The Account field can be set to the subsidiary while utilizing account hierarchy inheritance for entitlements.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Set Account to parent and Entitlement to parent
Why it's wrong here
This fails to record the subsidiary where the case originated.
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Manually override the billing ledger outside of CSM
Why it's wrong here
CSM handles this natively through account hierarchy relationships.
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Set Account to subsidiary and select an entitlement associated with the parent account via hierarchy
Why this is correct
Hierarchical roll-up allows child accounts to consume parent entitlements when properly configured.
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Create a duplicate account record merging both entities
Why it's wrong here
Merging records is unnecessary and breaks corporate structure.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official ServiceNow exam blueprint
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