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Practise ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist - Customer Service Management (CIS-CSM) (CIS-CSM) scenario questions practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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1

An administrator is configuring AI Search for a CSM portal. Which THREE features are specific capabilities of AI Search compared to legacy Text Search in ServiceNow Knowledge Management? (Choose three.)

Hard
2

Which THREE features are provided out-of-the-box by the Consumer Service Portal in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

Medium
3

Which TWO features are provided by the Major Case Management plugin? (Choose two.)

Medium
4

An organization uses Major Case Management and needs to automatically invite stakeholders to a major case meeting as soon as a major case is proposed. Which feature facilitates this capability?

Hard
5

An agent needs to attach a Knowledge article to a case to help the customer. Where should the agent look?

Medium
6

Which role is the minimum required for a user to manage their own profile and cases on the portal?

Easy
7

Which TWO actions occur automatically when a CSM Case SLA reaches its breach threshold? (Choose two.)

Medium
8

A community manager wants to recognize the top contributors in the customer service community by automatically awarding a badge when a user's post receives 50 or more 'Helpful' votes. Which ServiceNow CSM feature should the manager use to configure this automated recognition?

Easy
9

Which TWO statements are true regarding how the SLA engine handles Case re-opening scenarios? (Choose two.)

Medium
10

A customer service agent receives an email from a contact whose email domain matches multiple accounts in the system. How does CSM handle account resolution for inbound email by default?

Medium
11

Which TWO of the following are primary channels for creating a CSM case?

Medium
12

A company implements multilingual knowledge bases for global CSM operations. Which THREE behaviors or features are associated with knowledge translation management in ServiceNow? (Choose three.)

Medium
13

A CSM implementation must ensure SLA Definitions correctly respect the support hours of different regions. The team is configuring business schedules and needs to understand how the SLA engine applies them. Which TWO statements accurately describe how SLA Definitions interact with business schedules in CSM? (Choose two.)

Hard
14

What is the primary purpose of implementing peer-to-peer support forums within the ServiceNow CSM application?

Easy
15

An agent is trying to add a new contact to an account, but the contact already exists as a user in the system linked to a different account. What is the correct procedure to handle this scenario in CSM?

Medium
16

A CSM implementation specialist needs to ensure that agents can only view knowledge articles that are relevant to their assigned customer accounts and products. Which Knowledge Management feature should they configure to restrict article visibility based on the user's company and product associations?

Medium
17

Where can a customer service agent view the real-time status and timers of active SLAs attached to a specific Case record?

Easy
18

When configuring Service Level Agreements in Customer Service Management, which record type defines the time allowed to resolve a case based on priority?

Easy
19

A customer service agent is working on a case and needs to transfer the case to another agent who has specialized knowledge. The agent wants to ensure that the case history and all related information are preserved. Which action should the agent take?

Easy
20

When configuring entitlements in ServiceNow CSM, which THREE criteria can be used to restrict or determine when an entitlement applies to an incoming case? (Choose three.)

Hard
21

An administrator is setting up Advanced Work Assignment (AWA) for CSM cases. Which THREE components must be configured to ensure cases are successfully routed to available agents using AWA? (Choose three.)

Hard
22

An implementation specialist is configuring knowledge management for a CSM portal. Which TWO methods can be used to restrict access to a knowledge base so that only specific customer accounts can view its content? (Choose two.)

Easy
23

A community manager is configuring the integration between Communities and Customer Service Management. Which TWO actions are required to enable agents to create cases from community questions? (Choose two.)

Hard
24

Which TWO methods can be used to apply a custom business schedule to a CSM SLA Definition? (Choose two.)

Medium
25

How are 'Assignment Rules' triggered in the CSM application?

Medium
26

What is the default table that stores active and historical SLA instances attached to customer service cases?

Easy
27

An implementation specialist is troubleshooting an issue where SLAs are attaching multiple times to the same CSM case. Which THREE configuration errors typically cause duplicate SLA attachment? (Choose three.)

Hard
28

An implementation specialist is configuring Knowledge Management feedback handling. They want to ensure that when a knowledge article receives a rating of 2 stars or lower, an automated notification is sent to the article author. How is this achieved?

Hard
29

If an agent wants to view all cases associated with a specific account, where is the best place to find this information?

Medium
30

Which TWO features assist users in discovering relevant community discussions without needing to browse every forum? (Choose two.)

Medium
31

A CSM customer service manager wants to audit all changes made to a knowledge article over its lifecycle, including who edited it and when. Which ServiceNow feature provides this audit trail?

Medium
32

Which TWO metrics are typically tracked to measure the success and health of a customer service community? (Choose two.)

Medium
33

Which TWO options describe valid methods for displaying SLA countdown timers in CSM Workspace or Service Portal? (Choose two.)

Medium
34

Which THREE of the following items can be included in a Case Template?

Hard
35

An implementation specialist is configuring feedback task routing for a CSM knowledge base. Which THREE factors determine who receives a knowledge feedback task when negative feedback is submitted? (Choose three.)

Hard
36

A CSM implementation team wants to report on the percentage of Case SLAs that breached within the last quarter, broken down by Account. Which reporting source or table is best suited for this requirement?

Medium
37

When mapping a problem to a case, what happens if the 'Propagate updates' checkbox is selected?

Hard
38

A company uses multiple knowledge bases for different product lines in CSM. They want agents to default to searching only the product-specific knowledge base when working on a case related to that product. How can this be configured?

Medium
39

Which state does a case go into after an agent has finished working on it and it is ready to be closed?

Easy
40

An administrator needs to modify how SLA stages are displayed on CSM cases. Where are SLA stages primarily defined and managed in ServiceNow?

Hard
41

What is the primary function of the 'Case Audit' history?

Medium
42

An agent is looking at an article on the CSM workspace and notices it is flagged as 'Outdated' by a customer. Where can the agent see this flag?

Easy
43

When configuring search sources for Contextual Search in CSM case creation, which record type must be defined to enable searching across external knowledge repositories like SharePoint?

Hard
44

During an upgrade, customized portal widgets for the community home page stop rendering correctly. Where should an administrator look to check for widget dependency issues or script errors?

Hard
45

Which TWO benefits do organizations realize by integrating community forums with customer service management cases? (Choose two.)

Medium
46

A customer service agent needs to escalate a complex case to a back-office team without losing the context of the current customer interaction. Which feature should the agent use to initiate this process while keeping the original case active?

Easy
47

Which TWO methods can be used to categorize knowledge articles in ServiceNow Knowledge Management? (Choose two.)

Easy
48

Which field on the SLA Definition form determines whether the SLA calculates elapsed time starting from the exact moment the Case was created, even if the SLA definition was created after the case?

Easy
49

Which TWO of the following actions can a manager perform on a case?

Medium
50

A CSM implementation specialist needs to restrict a knowledge base so that only users with the 'knowledge_admin' role can create and edit articles, while all other users can only read published articles. Which configuration should the specialist apply?

Medium
51

An implementation specialist is configuring Contextual Search for CSM cases. When an agent opens a case with a specific Product and Category, the system should automatically suggest relevant knowledge articles from a specific Knowledge Base. Where should the specialist configure this specific matching rule?

Hard
52

Which THREE components are typically customizable within a CSM portal Community Home page layout using Service Portal Designer or UI Builder? (Choose three.)

Hard
53

Which tool in ServiceNow allows administrators to visualize the lifecycle of a case?

Medium
54

A company wants to allow customers to create cases via email. Where is the mapping between the incoming email headers and the case fields configured?

Medium
55

A retail company is implementing ServiceNow CSM to support both individual retail shoppers and corporate business clients. Which foundational architectural difference distinguishes the consumer-based service model from the account-based service model?

Easy
56

Which portal page serves as the entry point for users browsing community forums, blogs, and topics in the CSM portal?

Easy
57

Which of the following best describes the relationship between a 'Case' and a 'Service Contract'?

Hard
58

A CSM organization requires an SLA report that displays the percentage of cases resolved within the SLA per agent, grouped by month. Which reporting feature in ServiceNow is best suited to display this aggregated compliance percentage directly?

Hard
59

A customer service agent receives a call from an individual inquiring about a product purchased for personal use. The agent opens a case. Which record type should populate the Account/Consumer field on the case form?

Medium
60

A knowledge manager needs to configure a knowledge base so that articles automatically expire and are retired 90 days after their last review date. Which feature should be used to accomplish this?

Medium
61

Which ServiceNow module allows customer service managers to view and manage the hierarchical structure of parent and child accounts?

Easy
62

What is the purpose of the 'Reset' condition in an SLA Definition?

Easy
63

An organization wants to escalate cases automatically if they are not resolved within 24 hours. Which tool should be used?

Medium
64

A customer service manager wants to track community adoption metrics, such as deflection rates and most active contributors, directly within the CSM workspace. Which dashboard or workspace module supports this?

Medium
65

A customer service manager wants to ensure that when a contact is associated with multiple accounts, the contact can select the appropriate account when submitting a case through the Customer Service Portal. Which feature should the manager configure to enable this?

Medium
66

An administrator needs to configure a Service Level Agreement (SLA) that applies specifically to High priority Case records when opened for VIP accounts. Where should this condition be defined?

Easy
67

A customer service manager wants to ensure that when a case is created for a VIP account, the case is automatically assigned to a specific assignment group and a notification is sent to the group manager. The manager asks an implementation specialist to configure this behavior. Which TWO components are required to achieve this? (Choose two.)

Medium
68

When a case is linked to a problem, what is the default behavior regarding the case's 'State' field when the problem is resolved?

Hard
69

Which TWO of the following can be used to track case performance?

Medium
70

What is the advantage of using 'Record Producers' in the Service Portal?

Medium
71

A CSM administrator is troubleshooting why a newly created SLA Definition is not attaching to cases. The definition has a valid Start condition, a correct schedule, and a target of eight hours. Cases are being created and updated normally. Which field should the administrator check first to confirm the definition applies to the Case table?

Easy
72

An agent working on a CSM case wants to email a published knowledge article directly to the external contact. Which UI element or feature supports this capability?

Easy
73

An agent needs to escalate a case that is currently assigned to a group. Which tool provides the interface to track the escalation and define the 'Escalation Reason'?

Hard
74

Which component manages the routing of incoming cases based on agent availability and skills?

Medium
75

A CSM process owner wants a breach notification email sent to the case assignment group when a case SLA approaches its breach time, and a second notification when the breach actually occurs. The team already has an SLA Definition with correct Start, Pause, and Stop conditions. Which configuration should the team use to trigger these notifications at the right times?

Medium
76

A CSM administrator is onboarding a new business customer, Northwind Traders. The account record already exists, but the administrator needs to relate the primary support contact to that account so the contact inherits the account's entitlement and can open cases from the Customer Service Portal. Which field on the contact record establishes this relationship?

Medium
77

When configuring Case Resolution Workflows, what are THREE key considerations or components an administrator must account for? (Choose three.)

Hard
78

A CSM client has multiple subsidiary companies, each with its own brand and customer base. They want to ensure that knowledge articles created by Subsidiary A are never visible to users of Subsidiary B, even though both share the same ServiceNow instance. How should the specialist architect the Knowledge Bases?

Hard
79

A Customer Service Manager wants to ensure that internal knowledge articles created by Tier 2 agents are reviewed and approved by a Knowledge Manager before they are published to external customers. Which feature should be configured to support this requirement?

Medium
80

A company wants to reward community members based on quality contributions rather than sheer quantity of posts. Which reputation rule setting should the administrator adjust?

Medium
81

When configuring community forum settings, an administrator enables 'Expert Recognition'. What does this feature typically accomplish?

Easy
82

A customer service manager wants to automatically assign incoming cases based on the agent's skillset matching the product associated with the case. Which ServiceNow feature should be configured to achieve this?

Easy
83

Where can an agent view the history of all communications sent and received for a specific case?

Easy
84

A customer service agent is working on a high-priority case and finds the exact resolution inside a published knowledge article. The agent wants to quickly attach this article to the case for reference and tracking. Which action should the agent take?

Easy
85

An implementation specialist is setting up feedback management for CSM knowledge articles. Where do user comments and ratings submitted via the Customer Service Portal get stored?

Hard
86

An implementation specialist needs to ensure that when a case reaches the 'Resolved' state, a mandatory satisfaction survey is automatically sent to the customer contact. How should this be configured?

Hard
87

When configuring SLA workflows for CSM, which TWO activities are commonly used to handle escalation tasks or notifications? (Choose two.)

Medium
88

A CSM administrator is configuring the Customer Service Portal so that external users see the correct experience based on whether they are business contacts or individual consumers. Which TWO configuration considerations apply when setting up these user types? (Choose two.)

Medium
89

An agent wants to search for knowledge articles directly from the CSM Agent Workspace without leaving the active case form. Which component provides this capability?

Easy
90

Which role is required to retire a published knowledge article in ServiceNow Knowledge Management?

Easy
91

A support organization has noticed that community users are frequently asking questions that are already answered in published Knowledge base articles. To maximize case deflection via community content, what primary feature should the administrator integrate with the community search?

Medium
92

A CSM implementation specialist is configuring the case resolution process. They need to ensure that when a case is resolved, certain actions occur automatically. Which TWO of the following are valid ways to trigger actions upon case resolution? (Choose two.)

Hard
93

An implementation specialist is configuring knowledge management search for CSM cases. They want to ensure that when an agent types a case description containing a specific product serial number, articles matching that serial number appear prominently. Which feature should be leveraged?

Hard
94

An administrator needs to configure Customer Service Management so that service requests can be submitted by individual consumers who do not belong to a corporate account. Which record type should be used to represent these individual customers in the system?

Easy
95

If a customer service agent is unable to view the 'Major Case' tab on a case, what is the most likely cause?

Hard
96

Which status indicates that a case is currently being worked on by an agent?

Easy
97

Which TWO components are typically included in a CSM Case Playbook configuration? (Choose two.)

Medium
98

An enterprise CSM customer uses internationalized knowledge bases. When a user accesses the Customer Service Portal in French, how does ServiceNow determine which translated article version to display?

Hard
99

When a contact submits a case through the Customer Service Portal, how is the Account field on the case automatically populated?

Easy
100

Which TWO of the following are key components of the CSM case lifecycle?

Medium
101

A customer service agent is working on a case and needs to send a response to the customer that includes a personalized greeting, case details, and a resolution summary. The agent wants to ensure the email uses the correct customer name and case number automatically. Which feature should the agent use to compose this email?

Medium
102

What is the primary difference between a Customer Service Contact and a Customer Service Consumer?

Easy
103

Which THREE things must be true for a Case Assignment Rule to execute?

Hard
104

An implementation specialist is configuring Knowledge Management integration with ServiceNow Communities. What is the primary purpose of enabling community question-to-article workflows in a CSM environment?

Hard
105

Which TWO actions can be performed from a Case record to initiate cross-functional collaboration in Customer Service Management? (Choose two.)

Medium
106

A CSM organization requires that knowledge articles created by external partners must undergo a two-step approval process (first by a partner lead, then by an internal knowledge manager). How should this be implemented?

Medium
107

A CSM organization uses ServiceNow Communities and wants to leverage user-generated content for knowledge management. Which THREE actions can be performed between Communities and Knowledge Management? (Choose three.)

Medium
108

To enable case-to-problem linkage, which ServiceNow module must be active and properly configured to ensure that problem records can impact multiple related cases?

Hard
109

When using 'Case Templates', what is the primary benefit for an agent?

Medium
110

An implementation specialist is troubleshooting article versioning behavior in a CSM environment. Which THREE statements regarding knowledge article versioning are correct? (Choose three.)

Hard
111

Which THREE actions are available when viewing a Case in the 'Major Case' context?

Hard
112

A customer service supervisor wants to run a report showing all active entitlements for a specific account that are nearing their expiration date. Which table should the report be built on?

Medium
113

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to create a Case in CSM?

Medium
114

An enterprise CSM customer wants to integrate external knowledge repositories into their ServiceNow CSM portal search. Which THREE mechanisms or steps are required to achieve this? (Choose three.)

Hard
115

An organization wants to ensure that when an account's credit status changes to 'Hold', all open cases for that account are automatically placed on hold and agents are notified. How should an administrator configure this?

Hard
116

Which THREE configuration steps are involved when setting up gamification and reputation management in CSM communities? (Choose three.)

Hard
117

Which THREE features are associated with Entitlements in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

Medium
118

When configuring the Assignment Workbench for CSM, what can you use to influence the agent selection process?

Medium
119

Which TWO tools help maintain data consistency in cases?

Medium
120

An organization uses Communities in ServiceNow CSM and wants to convert a highly rated community discussion thread into a validated knowledge article. Which baseline feature enables this workflow?

Medium
121

What is the purpose of the 'Case Task' in the CSM application?

Hard
122

Which path in the Navigator is used to define new Case Types?

Easy
123

A company requires that when a case is created with a specific product, a related problem record must be automatically created and linked to the case. Where should the administrator configure this automation?

Hard
124

Which THREE of the following are benefits of the Case-to-Problem linkage?

Hard
125

Which THREE of the following are considered 'Work Channels' in CSM?

Hard
126

A community user wants to follow a specific topic tag (e.g., #Billing) to receive updates whenever a new thread is created with that tag. How does the user achieve this?

Medium
127

When setting up a new community in ServiceNow CSM, an administrator can configure different types of content formats to encourage user participation. Which TWO content types are supported natively in ServiceNow Communities? (Choose two.)

Easy
128

A community manager at a medical device company needs to ensure that only users with an active support entitlement can view and post in a private forum dedicated to troubleshooting a regulated product. The forum must be hidden from users without that entitlement, and the restriction must apply consistently across forum lists, search results, and direct URLs. Which ServiceNow configuration should the manager use to meet this requirement?

Medium
129

A CSM customer requires their SLAs to respect the specific operating hours of different regional support centers. Where is this time zone and schedule association configured?

Medium
130

An administrator is troubleshooting why an SLA timer is incorrectly continuing to run while a CSM Case is in a paused state. Which THREE common configuration issues should the administrator investigate? (Choose three.)

Hard
131

An administrator needs to customize the layout of the Community Home page in the CSM portal. Which tool should the administrator use to modify page widgets and layout?

Medium
132

Which TWO roles or user groups typically interact with community moderation queues to review reported or flagged content? (Choose two.)

Medium
133

Which THREE security and compliance practices should be enforced within peer-to-peer customer communities? (Choose three.)

Hard
134

A system administrator is configuring case creation channels and enables the ServiceNow Virtual Agent. Where can end-users interact with the Virtual Agent to deflect cases before submission?

Medium
135

An agent is viewing a case and wants to create a new knowledge article capturing the troubleshooting steps taken. Which UI action facilitates this directly from the case form?

Easy
136

How can a customer provide feedback on a resolved case?

Easy
137

Which of the following is a capability of 'Major Case Management'?

Hard
138

An implementation specialist is configuring SLA definitions for a CSM portal. Which TWO factors should the specialist consider when deciding whether to use an SLA Workflow versus modern SLA Email Notifications? (Choose two.)

Medium
139

A CSM implementation team is configuring an SLA Definition on the Case [sn_customerservice_case] table. The customer service manager requires that the SLA pause counting whenever the case enters the 'Awaiting Customer' state, and resume counting only when the case returns to a work-in-progress state. What should the administrator configure to meet this requirement?

Medium
140

A community member notices a spam post in a forum and wants to bring it to the attention of the moderators. What action should the user take on the post?

Easy
141

An implementation specialist is configuring knowledge article versioning for a CSM knowledge base. When an author checks out a published article to make edits, what happens to the original published version?

Hard
142

Which TWO actions occur when an Account record is marked as inactive in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose two.)

Hard
143

Which TWO scenarios represent valid use cases for the Customer Relationship [customer_relationship] table rather than the standard Account Parent field? (Choose two.)

Hard
144

Which field on the Case form is mandatory to transition a case from 'New' to 'Work in Progress' using the default CSM workflow?

Easy
145

A customer service agent at a CSM-enabled organization receives a call from an individual who is not employed by any business customer. The individual wants to log a complaint about a product they purchased directly. Which CSM record type should the agent use to represent this requester?

Easy
146

Which THREE fields are typically required or standard on a Customer Contact record in CSM? (Choose three.)

Easy
147

A company acquires another business. The administrator needs to reflect that Company B is now a subsidiary of Company A in ServiceNow CSM without losing historical case data. How should this be configured?

Medium
148

Which THREE methods can be used to populate the Account field on a newly created case? (Choose three.)

Medium
149

What is the purpose of the 'Account' field on the Customer Service Case form?

Easy
150

An organization wants to ensure that inappropriate community posts are automatically flagged for review before they become publicly visible on the CSM portal. Which configuration should the administrator implement?

Hard
151

Which THREE methods can administrators use to import legacy account and contact data into ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

Medium
152

An administrator is setting up Case Escalation rules. Which THREE methods or triggers can be used to escalate a case? (Choose three.)

Hard
153

Which TWO actions can a CSM agent perform when they identify that an existing knowledge article contains outdated information while working on a case? (Choose two.)

Easy
154

A customer service manager needs a report showing the average duration of Resolution SLAs broken down by Account. Which table should be the source of this report?

Medium
155

A customer service manager notices that community members are posting duplicate questions across multiple forums, causing fragmentation. The manager wants to automatically suggest existing similar discussions when a user starts typing a new question. Which ServiceNow Community feature should be enabled?

Hard
156

An implementation specialist is setting up Knowledge Management feedback tasks. When a customer flags a knowledge article as 'Not Helpful' on the Customer Service Portal, what record is automatically generated by default?

Medium
157

An agent is reviewing a case and wants to see all historical cases submitted by the same account. Where can the agent view this relationship natively on the Case form?

Easy
158

A Customer Service Manager wants to establish a B2B service model where multiple subsidiaries report to a single global enterprise account. Which ServiceNow CSM feature should be configured to support this parent-child account relationship?

Easy
159

A community moderator wants to convert a popular, unresolved peer-to-peer community question into a formal customer service case because it requires specialized backend engineering support. How should the moderator achieve this in ServiceNow CSM?

Medium
160

When using 'Guided Decisions' in CSM, what are they designed to do?

Medium
161

If a case remains in the 'New' state despite assignment, which configuration area should be inspected first?

Medium
162

An administrator needs to allow a partner organization to view and manage cases for multiple distinct end-customer accounts they support. Which CSM record type is specifically used to establish this business-to-business support network?

Medium
163

Which TWO of the following statements are true regarding the distinction between Accounts and Consumers in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose two.)

Easy
164

A customer service agent is working on a case and needs to add a comment that will be visible to the customer on the customer service portal. Which field should the agent use to ensure the comment is customer-visible?

Easy
165

A CSM implementation team is configuring SLA Definitions for customer service cases. The business requires that a case's resolution SLA timer only counts time when the case state is not 'Awaiting Customer' and not 'Awaiting Problem'. Which configuration approach should the team use?

Medium
166

A customer service manager wants to recognize community members who consistently provide helpful answers. The manager decides to award points for each accepted answer and to automatically grant a badge when a user reaches 100 points. Which ServiceNow Communities feature should the manager configure to implement this recognition program?

Easy
167

A customer service manager wants to ensure that contacts belonging to a specific tier-one account receive priority handling whenever they log into the Customer Service Portal. Where is the account tier usually recorded?

Medium
168

A CSM knowledge manager wants to report on how many cases were deflected (i.e., resolved without creating a case) due to users viewing knowledge articles on the Customer Service Portal. Which feature enables this metric?

Medium
169

A customer service manager wants to ensure that cases created via Email are automatically assigned to the correct specialized team. Which configuration should be used to achieve this?

Medium
170

An administrator is setting up account and contact management in ServiceNow CSM. Which TWO of the following statements are true regarding the relationship between accounts and contacts? (Choose two.)

Medium
171

Which THREE conditions must be met for a contact to successfully submit a case via the Customer Service Portal? (Choose three.)

Hard
172

A community moderator is reviewing a reported post that contains offensive language. The moderator wants to temporarily hide the post from public view while an investigation is conducted, but still allow the author to see it and receive feedback. Which moderation action should the moderator take?

Hard
173

A company has enabled external community integration with CSM. Customers frequently post troubleshooting questions on the community. When a community question is successfully resolved by a peer or agent, what mechanism can be used to convert that community thread into an official knowledge base article?

Medium
174

When designing SLA escalation workflows for CSM, which TWO methods can be utilized to notify stakeholders before an SLA breaches? (Choose two.)

Medium
175

Which mechanism is used to determine if a user has access to create a case on the Customer Service Portal?

Easy
176

An implementation specialist is setting up Case Lifecycle Management and needs to configure state transitions so that a case cannot move directly from 'New' to 'Closed'. Where are these state transition rules defined in CSM?

Hard
177

Which THREE of the following are valid ways to assign a case?

Hard
178

An organization notices that community search results are returning outdated and low-quality posts. Which feature should an administrator configure to improve search relevancy for community content?

Hard
179

A CSM implementation team needs SLA timers on customer service cases to pause automatically whenever a case is in the 'Awaiting Customer' state and resume when the customer responds. The team has already created an SLA Definition named 'Case Resolution SLA' with a Start condition of 'Case is opened'. Which configuration should the team apply next to meet this requirement?

Medium
180

Which TWO actions can a community moderator perform to maintain order and quality in peer-to-peer support forums? (Choose two.)

Medium
181

When configuring a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for CSM cases, an administrator wants the SLA duration to be calculated using only business hours instead of 24x7. Where should the administrator define these business hours?

Easy
182

What is the result of using a 'Case Template' on a case record?

Medium
183

When creating a new record producer for CSM, what is the best practice for capturing 'Customer' information?

Hard
184

A CSM implementation team is designing a model where a large enterprise account, Contoso, has multiple divisions, and each division must be tracked independently for cases and entitlements while still rolling up to Contoso. Which approach best models this requirement using standard CSM account structures?

Hard
185

A CSM implementation includes an SLA Definition with a Start condition that triggers when a case is created for a specific customer account. The business now wants to exclude cases that are created with the 'Internal' case type from this SLA. How should the implementation team modify the SLA Definition?

Hard
186

A CSM administrator is configuring a new customer account in ServiceNow. The organization wants a single contact record to be associated with multiple companies, for example, a consultant who works with several partner accounts. Which action should the administrator take to enable this?

Medium
187

During a CSM implementation, an engineer writes a custom script to manually insert a Task SLA record. What core engine feature might be bypassed or corrupted if Task SLAs are created manually instead of letting the SLA engine handle them?

Hard
188

When linking a Case to a Problem record, what are THREE distinct benefits or behaviors enabled in CSM? (Choose three.)

Hard
189

A customer service supervisor wants to ensure that cases flagged with a 'High' priority have a target resolution time of 8 hours, regardless of the account tier. Which feature should be used to define this metric?

Medium
190

An organization has implemented custom security constraints for community content using custom scripting in User Criteria. When a user navigates to a community forum, performance is degraded. What is the recommended best practice to optimize script-based User Criteria in communities?

Hard
191

What should an agent do if a case is misrouted to their team?

Easy
192

A CSM implementation specialist is configuring knowledge article versioning. An author has checked out a published article, made edits, and then another author attempts to check out the same article. What happens?

Hard
193

An agent needs to create a follow-up case that is related to an existing parent case, where the child case inherits specific account and product details. What is the standard UI action available on the Case form to accomplish this?

Easy
194

When utilizing Major Case Management, what happens to the child cases when a state change occurs on the primary Major Case?

Hard
195

When configuring Major Case Management, what is the impact of promoting a child case to a major case?

Medium
196

A CSM organization requires that all newly created articles in the 'Customer Support' knowledge base must be approved by a Knowledge Manager before publication. Where is this approval workflow configured?

Medium
197

Which TWO of the following are valid ways for a customer to interact with a case?

Medium
198

A CSM implementation specialist is configuring the knowledge article approval workflow. The requirement is that articles in the 'Review' state must be approved by a knowledge manager before they can be published. Which feature should be configured to enforce this?

Medium
199

Which THREE record types can be directly associated with an Account in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

Easy
200

A CSM knowledge manager wants to automatically suggest relevant knowledge articles to customers as they type a short description in the Customer Service Portal. Which ServiceNow feature should be enabled to provide this real-time article recommendation?

Hard
201

An organization utilizes CSM Case Categories and Subcategories. Which TWO statements are true regarding how category hierarchies affect case management configuration? (Choose two.)

Hard
202

What is the primary purpose of a Service Contract in ServiceNow CSM?

Easy
203

A customer service manager at a telecommunications company wants to ensure that when a case is created for a customer with multiple active cases, the system automatically links the new case to the existing ones based on matching values in the 'Customer' and 'Product' fields. Which CSM feature should the manager configure to achieve this?

Medium
204

A CSM organization requires that certain knowledge articles are only accessible to corporate customers who have purchased a 'Premium Support' contract. Which mechanism should be used to enforce this?

Medium
205

A CSM knowledge base needs to support translation management. When a translated version of an article is published, what happens to the workflow state of the original source article?

Medium
206

An administrator needs to ensure that when a contact is deactivated in ServiceNow CSM, their active portal sessions are terminated and they can no longer log in. Which base table field change triggers this behavior?

Hard
207

A customer service organization requires that whenever a new contact is created for a strategic account, an approval task is automatically generated for the account manager. Which mechanism should an administrator use to implement this?

Hard
208

A user in the community forum provides the best answer to another user's question. Who has the authority to mark this reply as the 'Accepted Answer'?

Easy
209

Which TWO of the following steps are required when configuring automated article suggestions for agents working in CSM Agent Workspace? (Choose two.)

Hard
210

An implementation specialist is designing a reporting strategy for CSM Service Level Agreements. Which THREE metrics or tables are critical for comprehensive SLA reporting? (Choose three.)

Hard
211

Which role is typically required for a user to moderate community posts, approve pending content, and manage reported items?

Easy
212

What happens to a community discussion thread when it is locked by a moderator?

Easy
213

Which of the following is true regarding 'Case Escalation'?

Hard
214

When a new community blog post is published, it requires review and approval from a managing editor before going live. What CSM feature manages this publishing workflow?

Easy
215

An implementation specialist is troubleshooting why an SLA is not attaching to a newly created CSM case. Upon checking the SLA Definition, the specialist notices the 'Target' field is set to 'Resolution'. What is the primary function of the Target field in an SLA Definition?

Hard
216

What is the purpose of the 'Additional comments' field?

Medium
217

A CSM administrator needs to ensure that the resolution SLA for a case only counts time during the customer's contracted support hours, which are Monday through Friday, 08:00 to 18:00, excluding company holidays. Which configuration on the SLA Definition accomplishes this?

Easy
218

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?

Medium
219

A community manager wants to ensure that only users who have previously posted at least five helpful answers can receive the 'Community Expert' badge. Which ServiceNow Community feature should be configured to enforce this requirement?

Medium
220

Which TWO of the following components are mandatory when creating a new SLA Definition in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose two.)

Medium
221

An organization operates using an account-based service model. Which record serves as the primary organizational container for business customers in ServiceNow CSM?

Easy
222

A customer service agent is on a call with a contact who belongs to a large enterprise account. The agent needs to quickly find all other contacts associated with the same account to identify a subject matter expert. Which feature in ServiceNow CSM allows the agent to view all contacts for a specific account directly from the Account record?

Easy
223

A customer service director wants to evaluate the effectiveness of the peer-to-peer community in deflecting incoming cases and engaging users. Which THREE metrics or reports are typically reviewed for community performance in CSM? (Choose three.)

Medium
224

Which THREE factors are critical when designing peer-to-peer support communities to ensure effective case deflection? (Choose three.)

Medium
225

An agent creates a knowledge article from a case. Which fields are automatically copied from the case record to the new draft article by default?

Easy
226

An enterprise CSM customer requires strict auditing of SLA modifications. Which THREE tables or logs are involved when tracking changes to SLA definitions and runtime instances? (Choice three.)

Hard
227

A Customer Service Manager reports that Case SLAs are still running even after a case has been placed in 'Awaiting Problem' state. How should the administrator resolve this issue?

Medium
228

A CSM administrator at a medical supply company needs the system to automatically relate a customer service case to a contact when the case is created via the Customer Service Management portal. The contact is a business consumer who is associated with a specific account. Which configuration should the administrator verify to ensure this automatic relationship is established?

Medium
229

An administrator is configuring domain separation for a global CSM deployment. Accounts must be isolated so that regional service agents can only view accounts belonging to their specific geographic domain. Which mechanism enforces this separation?

Hard
230

A CSM client requires different SLA durations depending on the SLA Tier associated with the Customer Account. How should the implementation specialist achieve this?

Medium
231

A client wants to implement a custom case lifecycle where agents can move a case from 'Awaiting Info' directly to 'Cancelled', but only if the user has the 'sn_csm.manager' role. Where is the best place to configure this restriction?

Hard
232

Which THREE entities can an Entitlement be explicitly tied to in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

Medium
233

A customer service manager wants to ensure that newly created cases are automatically assigned to the appropriate agent based on their skill set and current workload. Which feature should the administrator configure?

Easy
234

A CSM administrator is configuring an SLA Definition for customer service cases. The business wants the SLA timer to start when a case is assigned to a specific assignment group, and to stop when the case is closed. Which condition types should be used for Start and Stop respectively?

Easy
235

When managing the knowledge article lifecycle within CSM, which THREE states are part of the legacy or standard baseline knowledge workflows provided out-of-the-box? (Choose three.)

Hard
236

Where can agents see the 'Case priority' calculated?

Easy
237

A community manager wants to pin an important announcement thread to the top of a forum category list so that all visitors see it first. How is this configured?

Medium
238

An agent is reviewing a customer account and notices multiple duplicate contact records with slightly different email spellings. What is the best practice method to resolve this in CSM?

Medium
239

A CSM administrator wants to configure an entitlement that automatically decrements remaining units when a case is resolved for specific assets owned by an account. Which field relationship must be established on the Entitlement record?

Hard
240

Which SLA stage indicates that the SLA has successfully met its stop condition before the breach time?

Easy
241

An implementation specialist is configuring Case Creation channels in CSM. Which THREE channels are supported natively out-of-the-box? (Choose three.)

Hard
242

A CSM administrator is troubleshooting why a newly published knowledge article is not appearing in portal searches. The article is published, and the user has read access to the knowledge base. What is another common configuration cause to check?

Hard
243

Which THREE attributes can be used to categorize or segment Accounts in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose three.)

Medium
244

An implementation specialist is configuring a CSM SLA for a case that requires a response within 2 hours, but only during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM). The SLA should pause outside business hours. The specialist creates a schedule named 'Business Hours' with the correct time periods. Which configuration must be applied to the SLA definition to ensure the SLA only counts time within the schedule?

Hard
245

Which TWO of the following can trigger a Case notification?

Medium
246

A CSM team wants to ensure that when a case's priority changes from Medium to Critical, the existing SLA is recalculated to reflect the shorter critical SLA duration. Which SLA feature supports this requirement?

Medium
247

Which TWO methods can be used to establish relationships between accounts in ServiceNow CSM? (Choose two.)

Medium
248

A specialist is configuring article versioning for a CSM knowledge base. If an author checks out a published article to make edits, what happens to the currently published version while the draft is being edited?

Hard
249

An administrator is reviewing SLA system properties and performance. Which THREE factors significantly impact SLA engine calculation performance in a high-volume CSM environment? (Choose three.)

Hard
250

An implementation specialist is configuring community notification settings so users receive alerts regarding discussions they follow. Which TWO actions or components are part of configuring community notifications out-of-the-box? (Choose two.)

Hard
251

Which TWO options describe how entitlements are consumed when cases are created? (Choose two.)

Medium
252

An administrator is configuring federated search across multiple ServiceNow instances or external repositories to include community discussions in CSM case deflection. Which framework enables this integration?

Hard
253

An enterprise account has negotiated an entitlement that allows support cases for specific product models only. When a contact attempts to submit a case for an unsupported product model, how does CSM restrict or warn the user?

Hard
254

A CSM agent is searching for knowledge articles using the Contextual Search on a case. The agent wants to find articles that contain the exact phrase 'password reset failed' but the search returns many irrelevant results. Which search technique should the agent use to narrow results to the exact phrase?

Easy
255

When troubleshooting why community posts are flagged by moderation rules, which THREE areas should an administrator investigate? (Choose three.)

Hard

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