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Ingest Questions

Practice questions for Ingest topic in Certified Implementation Specialist – Data Foundations. 38 questions covering this domain.

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Q1
hard

An Azure Service Graph Connector run ends with errors before finishing its delta pull. What happens to Last Run Datetime or Last Success Import Time?

Q2
medium

An architect is reviewing enhanced IRE defaults. Which statement is correct?

Q3
medium

A payload arrives with a last_discovered value older than what is already on the CI. How does IRE handle that timestamp?

Q4
easy

A Service Graph Connector for Azure is using its default delta sync setting. What data is imported on each run?

Q5
easy

Why would a team route Discovery, Service Mapping, and import set updates through IRE instead of writing directly to CMDB tables?

Q6
hard

A payload item has a valid identity anchor but cannot be inserted because its dependency record is missing. How is that item treated when partial payl...

Q7
hard

A connector is sending dependent database components into CMDB. What must IRE establish before those dependent CIs can be uniquely identified?

Q8
medium

Which statement correctly describes first_discovered in IRE processing?

Q9
medium

An integration can provide a stable external identifier for each CI. Which IRE approach can use that value directly for identification?

Q10
medium

Which enhanced IRE feature is disabled by default?

Q11
hard

A single payload contains two entries for the same CI with overlapping details. Which enhanced IRE behavior can reduce duplicate processing?

Q12
medium

An Azure Service Graph delta pull fails. What should happen to Last Run Datetime or Last Success Import Time?

Q13
medium

A CI item lacks enough usable data and is not retained for future matching. How is it treated by enhanced IRE?

Q14
hard

If partial_payloads is enabled, which additional enhanced IRE features are also enabled?

Q15
medium

An existing CI is matched, and a later payload finally includes first_discovered. What can happen?

Q16
medium

A payload supplies a last_discovered value older than the value already on the CI. What does IRE do with that incoming timestamp?

Q17
easy

Where does ServiceNow store partial payloads for later matching?

Q18
medium

A dependent CI arrives without the dependency context needed to identify its parent, but it still has some identity anchor. What is the likely result?

Q19
easy

Which incoming path can use IRE to process CI data into the CMDB?

Q20
easy

A CI was created without first_discovered because the source did not provide it initially. Later, the source begins sending first_discovered. What can...

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