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Service Mapping Pattern Design Questions

Practice questions for Service Mapping Pattern Design topic in Certified Implementation Specialist – Service Mapping. 60 questions covering this domain.

60 questions14 easy31 medium15 hard
Q1
hard

Two child patterns share one parent, but one child must wait until the other has used the parent output. Which Trigger Rule batch option is intended f...

Q2
medium

If a database category is excluded in the Discovery Configuration Console, what happens to related application discovery?

Q3
easy

A bank wants mapping to stop at an external payment gateway and not continue past that CI. Which configuration supports that design?

Q4
easy

During testing, a custom pattern returns localized command output in Japanese instead of English. What outcome should the architect expect?

Q5
medium

An admin adds the Horizontal Pattern probe to a classifier but leaves the Pattern column empty. What happens when discovery runs?

Q6
hard

An engineer wants a pattern step to page through a huge response instead of loading everything into memory at once. Which setup enables that behavior?

Q7
hard

A child pattern is missing a variable that exists in the parent context. Which explanation matches the documented Orchestrator Output behavior?

Q8
medium

A teammate says enabling patterns removes the early probe phases from horizontal discovery. What actually remains probe-based when patterns are used?

Q9
hard

Which statement best reflects how Discovery and Service Mapping can share patterns?

Q10
medium

You want to reuse an application pattern in horizontal discovery. Which pattern condition must exist before the classifier can launch it correctly?

Q11
medium

A pattern has already identified the target application CI. Which part of the pattern is then used to discover outbound dependencies?

Q12
medium

Top-down mapping starts from an entry point, but the host is not yet in the CMDB. What does Service Mapping do next?

Q13
medium

Once the host has been found in the CMDB, how does Service Mapping begin application discovery?

Q14
easy

A service owner wants to map a payroll application for the first time. Which item must be defined first so Service Mapping knows where clients reach t...

Q15
medium

While adapting a process classifier for pattern-based horizontal discovery, which relationship type should be selected?

Q16
medium

A process classifier uses the Horizontal Pattern probe, but the Pattern field was left blank in production. What should the admin expect during discov...

Q17
hard

Two child patterns consume data from the same parent context, but the second one must wait until the first child has completed its work. Which Trigger...

Q18
medium

A platform owner excludes a database category in the Discovery Configuration Console to reduce noise. What side effect should they plan for?

Q19
medium

A new service definition points to a valid VIP, but the hosting server is not present in the CMDB when mapping starts. What does Service Mapping do be...

Q20
medium

A colleague claims that enabling patterns eliminates the earlier Discovery phases for the target host. Which statement is accurate?

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