Certified Technical Architect Questions and Answers
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ServiceNow
CTA
200 questions
9 topics
Updated May 2026CMDB and CSDM
30 questions8 easy14 medium8 hard~15% of exam
An architect sees different applications creating the same CI relationship with different directions and labels. Which C...A CTA wants third-party data loaded into the right CMDB locations and converted to ServiceNow-compliant structures befor...Which table defines relationships between configuration items in the CMDB
Technical Governance
12 questions4 easy5 medium3 hard~6% of exam
A steering committee asks who is accountable for the platform overall, aligns administrators to business strategy and th...What should a documented ServiceNow deployment standard operating procedure specifyWhich role leads the technical governance board that establishes policies and procedures for data, security, development...
Testing Leading Practices
30 questions8 easy14 medium8 hard~15% of exam
A team wants the most durable documented protection against losing ATF assets when clones occur regularly. Which action ...According to ServiceNow guidance, where should automated tests be developed and where should they be promoted and runA release manager wants to execute ATF suites on the production instance immediately after a family upgrade because the ...
Go-Live Preparation
12 questions4 easy4 medium4 hard~6% of exam
How should credentials, API keys, and environment-specific properties be handled before go-live according to ServiceNow ...Before upgrading production, what baseline activity does ServiceNow recommend so post-upgrade validation has a reliable ...What deployment order does ServiceNow's pre-deployment checklist require before promoting changes to production
Security Architecture
30 questions8 easy14 medium8 hard~15% of exam
Data Strategies
22 questions5 easy13 medium4 hard~11% of exam
To import external data into a production table through the standard ServiceNow import pattern, what setup is required a...For inbound application data from another system, what does ServiceNow recommend instead of writing directly to applicat...Which ServiceNow capability gives a guided interface to define data sources, map source data to target tables, and run o...
Current and To-Be Architecture
18 questions4 easy10 medium4 hard~9% of exam
Which set lists the three artifact forms used in the ServiceNow Architecture BlueprintA CTA is documenting a current-state and future-state roadmap and wants the minimum input set most aligned with official...During architecture blueprint scoping, what should the working sessions define scope against
Platform Data and Integrations
30 questions7 easy16 medium7 hard~15% of exam
Which interface is explicitly listed by ServiceNow as a supported integration interface for direct platform integrationWhen is a Data Stream action the recommended choice in Integration HubWhich ServiceNow Remote Instance spoke action is specifically intended to import a record from a remote ServiceNow insta...
Release and Instance Strategy
16 questions4 easy10 medium2 hard~8% of exam
Which deployment management option uses application versions with the Application Repository as the deployment unitAfter a non-production instance upgrade completes in ServiceNow Phase 5 guidance, which sequence best matches the docume...Which ReleaseOps capability lets release administrators verify that a release meets selected criteria before deployment
All Questions
| # | Question | Topic | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What does the Security Jump Start ACL Rules plugin provide on new instances | Security Architecture | medium |
| 2 | To import external data into a production table through the standard ServiceNow import pattern, what... | Data Strategies | easy |
| 3 | Which interface is explicitly listed by ServiceNow as a supported integration interface for direct p... | Platform Data and Integrations | medium |
| 4 | How should credentials, API keys, and environment-specific properties be handled before go-live acco... | Go-Live Preparation | medium |
| 5 | When is a Data Stream action the recommended choice in Integration Hub | Platform Data and Integrations | easy |
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