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CMDB and CSDM Questions

Practice questions for CMDB and CSDM topic in Certified Technical Architect. 30 questions covering this domain.

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Q1
medium

An architect sees different applications creating the same CI relationship with different directions and labels. Which CMDB capability is designed to ...

Q2
hard

A CTA wants third-party data loaded into the right CMDB locations and converted to ServiceNow-compliant structures before it is widely used. Which app...

Q3
easy

Which table defines relationships between configuration items in the CMDB

Q4
easy

A new architecture team wants the standard data model that ServiceNow says admins should follow when setting up products and applications that use the...

Q5
medium

A team is manually modeling infrastructure CIs in the CSDM. Which pattern should they treat as the standard for infrastructure relationships

Q6
medium

In CSDM v5, which relationship should normally connect a Business Application to an Application Service

Q7
medium

Which group is the documented exception that should continue using `Consumes::Consumed by` so TPM and TRM life-cycle timelines display correctly

Q8
hard

Why are CI relationships treated as a core part of CMDB value rather than optional metadata

Q9
medium

An architect needs a documented relationship pair to model that one CI supplies electrical power to another. Which pair fits

Q10
easy

A program wants service reporting to remain consistent across products that rely on the CMDB. Which modeling approach should the architect mandate

Q11
medium

During service modeling workshops, how do CSDM data domains help architects structure the CMDB

Q12
easy

A data steward is deciding where core CI records belong before any relationships are added. Which table is the base Configuration Item table

Q13
hard

During a major outage review, why does the CMDB team focus on relationship quality instead of only CI records

Q14
hard

A CTA wants imported service data to land in the correct CMDB tables and support maximum value from ServiceNow AI Platform applications. What should t...

Q15
medium

After a discovery run misses one dependency, a CMDB manager needs to create the relationship manually. Which supported method can be used

Q16
medium

A platform team is onboarding a new ServiceNow product and wants CI data to land in the right CMDB tables with standard relationships. What should the...

Q17
medium

An operations team asks why relationship quality matters so much in the CMDB. Which answer best matches ServiceNow guidance

Q18
hard

A sourcing team wants to rename infrastructure dependency relationships to match a third-party tool. Which relationship baseline should the CTA keep a...

Q19
medium

Two applications create the same CI relationship with opposite directions. Which CMDB control is meant to stop that inconsistency

Q20
hard

A CTA wants one reference point that connects CI records, service modeling, application services, and inbound data design. What does the CMDB overview...

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