ServiceNow CIS-SM Certified Implementation Specialist

CIS-SM – Certified Implementation Specialist – Service Mapping

Introduction
The ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist – Customer Service Management Exam Specification defines the purpose, audience, testing options, exam content coverage, test framework, and prerequisites to become CIS-CSM certified.

Exam Purpose
The Certified Implementation Specialist – Customer Service Management exam certifies that a successful candidate has the skills and essential knowledge to lead and contribute to the configuration, implementation, and maintenance of the ServiceNow CSM application.

Exam Audience
The Certified Implementation Specialist – Customer Service Management exam is available to ServiceNow customers, partners, employees, and others interested in becoming a ServiceNow Customer Service Management Certified Implementation Specialist.

Exam Preparation
Exam questions are based on official ServiceNow training materials, the ServiceNow documentation site, and the ServiceNow developer site. Study materials posted elsewhere online are not official and should not be used to prepare for the examination

Prerequisite ServiceNow Training Path
ServiceNow requires the completion of the following prerequisite training course(s) in preparation for the Certified Implementation Specialist – Customer Service Management exam. Information provided in the following ServiceNow training course(s) contain source material for the exam.

• ServiceNow Fundamentals
• Get Started with Now Create
• ServiceNow Platform Implementation
• CMDB Fundamentals
• Customer Service Management Fundamentals
• Customer Service Management Implementation – *Upon completion, the candidate will be eligible to collect a voucher for the Certified Implementation Specialist – Customer Service Management exam.

Recommended Knowledge & Education
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• Communities Implementation
• CSM with Service Management for BPC
• Customer Service Management with Service Management for Implementers
• Agent Workspace Fundamentals
• Advanced Work Assignment
• Predictive Intelligence Fundamentals
• Performance Analytics Essentials
• Performance Analytics Fundamentals
• Virtual Agent Overview
• Service Portal Fundamentals

Additional Resources
In addition to the above, the candidate may find the following additional resources valuable in preparation for the exam.
• Documentation and Release Notes

Additional Recommended Experience
• Six months field experience participating in ServiceNow CSM deployment projects or maintaining CSM application suite in ServiceNow instances
• Practical knowledge about Customer Services Processes and knowledge of Case workflows
• General familiarity with industry terminology, acronyms, and initialisms

Exam Scope
Exam content is divided into Learning Domains that correspond to key topics and activities typically encountered during ServiceNow implementations. In each Learning Domain, specific learning objectives have been identified and are tested in the exam.

The following table shows the learning domains, weightings, and sub-skills measured by this exam and the percentage of questions represented in each domain. The listed sub-skills should NOT be considered an all-inclusive list of exam content. Learning Domain % of Exam

10% Engagement Methodology and Project Planning
• Project Phases
• Working with Clients
• Team Responsibilities

50% Customer Service Management System Setup and Configuration
• Overview of CSM Application
• CSM in ServiceNow
• CSM Setup

15% Customer Service Management Integration
• Integration Capabilities
• Integration with 3rd Party Systems
• Migration of Historical Case Records

25% CSM Portal, Knowledge Management, Service Catalog, Communities and Performance Analytics
• CSM Portal
• Knowledge Management
• Service Catalog
• Communities and Performance Analytics

Exam Registration
Each candidate must register for the exam via the ServiceNow Webassessor website using a voucher obtained by completing the Customer Service Management Implementation training prerequisite. Voucher codes are nontransferable and provides the candidate eligibility to sit for the Certified Implementation Specialist – Customer Service Management exam only.

During the registration process, each test taker has the option of taking the exam at an Authorized Testing Center or as an online-proctored exam. In both testing venues, the Certified Implementation Specialist exam is done through a consistent, friendly, user interface customized for ServiceNow tests.

The Kryterion testing network is worldwide and all locations offer a secure, comfortable testing environment. Candidates register for the exam at a specific date and time so there is no waiting and a seat is reserved in the testing center.
Each candidate can also choose to take the exam as an online-proctored exam. This testing environment allows a candidate to take the test on his or her own system provided that certain requirements are met.

NOTE:
A special accommodation version of the exam is available. Contact certification@servicenow.com for more information. Depending on the accommodation, there may be a 30-day lead time before testing.

Exam Structure
The exam consists of approximately (60) questions. For each question on the examination, there are multiple possible responses. The person taking the exam reviews the response options and selects the most correct answer to the question.

Multiple Choice (single answer)
For each multiple-choice question on the exam, there are at least four possible responses. The candidate taking the exam reviews the response options and selects the one response most accurately answers the question.

Multiple Select (select all that apply)
For each multiple-select question on the exam, there are at least four possible responses. The question will state how many responses should be selected. The candidate taking the exam reviews the response options and selects ALL responses that accurately answer the question. Multiple-select questions have two or more correct responses.

Exam Results
After completing and submitting the exam, a pass or fail result is immediately calculated and displayed to the candidate. More detailed results are not provided to the candidate.

Exam Retakes
If a candidate fails to pass an exam, they may register to take the exam again up to three more times at a cost.

QUESTION 1
Which of the following represents the skills needed that a Service Mapping administrator or implementer
should have? (Choose four.)

A. Understanding of XML, Regex, Delimited text, and JSON
B. Understanding of protocols such as HTTP, TCP, SNMP, SOAP, and REST
C. Scripting capabilities with respect to Unix and Windows commands
D. Intermediate or above Windows and Unix administration skills
E. Sufficient skills to build an enterprise web site
F. Understanding of relational database theory

Correct Answer: ABCD

QUESTION 2
Which one of the following ServiceNow application KPIs would improve most as a direct result of having visibility to a service map created through Service Mapping?

A. Problem Management: Number of Incidents per Known Problem
B. Incident Management: Mean Time to Resolve
C. Event Management: Signal to Noise Ratio
D. Change Management: Number of Major Changes

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 3
How many ServiceNow instances can one MID Server connect to?

A. 1
B. 5
C. Up to 255
D. Unlimited

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 4
When a Windows Server is reclassified from the Server [cmdb_ci_server] table to the Windows Server [cmdb_ci_win_server] table, which one of the following describes the process that occurred?

A. Class Change
B. Class Upgrade
C. Class Switch
D. Class Downgrade

Correct Answer: B