CIS:ITSM Flashcards
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When Setting up an ITSM Implementation, what should you do first?
Delete the Demo Data.
What are 4 ways in which we can create a knowledge article?
- Manual creation (requires role: knowledge)
- From Existing Records
- Imports
- Integrate Externally (One Way integration)
What is the purpose of the nobody role in the KB?
So that nobody can delete a knowledge base
Name 6 potential data sources for your foundational data.
- AD (Active Directory, think LDAP)
- HR Systems
- Business Applications
- Spreadsheets
- Legacy ITSM Applications
- Manual Entry
If a group has no members and it gets an approval request, what will happen?
The system will auto-approve the request.
Name 6 ways to create Configuration Items (CIs)
- Manual Creation (Form)
- Service Catalog
- Import from External Source (Spreadsheets)
- Integrations
- Discovery
- Assets
What’s the difference between an asset and a CI
An asset can be thought of as financial information about a device, while a configuration item can be thought of as configuration information about a device.
What Type of table is the KB table?
Base Table, it is not extended from another table. (kb_knowledge_base)
What is CSDM
Common Service Data Model
How can SysAdmins determine which knowledge bases are visible through the Now Mobile App?
By Adding them to the mobile employee service portal.
Now Mobile App > Knowledge Bases
Name 3 objectives of Incident Management
- Identify baseline application functionality, security, and architecture
- Design solutions to meet requirements that maximize system quality attributes
- Implement configuration common to 80% of customer deployments
What is the name of the plugin that enables sn_incident_read and sn_incident_write?
ITSM Roles - Incident Management
How does one configure which CI / Service Offering field populates the Assignment group field?
One must create a new property, named com.snc.incident.ci_assignment_group.field_name
OR
con.snc.incident.service_offering_assignment_group.field_name to define CI / Serivce Offering fields.
Which 3 plugins are activated with MIM? (Major Incident Management)
- Incident Communications Management
- Incident Updates
- Task-Outage Relationship
What are 2 best practices regarding sys_popup configuration?
- Don’t Dot-walk fields
- Configure with concise information
What are the 2 Modes for Change Management regarding how Change Models are displayed and selected?
- Continue using the interceptor: Change Models have the ability to be selected from there
- Replace the interceptor with the change model landing page, ONLY change models will be able to be selected from this option.
Why would you want to continue using the interceptor for change management in Quebec?
Gartner says that this option, or mode focuses on exploiting what is well know, while renovating a legacy environment into a state that is fit for a digital world.
Source: https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/bimodal
What happens when no CI is marked Principal?
Every CI will be visible / no CIs will be filtered.
Which Plugin is responsible for installing Risk Assessments?
Change management risk assessment plugin
Explain what service ‘KB Use’ provides
KB Use tracks how many times a knowledge base has been used / viewed.
What role would best suit a user that only works with problem tasks?
problem_task_analyst
What process does Cloud Infrastructure Change Model work with?
Commissioning / Decommissioning Cloud Infrastructure Services
Name the 2 change tasks available on every Normal, Emergency, and Standard Change
Implement, Post Implementation Testing
Name a Few Release Management Concepts
- Product: hard/software
- Releases: Represents a planned release for a product
- Release Phases: Planned phases that a release will have.
- Features: individual changes being made to the product.
- Release Tasks: any tasks assoc. with the release.