Sys Admin test 101-150 Flashcards

1
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What is an access control

A

A security rule defined and set at the row and column level

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2
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What is the access control evaluation

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Specific to general if all conditions are true (conditions, scripts and roles)

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3
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In a SLA Definition, which conditions will trigger an SLA

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Start condition, Stop condition and Pause conditions

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4
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Name the four ways in which the knowledge base can be populated

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  1. Manually, 2. From the service catalog with a record producer, 3. Automatically from events, 4. From existing incidents or tasks
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5
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What is the knowledge base hierarchy

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Topics, Categories, Articles

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6
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How do you protect KB articles

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Roles

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7
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How do you allow users to access KB without logging in

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Make it public and protect it with a role

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8
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What do you call an indication to the SN processes that something notable has occured

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Event

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9
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What two processes can cause events

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User actions, Scripts (business rules/workflows)

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10
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What contains a record of every generated event

A

Event Que

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11
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What do events trigger

A

Notifications

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12
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What does a notification contain

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A mix of static and dynamically determined content

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13
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why would you clone an instance

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to copy prod over a sub-prod instance

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14
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what are the three release types

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  1. Future, 2. Patch, 3. Hotfix
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15
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Are user customization records upgraded

A

No

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16
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What are best practices response times

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Total response time - network and browser and server 3 seconds, Server response time below 800ms

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17
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What is a dashboard of frequently used content with reports

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a homepage

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18
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what do you call a mapped graphic image on a homepage that is packed reports

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a gauge

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19
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What is used to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of IT service management process

A

metrics

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20
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What do metrics measure

A

Data over time to show past history

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21
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what is a measurement of the set amount of time for a task to reach a certain condition

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SLA

22
Q

What do you call it when an SLA is not met

A

Breached

23
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what are the three major components that power SLA

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  1. SLA definition/Task SLA, 2. SLA Workflow, 3. SLA Automation (business rule and scheduled job)
24
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What are the three types of SLA

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  1. SLA, 2. Operational Level Agreement (OLA) how departments work together, 3. Underpinning Contract (UC) outside suppliers
25
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What three conditions define an SLA

A

Start, Stop Pause

26
Q

What is another name for customer updates

A

Customizations

27
Q

Multiple Choice, Single Line text, and select box are what type of elements in service now

A

variables

28
Q

What is a robust ordering system for services, hardware and software and the central repository of goods and services that an IT service desk provides for users

A

Service Catalog

29
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Name the five major components of the Service Catalog

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  1. Record Producers, 2. Items, 3. Variables, 4. Order Guides, 5. Workflows
30
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What are four items that orders from the service catalog generate

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  1. REQ, 2. RITM, 3. Catalog Task,4. Assignment group
31
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What are three service catalog best practices

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  1. define an order guide, 2. group items in order guides, 3. use questions to present item options
32
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the workflow transition determines which activity is performed based on an evaluation of which workflow element

A

the workflow transition determines which activity is performed based on an evaluation of workflow condition

33
Q

which ServiceNow application automates simple or complex multi-system tasks on remote servers that are normally done manually

A

The servicenow application that automates simple or complex multi-system tasks on remote servers that are normally done manually is orchestration

34
Q

by default in ServiceNow, what customizations are added to Update Sets

A

Changes made to a form

35
Q

what do you use to import data from various sources and map data into SN tables

A

Import set

36
Q

What determines the relationship between the import set table and an existing servicenow table

A

transform map

37
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what are the three steps for using import sets and transform maps

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  1. Load data, 2. Create Transform MAP, 3. Run Transform
38
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What does coalescing do before a transform

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Makes a field the unique key

39
Q

what table is used to track changes in an update set

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customer update [sys_user_xml] table

40
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what four elements cannot be customized with update sets

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  1. New Records, 2. New users and groups, 3. Modified data, 4. Schedules
41
Q

can homepages be added to update sets

A

No, homepages can only be changed manually

42
Q

Should you include few or many changes in one Update Set

A

Many

43
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Can two update sets be merged

A

Yes

44
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What is the four part sequence of the production instance to run an Update Set

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  1. Retrieve, 2. Preview, 3. Commit, 4. Apply
45
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What is a form

A

A form displays a single record from a table

46
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Where does one go to write the prod instance to the dev environment

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System clone > administration > Clone targets

47
Q

What is a list

A

A list is a structure that displays information from a table

48
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what are the four list interface elements

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  1. Title bar, 2. breadcrumbs, 3. column headings, 4. fields
49
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what is a field

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a field is a cell in a table. Each field holds an individual piece of data

50
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What field type in a list is not sortable

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Timefields