CIS-SM Certification

Discovery Configuration Questions

Discovery behaviors, clusters, IP services, schedules, MID servers, PCIE phases, ECC queue, and troubleshooting authentication errors

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About Discovery Configuration

Discovery Configuration covers the setup and troubleshooting of Discovery components that support Service Mapping. This domain represents 15% of the CIS-SM exam and focuses on MID Server configuration, discovery schedules, and error handling.

Why This Matters for Your Exam

Key Concepts to Master

MID Server setup and validation, discovery behaviors, clusters, IP services and ranges, discovery schedules, PCIE phases, ECC queue, authentication errors, error categorization and bulk fixing.

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Practice Questions

10 questions available
1
knowledgeSelect all that apply

How does Service Mapping classify discovery errors? (Choose two.)

ABy their root cause category such as Configuration, Network, and Credentials
BBy alphabetical order of error messages
CBy impact level: high, medium, and low impact on services
DBy the MID Server that encountered the error

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understanding

Under what conditions are discovery errors not assigned to any category in Service Mapping?

AWhen the MID Server is offline
BAfter upgrading from Jakarta release or earlier, or when CIs with errors are removed and readded to services
CWhen credentials are missing for all targets
DWhen discovery schedules are paused

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3
application

An administrator needs to notify an external team member who doesn't use ServiceNow to fix a discovery error. Which action should they use?

ARetry Discovery
BMark as assigned with a comment
CView instructions
DView affected services

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