Question 290
During handoff for duplicate remediation task, An IRE investigation finds two host CIs for one physical server and a de-duplication task is created. What preventive control should be retained?
- Review class and group responsibilities after infrastructure reorganization.
- Require topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes.
- Establish shared approval checkpoints and exception handling for cross-team lifecycle changes.
- Require relationship and source-history inspection before committing deduplication outcomes.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Long-term integrity for duplicate remediation task depends on Require relationship and source-history inspection before committing deduplication outcomes.
Incorrect Answers
A:Review class and group responsibilities after infrastructure reorganization. It would leave correct matching and consolidation of CI identities without the specified safeguard.
B:It preserves the relationship governance decision when data sources, policies or operational owners change. It would leave correct matching and consolidation of CI identities without the specified safeguard.
C:Establish shared approval checkpoints and exception handling for cross-team lifecycle changes. It would leave correct matching and consolidation of CI identities without the specified safeguard.
Question 291
A generic Computer CI is newly identified as a Linux Server, and automatic CI reclassification is disabled. An architect must choose the implementation rather than a reporting workaround. Which option fits?
- Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs.
- Process the IRE reclassification task under the approved class ownership procedure instead of direct unreviewed table rewriting.
- Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
- Establish a common governed attribute definition and approved class field mapping rather than separate redundant columns.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:The Identification and Reconciliation Engine matches incoming payloads before creating or updating CI records. The needed intervention is process the IRE reclassification task under the approved class ownership procedure instead of direct unreviewed table rewriting.
Incorrect Answers
A:Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs. That does not establish IRE-based matching instead of uncontrolled duplicate insertion.
C:Reconciliation rules restrict which data sources may update each attribute of an identified CI. The missing change involves process the IRE reclassification task under the approved class ownership procedure instead of direct unreviewed table rewriting.
D:Establish a common governed attribute definition and approved class field mapping rather than separate redundant columns.
Question 292
For reclassification review, the solution has been deployed. A generic Computer CI is newly identified as a Linux Server, and automatic CI reclassification is disabled. Which verification best proves it works?
- Verify duplicate findings decline while the managed Server class remains in quality reporting.
- Inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
- Verify missing-network-link remediation tasks reach the appropriate responsible team.
- Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
Incorrect Answers
A:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. Verification of this result involves inspecting the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
C:This inspects an observable outcome of class steward responsibility: Verify missing-network-link remediation tasks reach the appropriate responsible team. It does not inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
D:Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable. It does not inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
Question 293
A generic Computer CI is newly identified as a Linux Server, and automatic CI reclassification is disabled. The pilot then reports this problem: The CMDB continues to show the old class because the pending reclassification task was never reviewed. Which explanation best identifies the failed mechanism?
- IRE deferred the class change to a manual reclassification workflow.
- Source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
- Manual records lacked a refresh obligation and responsible verifier.
- The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:The Identification and Reconciliation Engine matches incoming payloads before creating or updating CI records. The missing change involves iRE deferred the class change to a manual reclassification workflow.
Incorrect Answers
B:Source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute. That does not establish IRE-based matching instead of uncontrolled duplicate insertion.
C:Manual records lacked a refresh obligation and responsible verifier. That does not establish IRE-based matching instead of uncontrolled duplicate insertion.
D:The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability. The missing change involves iRE deferred the class change to a manual reclassification workflow.
Question 294
The initial implementation for reclassification review works. A generic Computer CI is newly identified as a Linux Server, and automatic CI reclassification is disabled. Which governance measure should sustain it?
- Review reclassification implications for identifiers, dependent CIs and reports before approval.
- Require approval and an audit trail for any CMDB Health scope exclusions.
- Require topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes.
- Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:The recurring risk is controlled by Review reclassification implications for identifiers, dependent CIs and reports before approval. It preserves the reclassification review decision when data sources, policies or operational owners change.
Incorrect Answers
B:Require approval and an audit trail for any CMDB Health scope exclusions. That does not establish a host-dependent CI identity and relationship.
C:It preserves the relationship governance decision when data sources, policies or operational owners change. That does not establish a host-dependent CI identity and relationship.
D:Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits. That does not establish a host-dependent CI identity and relationship.
Question 295
Discovery reports a server located in Dallas while a stale financial import claims Austin, and both values persist in CMDB 360. Which proposed implementation best meets that requirement?
- Define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
- Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
- Document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner.
- Review and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
Incorrect Answers
A:Define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities. The missing change involves have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
C:Document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner. That does not establish attribute-level source authority and update precedence.
D:Review and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design. The missing change involves have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
Question 296
The implementation team has completed the change for data steward conflict resolution. Discovery reports a server located in Dallas while a stale financial import claims Austin, and both values persist in CMDB 360. Which acceptance check should it perform?
- Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
- Validate both regional source feeds populate the same intended criticality field with consistent values.
- Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result.
- Inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
Incorrect Answers
B:Validate both regional source feeds populate the same intended criticality field with consistent values. That does not confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
C:Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result. That does not confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
D:Inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification. That does not confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
Question 297
Discovery reports a server located in Dallas while a stale financial import claims Austin, and both values persist in CMDB 360. A troubleshooter observes: The CMDB repeatedly flips between Dallas and Austin after each feed refresh. Which diagnosis fits the evidence?
- IRE deferred the class change to a manual reclassification workflow.
- Duplicate cleanup was performed without reconciling relationships and selecting the appropriate canonical CI.
- The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability.
- Source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
Incorrect Answers
A:The Identification and Reconciliation Engine matches incoming payloads before creating or updating CI records. That does not establish source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
B:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. The underlying failure instead involves source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
C:The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability. The underlying failure instead involves source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
Question 298
Discovery reports a server located in Dallas while a stale financial import claims Austin, and both values persist in CMDB 360. To both implement the requested technical change and maintain the result under future drift, select TWO complementary actions.
- Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
- Test approval assignment and escalation on a nonproduction subset before wide rollout.
- Pair freshness checks with class-specific relationship integrity checks.
- Require approval and an audit trail for any CMDB Health scope exclusions.
- Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits.
Explanation
Correct Answers
A:Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified. The combined protection instead involves have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
E:Long-term integrity for data steward conflict resolution depends on Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits.
Incorrect Answers
B:Long-term integrity for task approval control depends on Test approval assignment and escalation on a nonproduction subset before wide rollout. The combined controls instead need attribute-level source authority and update precedence.
C:Pair freshness checks with class-specific relationship integrity checks. The combined controls instead need attribute-level source authority and update precedence.
D:Require approval and an audit trail for any CMDB Health scope exclusions. The combined controls instead need attribute-level source authority and update precedence.
Question 299
CMDB Correctness drops due to duplicate Linux CIs and engineers suggest excluding the entire Server class from reports. An architect must choose the implementation rather than a reporting workaround. Which option fits?
- Repair the actual duplicate source/identification defect and reviewed CI records rather than hiding the class from health scope.
- Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs.
- Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
- Review the candidate records, their authoritative source, and dependent relationships before merging or retiring one duplicate.
- Document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. The missing change involves repair the actual duplicate source/identification defect and reviewed CI records rather than hiding the class from health scope.
Incorrect Answers
B:Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs. That does not establish correct matching and consolidation of CI identities.
C:Reconciliation rules restrict which data sources may update each attribute of an identified CI. That does not establish correct matching and consolidation of CI identities.
D:Reconciliation rules restrict which data sources may update each attribute of an identified CI. The missing change involves repair the actual duplicate source/identification defect and reviewed CI records rather than hiding the class from health scope.
E:Document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner. That does not establish correct matching and consolidation of CI identities.
Question 300
For health remediation versus masking, the solution has been deployed. CMDB Correctness drops due to duplicate Linux CIs and engineers suggest excluding the entire Server class from reports. Which verification best proves it works?
- Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result.
- Verify duplicate findings decline while the managed Server class remains in quality reporting.
- Run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
- Test same-device refreshes and different-device examples to confirm the exception does not merge or duplicate records.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Verify duplicate findings decline while the managed Server class remains in quality reporting. That distinguishes a functioning health remediation versus masking path from a configuration that was merely entered.
Incorrect Answers
A:Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result. That check cannot demonstrate correct matching and consolidation of CI identities.
C:This inspects an observable outcome of relationship governance: Run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges. Verification of this result involves verifying duplicate findings decline while the managed Server class remains in quality reporting.
D:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. Verification of this result involves verifying duplicate findings decline while the managed Server class remains in quality reporting.
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