Question 310
The initial implementation for stewardship of manual ci data works. A business unit manually maintains CIs for a hosted legal service, but no one verifies them after contract changes. Which governance measure should sustain it?
- Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits.
- Set evidence-based review intervals and contract-event triggers for nondiscoverable data.
- Require relationship and source-history inspection before committing deduplication outcomes.
- Require approval and an audit trail for any CMDB Health scope exclusions.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Long-term integrity for stewardship of manual ci data depends on Set evidence-based review intervals and contract-event triggers for nondiscoverable data.
Incorrect Answers
A:Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits. That does not establish set evidence-based review intervals and contract-event triggers for nondiscoverable data.
C:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. The missing change involves setting evidence-based review intervals and contract-event triggers for nondiscoverable data.
D:Require approval and an audit trail for any CMDB Health scope exclusions. That does not establish set evidence-based review intervals and contract-event triggers for nondiscoverable data.
Question 311
An architect reports that application impact maps show circular dependencies caused by incorrect manual CI relationships. Which proposed implementation best meets that requirement?
- Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs.
- Repair the actual duplicate source/identification defect and reviewed CI records rather than hiding the class from health scope.
- Define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
- Review and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Review and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design.
Incorrect Answers
A:Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs. That does not review and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design.
B:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. The missing change involves reviewing and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design.
C:Retiring a CI does not authorize destructive deletion; owner approval safeguards its audit history and related records. The missing change involves reviewing and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design.
Question 312
The implementation team has completed the change for relationship governance. An architect reports that application impact maps show circular dependencies caused by incorrect manual CI relationships. Which acceptance check should it perform?
- Validate both regional source feeds populate the same intended criticality field with consistent values.
- Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
- Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result.
- Run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:This inspects an observable outcome of relationship governance: Run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges. The missing change involves running targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
Incorrect Answers
A:Validate both regional source feeds populate the same intended criticality field with consistent values. That does not run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
B:Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable. That does not run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
C:Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result. That does not run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
Question 313
An architect reports that application impact maps show circular dependencies caused by incorrect manual CI relationships. A troubleshooter observes: A change-impact engine traverses incorrect cycles and overstates affected services. Which diagnosis fits the evidence?
- The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability.
- Ownership data needed for task routing and governance has not been maintained.
- The manual relationship governance failed to validate type and direction.
- The lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:The manual relationship governance failed to validate type and direction.
Incorrect Answers
A:The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability. The evidence points to the manual relationship governance failed to validate type and direction.
B:Ownership data needed for task routing and governance has not been maintained. The evidence points to the manual relationship governance failed to validate type and direction.
D:The lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions. That does not establish the manual relationship governance failed to validate type and direction.
Question 314
During handoff for relationship governance, An architect reports that application impact maps show circular dependencies caused by incorrect manual CI relationships. What preventive control should be retained?
- Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits.
- Require topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes.
- Require relationship and source-history inspection before committing deduplication outcomes.
- Review reclassification implications for identifiers, dependent CIs and reports before approval.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:The recurring risk is controlled by Require topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes. It preserves the relationship governance decision when data sources, policies or operational owners change.
Incorrect Answers
A:Require provenance-based change decisions rather than last-writer-wins source edits. It would leave require topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes without the specified safeguard.
C:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. The missing change involves requiring topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes.
D:It preserves the reclassification review decision when data sources, policies or operational owners change. It would leave require topology review and query-based tests when adding high-impact relation classes without the specified safeguard.
Question 315
A CMDB has conflicting server retirement practices across departments, causing gaps in asset reconciliation. An architect must choose the implementation rather than a reporting workaround. Which option fits?
- Have the designated attribute data steward reconcile conflicting sources and adjust authoritative source policy if justified.
- Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs.
- Define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
- Assign an accountable CI class owner or managed-by group and route quality remediation through that stewardship role.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Retiring a CI does not authorize destructive deletion; owner approval safeguards its audit history and related records. The missing change involves defining a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
Incorrect Answers
A:Reconciliation rules restrict which data sources may update each attribute of an identified CI. That does not establish define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
B:Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs. That does not establish define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
D:Assign an accountable CI class owner or managed-by group and route quality remediation through that stewardship role. That does not establish define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
Question 316
For lifecycle process owners, the solution has been deployed. A CMDB has conflicting server retirement practices across departments, causing gaps in asset reconciliation. Which verification best proves it works?
- Confirm the surviving CI retains the intended relations and the de-duplication task closes with an auditable result.
- Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
- Test same-device refreshes and different-device examples to confirm the exception does not merge or duplicate records.
- Review a decommissioned device end-to-end to confirm asset, CI and service states are aligned.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Review a decommissioned device end-to-end to confirm asset, CI and service states are aligned. That distinguishes a functioning lifecycle process owners 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. It does not review a decommissioned device end-to-end to confirm asset, CI and service states are aligned.
B:Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable. It does not review a decommissioned device end-to-end to confirm asset, CI and service states are aligned.
C:CI deduplication depends on stable identifiers and relationships, not just visually matching names. Verification of this result involves reviewing a decommissioned device end-to-end to confirm asset, CI and service states are aligned.
Question 317
A CMDB has conflicting server retirement practices across departments, causing gaps in asset reconciliation. The pilot then reports this problem: An asset is disposed but a service CI remains active because teams follow unrelated lifecycle rules. Which explanation best identifies the failed mechanism?
- The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability.
- Manual records lacked a refresh obligation and responsible verifier.
- The lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions.
- Source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:The lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions.
Incorrect Answers
A:The exception relaxed identity quality without testing uniqueness and stability. The missing change involves the lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions.
B:Manual records lacked a refresh obligation and responsible verifier. That does not establish the lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions.
D:Source ownership and conflict resolution are missing for the location attribute. The different cause concerns the lifecycle process lacks a coordinated owner and mapping of state transitions.
Question 318
A CMDB has conflicting server retirement practices across departments, causing gaps in asset reconciliation. To both implement the requested technical change and maintain the result under future drift, select TWO complementary actions.
- Set expiry and revalidation criteria for temporary identification-rule deviations.
- Define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
- Establish shared approval checkpoints and exception handling for cross-team lifecycle changes.
- Require sign-off only for destructive archive/delete operations while allowing each department to retire and activate shared server CIs under inconsistent lifecycle rules.
- Use outcome-based remediation acceptance instead of closure-count targets.
Explanation
Correct Answers
B:Define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
C:Long-term integrity for lifecycle process owners depends on Establish shared approval checkpoints and exception handling for cross-team lifecycle changes.
Incorrect Answers
A:Set expiry and revalidation criteria for temporary identification-rule deviations. The combined controls instead need define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
D:Approval of destructive deletion is useful in another workflow but does not establish one cross-department retirement definition or consistent exception checkpoints for linked assets and services.
E:Use outcome-based remediation acceptance instead of closure-count targets. The combined controls instead need define a documented common retirement policy with clear asset, CI and service owner responsibilities.
Question 319
A third-party discovery tool cannot supply serial numbers for a small appliance class and stewards propose a permanent untracked exception. Which proposed implementation best meets that requirement?
- Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs.
- Establish a common governed attribute definition and approved class field mapping rather than separate redundant columns.
- 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
C:Document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner.
Incorrect Answers
A:Assign a named data steward and recurring attestation of the manually maintained service CIs. That does not establish document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner.
B:Establish a common governed attribute definition and approved class field mapping rather than separate redundant columns. The missing change involves document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner.
D:Review and correct the typed dependency edges and orient parent-child relationships consistently with the service design. That does not establish document and approve a scoped identification exception with an alternative stable identifier and remediation owner.
Question 320
The implementation team has completed the change for cmdb exception governance. A third-party discovery tool cannot supply serial numbers for a small appliance class and stewards propose a permanent untracked exception. Which acceptance check should it perform?
- Test same-device refreshes and different-device examples to confirm the exception does not merge or duplicate records.
- Inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification.
- Run targeted relationship queries and confirm the invalid cycle is absent without losing required edges.
- Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Test same-device refreshes and different-device examples to confirm the exception does not merge or duplicate records.
Incorrect Answers
B:Inspect the post-review CI class, identifiers and inherited properties after the authorized reclassification. That does not establish 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. The missing change involves testing same-device refreshes and different-device examples to confirm the exception does not merge or duplicate records.
D:Confirm the chosen location matches validated current evidence and the alternate reported values remain traceable. That does not establish correct matching and consolidation of CI identities.
Certified Implementation Specialist - Data Foundations (CMDB and CSDM) (CIS-DF) Practice Tests