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Timed assessment

12 practical questions
55 minutes
Mid level

Questions are drawn from a bank of 36. Your report includes a skill breakdown and lessons to practice next.

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Junior tasks cover the fundamentals. Mid and senior tasks add debugging, changing requirements and review decisions.

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10 interviews

ServiceNow administrator
Junior
22 min

Dispatch screening queue: DD60

Tern Bridge Works needs a triage list of active Network incidents at any priority, plus active Hardware incidents at priorities 1 through 3. Show Number, Short description, Priority and Assignment group in that order. Sort Priority ascending. Build the queue without editing records.

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Skills and rubricAND/OR queue logic

Saves the requested result in the native instance.
Explains the source fields and one exclusion.
Reads back the saved configuration against the requested source facts.

ITSM analyst
Junior
22 min

Incident priority handoff: DD61

Rowan Print Supply's dispatch incident INC830061 affects one department (Medium impact), but dispatch can't proceed (High urgency). Apply those source values and route it to the Network group. Explain the derived priority before saving.

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Skills and rubricImpact and urgency triage

Saves the requested result in the native instance.
Explains the source fields and one exclusion.
Reads back the saved configuration against the requested source facts.

ITSM analyst
Junior
22 min

Resolution evidence review: DD62

The Plover Rail Parts technician has restored incident INC830062. Resolve it with code Solved (Permanently) and Resolution notes: Verified DD62 terminal recovery with dispatch; scanner test completed. The unfinished form has no resolution evidence.

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Skills and rubricResolution controls

Saves the requested result in the native instance.
Explains the source fields and one exclusion.
Reads back the saved configuration against the requested source facts.

ServiceNow administrator
Mid
28 min

Broken shared queue: DD63

A colleague saved Tern Bridge Works unassigned DD63, but it shows inactive tickets. Replace that saved definition with active incidents assigned to Service Desk whose Assigned to is empty. The live list and saved definition are separate.

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Skills and rubricSaved-filter debugging

Reproduces the defect before changing its definition.
Checks boundaries and explains a changed requirement.
Documents both an included record and a deliberate exclusion.

ITSM analyst
Mid
28 min

SLA count at incident grain: DD64

Review Rowan Print Supply's proposed workload report. Each incident can have several SLA rows. Save Rowan Print Supply breached incidents DD64 as a bar report on Incident, filtering active incidents with a breached related task SLA. Group by Assignment group and count distinct Number. A draft that counts SLA rows exaggerates work.

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Skills and rubricReport grain and duplicate controls

Reproduces the defect before changing its definition.
Checks boundaries and explains a changed requirement.
Documents both an included record and a deliberate exclusion.

ITSM analyst
Mid
28 min

Resolution metric review: DD65

The Plover Rail Parts operations lead asks for mean elapsed resolution hours. Save Plover Rail Parts resolution hours DD65 as a Single score report on Incident, filtering Active is false, with Mean time to resolve and no grouping. The supplied resolved records have valid start and end timestamps; open incident age mustn't enter the average.

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Skills and rubricDuration metric validation

Reproduces the defect before changing its definition.
Checks boundaries and explains a changed requirement.
Documents both an included record and a deliberate exclusion.

ServiceNow developer
Mid
28 min

Escalation trigger repair: DD66

Tern Bridge Works's saved Tern Bridge Works network escalation DD66 flow never reacts to reprioritized tickets. Repair it to run on updated Incident records that are active, Network category and Priority 2 - High. Activate it, set Assignment group to Network, then add work note DD66: Network accepted high-priority escalation.

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Skills and rubricFlow trigger and condition debugging

Reproduces the defect before changing its definition.
Checks boundaries and explains a changed requirement.
Documents both an included record and a deliberate exclusion.

ServiceNow developer
Senior
35 min

Messy asset feed: DD67

Rowan Print Supply sends the raw rows shown in the import area. Create Rowan Print Supply handheld import DD67, targeting Asset. Map tag to asset_tag, serial to serial_number and label to name; trim all three. Coalesce on asset_tag, then run it. The existing DD67-A1 identity must survive; repeating the feed mustn't duplicate assets.

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Skills and rubricImport normalization and stable identity

Tests negative paths and stable identity.
Names a release control and the local simulator limits.
Proposes a regression check for a changed requirement and its downstream effect.

ServiceNow administrator
Senior
35 min

Asset access review: DD68

The Plover Rail Parts review finds an Asset write rule granted to itil. Replace its role requirement with asset_admin only. Keep the rule active and write-specific. Discuss how you would test an allowed user, a denied user and an inactive user before release.

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Skills and rubricLeast-privilege ACL review

Tests negative paths and stable identity.
Names a release control and the local simulator limits.
Proposes a regression check for a changed requirement and its downstream effect.

ServiceNow developer
Senior
35 min

Approval order under review: DD69

Tern Bridge Works's proposed restricted-access workflow creates a provisioning task before approval. Save Tern Bridge Works restricted access DD69 on created Requested Item records where Variables.Access type is Restricted. Activate it, ask Rosa for approval, then create a Service Desk task described DD69 provision approved restricted access. A rejection must create no task.

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Skills and rubricApproval continuation and rejection

Tests negative paths and stable identity.
Names a release control and the local simulator limits.
Proposes a regression check for a changed requirement and its downstream effect.

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Practice interviews

Dispatch screening queue: DD60

Incident priority handoff: DD61

Resolution evidence review: DD62

Broken shared queue: DD63

SLA count at incident grain: DD64

Resolution metric review: DD65

Escalation trigger repair: DD66

Messy asset feed: DD67

Asset access review: DD68

Approval order under review: DD69

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