ServiceNow CIS-HAM - Hardware Asset Management Implementation

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CertificationCIS – Hardware Asset Management (CIS-HAM)
Questions160
Passing Score75%
Format94% Multiple Choice
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Certification Summary

The ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist Hardware Asset Management exam is for the admins who actually reconcile the hardware records against the physical inventory. You sit this if you are the one responsible for the mess when the CI count does not match the floor count or when the procurement team cannot find the purchase order for a pile of busted laptops in the server room.

Focus your study on the Practical Management of IT Assets and Data Integrity, which make up over half the exam and cover how the system tracks hardware lifecycles and cleans up bad import data. Spend the rest of your time on the IT Asset Management Overview and Operational Integration sections, which dictate how you link asset records to your CI classes. You will see specific questions about the Asset Lifecycle state model and how it triggers automated workflows for hardware retirement.

Topics covered

This quiz

IT Asset Management Overview & Fundamentals18 (11.3%)
Data Integrity – Attributes and Data Sources45 (28.1%)
Practical Management of IT Assets50 (31.3%)
Operational Integration of IT Asset Management Processes37 (23.1%)
Financial Management of IT Assets10 (6.3%)

Exam blueprint

Official domain weights for this certification.

IT Asset Management Overview & Fundamentals20%
Data Integrity - Attributes and Data Sources27%
Practical Management of IT Assets30%
Operational Integration of IT Asset Management Processes18%
Financial Management of IT Assets5%
IT Asset Management Overview & Fundamentals18 questions
  • Hardware Asset Lifecycle4 q
  • IT Asset Management Basics3 q
  • Application Introduction and Recommended Practices6 q
  • Implementing Hardware Asset Management in ServiceNow5 q
Data Integrity – Attributes and Data Sources45 questions
  • Creating Trustworthy Data16 q
  • Hardware Discovery and Normalization9 q
  • HAM Hardware Model Normalization17 q
  • Trustworthy Data Fundamentals3 q
Practical Management of IT Assets50 questions
  • Inventory and Stock13 q
  • Consumables9 q
  • Automating Asset Management Lifecycle22 q
  • Contract and Change Management6 q
Operational Integration of IT Asset Management Processes37 questions
  • Requests and Procurement17 q
  • Reports and Dashboards8 q
  • Extending Asset Management5 q
  • Data Accuracy7 q
Financial Management of IT Assets10 questions
  • Hardware Contract Financials8 q
  • IT Cost Management2 q
Question catalog for this preview

Catalog listing of the 5 preview questions for this quiz.

Question 1

What does Advanced Shipment Notification automate before dock receipt?

Answer choices

  • A. Vendor payment via ACH

  • B. Creation of in-transit asset rows from vendor-supplied templates

  • C. Retirement of swapped laptops

  • D. SAM publisher uploads

Question 2

Where does an administrator monitor a running certification wave’s grouped tasks?

Answer choices

  • A. Data Certification → Schedules → Instances

  • B. Data Certification → Schedules → Filters only

  • C. System Logs → Email

  • D. IntegrationHub spokes

Question 3

Which model-level asset tracking strategy inherits behavior from its parent model category configuration?

Answer choices

  • A. Don't create assets

  • B. Leave to category

  • C. Merge CIs automatically on insert

  • D. Force consumable class for laptops

Question 4

A certifier spots a bad attribute while reviewing records. What is the appropriate action inside the task?

Answer choices

  • A. Edit the global filter mid-run for everyone

  • B. Reassign the entire instance blindly

  • C. Document findings, adjust data if permitted, and certify or reject per policy

  • D. Delete the CMDB

Question 5

How does **Contract Management** treat reusable legal clauses in HAM? (Select TWO.)

Answer choices

  • A. Detached Terms and Conditions records link to contracts with version traceability

  • B. Contract History can audit start, end, and linked clause revisions over time

  • C. One immutable paragraph on the contract form is the only supported pattern

  • D. Clauses are globally locked with no per-contract attachment

  • E. Clauses are editable only after the contract expires