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Process
General
100

What does CI stand for? 

Configuration Item

100

Name 2 groups responsible for ensuring our IT assets are complete, compliant, accurate, secure and readily available?

IT partners (Product, Platform and Service families)

Business partners 

Vendors 

Service Providers

Consultants

100

Where is CMDB located?

CMDB is a module located in ServiceNow.

200

What does CMDB stand for?

Configuration Management Database

200

What 2 things could reach EOL in CMDB?

Hardware and Software

200

Who is responsible for the IT asset data governance?

Asset Management Office

300

What does EOL stand for?

End of Life

300

Name the feature in CMDB that shows how different CIs are interconnected?

Dependency Mapping

300

Name 2 Category of assets found in CMDB?

Servers, Databases, Virtual Machines, Store Assets (Point of sale devices), Network Assets, User EndPoints (Laptops, Mobile devices, Desktops)

400

What does ITAM stand for?

IT Asset Management

400

Name 2 ways data can be onboarded into CMDB?

Manual

Discovery

Integrations 

Automated Workflows

Third Party Tools

400

Name 2 reasons why assets are centralized in CMDB? 

Secure and protect data

Manage End of Life processes and remediation efforts

Support Operational process

meet regulatory legislative, privacy, compliance, risk and audit requirements

Software license compliance management requirements

Warranty and Extended warranty support

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