CIS-SM practice question 7 of 25

Predictive Intelligence provides which one of the following benefits?

Full set: 106 questions
Answer options
A: Suggests which application services need pattern extensions
B: Helps reduce noise from traffic-based connections Correct answer
C: Detects performance problems in application mapping
D: Shows CI suggestions for Dynamic CI Groups
Correct Answer:
B. Helps reduce noise from traffic-based connections
Explanation

Predictive Intelligence within ServiceNow Service Mapping employs machine learning algorithms to analyze and learn from traffic-based connections discovered in an environment. This capability provides "Connection Suggestions," which helps mapping specialists distinguish between meaningful application traffic and irrelevant "noise" such as connections from monitoring tools, backup processes, or administrative access. By suggesting which connections to include or exclude, it significantly reduces the manual effort required to filter out irrelevant data, resulting in cleaner, more accurate, and more maintainable service maps.

Why Incorrect

A: Pattern extensions are a separate process for discovering CIs and connections where traffic-based discovery is insufficient; Predictive Intelligence does not suggest where to apply them. C: Performance problem detection is a function of ITOM Health (Event Management) and other monitoring tools, not a direct benefit of Predictive Intelligence in the mapping process. D: Dynamic CI Groups are populated using CMDB query builder conditions to group CIs based on their attributes, not through Predictive Intelligence suggestions from Service Mapping. ---

References

1. ServiceNow Product Documentation: Connection suggestions in Service Mapping. This document states, "Service Mapping uses machine learning algorithms to provide connection suggestions for traffic-based connections that it discovers. These suggestions help you fine-tune service maps by adding relevant connections and removing irrelevant ones." This directly supports the concept of reducing noise. (Accessed for the Utah release, but the feature is consistent across recent versions).

2. ServiceNow Product Documentation: Service Mapping and machine learning. This page explains, "Service Mapping uses machine learning to analyze traffic connections in your organization and then suggest which connections you may want to add to service maps... Filter out irrelevant CIs from service maps." This confirms the role of machine learning in filtering noise from traffic-based discovery. (Accessed for the Utah release).

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