Hello All,
I have cleared CIS- Data Foundation (CMDB & CSDM) exam recently (Feb'26). There are lots of confusion spreading regarding this exam. I am trying here to answer some of the question which might be useful for the exam.
1. Best resources to prepare this exam
a) Dumps: Not recommended
b) First check syllabus thoroughly using https://learning.servicenow.com/lxp/en/credentials/certified-implentation-specialist-data-foundation...
c) Ingest, Govern, Insights should cover from below courses
- CMDB Fundamentals
- CMDB Health Micro-Certification Simulator
- Configure the CMDB Micro-Certification Simulator
d) CSDM fundamental course (best option to cover this topic)
- Put extra focus on CSDM 5.0 slide
If you have time to cover below topics (which is recommended though) and no prior experience on these modules:
a) All labs and Knowledge checks
b) CMDB Health Deep Dive
2. Passing criteria - It is not 70% servicenow is doing some normalization (formula is not officially shared). Just give your best.
3. Offline or Online - Offline (recommended) if you have no infra available at home.
4. Question type - Single selection, Matching type, Choose 2 options type questions
Comment below if you need more information or having questions.
Happy learning and All the best 🙂
