CIS-HAM Exam Preparation

Certified Implementation Specialist - Hardware Asset Management

Exam Details

60
Questions
90 min
Duration
70%
Passing Score
$450
Exam Fee

Exam Blueprint

ServiceNow Official Exam Blueprint
DomainWeight
Practical Asset Management
  • Consumables, inventory and stock, automation, asset flows, tasks, contract management, and retirement
30%
Data Integrity & Sources
  • Trustworthy data, assets vs CIs, hardware discovery, normalization, and Hardware Model Normalization
27%
ITAM Overview & Fundamentals
  • IT asset management basics, hardware asset lifecycle, implementation best practices, personas and roles
20%
Operational Integration
  • Reports, dashboards, Hardware Asset Workspace, requests, procurement, data certification, and hygiene
18%
Financial Management
  • Hardware contract financials, rate cards, expense lines, depreciation, fixed assets, and total cost of ownership
5%

Study Plan

Focus on high-weight topics first for maximum impact. Topics are ordered by exam weight.

1

Practical Asset Management

30% weight

Consumables, inventory and stock, automation, asset flows, tasks, contract management, and retirement.

Key Concepts to Master:

Assets vs consumablesConsumable trackingStockrooms and locationsTransfer ordersStock rules automation+3 more
2

Data Integrity & Sources

27% weight

Trustworthy data, assets vs CIs, hardware discovery, normalization, and Hardware Model Normalization.

Key Concepts to Master:

Trustworthy data principlesAssets vs Configuration ItemsAsset-CI relationshipsDiscovery integrationCI verification+3 more
3

ITAM Overview & Fundamentals

20% weight

IT asset management basics, hardware asset lifecycle, implementation best practices, personas and roles.

Key Concepts to Master:

IT Asset Management conceptsHardware asset lifecycle stagesITSM Asset Management vs HAMHAM personas and rolesAsset Manager responsibilities+3 more
4

Operational Integration

18% weight

Reports, dashboards, Hardware Asset Workspace, requests, procurement, data certification, and hygiene.

Key Concepts to Master:

Hardware Asset WorkspaceHAM dashboardsAsset reportsService catalog requestsProcurement integration+3 more
5

Financial Management

5% weight

Hardware contract financials, rate cards, expense lines, depreciation, fixed assets, and total cost of ownership.

Key Concepts to Master:

Contract financialsRate cardsExpense line processingCost allocationDepreciation methods+3 more

Required Courses

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Official Documentation

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Prerequisites

  • ServiceNow CSA certification
  • CIS-DF (Data Foundations) certification
  • Hardware asset management experience
  • Understanding of asset lifecycle

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