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ServiceNow Certified System Administrator
The ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) exam is the foundational credential for anyone looking to manage and configure the ServiceNow platform
- 90 min
- 70% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 7 domains
Exam syllabus, organized by domain
The official ServiceNow blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample ServiceNow Certified System Administrator exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
The following snippet is part of an on-after business rule. A notification is configured for event 'incident.resolved'. When will the notification engine process it?
if (current.state == 6) {
gs.eventQueue('incident.resolved', current, current.caller_id, current.assigned_to);
} else {
return;
}Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 7
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 2.0 / 10
- Question mix
- 20 single · 20 multi · 20 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Application Development12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Collaboration6 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Database Administration12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Integration & APIs6 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Security & Access Control6 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Service Management & ITSM9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- User Interface & Navigation9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
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The question bank with the correct answer and a written explanation for every item.
Frequently asked questions
What you need to know before attempting the ServiceNow Certified System Administrator certification.