Free CIS-VRM Sample Questions — Certified Implementation Specialist - Vendor Risk Management

Certified Implementation Specialist - Vendor Risk Management (CIS-VRM) is a specialist-level ServiceNow certification exam. The blueprint splits the exam across 5 domains, starting with VRM Fundamentals, Vendor Assessment, Risk Management. On exam day you face around 59 questions in 90 minutes, in formats such as multiple choice. The 15 questions below are free samples written to match that style: answer each one first, then reveal the correct answer and note which topics you miss. The CIS-VRM is rated medium in difficulty, and most candidates prepare with at least 12 months of hands-on experience. Because every answer is revealed in place, you can work through the whole set without leaving this page. Work through all 15 samples before deciding whether to buy the full 59+ question PDF.

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Question 1

What is the minimum role required to create a new Vendor Risk Issue?

  • A. Vendor Risk Assessor [sn_vdr_risk_asmt.vendor_assessor]
  • B. Vendor Assessment Reviewer [sn_vdr_risk_asmt.vendor_assessment_reviewer]
  • C. Vendor Risk Manager [sn_vdr_risk_asmt.vendor_risk_manager]
  • D. System Administrator [admin]
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Correct Answer:
A. Vendor Risk Assessor [sn_vdr_risk_asmt.vendor_assessor]
Question 2

In the baseline, what component sends reminder notifications about assessments?

  • A. Reminder notifications are triggered on-demand
  • B. Events fired by a Business Rule
  • C. Scheduled Job
  • D. Workflow
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Correct Answer:
D. Workflow
Question 3

What can a vendor contact do in the Vendor Portal? (Choose four.)

  • A. Update answers to returned questionnaires
  • B. Communicate or share information with other vendors of the assessing organization
  • C. Create new issues and tasks for the vendor risk assessor team
  • D. Review and respond to issues created by the assessing organization
  • E. Manage vendor contacts and task assignments within the vendor organization
  • F. Respond to assessments sent by the assessing organization
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Update answers to returned questionnaires
  • D. Review and respond to issues created by the assessing organization
  • E. Manage vendor contacts and task assignments within the vendor organization
  • F. Respond to assessments sent by the assessing organization
Question 4

For each questionnaire template/assessment metric type, how many vendor risk areas can be designated?

  • A. One
  • B. As many as desired
  • C. None
  • D. Two
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Correct Answer:
A. One
Question 5

Baseline email notifications that help to automate the vendor risk management process are installed with which plugin?

  • A. GRC: Vendor Risk Management
  • B. GRC: Audit Management
  • C. GRC: Risk Management
  • D. GRC: Policy and Compliance Management
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Correct Answer:
A. GRC: Vendor Risk Management
Question 6

In order to evaluate a vendor on a recurring basis, configure a record in this table:

  • A. Repeating Surveys
  • B. Assessment Metric
  • C. Repeating Assessments
  • D. Assessment Metric Type
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Correct Answer:
C. Repeating Assessments
Question 7

When an assessor creates an issue or task from the vendor record, it is grouped with other issues or tasks for what ServiceNow entity?

  • A. Vendor
  • B. All vendors
  • C. Assessment
  • D. Remediation plan
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Correct Answer:
A. Vendor
Question 8

A vendor is assessed and responds to a question which impacts one of the Controls applied to them. When is the Control Status updated?

  • A. When the Vendor Risk Assessment State is Responses Received
  • B. When the Vendor Risk Assessment State is Finalizing with Vendor or Closed
  • C. When the Vendor Risk Assessment response is saved
  • D. When all Questions in the Vendor Risk Assessment have a response
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Correct Answer:
B. When the Vendor Risk Assessment State is Finalizing with Vendor or Closed
Question 9

On the Contact record, there is a field for the Vendor name. This is which field (with a label change) from the sys_user table?

  • A. sn_vendor
  • B. company_name
  • C. company
  • D. vendor_name
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Correct Answer:
C. company
Question 10

In addition to the “Design canvas”, which elements does the Template Designer contain? (Choose three.)

  • A. Header bar which contains tabs that display different view and a menu of various functions
  • B. Controls for the supported question data types
  • C. FAQ Page and Tour option
  • D. Question and Categories tabs that contain question/categories that were added to the Question Bank
  • E. Risk criteria to identity conditions and risk areas
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Header bar which contains tabs that display different view and a menu of various functions
  • B. Controls for the supported question data types
  • D. Question and Categories tabs that contain question/categories that were added to the Question Bank
Question 11

A Vendor Risk Task can be created from which of the following records?

  • A. Policy, Assessment, Vendor
  • B. Risk, Policy, Assessment
  • C. Policy, Vendor Risk issue, Assessment
  • D. Vendor Risk Issue, Assessment, Vendor
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Correct Answer:
D. Vendor Risk Issue, Assessment, Vendor
Question 12

What is the definition of ‘Risk Management’?

  • A. Policies/Standards/Procedures established to ensure an organization is aligned with corporate strategy and expectations are clearly defined
  • B. The process of conforming to standards, policies, and remediation of audit findings
  • C. The elimination of vulnerable surface area in an enterprise environment
  • D. Process to identify, assess, and respond to risks, threats and vulnerabilities that could compromise the business
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Correct Answer:
D. Process to identify, assess, and respond to risks, threats and vulnerabilities that could compromise the business
Question 13

If clean data is not provided by the customer, what baseline solutions are available within the platform? (Choose three.)

  • A. Integration hub ETL plugin
  • B. Field normalization plugin
  • C. Service graph connector
  • D. System definition fix scripts module
  • E. System import transform map scripts
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Field normalization plugin
  • D. System definition fix scripts module
  • E. System import transform map scripts
Question 14

What are individual questions within a questionnaire or document request referred to as?

  • A. Metrics
  • B. Ratings
  • C. Templates
  • D. Tiers
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Correct Answer:
A. Metrics
Question 15

Which of the following statements are true about the Template Designer? (Choose two.)

  • A. Question weight can be set in the Template Designer
  • B. Correct answers can be set in the Template Designer
  • C. Questions can be mandatory in the Template Designer
  • D. Dependencies between questions cannot be set in the Template Designer
  • E. Questions cannot be mandatory in the Template Designer
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Correct answers can be set in the Template Designer
  • C. Questions can be mandatory in the Template Designer

CIS-VRM sample questions FAQ

Are these CIS-VRM sample questions from the real exam?

No. They are original practice questions written to match the format and topic mix of the Certified Implementation Specialist - Vendor Risk Management exam, which contains around 59 questions. Treat them as representative practice, not leaked exam content.

How many free CIS-VRM sample questions do I get?

This page includes 15 questions, each with its correct answer you can reveal in place. The full study PDF expands that to 59+ questions.

Do the sample questions include the correct answers?

Yes. Open the answer panel under each question to see which option is correct. Answer first, then reveal, so the set works as a self-check rather than a reading exercise.

Is 15 sample questions enough to pass the CIS-VRM?

Not on its own. Use the samples to find weak topics, revise them against the official domains, then work through the full 59+ question set under timed conditions before booking the exam.

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