The baseline behavior of a table in a privately scoped application is

• A. All application scopes can read from the table
• B. Only the owning application can read the table
• C. Read access is restricted to administrators
• D. The table is not accessible outside its scope

Answer: (A)

In ServiceNow, privately scoped apps still expose their data to other application scopes by default. The baseline read behavior for a table in a privately scoped application is that all application scopes can read from the table. This cross-scope readability enables apps to share data when needed, while code and configuration remain isolated to their own scope. To restrict reading, you would need to apply specific ACLs or other security controls. The other options imply stricter isolation or admin-only access, which isn’t the default behavior for reading.