ITIL Flashcards
Disaster Recovery
IT Service Continuity Management
Service Strategy Scope
Definining a strategy whereby a service provider will deliver services to meet a customer’s business outcomes
Defining a strategy for how to manage those services
- Which stage of the service lifecycle identifies service needs and opportunities, and ways to exploit them?
a) Service Strategy b) Service Design
c) ServiceTransition d) Service Operation
A. Service strategy
- Which statement is CORRECT?
a) The Configuration Management System (CMS) is part of the Known Error Database (KEDB)
b) The Service Knowledge Management System (SKMS) is part of the Configuration Management System (CMS)
c) TheConfigurationManagementSystem(CMS)ispartoftheServiceKnowledge Management System (SKMS)
d) The Configuration Management System (CMS) is part of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
c) TheConfigurationManagementSystem(CMS)ispartoftheServiceKnowledge Management System (SKMS)
What are the correct list of metrics to support CSI activities
Technology, process and service
Who makes the ultimate decision regarding the value of a service?
The customer
Patterns of Business Activity
Demand Management
resiliency solutions for high availability
Availability Management
identifies, negotiates and agrees upon requirements
• SLA, OLA, UC
• Framework – Customer‐based, Service‐based, Corporate or Multi‐level
Service Level Management
- Which reason describes why ITIL is so successful?
a) It is not tied to any particular vendor platform
b) The five ITIL volumes are concise
c) It tells service providers exactly how to be successful d) It is designed to be used to manage projects
a) It is not tied to any particular vendor platform
Single point of contact for users when there is a service disruption, for service requests or even for some categories of request for change
Service Desk
- Which is an example of an internal customer?
a) A customer who has a contract with an internet service provider for a broadband connection
b) TheHRdepartmentwhosepayrollserviceisprovidedbytheirorganization’sIT department
c) An IT department that uses a network service obtained from a supplier
d) Aretailbankthatoutsourcesitsinfrastructuretoathird-partysupplier
b) TheHRdepartmentwhosepayrollserviceisprovidedbytheirorganization’sIT department
2 types of Problem management
Reactive and Proactive
- Which statement BEST describes the value of the service design stage to the business?
a) It increases business success through the better design of the customer’s business processes
b) It provides quick and effective access to standard services that improve business productivity
c) It improves service quality through services that are better designed to meet customer outcomes
d) It monitors the IT services to identify opportunities for improvement
c) It improves service quality through services that are better designed to meet customer outcomes
Utility + Warranty = ?
Service Value
Which is the single overarching area that ties IT and business together?
Governance
2 sub-functions of IT Operations Management
IT Operations Control
Facilities Managment
Configuration Management System (CMS) – contains relationships between Configuration Items (CIs)
• Relationships help identify how CIs are connected to each other to deliver or form a service
Service Asset and configuration management
Deming Cycle (Plan‐Do‐Check‐Act) • CSI Model
CSI Models
Key Roles in ITIL
Service Owner
Process Owner
Process Manager
Process Practitioner
Subprocesses: Business, Service and Component
Capacity Management
Capacity Management
Drivers
Substitutes
Regulators
Customer
Critical Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators that indicate the health of a process
Process Metrics
Functions within Service Operation Stage
Service Desk
IT Operations Management
Application Management
Technical Management
Budgeting, accounting, charging
Financial Management
Processes within Service Strategy stage
Business Relationship Management
Service Portfolio Management
Financial Management
Which of the following are process enablers
Process resources and capabilities
- Which statement about the Service Portfolio is TRUE?
a) The service portfolio includes all services except those managed by third parties b) It is an integral part of the service catalogue
c) Itallowstheorganizationunlimitedresourceswhenplanningfornewservice deployments
d) It represents all resources presently engaged or being released in various stages of the service lifecycle
d) It represents all resources presently engaged or being released in various stages of the service lifecycle
Process (CSF, KPI)
• Service (End to end service measurements)
• Technology (individual component measurements
3 Types of Metrics
Provides the customer with a level of reassurance and guarantee to meet agreed upon requirements
Service Warranty
• Executes the access policies defined in Information Security Management in order to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) of information.
Access Management
Pipeline – Catalog ‐ Retired
Service Portfolio Management
- Which one of the following is the purpose of Service Level Management?
a) To carry out the service operations activities needed to support current IT services
b) To ensure that sufficient capacity is provided to deliver the agreed performance of
services
c) TocreateandpopulateaServiceCatalog
d) To ensure that an agreed level of IT Service is provided for all current IT services
d) To ensure that an agreed level of IT Service is provided for all current IT services
manages suppliers and their UCs
Supplier Management
• Utility (fit for purpose) + Warranty (fit for use – availability, continuity, capacity,
security)
• Business outcomes, customer preferences and customer perception
Service Value
5 core books of ITIL which is also the same as the Key Lifecycles
Service Strategy Service Design Service Transition Service Operation Continual Service Improvement
In ITSM, what are described as being Type I, Type II or Type III
Service Providers
Protects the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information
IT Security Management
RACI
Responsible
Accountable
Consulted
Informed
Sources of Best Practices
Standards Industry Practices Academic Research Training and Education Internal Experience
- Which term describes the person who has ownership of the end result in a process?
a) Accountable b) Responsible c) Consulted d) Informed
a) Accountable
Responsible for managing applications throughout their Lifecyle
Application Management
What would be negotiated by Service Level Management
Future Requirements and Targets
- Which is NOT a benefit of using public frameworks and standards?
a) Knowledge of public frameworks is more likely to be widely distributed
b) They are validated across a wide range of environments making them more robust
c) Theyarealwaysfreeensuringtheycanbeimplementedquickly
d) They make collaboration between organizations easier by giving a common
language
c) Theyarealwaysfreeensuringtheycanbeimplementedquickly
- Which role is accountable for the operational management of a process?
a) Process practitioner b) Process manager
c) Servicemanager d) Change manager
b) Process manager
Enablers
Employees Customers Suppliers Consultants Technologies