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ITIL Sample 4 Flashcards

1
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Which ITIL guiding principle recommends using existing services, processes and tools when improving services?
A. Progress iteratively with feedback
B. Keep is simple and practical
C. Start where you are
D. Focus on value
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C. Start where you are

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Which practice has a purpose that includes ensuring that risks have been properly assessed?
A. Service configuration management
B. Problem management
C. Service level management
D. Change control
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D. Change control

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When should a full risk assessment and authorization be carried out for a standard change?
A. Each time the standard change is implemented
B. When the procedure for the standard change is created
C. At least once a year
D. When an emergency change is requested

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B. When the procedure for the standard change is created

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Which statement about emergency changes is CORRECT?
A. The testing of emergency can be eliminated in order to implement the change quickly
B. The assessment and authorization of emergency changes is expedited to ensure they can be implemented quickly
C. Emergency changes should be authorized and implemented as service requests
D. Emergency changes must be fully documented before authorization and implementation

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B. The assessment and authorization of emergency changes is expedited to ensure they can be implemented quickly

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Which practice coordinates the classification, ownership and communication of service requests and incidents?
A. Supplier management
B. Service desk
C. Problem management
D. Relationship management
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B. Service desk

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What is warranty?
A. Assurance that a product or service will meet agreed requirements
B. The amount of money spent on a specific activity or resource
C. The functionality offered by a product or service to meet a particular need
D. The perceived benefits, usefulness and importance of something

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A. Assurance that a product or service will meet agreed requirements

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Which is part of service provision?
A. The management of resources configured to deliver the service
B. The management of resources needed to consume the service
C. The grouping of one or more services based on one or more products
D. The joint activities performed to ensure continual value co-creation

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A. The management of resources configured to deliver the service

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Which statement about a continual improvement register is CORRECT?
A. It should be managed at the senior level of the organization
B. It should be used to capture user demand
C. There should only be one for the whole organization
D. It should be re-prioritized as ideas are documented

A

D. It should be re-prioritized as ideas are documented

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What are engage, plan and improve examples of?
A. Service value chain activities
B. Service level management
C. Service value chain inputs
D. Change control
A

A. Service value chain activities

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Which statement about outcomes is CORRECT?
A. An outcome can be enabled by more than one output
B. Outcomes are how the service performs
C. An output can be enabled by one or more outcomes
D. An outcome is a tangible or intangible activity

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A. An outcome can be enabled by more than one output

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Which statement about service desks is CORRECT?
A. The service desk should work in close collaboration with support and development teams
B. The service desk should rely on self-service portals instead of escalation to support teams
C. The service desk should remain isolated from technical support teams
D. The service desk should escalate all technical issues to support and development teams

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A. The service desk should work in close collaboration with support and development teams

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Which practice updates information relating to symptoms and business impact?
A. Service level management
B. Change control
C. Service request management
D. Incident management
A

D. Incident management

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Which is included in the purpose of the design and transition value chain activity?
A. Ensuring that service components are available when needed
B. Providing transparency and good stakeholder relationships
C. Supporting services according to specifications
D. Continually meeting stakeholder expectations for costs

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D. Continually meeting stakeholder expectations for costs

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Which practice has a purpose to support the quality of the service by handling all agreed user initiated service requests?
A. Change control
B. IT asset management
C. Service desk
D. Service request management
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D. Service request management

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Which is NOT a component of the service value system?
A. The guiding principles
B. Governance
C. Practices
D. The four dimensions of service management

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D. The four dimensions of service management

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Which statement about the steps to fulfill a service request is CORRECT?
A. They should be complex and detailed
B. They should be well-known and proven
C. They should include incident handling
D. They should be brief and simple
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B. They should be well-known and proven

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What is defined as a cause, or potential cause, of one or more incidents?
A. Change
B. Event
C. Known error
D. Problem
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D. Problem

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Which guiding principle recommends eliminating activities that do not contribute to the creation of value?
A. Start where you are
B. Collaborate and promote visibility
C. Keep it simple and practical
D. Optimize and automate
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C. Keep it simple and practical

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When should the effectiveness of a problem workaround be assessed?
A. Whenever the workaround is used
B. Whenever the problem is resolved
C. Whenever the workaround becomes a known error
D. Whenever the problem is prioritized

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A. Whenever the workaround is used

20
Q

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

A change is defined as the addition, modification, or removal of anything that could have a direct or indirect effect on [?].
A. assets
B. values
C. elements
D. services
A

D. services

21
Q 
Which dimension considers how knowledge assets should be protected?
A. Organizations and people
B. Partners and suppliers
C. Information and technology
D. Value streams and processes
A

C. Information and technology

22
Q 
What is a means of enabling value co-creation by facilitating outcomes that customers want to achieve, without the customer having to manage specific costs and risks?
A. Service management
B. Continual improvement
C. A service
D. An IT asset
A

C. A service

23
Q

Identify the missing words in the following sentence.
The management of information security incidents usually requires [?].
A. Immediate escalation
B. Specialist teams
C. A separate process
D. Third party support

A

C. A separate process

24
Q

What are the ITIL guiding principles used for?
A. To help an organization make good decisions
B. To direct and control an organization
C. To identify activities that an organization must perform in order to deliver a valuable service
D. To ensure that an organizations performance continually meets stakeholders expectations

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A. To help an organization make good decisions

25
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Which is the CORRECT approach for managing a large improvement initiative as smaller iterations?
A. Each iteration should be designed before starting the initiative and implemented without feedback
B. Feedback should only be taken into account when one iteration fails to meet its objective
C. Feedback should be reduced for large improvements as it is unlikely that circumstances will change
D. Each iteration should be continually re-evaluated based on feedback

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D. Each iteration should be continually re-evaluated

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Q

What is the purpose of the deployment management practice?
A. To ensure services achieve agreed and expected performance
B. To make new or changed services available for use
C. To move new or changed components to live environments
D. To set clear business-based targets for service performance

A

To move new or changed components to live environments

27
Q

Which is a service request?
A. Requesting a workaround for an issue
B. Requesting information about how to create a document
C. Requesting an enhancement to an application
D. Requesting investigation of a degraded service

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B. Requesting information about how to create a document

why ??

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Q

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.
The purpose of the supplier management practice is to ensure that the organizations suppliers and their [?] are managed appropriately to support the seamless provision of quality products and services.

A. costs
B. users
C. value
D. performances

A

D. performances

29
Q

What is a recommendation of the focus on value guiding principle?

A. Make focus on value a responsibility of the management
B. Focus on the value of new and significant projects first
C. Focus on value for the service provider first
D. Focus on value at every step of the improvement

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D. Focus on value at every step of the improvement

30
Q

Which guiding principle recommends standardizing and streamlining manual tasks?

A. Optimize and automate
B. Collaborate and promote visibility
C. Focus on value
D. Think and work holistically

A

A. Optimize and automate

31
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Which describes a set of defined steps for implementing improvements?

A. The improve value chain activity
B. The continual improvement register
C. The continual improvement model
D. The engage value chain activity

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C. The continual improvement model

32
Q

Which is a key requirement for a successful service level agreement?
A. It should be written in legal language
B. It should be simply written and easy to understand
C. It should be based on the service providers view of the service
D. It should relate to simple operational metrics

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B. It should be simply written and easy to understand

33
Q

When planning continual improvement, which approach for assessing the current state of a service is CORRECT?
A. An organization should always use a single technique to ensure metrics are consistent
B. An organization should always use a strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis
C. An organization should always develop competencies in methodologies and techniques that will meet their needs
D. An organization should always use an approach that combines Lean, Agile and DevOps methodologies

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C. An organization should always develop competencies in methodologies and techniques that will meet their needs

34
Q 
How does a service consumer contribute to the reduction of risk?
A. By paying for the service
B. By managing server hardware
C. By communicating constraints
D. By managing staff availability
A

C. By communicating constraints

why ??

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Q 
What helps diagnose and resolve a simple incident?
A. Rapid escalation
B. Formation of a temporary team
C. The use of scripts
D. Problem prioritization
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C. The use of scripts

36
Q 
Which ITIL practice has a purpose that includes reducing the likelihood of incidents?
A. Change control
B. Continual improvement
C. Problem management
D. Service desk
A

A. Change control

37
Q

Which service level metrics are BEST for measuring user experience?
A. Single system-based metrics
B. Metrics for the percentage of uptime of a service
C. Operational metrics
D. Metrics linked to defined outcomes

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D. Metrics linked to defined outcomes

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Q 
What are the MOST important skills required by service desk staff?
A. Incident analysis skills
B. Technical skills
C. Problem resolution skills
D. Supplier management skills
A

A. Incident analysis skills

39
Q

Which TWO statements about an organizations culture are CORRECT? (Choose two.)

  1. It is created from shared values based on how it carries out its work
  2. It is determined by the type of technology used to support services
  3. It should be based on the culture of prospective suppliers
  4. It should be based on the objectives of the organization
A

D. 1and4

40
Q

When should a change request be submitted to resolve a problem?

A. As soon as a solution for the problem has been identified
B. As soon as a workaround for the problem has been identified
C. As soon as the analysis of the frequency and impact of incidents justifies the change
D. As soon as the analysis of cost, risks and benefits justifies the change

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D. As soon as the analysis of cost, risks and benefits justifies the change

41
Q 
Which guiding principle helps to ensure that better information is available for decision making?
A. Keep it simple and practical
B. Think and work holistically
C. Optimize and automate
D. Collaborate and promote visibility
A

D. Collaborate and promote visibility

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Q 
Which practice has a purpose that includes observing a service to report selected changes of state identified as events?
A. Information security management
B. Monitoring and event management
C. Incident management
D. Change contro
A

B. Monitoring and event management

43
Q

Which describes a standard change?
A. A change that needs to be scheduled, assessed and authorized following a defined process
B. A change that is typically implemented as a service request
C. A high-risk change that needs very thorough assessment
D. A change that must be implemented as soon as possible

A

B. A change that is typically implemented as a service request

why ??

44
Q

How does information about problems and known errors contribute to ‘incident management’?

A. It enables quick and efficient diagnosis of incidents
B. It removes the need for regular customer updates
C. It removes the need for collaboration during incident resolution
D. It enables the reassessment of known errors

A

A. It enables quick and efficient diagnosis of incidents

45
Q 
Which practice owns and manages issues, queries and requests from users?
A. Incident management
B. Service desk
C. Change control
D. Problem management
A

B. Service desk

46
Q 
What defines the requirements for a service and takes responsibility for the outcomes of service consumption?
A. An IT asset
B. A customer
C. A configuration item (CI)
D. A user
A

B. A customer

47
Q 
Which stakeholders co-create value in a service relationship?
A. Investor and supplier
B. Consumer and provider
C. Provider and supplier
D. Investor and consume
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B. Consumer and provider

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