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Exin ITIL ITIL Foundation (syllabus 2011) Exam Practice Test

Demo: 75 questions
Total 503 questions

ITIL Foundation (syllabus 2011) Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is defined as "the role that uses services?

Options:

A.

Service consumer

B.

Customer

C.

User

D.

Sponsor

Question 2

What should remain constant within an organization, even when the organization's objectives change?

Options:

A.

Outputs

B.

Guiding principles

C.

Service offerings

D.

Outcomes

Question 3

Which of the following includes configuring components and activities to facilitate outcomes for stakeholders?

Options:

A.

Service relationship management

B.

Service consumption

C.

The service value system

D.

The release management' practice

Question 4

Which practice ensures that service actions, that are a normal part of service delivery, are effectively handled?

Options:

A.

Incident management

B.

Service level management

C.

Problem management

D.

Service request management

Question 5

Which BEST describe the focus of the 'think and work holistically' principle?

Options:

A.

Considering the existing organizational assets before building something new

B.

Integrating an organization’s activities to deliver value

C.

Eliminating unnecessary steps to deliver valuable outcomes

D.

Breaking down large initiative into smaller pieces of work

Question 6

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

Sponsor is the role that authorizes budget for service [?)

Options:

A.

value

B.

consumption

C.

management

D.

provision

Question 7

Which practice has a purpose that includes managing risks to confidentiality, integrity and availability?

Options:

A.

Information security management

B.

Continual improvement

C.

Monitoring and event management

D.

Service level management

Question 8

What can a change schedule be used for?

Options:

A.

Speeding up the planning and authorization of emergency changes

B.

Providing information about deployed changes to help manage incidents and problems.

C.

Tracking and managing improvement ideas from identification through to final action

D.

Providing a way to initiate normal changes

Question 9

Which practice has a purpose that includes the management of financially valuable components that can contribute to the delivery of an IT service?

Options:

A.

IT asset management

B.

Deployment management

C.

Continual management

D.

Monitoring and event management

Question 10

For which purpose would the continual improvement practice use a SWOT analysis?

Options:

A.

Understanding the current state

B.

Defining the future desired state

C.

Tracking and managing ideas

D.

Ensuring everyone actively participates

Question 11

Which of the following is the MOST important for effective incident management?

Options:

A.

A variety of access channels

B.

Balanced scorecard review

C.

Automated pipelines

D.

Collaboration tools and techniques

Question 12

Which phase of problem management includes the regular re-assessment of the effectiveness of workarounds?

Options:

A.

Problem identification

B.

Problem control

C.

Error control

D.

Problem analysis

Question 13

Which statement about emergency changes is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Emergency changes are low risk and well understood

B.

Authorization of emergency changes may be deferred until after implementation

C.

It is necessary to complete all documentation before an emergency charge is implemented

D.

Emergency changes are not usually recorded in the change schedule

Question 14

Which of the four dimensions focuses or managing data in compliance with industry regulations?

Options:

A.

Partners and suppliers

B.

Organizations and people

C.

Value streams and processes

D.

Information and technology

Question 15

Which is a key element of the 'think and work holistically' guiding principle?

Options:

A.

Assessing which procedures can be re-used when improving a service

B.

Understanding the methods applicable to complex systems

C.

Eliminating metrics which do not contribute to achieving an objective

D.

Using technology for standard tasks to give people time for complex activities

Question 16

Which is a financially valuable component that can contribute to the delivery of a service?

Options:

A.

Configuration item

B.

Sponsor

C.

IT asset

D.

Service offering

Question 17

Which organization delivers output or outcomes of a service?

Options:

A.

A service consumer delivers outcomes of the service

B.

A service provider delivers outcomes of the service

C.

A service consumer delivers outputs of the service

D.

A service provider delivers outputs of the service

Question 18

Which is included in the purpose of the 'improve' value chain activity?

Options:

A.

Ensuring the continual improvement of practices across all value chain activities

B.

Ensuring that services continually meet expectations for quality, costs, and lime to market

C.

Ensuring a shared understanding of the improvement direction for services across the organization

D.

Ensuring continual engagement and good relationships with all stakeholders

Question 19

What is the difference between the 'incident management' and 'service desk' practices?

Options:

A.

Incident management restores service operation, service desk provides communication with users

B.

incident management manages interruptions to service desk monitors achieved service quality

C.

incident management resolves issues, service desk investigates the underlying causes of issues

D.

incident management resolves complex issues, service desk resolve simpler issues.

Question 20

What can be described as an operating model for the creation and management of products and services?

Options:

A.

Governance

B.

Service value chain

C.

Guiding principles

D.

Practices

Question 21

What can help to reduce resistance to a planned improvement when applying the guiding principle ‘collaborate and promote visibility’?

Options:

A.

Restricting information about the improvement to essential stakeholders only.

B.

Increasing collaboration and visibility for the improvement.

C.

Involving customers after all planning has been completed.

D.

Engaging every stakeholder group in the same way, with the same communication.

Question 22

In which situation will incident management USUALLY use a separate process?

Options:

A.

Where no target resolution time exists

B.

For low impact incidents

C.

Where the cause must be diagnosed

D.

For information security incidents

Question 23

Which statement about value streams is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Each value stream must include all six value chain activities

B.

Each value stream must be designed for a specific scenario

C.

Each value stream must include all 34 ITIL practices

D.

Each value stream must include suppliers or partners

Question 24

Which statement about the ‘service request management’ practice is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Service requests are fulfilled using simple workflows

B.

A new workflow is created for each type of request

C.

Additional approval is sometimes needed for restoration of service

D.

Financial authorization is sometimes required for service requests

Question 25

Which describe a 'change authority'?

Options:

A.

a model used to determine who will assess a change

B.

A person who approves a change

C.

A tool used to help plan changes

D.

A way to manage the people aspects of change

Question 26

Which practice is most likely to benefit from the use of chatbots?

Options:

A.

Service level management

B.

Change enablement

C.

Continual improvement

D.

Service desk

Question 27

Identify the missing word in the following sentences.

A service is a means of enabling value co-creation by facilitating [?] that customers want to achieve, without the customer having to manage specific costs and risks.

Options:

A.

utility

B.

warranty

C.

outcomes

D.

outputs

Question 28

Which BEST describes the purpose of the 'improve' value chain activity?

Options:

A.

To organize a major improvement initiative into several smaller initiatives

B.

To make new and improved services and features available for use

C.

To ensure a shared understanding of the vision and improvement direction for all products and services

D.

To continually improve all products and services across all value chain activities

Question 29

Identify the missing words in the following sentence.

The ‘incident management’ practice should maintain [?] for logging and managing incidents.

Options:

A.

a dedicated team

B.

a formal process

C.

detailed procedures

D.

a value chain activity

Question 30

What is a problem that has been analysed but has not been resolved?

Options:

A.

Workaround

B.

Incident

C.

Known error

D.

Event

Question 31

Which includes governance, management practices, and continual improvement?

Options:

A.

The service value system

B.

The 'deliver and support' value chain activity

C.

The 'focus on value' guiding principle

D.

The 'value stream and processes' dimension

Question 32

Identity the missing word(s) in the blowing sentence.

The purpose of the problem management practice is to reduce the likelihood and impact o' incidents by identifying actual and potential causes of incidents, and managing workarounds and [?].

Options:

A.

events

B.

charges

C.

IT assets

D.

known errors

Question 33

Which statement about the 'optimize and automate' guiding principle is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Activities should be automated before they are optimized

B.

Automation is best applied to non-standard tasks

C.

Technology eliminates the need for human intervention

D.

Automation frees human resources for more complex activities

Question 34

Which statement about value creating activities is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Each value stream should be designed with a specific combination of service value chain activities

B.

Service value chain activities have pre-determined dependencies on ITIL practices

C.

A value stream is an operating model for creating value through products and services

D.

Organizations should ensure that each value stream is applicable to many scenarios

Question 35

What is a cause, or potential cause, of one or more incidents?

Options:

A.

A configuration item

B.

A workaround

C.

An incident

D.

A problem

Question 36

What describes how components and activities work together to facilitate value creation?

Options:

A.

The ITIL service value system

B.

The ITIL guiding principles

C.

The four dimensions of service management

D.

A service relationship

Question 37

Which is an example o' a service request?

Options:

A.

A request for normal operation to be restored

B.

A request to implement a security patch

C.

A request tor access to a file

D.

A request to investigate the cause of an incident

Question 38

What is a definition of a problem?

Options:

A.

An unplanned interruption to a service, or reduction in the quality of a service

B.

A cause, or potential cause, of one or more incidents

C.

An incident for which a full resolution is not yet available

D.

Any change of state that has significance for the management of a configuration item (CI)

Question 39

Which describes the utility of a service?

Options:

A.

A service that is fit for use

B.

A service that meets its service level targets

C.

A service that increases constraints on the consumer

D.

A service that supports the performance of the consumer

Question 40

An SLA is a service level agreement.

Which describes the ‘watermelon SLA’ effect?

Options:

A.

A single SLA defines target service levels for multiple customer, so every customer sees reports about other customers’ experiences.

B.

The metrics in an SLA are focused on internal measures, so that reports show everything is good, while the customer is not satisfied.

C.

SLA targets change very frequently, so that each report includes new measures and trends cannot be analyzed.

D.

Introducing SLAs for a service enables customer to see that the service provider is doing a really good job, so this improves satisfaction.

Question 41

Which is a purpose of release management?

Options:

A.

To protect the organization’s information

B.

To handle user-initiated service requests

C.

To make new and changed services available for use

D.

To move hardware and software to live environments

Question 42

Which joint activity performed by a service provider and service consumer ensures continual value co-creation?

Options:

A.

Service offering

B.

Service provision

C.

Service relationship management

D.

Service consumption

Question 43

Which guiding principle describes the importance of doing something, instead of spending a long time analysing different options?

Options:

A.

Optimize and automate

B.

Start where you are

C.

Focus on value

D.

Progress iteratively with feedback

Question 44

Which practice provides visibility of the organization's services by capturing and reporting on service performance?

Options:

A.

Service desk

B.

Service level management

C.

Service request management

D.

Service configuration management

Question 45

What should a release policy include?

Options:

A.

The process owner and process manager for each type of release

B.

The roles and responsibilities for incident and problem resolution

C.

The naming convention and expected frequency of each type of release

D.

The naming convention for all configuration items (CI) recorded in the configuration management system

(CMS)

Question 46

What is required by all service desk staff?

Options:

A.

Excellent technical knowledge

B.

Root cause analysis skills

C.

Demonstration of emotional intelligence

D.

Knowledge of telephony technology

Question 47

Which is an example of improving service utility using service management automation?

Options:

A.

Pre-determined routing of a service request

B.

Reducing the time to compile service data

C.

Monitoring service availability

D.

Faster resource allocation

Question 48

Which guiding principle recommends assessing the current state and deciding what can be reused?

Options:

A.

Focus on value

B.

Start where you are

C.

Collaborate and promote visibility

D.

Progress iteratively with feedback

Question 49

Which statement about change authorization is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

A change authority should be assigned to each type of change and change model

B.

Centralizing change authorization to a single person is the most effective means of authorization

C.

The authorization of normal changes should be expedited to ensure they can be implemented quickly

D.

Standard changes are high risk and should be authorized by the highest level of change authority

Question 50

Which of the following is an example of workaround?

Options:

A.

A defective network switch is replaced with a new one

B.

An email server is restored after an incident is reported

C.

Server memory is increased when the server is unresponsive

D.

A server is restarted to resolve an incident

Question 51

Which practice has a purpose that includes restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible?

Options:

A.

Problem management

B.

Incident management

C.

Deployment management

D.

Supplier management

Question 52

How should an organization include third-party suppliers in the continual improvement of services?

Options:

A.

Ensure suppliers include details of their approach to service improvement in contracts

B.

Require evidence that the supplier uses agile development methods

C.

Require evidence that the supplier implements all improvements using project management practices

D.

Ensure that all supplier problem management activities result in improvements

Question 53

How do all value chain activities transform inputs to outputs?

Options:

A.

By using a combination of practices

B.

By using a single functional team

C.

By determining service demand

D.

By implementing process automation

Question 54

What is the purpose of service level management?

Options:

A.

To obtain/build activity that ensures the service components are available when and where they are needed and meet agreed specifications.

B.

To ensure that all current and planned IT services are delivered to agreed achievable targets.

C.

To establish and nurture the links between the organization and its stakeholders at strategic and tactical levels.

D.

To track and manage improvement ideas from identification to final action, organizations use a database or structured document called a continual improvement register (CIR).

Question 55

In which step of the ‘continual improvement model’ is an improvement plan implemented?

Options:

A.

What is the vision?

B.

How do we get there?

C.

Take action

D.

Did we get there?

Question 56

Which processes are responsible for the regular review of underpinning contracts?

Options:

A.

Supplier management and service level management

B.

Supplier management and change management

C.

Availability management and service level management

D.

Supplier management and availability management

Question 57

What is the purpose of problem management?

Options:

A.

Reduces the likelihood and impact of incidents

B.

Ensures services are restored as soon as possible

C.

Helps direct the incident to the correct support area

D.

Determines how the service provider is perceived

Question 58

Which practice has a purpose that includes aligning the organization's practices and services with changing business needs?

Options:

A.

Relationship management

B.

Continual improvement

C.

Service configuration management

D.

Service level management

Question 59

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

The purpose of the service configuration management practice is to ensure that accurate and reliable information about the configuration of services, and the [?] that support them, is available when and where it is needed.

Options:

A.

suppliers

B.

assets

C.

customers

D.

CIs

Question 60

Which is included in the purpose of the ‘design and transition’ value chain activity?

Options:

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

Question 61

What is the purpose of the ‘deployment management’ practice?

Options:

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

Question 62

What is an IT asset?

Options:

A.

The removal of anything that could have a direct or indirect effect on services

B.

Any component that needs to be managed in order to deliver a service

C.

A request from a user that initiates a service action

D.

Any financially valuable component that can contribute to delivery of an IT product or service

Question 63

What are the MOST important skills required by service desk staff?

Options:

A.

Incident analysis skills

B.

Technical skills

C.

Problem resolution skills

D.

Supplier management skills

Question 64

What is defined as any component that needs to be managed in order to deliver an IT service?

Options:

A.

A service request

B.

An IT asset

C.

A configuration item (CI)

D.

An incident

Question 65

Which statement about costs is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Costs removed from the consumer are part of service consumption

B.

Costs imposed on the consumer are costs of service utility

C.

Costs removed from the consumer are part of the value proposition

D.

Costs imposed on the consumer are costs of service warranty

Question 66

Which statement about the steps to fulfill a service request is CORRECT?

Options:

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

Question 67

What type of change is MOST likely to be managed by the 'service request management' practice?

Options:

A.

An emergency change

B.

A normal change

C.

An application change

D.

A standard change

Question 68

Which practice has a purpose that includes ensuring that risks have been properly assessed?

Options:

A.

Service configuration management

B.

Problem management

C.

Service level management

D.

Change control

Question 69

When planning ‘continual improvement’, which approach for assessing the current state of a service is

CORRECT?

Options:

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

Question 70

Which stakeholders co-create value in a service relationship?

Options:

A.

Investor and consumer

B.

Investor and supplier

C.

Consumer and provider

D.

Provider and supplier

Question 71

When should the effectiveness of a problem workaround be assessed?

Options:

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

Question 72

Which guiding principle recommends using the minimum number of steps necessary to achieve an objective?

Options:

A.

Progress iteratively with feedback

B.

Think and work holistically

C.

Keep it simple and practical

D.

Focus on value

Question 73

How should an organization adopt continual improvement methods?

Options:

A.

Use a new method for each improvement the organization handles

B.

Select a few key methods for the types of improvement that the organization handles

C.

Build the capability to use as many improvement methods as possible

D.

Select a single method for all improvements that the organization handles

Question 74

Which practice identifies metrics that reflect a customer experience of a service?

Options:

A.

Continual improvement

B.

Service level management

C.

Service desk

D.

Problem management

Question 75

Which practice uses techniques such as SWOT analysis, balanced scorecard reviews, and maturity assessments?

Options:

A.

Incident management

B.

Continual improvement

C.

Service request management

D.

Problem management

Demo: 75 questions
Total 503 questions