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Exin ITIL ITIL Foundation (V4) Exam Practice Test

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ITIL Foundation (V4) Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which is described by the 'organizations and people' dimension of service management?

Options:

A.

Workflows and controls

B.

Communication and collaboration

C.

Inputs and outputs

D.

Contracts and agreements

Question 2

What is the customer of a service responsible for?

Options:

A.

Authorizing the budget for the service

B.

Provisioning the service

C.

Defining the requirements for the service

D.

Using the service

Question 3

Which statement about the input and output of the value chain activities is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Each value chain activity receives inputs and provides outputs

B.

The organization’s governance will determine the inputs and outputs of each value chain activity

C.

Some value chain activities only have input, whereas others only have outputs

D.

Input and output are fixed for each value chain activity

Question 4

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 5

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 6

What ensures that a service provider and a service consumer continually co-create value?

Options:

A.

Service consumption

B.

Service offerings

C.

Change enablement

D.

Service relationship management

Question 7

Which practice requires focus and effort to engage and listen to the requirements, issues, concerns and daily needs of customers?

Options:

A.

Service desk

B.

Supplier Management

C.

Service request management

D.

Service level management

Question 8

Why should a service level agreement include bundles of metrics?

Options:

A.

To ensure that the service levels have been agreed with customers

B.

To reduce the number of metrics that need to be measured and reported

C.

To ensure that all services are included in the service reports

D.

To help focus on business outcomes, rather than operational result.

Question 9

Which is an input to the service value system?

Options:

A.

The system of directing and controlling an organization

B.

A model to help meet stakeholders expectations

C.

Recommendations to help an organization in all aspects of its work

D.

A need from consumers for new or changes services

Question 10

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 11

Which practice has a purpose that includes managing authentication and non-repudation?

Options:

A.

Information security management

B.

IT Asset Management

C.

Change enablement

D.

Service Configuration management

Question 12

When working on an improvement iteration, which concept helps to ensure that the iteration activities remain appropriate in changing circumstances?

Options:

A.

Analysis Paralysis

B.

Direct observation

C.

Minimum viable product

D.

Feedback loop

Question 13

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 14

Which is the definition of an IT asset?

Options:

A.

Any financially valuable component that contributes to a service

B.

Any request from a user that is a normal part of service delivery

C.

Any component that needs to be managed to deliver a service

D.

Any change of state that has significance for the management of a service

Question 15

When using the ‘continual improvement model, which information should be produced by an organization to understand where the organization is now?

Options:

A.

Business objectives

B.

Improvement plans

C.

Assessment results

D.

Measureable Targets

Question 16

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 17

Identify the Missing word(s) in the following sentence

A(n) [?] cause, or potential cause, of one or more incidents?

Options:

A.

Change

B.

Event

C.

Known error

D.

Problem

Question 18

Staff in an IT organization are very busy, mostly carrying out tasks that add little or no value to the organization or its customers.

Which guiding principle recommends that the unnecessary work should be eliminated?

Options:

A.

Keep it simple and practical

B.

Think and work holistically

C.

Star: where you are

D.

Progress iteratively with feedback

Question 19

Which is described by the ‘organizations and people’ dimension of service management?

Options:

A.

Communication and collaboration

B.

Workflows and controls

C.

Inputs and outputs

D.

Contracts and agreement

Question 20

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 21

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 22

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 23

Which of these should be logged and managed as a problem?

Options:

A.

Trend analysis shows a large number of similar incidents

B.

A user requests delivery of a laptop

C.

A monitoring tool detects a change of state for a service

D.

'Continual improvement' needs to prioritize an improvement opportunity

Question 24

Which dimension considers how knowledge assets should be protected?

Options:

A.

Organizations and people

B.

Partners and suppliers

C.

Information and technology

D.

Value streams and processes

Question 25

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

The purpose of the supplier management practice is to ensure that the organization’s suppliers and their [?]

are managed appropriately to support the seamless provision of quality products and services.

Options:

A.

costs

B.

users

C.

value

D.

performances

Question 26

Which practice has a purpose to support the quality of the service by handling all agreed user initiated service

requests?

Options:

A.

Change control

B.

IT asset management

C.

Service desk

D.

Service request management

Question 27

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 28

What is the purpose of the 'relationship management' practice?

Options:

A.

To support the agreed quality of a service handling all agreed, userinitiated service requests

B.

To set clear business-based targets for service performance

C.

To establish and nurture the links between the organization and its stakeholders

D.

To align the organization's practices and services with changing business needs

Question 29

Which competencies are required by the 'service level management' practice?

Options:

A.

Problem investigation and resolution

B.

Incident analysis and prioritization

C.

Business analysis and commercial management

D.

Balanced scorecard reviews and maturity assessment

Question 30

Which guiding principle recommends standardizing and streamlining manual tasks?

Options:

A.

Optimize and automate

B.

Collaborate and promote visibility

C.

Focus on value

D.

Think and work holistically

Question 31

What is an output?

Options:

A.

A possible event that could cause harm or loss

B.

Something created by carrying out an activity

C.

A result for a stakeholder

D.

A change of state that has significance for the management of a configuration item

Question 32

Which dimension includes a workflow management system?

Options:

A.

Value streams and processes

B.

Partners and suppliers

C.

Information and technology

D.

Organizations and people

Question 33

Which is the purpose of the 'monitoring and event management' practice?

Options:

A.

To ensure that accurate and reliable information about the configuration of services is available when and where it is needed

B.

To systematically observe services and service components, and record and report selected changes of state

C.

To protect the information needed by the organization to conduct its business

D.

To minimize the negative impact of incidents by restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible

Question 34

What should be done to determine the appropriate metrics for measuring a new service?

Options:

A.

Measuring the performance over the first six months, and basing a solution on the results

B.

Asking customers to provide numerical targets that meet their needs

C.

Using operational data to provide detailed service reports

D.

Asking customers open questions to establish their requirements

Question 35

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

The use of [?] should support, not replace what is observed, when using the 'start where you are1 guiding principle.

Options:

A.

plans

B.

measurement

C.

process

D.

tools

Question 36

Which guiding principle helps to ensure that better information is available for decision making?

Options:

A.

Keep it simple and practical

B.

Collaborate and promote visibility

C.

Optimize and automate

D.

Think and work holistically

Question 37

What is the starting point for optimization?

Options:

A.

Standardizing practices and services

B.

Determining where the most positive impact would be

C.

Securing stakeholder engagement

D.

Understanding the vision and objectives of the organization

Question 38

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 39

Which service catalogue view is considered beneficial when constructing the relationship between services,

SLAs, OLAs, and other underpinning agreements?

Options:

A.

Service-based SLA view

B.

Wholesale customer view

C.

Retail customer view

D.

Supporting services view

Question 40

What is a change schedule PRIMARILY used for?

Options:

A.

To help plan, authorize and schedule emergency changes

B.

To publish a list of service requests that users can select

C.

To ensure that a single change authority reviews every change

D.

To help plan changes, assist in communication and avoid conflicts

Question 41

What is a service?

Options:

A.

A possible event that could cause harm or loss, or make it more difficult to achieve objectives

B.

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

C.

A tangible or intangible deliverable of an activity

D.

Joint activities performed by a service provider and a service consumer to ensure continual value co- creation based on agreed and available service offerings

Question 42

Which of the following should IT service continuity strategy be based on?

1. Design of the service metrics

2. Business continuity strategy

3. Business impact analysis (BIA)

4. Risk assessment

Options:

A.

1, 2 and 4 only

B.

1, 2 and 3 only

C.

2, 3 and 4 only

D.

1, 3 and 4 only

Question 43

Which TWO are important aspects of the ‘service request management’ practice?

1.Standardization and automation

2.Providing a variety of channels for access

3.Establishing a shared view of targets

4.Policies for approvals

Options:

A.

1 and 2

B.

2 and 3

C.

3 and 4

D.

1 and 4

Question 44

What can be used to help determine the impact level of a problem?

Options:

A.

Definitive media library (DML)

B.

Configuration management system (CMS)

C.

Statement of requirements (SOR)

D.

Standard operating procedures (SOP)

Question 45

Which statement about metrics is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Process metrics can be used to measure end-to-end service performance

B.

Technology metrics can be used to measure component performance and availability

C.

Process metrics can be used to measure the utilization of a supplier’s network

D.

Technology metrics can be used to determine the overall health of a process

Question 46

Which is a purpose of the ‘service desk’ practice?

Options:

A.

To minimize the negative impact of incidents by restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible

B.

To be the entry point and single point of contact for the service provider with all of its users

C.

To support the agreed quality of a service by handling all pre-defined, user-initiated service requests

D.

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

Question 47

Which statement about IT service management is CORRECT?

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Options:

A.

It is performed by customers using a mix of IT systems, services and processes

B.

It is performed by IT service providers using a mix of suppliers and their products

C.

It is performed by the service desk using a mix of people, process and technology

D.

It is performed by IT service providers using a mix of people, process and technology

Question 48

What can a service remove from the consumer and impose on the consumer?

Options:

A.

Utility

B.

Asset

C.

Cost

D.

Outcome

Question 49

What is the CORRECT definition of service management?

Options:

A.

A set of specialized assets for transitioning services into the live operational environment

B.

A set of specialized organizational capabilities for delivering value to customers in the form of services

C.

The capability of supplier to deliver services to providers in exchange for money

D.

The capability of service providers to minimize their costs without reducing the value of the services

Question 50

Which is included in the purpose of the ‘service level management’ practice?

Options:

A.

To maximize the number of successful service and product changes

B.

To ensure accurate information about the configuration of services is available

C.

To set clear business-based targets for service levels

D.

To ensure that suppliers and their performance are managed appropriately

Question 51

How does customer engagement contribute to the 'service level management' practice?

1.It captures information that metrics can be based on

2.It ensures the organization meets defined service levels

3.It defines the workflows for service requests

4.It supports progress discussions

Options:

A.

1 and 4

B.

3 and 4

C.

2 and 3

D.

1 and 2

Question 52

What is NOT within the scope of service catalogue management?

Options:

A.

Contribution to the definition of services

B.

Interfaces between all services and supporting services

C.

Interfaces between the service catalogue and service portfolio

D.

Fulfilment of business service requests

Question 53

Why should some service requests be fulfilled with no additional approvals?

Options:

A.

To ensure that spending is properly accounted for

B.

To ensure that information security requirements are met

C.

To streamline the fulfillment workflow

D.

To set user expectations for fulfillment times

Question 54

Which usually requires a team of representatives from many stakeholder groups?

Options:

A.

Fulfilling a service request

B.

Authorizing an emergency change

C.

Logging a new problem

D.

Investigating a major incident

Question 55

Which approach is CORRECT when applying the guiding principle ‘keep it simple and practical’?

Options:

A.

Only add controls and metrics when they are needed

B.

Design controls and metrics first, then remove those not adding value

C.

Design controls and metrics and add them individually until all are implemented

D.

Only add controls and metrics that are required for compliance

Question 56

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 57

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

Options:

A.

To minimize the negative impact of incidents by restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible

B.

To capture demand for incident resolution and service requests

C.

To reduce the likelihood and impact of incidents by identifying actual and potential causes of incidents

D.

To support the agreed service quality by effective handling of all agreed user-initiated service requests

Question 58

What can be used to determine if a service is 'fit for purpose'?

Options:

A.

Availability

B.

Warranty

C.

Outcome

D.

Utility

Question 59

Which of the four dimensions include, the knowledge bases needed to deliver and manage services?

Options:

A.

Organizations and people

B.

Information and technology

C.

Partners and suppliers

D.

Value streams and processes

Question 60

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 61

Which of the following is included in the purpose of the 'continual improvement' printer?

Options:

A.

The restoration of normal service operation as quickly as possible

B.

The establishment of Inks between the organization and its stakeholders at strategic and tactical levels

C.

The alignment of the organization's practices and services with changing business needs

D.

The reduction of the likelihood and impact of incidents

Question 62

Which statement about service relationship management is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

It focuses on the service actions performed by users

B.

It requires the service consumer to create resources for the service provider

C.

It requires co-operation of both the service provider and service consumer

D.

It focuses on the fulfilment of the agreed service actions

Question 63

Which practice provides a communications point for users to report operational issues, queries and requests?

Options:

A.

Incident management

B.

Continual improvement

C.

Service desk

D.

Relationship management

Question 64

What impact does automation have on a service desk?

Options:

A.

Less low level work and a greater ability to focus on user experience

B.

Increased phone contact and a reduced ability to focus on user experience

C.

Ability to work from multiple locations, geographically dispersed

D.

Ability to work from a single centralised location

Question 65

Which should be handled by ‘service request management’?

Options:

A.

A request to implement a security patch

B.

A request to provide a laptop

C.

A request to resolve an error in a service

D.

A request to change a target in a service level agreement

Question 66

Which practice requires skills and competencies related to business analysis, supplier management and relationship management?

Options:

A.

Monitoring and event management

B.

Incident management

C.

Service level management

D.

IT asset management

Question 67

Which statement about outcomes is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

They are deliverables provided to service consumers.

B.

They allow service consumers to achieve a desired result.

C.

They provide products to service providers based on outputs.

D.

The co-create value for service providers by reducing costs and risks.

Question 68

A user contacts the service desk to ask how they can create a report. Which practice is MOST LIKELY to contribute to resolving this issue?

Options:

A.

Incident management

B.

Service level management

C.

Service request management

D.

Change enablement

Question 69

Which costs are included in the value proposition of a service?

Options:

A.

Additional expense that the service consumer has because they are using the service

B.

Money that the service consumer no longer needs to spend because they are using the service

C.

Tangible or intangible results for the service consumer because they are using the service

D.

The benefits, usefulness. and importance of the service that are perceived by the service consumer

Question 70

Which TWO types of competence are MOST important 'or service desk staff?

1. Knowledge of business processes

2. Collaboration skills

3. Advanced technical knowledge

4. Workflow design skills

Options:

A.

1 and 2

B.

2 and 3

C.

3 and 4

D.

1 and 4

Question 71

Which ITIL concept helps an organization to make good decisions?

Options:

A.

Four dimensions of service management

B.

Guiding principles

C.

Service value chain

D.

Practices

Question 72

Which describes 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 changes

D.

A way to manage the people aspects of change

Question 73

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 74

What type of change is MOST likely to be managed as a service request?

Options:

A.

A standard change

B.

A normal change

C.

An emergency change

D.

An organizational change

Question 75

Which practice handles all pre-defined user-initiated service actions?

Options:

A.

Deployment management

B.

Incident management

C.

Service level management

D.

Service request management

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