Question 1
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What are the three types of metrics that an organization should collect to support Continual Service
Improvement (CSI)?
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Return On Investment (ROI), Value On Investment (VOI), quality
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Strategic, tactical and operational
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Critical Success Factors (CSFs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), activities
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Technology, process and service
Question 2
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Which of the following is NOT a valid objective of Problem Management?
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To prevent Problems and their resultant Incidents
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To manage Problems throughout their lifecycle
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To restore service to a user
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To eliminate recurring Incidents
Question 3
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Availability Management is responsible for availability of the:
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Services and Components
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Services and Business Processes
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Components and Business Processes
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Services, Components and Business Processes
Question 4
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Contracts are used to define:
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The provision of IT services or business services by a Service Provider
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The provision of goods and services by Suppliers
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Service Levels that have been agreed between the Service Provider and their Customer
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Metrics and Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in an external agreement
Question 5
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Which of the following is NOT an example of Self-Help capabilities?
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Requirement to always call the Service Desk for service requests
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Web front-end
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Menu-driven range of self help and service requests
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A direct interface into the back-end process-handling software
Question 6
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Who owns the specific costs and risks associated with providing a service?
Question 7
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Which of the following are types of communication you could expect the functions within Service
Operation to perform?
1. Communication between Data Centre shifts
2. Communication related to changes
3. Performance reporting
4. Routine operational communication
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1 only
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2 and 3 only
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1, 2 and 4 only
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All of the above
Question 8
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How many people should be accountable for a process as defined in the RACI model?
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As many as necessary to complete the activity
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Only one - the process owner
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Two - the process owner and the process
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Only one - the process architect
Question 9
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What guidance does ITIL give on the frequency of production of service reporting?
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Service reporting intervals must be defined and agreed with the customers
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Reporting intervals should be set by the Service Provider
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Reports should be produced weekly
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Service reporting intervals must be the same for all services
Question 10
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Which of the following is the BEST definition of the term Service Management?
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A set of specialized organizational capabilities for providing value to customers in the form of services
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A group of interacting, interrelated, or independent components that form a unified whole, operating together for a common purpose
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The management of functions within an organization to perform certain activities
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Units of organizations with roles to perform certain activities
Question 11
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a process?
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It is measurable
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Delivers specific results
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Responds to specific events
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A method of structuring an organization
Question 12
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Which of the following would be defined as part of every process?
1. Roles
2. Activities
3. Functions
4. Responsibilities
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1 and 3 only
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All of the above
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2 and 4 only
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1, 2 and 4 only
Question 13
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Which of the following statements is CORRECT for every process?
1. It delivers its primary results to a customer or stakeholder
2. It defines activities that are executed by a single function
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Both of the above
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1 only
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Neither of the above
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2 only
Question 14
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What are the publications that provide guidance specific to industry sectors and organization types
known as?
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The Service Strategy and Service Transition books
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The ITIL Complementary Guidance
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The Service Support and Service Delivery books
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Pocket Guides
Question 15
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Which of the following is NOT a purpose of Service Transition?
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To ensure that a service can be managed, operated and supported
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To provide training and certification in project management
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To provide quality knowledge of Change, Release and Deployment Management
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To plan and manage the capacity and resource requirements to manage a release
Question 16
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What is the BEST description of the purpose of Service Operation?
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To decide how IT will engage with suppliers during the Service Management Lifecycle
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To proactively prevent all outages to IT Services
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To design and build processes that will meet business needs
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To deliver and manage IT Services at agreed levels to business users and customers
Question 17
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Which of the following should NOT be a concern of Risk Management?
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To ensure that the organization can continue to operate in the event of a major disruption or disaster
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To ensure that the workplace is a safe environment for its employees and customers
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To ensure that the organization assets, such as information, facilities and building are protected from threats, damage or loss
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To ensure only the change requests with mitigated risks are approved for implementation
Question 18
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What is the BEST description of an Operational Level Agreement (OLA)?
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An agreement between the service provider and another part of the same organization
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An agreement between the service provider and an external organization
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A document that describes to a customer how services will be operated on a day-to-day basis
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A document that describes business services to operational staff
Question 19
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Which of the following is the CORRECT definition of a Release Unit?
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A measurement of cost
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A function described within Service Transition
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The team of people responsible for implementing a release
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The portion of a service or IT infrastructure that is normally released together
Question 20
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The BEST definition of an Incident is:
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An unplanned disruption of service unless there is a backup to that service
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An unplanned interruption or reduction in the quality of an IT Service
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Any disruption to service whether planned or unplanned
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Any disruption to service that is reported to the Service Desk, regardless of whether the service is impacted or not
Question 21
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In which of the following situations should a Problem Record be created?
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An event indicates that a redundant network segment has failed but it has not impacted any users
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An Incident is passed to second-level support
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A Technical Management team identifies a permanent resolution to a number of recurring Incidents
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Incident Management has found a workaround but needs some assistance in implementing it
Question 22
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Which of the following BEST describes a Problem?
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A Known Error for which the cause and resolution are not yet known
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The cause of two or more Incidents
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A serious Incident which has a critical impact to the business
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The cause of one or more Incidents
Question 23
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Implementation of ITIL Service Management requires preparing and planning the effective and efficient use of:
Answer
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People, Process, Partners, Suppliers
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People, Process, Products, Technology
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People, Process, Products, Partners
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People, Products, Technology, Partners
Question 24
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What would be the next step in the Continual Service Improvement (CSI) Model after:
1. What is the vision?
2. Where are we now?
3. Where do we want to be?
4. How do we get there?
5. Did we get there?
6. ?
Answer
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What is the Return On Investment (ROI)?
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How much did it cost?
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How do we keep the momentum going?
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What is the Value On Investment (VOI)?
Question 25
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Which of the following do Service Metrics measure?
Question 26
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The MAIN objective of Service Level Management is:
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To carry out the Service Operations activities needed to support current IT services
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To ensure that sufficient capacity is provided to deliver the agreed performance of services
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To create and populate a Service Catalogue
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To ensure that an agreed level of IT service is provided for all current IT services
Question 27
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Which processes review Underpinning Contracts on a regular basis?
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Supplier Management and Service Level Management
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Supplier Management and Demand Management
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Demand Management and Service Level Management
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Supplier Management, Demand Management and Service Level Management
Question 28
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Which of the following statements about the Service Portfolio and Service Catalog is the MOST
CORRECT?
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The Service Catalogue only has information about services that are live, or being prepared for
deployment; the Service Portfolio only has information about services which are being considered for future development
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The Service Catalogue has information about all services; the Service Portfolio only has information about services which are being considered for future development
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The Service Portfolio has information about all services; the Service Catalogue only has information about services which are live, or being prepared for deployment
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Service Catalogue and Service Portfolio are different names for the same thing
Question 29
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Which role or function is responsible for monitoring activities and events in the IT Infrastructure?
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Service Level Management
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IT Operations Management
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Capacity Management
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Incident Management
Question 30
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Consider the following list:
1. Change Authority
2. Change Manager
3. Change Advisory Board (CAB)
What are these BEST described as?
Answer
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Job descriptions
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Functions
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Teams
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Roles, people or groups
Question 31
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Service Transition contains detailed descriptions of which processes?
Answer
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Change Management, Service Asset and Configuration Management, Release and Deployment
Management
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Change Management, Capacity Management Event Management, Service Request Management
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Service Level Management, Service Portfolio Management, Service Asset and Configuration
Management
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Service Asset and Configuration Management, Release and Deployment Management, Request
Fulfilment
Question 32
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Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
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The Configuration Management System is part of the Known Error Data Base
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The Service Knowledge Management System is part of the Configuration Management system
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The Configuration Management System is part of the Service Knowledge Management system
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The Configuration Management System is part of the Configuration Management
Question 33
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Major Incidents require:
Answer
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Separate procedures
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Less urgency
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Longer timescales
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Less documentation
Question 34
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Which of the following statements about Incident reporting and logging is CORRECT?
Answer
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Incidents can only be reported by users, since they are the only people who know when a service has been disrupted
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Incidents can be reported by anyone who detects a disruption or potential disruption to normal service. This includes technical staff
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All calls to the Service Desk must be logged as Incidents to assist in reporting Service Desk activity
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Incidents reported by technical staff must be logged as Problems because technical staff manage infrastructure devices not services
Question 35
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What is the BEST description of a Major Incident?
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An Incident that is so complex that it requires root cause analysis before a workaround can be found
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An Incident which requires a large number of people to resolve
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An Incident logged by a senior manager
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An Incident which has a high priority or high impact on the business
Question 36
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Which of the following should be done when closing an incident?
1. Check the incident categorization and correct it if necessary
2. Check that user is satisfied with the outcome
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1 only
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Both of the above
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2 only
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Neither of the above
Question 37
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Which of the following statements correctly states the relationship between urgency, priority and
impact?
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Impact, priority and urgency are independent of each other
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Urgency should be based on impact and priority
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Impact should be based on urgency and
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Priority should be based on impact and urgency
Question 38
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Hierarchic escalation is best described as?
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Notifying more senior levels of management about an Incident
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Passing an Incident to people with a greater level of technical skill
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Using more senior specialists than necessary to resolve an Incident to maintain customer satisfaction
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Failing to meet the Incident resolution times specified in a Service Level Agreement
Question 39
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Which of the following BEST describes a Service Request?
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A request from a User for information, advice or for a Standard Change
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Anything that the customer wants and is prepared to pay for
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Any request or demand that is entered by a user via a Self-Help web-based interface
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Any Request for Change (RFC) that is low risk and can be approved by the Change Manager without a Change Advisory Board (CAB) meeting
Question 40
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Event Management, Problem Management, Access Management and Request Fulfilment are part of which stage of the Service Lifecycle?
Question 41
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Which of the following is NOT a valid objective of Request Fulfilment?
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To provide information to users about what services are available and how to request them
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To update the Service Catalogue with services that may be requested through the Service Desk
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To provide a channel for users to request and receive standard services
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To source and deliver the components of standard services that have been requested
Question 42
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Which process is responsible for sourcing and delivering components of requested standard services?
Question 43
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Which of the following are Service Desk organizational structures?
1. Local Service Desk
2. Virtual Service Desk
3. IT Help Desk
4. Follow the Sun
Answer
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1, 2 and 4 only
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2, 3 and 4 only
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1, 3 and 4 only
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1, 2 and 3 only
Question 44
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Which Functions are included in IT Operations Management?
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Network Management and Application Management
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Technical Management and Change Management
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IT Operations Control and Facilities Management
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Facilities Management and Release Management
Question 45
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Which of the following options is a hierarchy that is used in Knowledge Management?
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Wisdom - Information - Data - Knowledge
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Data - Information - Knowledge - Wisdom
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Knowledge - Wisdom - Information - Data
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Information - Data - Knowledge - Wisdom
Question 46
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Which of the following CANNOT be provided by a tool?
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Knowledge
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Information
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Wisdom
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Data
Question 47
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The BEST processes to automate are those that are:
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Carried out by Service Operations
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Carried out by lots of people
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Critical to the success of the business mission
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Simple and well understood
Question 48
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Which of the following areas would technology help to support during the Service Transition phase of the lifecycle?
1. Data mining and workflow tools
2. Measurement and reporting systems
3. Release and deployment technology
4. Process Design
Answer
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2, 3 and 4 only
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1, 3 and 4 only
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1, 2 and 3 only
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All of the above
Question 49
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Which of the following are the two primary elements that create value for customers?
Answer
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Value on Investment (VOI), Return on Investment (ROI)
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Customer and User satisfaction
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Understanding Service Requirements and Warranty
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Utility and Warranty
Question 50
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Within Service Design, what is the key output handed over to Service Transition?