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Exin ITILFND ITIL - Foundation (v4) Exam Practice Test

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ITIL - Foundation (v4) Questions and Answers

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Question 1

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

Options:

A.

An event

B.

An IT asset

C.

A configuration item

D.

A change

Question 2

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 3

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 4

What is MOST LIKELY to be handled as a service request?

Options:

A.

An emergency change to apply a security patch

B.

The implementation of a workaround

C.

Providing a virtual server for a development team

D.

Managing an interruption to a service

Question 5

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 6

Which is the FIRST action when optimizing a service?

Options:

A.

Assess the current state

B.

Implement the improvement

C.

Understand the organizational context

D.

Agree the future state

Question 7

Which is a key requirement for successful service level agreements (SLAs)?

Options:

A.

They should be written using language and terms which all parties will understand

B.

They should be based on system-based metrics which are useful to the service provider

C.

They should be carried forward, unchanged, 'rom one year to the next to enable uunsisleni service

D.

They should avoid ambiguous targets such as those relating to user experience

Question 8

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 9

What is used as a tool to help define and measure performance?

Options:

A.

A continual improvement register

B.

An incident record

C.

A change schedule

D.

A service level agreement

Question 10

Which value chain activity is concerned with the availability of service components?

Options:

A.

Design and transition

B.

Deliver and support

C.

Plan

D.

Obtain/build

Question 11

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 12

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 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 a description of service provision?

Options:

A.

A formal description of one or more services, designed to address the needs of a service consumer

B.

Activities that an organization performs to deliver services

C.

A way to help create value by facilitating outcomes that service consumers need

D.

Cooperation between two organizations to ensure that a service delivers value

Question 15

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 16

Which is part of the value proposition of a service?

Options:

A.

Costs removed from the consumer by the service

B.

Costs imposed on the consumer by the service

C.

Outputs of the service received by the consumer

D.

Risks imposed on the consumer by the service

Question 17

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 18

Which is the FIRST thing to consider when focusing on value?

Options:

A.

Identifying the service customer who will receive value

B.

Defining customer experience and user experience

C.

Understanding what is valuable to the service consumer

D.

Ensuring value is co-created by improvement initiatives.

Question 19

Which statement about outcomes is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

Outcomes enable products to be delivered to a stakeholder

B.

An outcome defines the amount of money spent on technology for a service

C.

An outcome depends on at least one output to deliver a result

D.

Outcomes provide assurance to stakeholders on how a service performs

Question 20

Which ITIL practice has the purpose to establish and nurture the links between the organization and its stakeholders at strategic and tactical levels?

Options:

A.

Supplier management

B.

Change enablement

C.

Relationship management

D.

Service desk

Question 21

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 22

Which is a key requirement for a successful service level agreement (SLA)?

Options:

A.

Using individual metrics that relate to the service catalogue

B.

Using bundled metrics to relate performance to outcomes

C.

Using single-system-based metrics that relate to outputs

D.

Using an agreement between the service provider and service supplier

Question 23

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 24

Which problem management activity ensures that a problem can be easily tracked and management

information can be obtained?

Options:

A.

Categorization

B.

Detection

C.

Prioritization

D.

Escalation

Question 25

What is a change schedule used for?

Options:

A.

To help plan emergency changes

B.

To help authorize standard changes

C.

To help assign a change authority

D.

To help manage normal changes

Question 26

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

Options:

A.

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

B.

To reduce the likelihood and impact of incidents by identifying actual and potential causes of incidents, and managing workarounds and known errors

C.

To align the organization’s practices and services with changing business needs through the ongoing identification and improvement of services

D.

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

Question 27

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 28

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 29

Service transition contains detailed descriptions of which processes?

Options:

A.

Change management, service asset and configuration management, release and deployment

management

B.

Change management, capacity management, event management, service request management

C.

Service level management, service portfolio management, service asset and configuration management

D.

Service asset and configuration management, release and deployment management, request fulfillment

Question 30

Which is an example of a business related measurement?

Options:

A.

The number of passengers checked in

B.

The average time to response to change requests

C.

The average resolution time for incidents

D.

The number of problems resolved

Question 31

Which value chain activity ensures the availability of service components?

Options:

A.

Improve

B.

Deliver and support

C.

Engage

D.

Obtain/build

Question 32

Which value chain activity ensures that service components meet agreed specifications?

Options:

A.

Plan

B.

Design and transition

C.

Obtain/build

D.

Deliver and support

Question 33

What is important for a ‘continual improvement register’ (CIR)?

Options:

A.

Improvement ideas are documented, assessed and prioritized

B.

Improvement ideas from many sources are kept in a single CIR

C.

Improvement ideas that are not being actioned immediately are removed from the CIR

D.

Improvement ideas are tested, funded and agreed

Question 34

Which role approves the cost of services?

Options:

A.

User

B.

Change authority

C.

Sponsor

D.

Customer

Question 35

What includes governance as a component?

Options:

A.

Practices

B.

The service value chain

C.

The service value system

D.

The guiding principles

Question 36

Which helps to manage an incident when it is unclear which support team should be working on the incident?

Options:

A.

Disaster recovery plans

B.

Swarming

C.

Target resolution times

D.

Self-help

Question 37

What is the PRIMARY use of a change schedule?

Options:

A.

To support the ‘incident management’ practice and improvement planning

B.

To manage emergency changes

C.

To plan changes and help avoid conflicts

D.

To manage standard changes

Question 38

Which term is used to describe the prediction and control of income and expenditure within an organization?

Options:

A.

Charging

B.

Governance

C.

Budgeting

D.

Accounting

Question 39

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 40

Which is NOT a component of the service value system?

Options:

A.

The guiding principles

B.

Governance

C.

Practices

D.

The four dimensions of service management

Question 41

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 42

What defines the requirements for a service and takes responsibility for the outcomes of service consumption?

Options:

A.

A customer

B.

A user

C.

A configuration item (CI)

D.

An IT asset

Question 43

Which statement about service desks is CORRECT?

Options:

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

Question 44

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 45

Which TWO statements about an organization’s 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

Options:

A.

1 and 2

B.

2 and 3

C.

3 and 4

D.

1 and 4

Question 46

Which describes a set of defined steps for implementing improvements?

Options:

A.

The ‘improve’ value chain activity

B.

The ‘continual improvement register’

C.

The ‘continual improvement model’

D.

The ‘engage’ value chain activity

Question 47

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 48

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 49

Which practices are typically involved in the implementation of a problem resolution?

1. Continual improvement

2. Service request management

3. Service level management

4. Change control

Options:

A.

1 and 2

B.

1 and 4

C.

3 and 4

D.

2 and 3

Question 50

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 51

What is described by the service value system?

Options:

A.

How to apply the systems approach of the guiding principle think and work holistically

B.

Services based on one or more products, designed to address needs of a target consumer group

C.

How all the components and activities of the organization work together as a system to enable value creation

D.

Joint activities performed by a service provider and a service consumer to ensure continual value co-creation

Question 52

Which practice owns and manages issues, queries and requests from users?

Options:

A.

Service desk

B.

Problem management

C.

Incident management

D.

Change control

Question 53

Arrange the following steps of software lifecycle in correct order.

1. Retire

2. Test

3. Operate

4. Deploy

5. Ideation

6. Develop

7. Design

Options:

A.

Ideation, Design, Develop, Deploy, Test, Operate, Retire

B.

Retire, Test, Operate, Deploy, Ideation, Develop, Design

C.

None of the above

D.

Ideation, Test, Develop, Deploy, Design, Operate, Retire

Question 54

Which is a service request?

Options:

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

Question 55

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

Options:

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

Question 56

What helps diagnose and resolve a simple incident?

Options:

A.

Rapid escalation

B.

Formation of a temporary team

C.

The use of scripts

D.

Problem prioritization

Question 57

Which of the following is an example of incident?

Options:

A.

A backup server is being rebooted while services are running on the primary server

B.

An application is not available during the business hours

C.

A user has requested access to a shared repository

D.

A user wants to reset the password of a server

Question 58

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 59

Which is the addition, modification or removal of anything that could have an effect on services?

Options:

A.

A change

B.

An event

C.

An incident

D.

A problem

Question 60

Which is an activity of ‘problem identification’?

Options:

A.

Analyzing information from software developers

B.

Establishing problem workarounds

C.

Analyzing the cause of problems

D.

Establishing potential permanent solutions

Question 61

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

Options:

A.

Workaround

B.

Incident

C.

Known error

D.

Event

Question 62

Which describes a CORRECT approach to change authorization?

Options:

A.

Changes included in the change schedule are pre-authorized and do not need additional authorization

B.

formal changes should be assessed and authorized before they are deployed

C.

Emergency changes should be authorized by as many people as possible to reduce risk

D.

formal changes are typically implemented as service requests and authorized by the service desk

Question 63

A flaw in an application could cause a service to fail IT staff are actively analysing the application to try and understand what is going on. What is the correct name for this type of flaw?

Options:

A.

Problem

B.

Incident

C.

Event

D.

Known error

Question 64

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 65

Which practice involves the management of vulnerabilities that were not identified before the service went live?

Options:

A.

Service request management

B.

Problem management

C.

Change control

D.

Service level management

Question 66

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

Options:

A.

Conduct a review of existing service management practices and decide what to keep and what to discard

B.

Review how an improvement initiative can be organized into smaller, manageable sections that can be completed in a timely manner

C.

Review service management practices and remove any unnecessary complexity

D.

Use the four dimensions of service management to ensure coordination of all aspects of an improvement initiative

Question 67

Which practice minimizes the impact on normal service operation by managing resources in response to unplanned reductions in service quality?

Options:

A.

Incident management

B.

Change enablement

C.

Service level management

D.

Continual improvement

Question 68

Which two practices interact the MOST with the service desk practice?

Options:

A.

Incident management and service request management

B.

Service request management and deployment management

C.

Deployment management and change enablement

D.

Change enablement and incident management

Question 69

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

Options:

A.

Availability

B.

Warranty

C.

Outcome

D.

Utility

Question 70

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 71

Which guiding principle recommends consideration of the four dimensions in order to make something as effective and as useful as it needs to be?

Options:

A.

Focus on value

B.

Start where you are

C.

Think and work holisocally

D.

Optimize and automate

Question 72

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 73

Which practices is MOST associate with the use of empathy to understand users?

Options:

A.

Service desk

B.

Continual improvement

C.

Service level management

D.

Change enablement

Question 74

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 75

Which dimension of service management considers how activities are coordinated?

Options:

A.

Organizations and people

B.

Information and technology

C.

Partners and suppliers

D.

Value streams and processes

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