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Steps in Continual Service Improvement

The document contains 29 multiple choice questions about ITIL concepts and processes. The questions cover topics such as continual service improvement, RACI model, service operation processes, metrics, priorities, goals of service asset and configuration management, components of the service portfolio, roles and responsibilities, and more.

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Steps in Continual Service Improvement

The document contains 29 multiple choice questions about ITIL concepts and processes. The questions cover topics such as continual service improvement, RACI model, service operation processes, metrics, priorities, goals of service asset and configuration management, components of the service portfolio, roles and responsibilities, and more.

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1.

Which of the following is NOT a step in the Continual Service Improvement (CSI)

model?

a) What is the vision?

b) Did we get there?

c) Is there budget?

d) Where are we now?

2. What is the RACI model used for?

a) Documenting the roles and relationships of stakeholders in a process or activity

b) Defining requirements for a new service or process

c) Analyzing the business impact of an incident

d) Creating a balanced scorecard showing the overall status of Service Management

3. What is the main reason for establishing a baseline?

a) To standardize operation

b) For knowing the cost of services provided

c) For roles and responsibility to be clear

d) For later comparison

4. Which of the following is NOT an objective of Service Operation?

a) Through testing, to ensure that services are designed to meet business needs

b) To deliver and support IT services

c) To manage the technology used to deliver services

d) To monitor the performance of technology and processes


5. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about patterns of demand

generated by the customer’s business?

a) They are driven by patterns of business activity

b) It is impossible to predict how they behave

c) It is impossible to influence demand patterns

d) They are driven by the delivery schedule generated by capacity management

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the ITIL core publications?

a) Service Optimization

b) Service Transition

c) Service Design

d) Service Strategy

7. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

1. Only one person can be responsible for an activity

2. Only one person can be accountable for an activity

a) All of the above

b) 1 only

c) 2 only
d) None of the above

8. Which is the correct sequence of events in the selection of a technology tool?

a) Select Product, Requirements, Selection Criteria, Evaluate Product

b) Selection Criteria, Requirements, Evaluate Product, Select Product

c) Requirements, Selection Criteria, Select Product, Evaluate Product

d) Requirements, Selection Criteria, Evaluate Product, Select Product

9. Which of the following are the three main types of metrics as defined in Continual

Service Improvement (CSI)?

1. Process Metrics

2. Supplier Metrics

3. Service Metrics

4. Technology Metrics

5. Business Metrics

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 2, 4 and 5

c) 1, 3 and 4

d) 1, 2 and 4
10. The priority of an Incident refers to?

a) The relative importance of the Incident based on impact and urgency

b) The speed with which the Incident needs to be resolved

c) The number of staff that will be assigned to work on the Incident so that it is resolved in time

d) The escalation path that will be followed to ensure resolution of the incident

11. The goal of Service Asset and Configuration Management is to?

a) Account for all financial assets of the organization

b) Provide a logical model of the IT infrastructure, correlating IT services and

different IT components needed to deliver the services

c) Build service models to justify the ITIL implementations

d) Implement ITIL across the organization

12. Which are the missing Service Operation processes from the following?

1. Incident Management

2. Problem Management

3. Access Management

4. ?

5. ?

a) Event management and Request Fulfillment

b) Event Management and Service Desk


c) Facilities Management and Event Management

d) Change Management and Service Level Management

13. Which of the following identifies two Service Portfolio components within the

Service Lifecycle?

a) Requirements Portfolio and Service Catalogue

b) Service Knowledge Management System and Service Catalogue

c) Service Knowledge Management System and Requirements Portfolio

d) Requirements Portfolio and Configuration Management System

14. Which of the following areas would technology help to support during the Service

Design phase of the Lifecycle?

1. Hardware and Software design

2. Environmental design

3. Process design

4. Data design

a) 1, 3 and 4 only

b) 1, 2 and 3 only

c) All of the above

d) 2, 3 and 4 only
15. Business drivers and requirements for a new service should be considered

during?

a) Review of the router operating system patches

b) Review of the current capabilities of IT service delivery

c) The Post Implementation Review (PIR) of a change

d) Decommissioning legacy servers

16. The BEST definition of an event is?

a) An occurrence where a performance threshold has been exceeded and an agreed Service

Level has already been impacted

b) An occurrence that is significant for the management of the IT infrastructure or

delivery of services

c) A known system defect that generates multiple incident reports

d) A planned meeting of customers and IT staff to announce a new service or improvement

program

17. What does the Service V model represent?

a) A strategy for the successful completion of all Service Management projects

b) The path to Service Delivery and Service Support for efficient and effective

utilization of resources

c) Levels of Configuration and testing required to deliver a Service Capability

d) The business perspective as perceived by the customer and the user of services
18. Technical Management is NOT responsible for?

a) Maintenance of the technical infrastructure

b) Documenting and maintaining the technical skills required to manage and support the IT

infrastructure

c) Defining the Operational Level Agreements for the technical teams

d) Diagnosis of, and recovery from, technical failures

19. The following options are considered within which process?

1. Big bang vs. Phased

2. Push and Pull

3. Automated vs. Manual

a) Incident Management

b) Release and Deployment Management

c) Service Asset and Configuration Management

d) Service Catalogue Management

20. Which of the following activities is Service Level Management responsible for?

a) Design the configuration management system from a business perspective

b) Create technology metrics to align with customer needs


c) Create a customer facing service catalogue

d) Train service desk on how to deal with customer complaints about service

21. When analyzing an outcome for creation of value for customers, what attributes

of the service should be considered?

a) Objectives, Metric, Desired outcome

b) Business Objectives, IT objectives, Process metrics

c) Desired outcome, Supplier metrics, IT objectives

d) People, Products, Technology

22. Setting policies and objectives is the primary concern of which of the following

elements of the Service Lifecycle?

a) Service Strategy

b) Service Strategy and Continual Service Improvement

c) Service Strategy, Service Transition and Service Operation

d) Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service

Improvement

23. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of Event Management?

a) The ability to detect events, make sense of them and determine the appropriate

control action
b) The ability to implement monitoring tools

c) The ability to monitor and control the activities of technical staff

d) The ability to report on the successful delivery of services by checking the uptime of

infrastructure devices

24. Consider the following statements:

1. CSI provides guidance on how to improve process efficiency and effectiveness

2. CSI provides guidance on how to improve services

3. CSI provides guidance on the improvement of all phases of the service lifecycle

4. CSI provides guidance on the measurement of processes and services

Which of the above statements is CORRECT?

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25. Which of the following statements are CORRECT about Functions?

1. They provide structure and stability to organizations

2. They are self-contained units with their own capabilities and resources

3. They rely on processes for cross-functional coordination and control

4. They are costlier to implement compared to processes


a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) 1, 2 and 4 only

c) All of the above

d) None of the above

26. If an organization is able to become more proactive in its ITSM processes, what is

likely to happen to support costs?

a) They are likely to increase gradually

b) They are likely to increase dramatically

c) They are likely to gradually reduce

d) They are likely to reduce initially and then gradually return to current level

27. Which of the following statements about Supplier Management is INCORRECT?

a) Supplier Management negotiates internal and external agreements to support the

delivery of services

b) Supplier Management ensures that suppliers meet business expectations

c) Supplier Management maintains information in a Supplier and Contracts Database

d) Supplier Management should be involved in all stages of the service lifecycle, from Strategy

through Design and Transition to Operations and Improvement

28. Which of the following BEST describes a Local Service Desk structure?
a) A Service Desk that also provides onsite technical support to its users

b) A Service Desk where analysts only speak one language

c) A Service Desk that is situated in the same location as the users it serves

d) A Service Desk that could be in any physical location but uses telecommunications and IT

systems to make it appear that they are in the same location

29. What is the role of the Emergency Change Advisory Board (ECAB)?

a) To assist the Change Manager in ensuring that no urgent changes are made during

particularly volatile business periods

b) To assist the Change Manager in implementing emergency changes

c) To assist the Change Manager in evaluating emergency changes and to decide

whether the change should be approved

d) To assist the Change Manager in speeding up the emergency change process so that no

unacceptable delays occur.

30. Which of the following is a good use of a baseline?

a) The desired end state of a project

b) A marker or starting point for later comparison

c) The current desktop models in use

d) The type of testing to be done for a release


31. The main objective of Availability Management is?

a) To monitor and report availability of services and components

b) To ensure that all targets in Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met

c) To guarantee availability levels for services and components

d) To ensure that service availability matches or exceeds the agreed needs of the

business

32. Operations Control refers to?

a) The managers of the Technical and Applications Management functions

b) Overseeing the execution and monitoring of IT operational events and activities

c) The tools used to monitor and display the status of the IT Infrastructure and Applications

d) The situation where the Service Desk is required to monitor the status of the infrastructure

when Operators are not available

33. Which off the following is a characteristic of every process?

1. It is measurable

2. It is timely

3. It delivers a specific result

4. It responds to a specific event

5. It delivers its primary result to a customer or stakeholder

a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
b) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only

c) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only

d) All of the above

34. Which of the following is NOT an example of a Service Request?

a) A user calls the Service Desk to order a toner cartridge

b) A user calls the Service Desk because they would like to change the functionality

of an application

c) A Manager submits a request for a new employee to be given access to an application

d) A user logs onto an internal website to download a licensed copy of software from a list of

approved options

35. A Service Level Package is best described as?

a) A definite level of utility and warranty associated with a core service package

b) A description of customer requirements used to negotiate a Service Level Agreement

c) A description of the value that the customer wants and for which they are willing to pay

d) A document showing the Service Levels achieved during an agreed reporting period

36. Incident Management has a value to the business by?

a) Helping to control infrastructure cost of adding new technology

b) Enabling users to resolve Problems


c) Helping to align people and process for the delivery of service

d) Contributing to the reduction of impact

37. A Service owner is responsible for which of the following?

a) Recommending improvements

b) Designing and documenting a Service

c) Carrying out the Service Operations activities needed to support a Service

d) Producing a balanced scorecard showing the overall status of all Services

38. The four stages of the Deming Cycle are?

a) Plan, Measure, Monitor, Report

b) Plan, Check, Re-Act, Implement

c) Plan, Do, Act, Audit

d) Plan, Do, Check, Act

39. What is the CORRECT order of the first four activities in the 7 Step Improvement

Process?

a) Define what you should measure, define what you can measure, gather data and

process data

b) Gather data, process data, analyze data and present data

c) What is the vision, where are we now, what do we want to be, how do we get there?

d) Gather data, process data, define what you should measure and define what you can measure
40. Which of the following statements is CORRECT for all processes?

a) They define activities, roles, responsibilities, functions and metrics

b) They create value for stakeholders

c) They are carried out by a Service Provider in support of a Customer

d) They are units of organizations responsible for specific outcomes


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1. The ITIL V3 core is best described as?

a) An Operations Lifecycle

b) An IT Management Lifecycle

c) A Service Lifecycle

d) An Infrastructure Lifecycle

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2. Which aspect of Service Design is missing from the list


below?

1. The design of services

2. The design of Service Management systems and tools

3. The design of technology architecture and management systems

4. The design of the processes required

5. ?

a) The design of Functions

b) The design of Service Level Agreements

c) The design of applications

d) The design of measurement systems, methods and


metrics
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3. Which of the following Roles is responsible for identifying


opportunities for improvement?

1. Service Owner

2. Continual Service Improvement (CSI) Manager

3. Process Owner

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) All of the above

d) 2 and 3 only

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4. Learning and improvement is the primary concern of


which of the following elements of the Service Lifecycle?

a) Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service


Operation and Continual Service Improvement

b) Service Strategy, Service Transition and Service Operation

c) Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement

d) Continual Service Improvement

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5. Which of the following is the most appropriate approach
to carrying out Service Operations?

a) The internal IT view is most important as Service Operations has


to monitor and manage the infrastructure

b) Service Operations should maintain a balance between an


internal IT view and an external business view

c) The external business view is most important as Service


Operations is the place where value is realized and the customer
obtains the benefit of the services

d) IT Operations does not take an internal or external view as they


execute processes defined by Service Design

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6. Which of the following statements about the Service Desk


are CORRECT?

1. The Service Desk is a function that provides a means of


communication between IT and its users for all operational issues

2. The Service Desk is always the owner of the Incident


Management process

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) All of the above

d) None of the above

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7. How does an organization use Resources and Capabilities
in creating value?

a) They are used to create value in the form of output for production
management

b) They are used to create value in the form of goods and


services

c) They are used to create value to the IT organization for Service


Support

d) They are used to create value to the IT organization for Service


Delivery

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8. In which core publication can you find detailed


descriptions of the following?

1. Service Portfolio Management

2. Demand Management

3. Financial Management

a) Service Operations

b) Service Strategy

c) Service Transition

d) Continual Service Improvement

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9. Which of the following statements BEST describes the role
of Communication during Service Operation?

a) Communication is defined as part of all processes and is executed


in Service Operation

b) Communication is a separate process that needs to be defined


and executed with Service Operation

c) Good communication is essential for successful Service


Operation, just as it is for any other phase of the Lifecycle

d) Communication is more important in Service Operation than in


any other stage of the Service Lifecycle

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10. A Process owner is responsible for which of the


following?

a) Purchasing tools to support the Process

b) Ensuring that targets specified in an SLA are met

c) Carrying out activities defined in the Process

d) Monitoring and improving the Process

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11. Demand Management is primarily used to?

a) Increase customer value

b) Eliminate excess capacity needs

c) Increase the value of IT


d) Align business with IT cost

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12. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of


organizing Continual Service Improvement (CSI) using the
RACI model?

a) Facilitates clear communication and workflow practice across all


parties involved in the CSI program

b) Clarifies the roles and responsibilities of individual in the CSI


program which could otherwise be overlapping and confusing

c) Identifies where internal Service Level Agreements (SLAs) can be


established to implement CSI

d) Provides a clear focus for matching the CSI processes to


financial planning

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13. Which of the following are objectives of the Release and


Deployment Management process?

1. To ensure there are clear release and deployment plans

2. To ensure that skills and knowledge are transferred to operations


and support staff

3. To ensure there is minimal unpredicted impact on production


services

4. To provide cost justifiable IT capacity that is matched to the needs


of the business
a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) All of the above

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 3 and 4 only

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14. Which of the following questions is NOT answered by


Service Portfolio Management?

a) How should our resources and capabilities be allocated?

b) What opportunities are there in the market?

c) Why should a customer buy these services?

d) What are the pricing or chargeback models?

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15. Which of the following statements are NOT included in


Access Management?

1. Verifying the identity of users requesting access to services

2. Setting the rights or privileges of systems to allow access to


authorized users

3. Defining security policies for system access

4. Monitoring the availability of systems that users should have


access to

a) 3 and 4 only
b) 1 and 3 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1 and 2 only

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16. Application Management is NOT responsible for?

a) Documenting and maintaining the technical skills required to


manage and support Applications

b) Managing applications through their lifecycle

c) Assisting in the decision to build or buy new software

d) Developing operational functionality required by the


business

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17. If something cannot be measured, it should not be


documented within which of the following?

a) The Glossary of Terms

b) A Service Level Agreement

c) An Incident Management record

d) A Configuration Item (CI)

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18. What is the purpose of the Request Fulfillment Process?

a) Dealing with Service Requests from the users

b) Making sure all requests within an IT Organization is fulfilled

c) Ensuring fulfillment of Change Requests

d) Making sure the Service Level Agreement is met

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19. 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

a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) 1, 3 and 4 only

c) 2, 3 and 4 only

d) All of the above

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20. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about


‘good practice’?

a) It can be used to drive an organization forward


b) It is something that is in wide industry use

c) It is always documented in international standards

d) It is always based on ITIL

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21. Consider the following statements:

1. A Process should be traceable to a specific trigger

2. A characteristic of the “Process” is that it is performance driven


and able to be measured

Which of the above statements are CORRECT?

a) 1 only

b) All of the above

c) None of the above

d) 2 only

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22. “Warranty of a service” means which of the following?

a) The service is fit for purpose

b) There will be no failures in applications and infrastructure


associated with the service

c) All service-related problems are fixed free of charge for a certain


period of time
d) Customers are assured of certain levels of availability,
capacity, continuity and security

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23. The objective of Service Asset and Configuration


Management is most accurately described as?

a) To understand the performance characteristics of assets and


Configuration Items (CIs) in order to maximize their contribution to
service levels

b) To manage service assets and CIs from an operational


perspective

c) To ensure that assets and CIs deliver the business outcomes they
were designed to achieve

d) To define and control the components of services and


infrastructure and maintain accurate configuration records

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24. A Service Catalogue should contain which of the


following?

a) The version information of all software

b) The organizational structure of the company

c) Asset information

d) Details of all operational services


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25. Facilities Management refers to?

a) The Management of IT services that are viewed as “utilities”,


such as printers or network access

b) The Management of an outsourcing contract

c) The Management of the physical IT environment, such as


a Data Center

d) The procurement and maintenance of tools that are used by IT


operations staff to maintain the infrastructure

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26. When planning and implementing a Continual Service


Improvement (CSI) initiative, which of the following benefits
is LEAST useful in supporting a business case?

a) Reduce technology investment by $5m due to more accurate


capacity and performance modeling processes

b) Reduce support manpower demand by 30% due to automated


incident and problem management processes

c) Improve employee morale and therefore create better


relationships between IT and business units

d) Reduce Problem resolution by 50% and minimize critical system


outages

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27. Which of the following would NOT be stored in the
Definitive Media Library (DML)?

a) Master copies of software

b) Backups of application data

c) Software licenses

d) Master copies of controlled documentation

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28. The objective of the Change Management process is


most accurately described as?

a) Ensuring that all changes are recorded, managed, tested


and implemented in a controlled manner

b) Ensuring that changes to IT infrastructure are managed efficiently


and effectively

c) Ensuring that all changes have appropriate back-out plans in the


event of failure

d) Protecting services by not allowing changes to be made

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29. Functions are best described as?

a) Without their own body of knowledge

b) Closed loop systems

c) Self-Contained units of organizations


d) Focusing on transformation to a goal

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30. What is the best definition of an Incident Model?

a) The template used to define the Incident logging form used to


report Incidents

b) A type of Incident involving a standard (or model) type of


Configuration Item (CI)

c) A set of pre-defined steps to be followed when dealing


with a known type of Incident

d) An Incident that is easy to solve

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31. Which of the following statements CORRECTLY defines


Insourcing and Outsourcing delivery model options?

a) Insourcing relies on internal resources; outsourcing relies


on external organization(s) resources

b) Insourcing relies on external organization(s) resources;


outsourcing relies on internal resources

c) Insourcing relies on co-sourcing; outsourcing relies on


partnerships

d) Insourcing relies on knowledge process outsourcing; outsourcing


relies on application service provisioning
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32. Why should monitoring and measuring be used when


trying to improve services?

a) To validate, direct, justify and intervene

b) To validate, measure, monitor and change

c) To validate, plan, act and improve

d) To validate, assign resources, purchase technology and train


people

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33. A benefit of using Service Design tools is?

a) To help ensure that standards and conventions are


followed

b) To help ensure that events are detected as quickly as possible

c) To help enable different applications to work together

d) To help implement architectures that support the business


strategy

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34. Which of the following is the CORRECT description of the


Four P’s of Service Design?

a) A four step process for the design of effective Service


Management
b) A definition of the people and products required for successful
design

c) A set of questions that should be asked when reviewing design


specifications

d) The four major areas that need to be considered in the


design of effective Service Management

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35. Consider the following statements:

1. Service Transition provides guidance on moving new and changed


services into production

2. Service Transition provides guidance on testing

3. Service Transition provides guidance on the transfer of services to


or from an external service provider

Which of the above statements is CORRECT?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1 only

c) All of the above

d) 1 and 3 only

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36. Which is the first activity of the Continual Service


Improvement (CSI) model?

a) Assess the current business situation


b) Understand high-level business requirements

c) Agree on priorities for improvement

d) Create and verify a plan

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37. An Incident occurs when:

1. A user is unable to access a service during service hours

2. An authorized IT staff member is unable to access a service


during service hours

3. A redundant network segment fails, and the user is not aware of


any disruption to service

4. A user contacts the Service Desk about slow performance of an


application

Which of the above statements is CORRECT?

a) All of the above

b) 1 and 4 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) None of the above

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38. Which process reviews Operational Level Agreements


(OLAs) on a regular basis?

a) Supplier Management
b) Service Level Management

c) Service Portfolio Management

d) Contract Management

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39. The 7 Step Improvement Process can most accurately be


described as?

a) The Seven P’s of Continual Service Improvement (CSI)

b) A service improvement methodology based on the Deming Cycle

c) A set of roles and responsibilities for managing service


improvements

d) A process for defining what is to be measured, gathering


the data, processing the data and using it to take corrective
action

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40. The Information Security Policy should be available to


which groups of people?

a) Senior business managers and all IT staff

b) Senior business managers, IT executives and the Security


Manager

c) All customers, users and IT staff

d) Information Security Management staff only

Answers to ITIL V3 Sample Paper 2:


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01. c. 02. d. 03. c 04. d. 05. b. 06. d. 07. b. 08. b. 09. c. 10. d.

11. b. 12. d. 13. a. 14. b. 15. a. 16. d. 17. b. 18. a. 19. a. 20.
b.

21. b. 22. d. 23. d. 24. d. 25. c. 26. c. 27. b. 28. a. 29. c. 30. c

31. a. 32. a. 33. a. 34. d. 35. c. 36. b. 37. a. 38. b. 39. d. 40.
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ITIL Dumps Practice Paper 3

1. Which of the following best means Combination of Internal &


External Sourcing?

A. Internal Sourcing-.

B. External Sourcing

C. Co-Sourcing

D. Managed Services

2. Major Incidents require?

A. Separate procedures

B. Less urgency

C. Longer timescales

D. Less documentation
3. Which of the following CANNOT be stored and managed by a
tool?

A. Knowledge

B. Information

C. Wisdom

D. Data

4. The spell check module of a word-processing software package


contains a number of errors. The Development department has
corrected these errors in a new version. Which process is
responsible for ensuring this updated version is tested?

A. Configuration Management

B. Incident Management

C. Problem Management

D. Release Management

5. The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle can be used to plan and


implement Service Management Processes:

How many times should each stage of the cycle be visited?

A. There should be a single Plan and Do, and then Check and Act should
be carried out multiple times to Implement Continual Improvement

B. Each stage should be carried out once in the order Plan-Do-


Check-Act

C. The entire cycle should be repeated multiple times to Implement


Continual Improvement

D. There should be a single %n. then the Do-Check-Act cycle should be


repeated multiple times to Implement Continual improvement
6. Consider the following statements:

1. “Processes” should be implemented in such a way that the “Role” and


“Function” in an organization are defined

2. The RACI model Is beneficial to design Function”

Which of the above statements are CORRECT?

A. 1 Only

B. Both of the above

C. Neither of the above

D. 2 only

7. Which of the following is the process rather than a department?

A. Application Management

B. Operations Management

C. Service Desk

D. Availability Management

8. Which of the following statements fully describes the aim of


Release and Deployment Management?

A. To build, test and deliver the capability to provide the services


specified by Service Design and that will accomplish the
stakeholders’ requirements and deliver the Intended objectives

B. To ensure that each release package specified by Service Design


consists of a set of related assets and service components that are
compatible with each other

C. To ensure that all release and deployment packages can be tracked,


installed, tested, verified, and/or uninstalled or backed out if appropriate
D. To record and manage deviations, risks, and issues related to the new
or changed service

9. Which of the following may be defined in a process?

1. Roles

2. Activities

3. Functions

4. Guidelines

5. Standards

6. Governance Framework

A. 1, 2, 3 and 5 only

B. All of the above

C. 1. 2, 5 and 6 only

D. 1, 2, 4, and 5 only

10. A Service Provider is?

A. An organization supplying services to one or more external customers

B. An organization supplying services to one or more internal


customers or external customers

C. An organization supplying services to one or more internal customers

D. An organization supplying IT services

11. Which ITIL process has the objective of helping to monitor the
IT services by maintaining a logical model of the IT infrastructure
and IT services?

A. Capacity Management
B. Change Management

C. Configuration Management

D. Financial Management for IT services

12. The Design Manager Is responsible for the overall


coordination and deployment of quality solution designs for
services and processes. Which of the following are NOT
responsibilities included In this role?

A. Produce and maintain all necessary Service Transition Packages

B. Produce quality, secure and resilient designs for new or


improved services, technology architecture, processes or
measurement systems that meet all the agreed current and future
IT requirements of the organization

C. Take the overall Service Strategies and ensure they are reflected in the
Service Design process and the service designs that are produced

D. Measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Design and


supporting processes

13. Of which ITIL process are Reliability, Serviceability and


Maintainability components?

A. IT Service Continuity Management

B. Service Level Management

C. Problem Management

D. Availability Management

14. Which of the following statements is true about Access


Management?

A. The Process responsible for allowing Users to make use of IT Services,


data, or other Assets.
B. Access Management helps to protect the Confidentiality, Integrity and
Availability of Assets by ensuring that only authorized Users are able to
access or modify the Assets.

C. Access Management is sometimes referred to as Rights Management or


Identity Management.

D. All of above

15. What aspects would you not expect to see in a Service Level
report designed for the customer?

A. The average utilization level of the Service Desk

B. The level of availability realized and the time not available per period

C. The percentage of incidents that was resolved within the target

D. The successful and reverted Changes during a specific period

16. Availability Management is responsible for availability of?

A. Services and Resources

B. Services and Business Processes

C. Resources and Business Processes

D. Services, Resources and Business Processes

17. What is the difference between a process and a project?

A. A process is continuous and has no end date, whereas a project


has a finite lifespan.

B. A project is continuous and has no end date, whereas a process has a


finite lifespan.

C. A process stops when the objective has been achieved, whereas a


project does not stop when the objective is met.
D. In a project the focus is not on the result, whereas with a process the
result is important

18. Which of the following is the correct set of steps for the
Continual Service improvement (CSI) Model?

A. Devise a strategy; Design the solution; Transition into production;


Operate the Solution; continually improve

B. Where do we want to be?; How do we get there?; How do we check we


arrived; How do we keep the momentum going?

C. identifies the required business outcomes; Plan how to achieve the


outcomes; Implement the plan; Check the plan has been properly
implemented; improve the solution

D. What is the vision?; Where are we now?; Where do we want to


be?; How do we get there?; Did we get there?; How do we keep
the momentum going?

19. What is the meaning of the term Serviceability?

A. The degree of availability of the IT services that can be offered

B. The degree of support that the Service Desk provides to the customer

C. The degree to which the provision of IT services can be


supported by maintenance contracts

D. The degree to which the services agreed in the Service Level


Agreement (SLA) are complied with

20. A user reports a PC problem to the Service Desk. A Service


Desk representative determines that the PC is defective and
indicates that according to the services catalogue, the PC will be
replaced within three hours. Which ITIL process is responsible for
having this user's PC replaced within three hours?

A. Availability Management
B. Change Management

C. Configuration Management

D. Service Level Management

21. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A The Configuration Management System (CMS) is part of the Known Error


Data Base (KEDB)

B. The Service Knowledge Management System (SKMS) is part of the CMS

C. The KEDB and the CMS form part of the larger SKMS

D. The CMS is partof the Configuration Management Data Base (CMDB)

22. Information is regularly exchanged between Problem


Management and Change Management. What information is this?

A. Known Errors from Problem Management, on the basis of which Change


Management can generate Requests for Change (RFCs)

B. RFCs resulting from Known Errors

C. RFCs from the users that Problem Management passes on to Change


Management

D. RFCs from the Service Desk that Problem Management passes on to


Change Management

23. Which form of outsourcing provides domain based business


expertise?

A. Application Service Provision

B. Business Process Outsourcing

C. Knowledge Process Outsourcing

D. Co-Sourcing
24. Where are activities documented with the aim of improving an
IT service?

A. Service Catalogue

B. Service Improvement Program

C. Service Level Agreement (SLA)

D. Service Quality Plan (SQP)

25. Changes are divided into categories.

What criterion defines a category for a change?

A. The consequences of the change such as limited, substantial,


significant, etc.

B. The speed with which the change is made

C. The sequence in which the change is made

D. The Request for Change number that the change is assigned

26. In IT Service Continuity Management various precautionary


measures are taken, for example using an emergency power
provision.

Which of the following ITIL processes could also initiate this kind
of measure?

A. Availability Management

B. Capacity management

C. Change Management

D. Incident Management

27. What is a request to replace something within the IT


infrastructure called?
A. Replacement Request

B. Request for Change

C. Request for Release

D. Service Request

28. Which ITIL process manager requires a report specifying the


duration of an interruption of a Configuration Item?

A. Availability Manager

B. Incident Manager

C. Problem Manager

D. Service Level Manager

29. Which of the following steps from the continual improvement


Model is missing?

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.?

A. What is the ROI

B. How much did it cost.

C. How do we keep the momentum going.

D. What is the VOI?


30. Which of the following best describes the goal of Information
Security Management Process?

A. To align IT security with business security and ensure that


information security is effectively managed in all service and
Service Management activities’.

B. To ensure that that the information security risks are appropriately


managed and enterprise information resources are used responsibly.

C. To provide a focus for all aspects of IT security and manage all IT


security activities.

D. To provide the strategic direction for security activities and ensures


objectives are achieved

31. Which of the following statements about Supplier and


Contract Database (SCD) are correct?

1. A database or structured Document used to manage Supplier Contracts


throughout their Lifecycle.

2. The SCD contains key Attributes of all Contracts with Suppliers

3. Its never part of the Service Knowledge Management System.

4. Maintaining it is responsibility of Supplier management process

A. 1 & 2 only

B. 1, 2 & 3

C. 1, 2 & 4

D. All of above

32. Which of the following will complete the Four P's of Service
Design?

1. Perspectives
2. Positioning

3. Plan

4. ???

A. People

B. Product

C. Patterns

D. Partners

33. What does Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) mean?

A. Average uptime of a service

B. Average downtime of a service

C. Average time between two consecutive incidents

D. Average time of the breakdown-free period within a measured period

34. Which of the following statements is true about the term


Event?

A. A change of state which has significance for the management of a


Configuration Item or IT service.

B. The term Event is also used to mean an Alert or notification created by


any IT Service, configuration Item or Monitoring tool.

C. Events typically require IT Operations personnel to take actions, and


often lead to Incidents being logged

D. All of above

35. Which of the following is the best description of the contents


of the Definitive Media Library (DML)?

A. Copies of all software versions that are needed


B. Copies of all live software programs

C. Authorized versions of all software used on the infrastructure

D. Software awaiting user acceptance testing

36. Application Portfolio

1. A database or structured Document used to manage Applications


throughout their Lifecycle.

2. The Application Portfolio contains key Attributes of all Applications.

3. The Application Portfolio is sometimes implemented as part of the


Service Portfolio, or as part of the Configuration Management System.

Which of the above statements is correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 & 3only

C. All of above

D. 1 & 2 only

37. Which of the following best describes Fault Tolerance?

A. The ability of an IT Service or Configuration Item to continue to


operate correctly after Failure of a Component part.

B. The ability of a third-party supplier to meet the terms of their contract.


Often this contract will include agreed levels of availability, reliability
and/or maintainability for a supporting service or component.

C. A measure of how quickly and effectively a service, component or CI


can be restored to normal working after a failure.

D. A measure of how long a service, component or CI can perform its


agreed function without interruption
38. Which of the following questions is NOT answered by Capacity
Plan?

A. Capacity Forecasts

B. Recommendations

C. Components and resource forecasts

D. Countermeasures for risks

39. How can an organization determine the effectiveness of the


Service Level Management process?

A. By checking contracts with suppliers

B. By measuring customer satisfaction

C. By defining service levels

D. By reporting on all incidents

40. What is the first activity when implementing a release?

A. Designing and building a release

B. Testing a release

C. Compiling the release schedule

D. Communicating and preparing the release

1. Which of the following is NOT a step in the Continual Service Improvement (CSI) 
model?
a) What is the vision?
b) Did we g
5. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about patterns of demand 
generated by the customer’s business?
a) They are d
d) None of the above
8. Which is the correct sequence of events in the selection of a technology tool?
a) Select Product, Req
10. The priority of an Incident refers to?
a) The relative importance of the Incident based on impact and urgency
b) The spee
c) Facilities Management and Event Management
d) Change Management and Service Level Management
13. Which of the following id
15. Business drivers and requirements for a new service should be considered 
during?
a) Review of the router operating syste
18. Technical Management is NOT responsible for?
a) Maintenance of the technical infrastructure
b) Documenting and maintainin
c) Create a customer facing service catalogue
d) Train service desk on how to deal with customer complaints about service
21.
b) The ability to implement monitoring tools
c) The ability to monitor and control the activities of technical staff
d) The a
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 1, 2 and 4 only
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
26. If an organization is able to become more

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