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Mock Exam — Set 3

40 questions  ·  60 minutes  ·  Pass mark 65%

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Question 1The ITIL Value System

A telecommunications provider is experiencing high call volumes at its service desk. The manager proposes automating call routing. Before doing this, the team reviews and simplifies the routing rules to remove contradictions and redundancies. Which guiding principle is being correctly applied here?

AStart where you are
BFocus on value
COptimise and automate
DThink and work holistically
Explanation: 'Optimise and automate' requires simplifying and optimising before automating. The team is correctly removing contradictions (optimising) before automating — never automate a broken process.
Question 2The ITIL Value System

An organisation's senior leadership sets long-term direction, establishes policies for how decisions are made, and ensures the right accountability structures are in place across all IT services. Which component of the ITIL Value System does this represent?

AGuiding principles
BGovernance
CValue chain
DPractices
Explanation: Governance is the component of the value system that provides the means by which an organisation is directed and controlled. Setting direction, establishing policies, and ensuring accountability are governance functions.
Question 3The ITIL Value System

A new CIO wants to improve service delivery but is overwhelmed by 15 years of accumulated complexity. An advisor recommends identifying what creates value and eliminating what does not. Which guiding principle should guide this rationalisation?

AStart where you are
BThink and work holistically
CCollaborate and promote visibility
DKeep it simple and practical
Explanation: 'Keep it simple and practical' advises eliminating anything that does not support outcomes. If a process, tool, or metric fails to provide value, it should be removed.
Question 4The ITIL Value System

Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence. In the continual improvement model, the step '[ ? ]' involves defining the target state the organisation is aiming to reach, using CSFs and KPIs to make the goal measurable.

AWhat is the vision?
BWhere do we want to be?
CHow do we get there?
DTake action
Explanation: 'Where do we want to be?' defines the next target state using CSFs (preconditions for success) and KPIs (measures of progress). Distinct from the vision (direction) and the plan (how to get there).
Question 5The ITIL Value System

An IT service management team uses a set of organisational resources — people, processes, tools, and knowledge — to handle all software deployment activities for the organisation. What ITIL concept BEST describes this set of resources?

AValue stream
BOperating model
CPractice
DGovernance framework
Explanation: A practice is a set of organisational resources designed for performing work or accomplishing an objective. People, processes, tools, and knowledge for software deployment together form a practice.
Question 6The ITIL Value System

Which TWO of the following BEST describe characteristics of the ITIL guiding principles? 1. They apply only to large enterprise organisations 2. They are recommendations, not mandatory rules 3. They apply in all circumstances 4. They must all be applied simultaneously to every situation

A1 and 4
B1 and 2
C2 and 3
D3 and 4
Explanation: Guiding principles are recommendations (not mandatory rules) that apply in all circumstances regardless of organisation size. They do not all need to be applied simultaneously — the most relevant ones are selected.
Question 7The ITIL Value System

A service management team identifies an opportunity to improve their change management process. Before taking action, they assess KPIs, interview stakeholders, and review recent audit findings. Which step of the continual improvement model does this represent?

AWhat is the vision?
BHow do we get there?
CWhere are we now?
DWhere do we want to be?
Explanation: 'Where are we now?' involves baseline assessments of the current state — reviewing KPIs, interviewing stakeholders, and analysing audits are all baseline assessment activities.
Question 8The ITIL Value System

A service desk manager sets a first-contact resolution target of 75% and identifies two preconditions: agents must have access to a knowledge base, and all must complete advanced troubleshooting training. What are the two preconditions BEST called in ITIL terms?

AKey Performance Indicators
BCritical Success Factors
CImprovement targets
DGuiding principles
Explanation: Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are necessary preconditions for achieving intended results. Having knowledge base access and training are preconditions — CSFs. The 75% target is the KPI measuring success.
Question 9Key ITIL terms and definitions

A hospital uses a managed IT service to support its patient records system. Clinical staff use the system daily, while the IT procurement team defines service requirements and manages the contract. Which roles do the clinical staff and the procurement team represent respectively?

ACustomers and sponsors
BUsers and customers
CConsumers and providers
DStakeholders and governance board
Explanation: Users are those who use services day to day — the clinical staff. Customers define requirements and take responsibility for outcomes — the IT procurement team managing the contract.
Question 10Key ITIL terms and definitions

A printing company installs new high-speed printers for a client as part of a managed print service. Ownership of the printers transfers to the client at installation. Which component of the service offering does this represent?

AService actions
BAccess to resources
CGoods
DWarranties
Explanation: Goods are tangible resources transferred to the consumer with ownership and rights. The printers are transferred with ownership passing to the client — this is the goods component of the service offering.
Question 11Key ITIL terms and definitions

An operations team regularly performs system health checks, applies security patches, and restarts services proactively to prevent potential incidents — even when no issues are currently reported. What ITIL term BEST describes these proactive maintenance tasks?

AIncidents
BService requests
CService actions
DChanges
Explanation: Service actions are actions performed by a service provider as part of agreed service delivery — including proactive maintenance activities. These are a component of the service offering.
Question 12Key ITIL terms and definitions

Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence. A [ ? ] is a documented agreement between a service provider and a customer that identifies the services required and specifies the expected level of service to be delivered.

AService charter
BOperational level agreement
CService level agreement
DUnderpinning contract
Explanation: A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a documented agreement between a service provider and customer identifying services required and the expected level of service.
Question 13Key ITIL terms and definitions

An IT monitoring system detects that CPU usage on a production server has exceeded 90% for 15 consecutive minutes. An alert is triggered and sent to the operations team. What ITIL term BEST describes the CPU threshold breach?

AIncident
BProblem
CEvent
DService request
Explanation: An event is any change of state that has significance for the management of a configuration item. The CPU threshold breach is a change of state — it is an event that triggers investigation.
Question 14Key ITIL terms and definitions

A natural disaster floods a data centre, knocking out all services for several days. The organisation has no alternative data centre and cannot recover within its recovery time objectives. What ITIL term BEST describes this event?

AMajor incident
BProblem
CDisaster
DService disruption
Explanation: A disaster is a sudden, unplanned event that causes great damage or serious loss to an organisation. Flooding a data centre with no recovery capability within RTO is a disaster in ITIL terms.
Question 15Key ITIL terms and definitions

Which of the following is NOT an element of the value proposition when assessing whether a service delivers value?

APositive outcomes enabled
BCosts removed from the consumer
CThe number of features the service includes
DRisks removed from the consumer
Explanation: The value proposition considers positive/negative outcomes and costs/risks removed/introduced. The number of features is not a direct element — a service can have many features but still deliver no value.