Labour Day Special 65% Discount Offer - Ends in 0d 00h 00m 00s - Coupon code: exams65

ITIL Foundation (syllabus 2011) Question and Answers

ITIL Foundation (syllabus 2011)

Last Update May 1, 2024
Total Questions : 503

We are offering FREE ITIL Exin exam questions. All you do is to just go and sign up. Give your details, prepare ITIL free exam questions and then go for complete pool of ITIL Foundation (syllabus 2011) test questions that will help you more.

ITIL pdf

ITIL PDF

$35  $99.99
ITIL Engine

ITIL Testing Engine

$42  $119.99
ITIL PDF + Engine

ITIL PDF + Testing Engine

$56  $159.99
Questions 1

What type of change is often used for resolving incidents or implementing security patches?

Options:

A.  

Standard change

B.  

Normal change

C.  

Emergency change

D.  

Change model

Discussion 0
Questions 2

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

Options:

A.  

A service request

B.  

An IT asset

C.  

A configuration item (CI)

D.  

An incident

Discussion 0
Questions 3

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

Options:

A.  

Communication and collaboration

B.  

Workflows and controls

C.  

Inputs and outputs

D.  

Contracts and agreement

Discussion 0
Questions 4

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

Discussion 0
Questions 5

Which service value chain activity deals with the purchase of new products?

Options:

A.  

Engage

B.  

Obtain/build

C.  

Plan

D.  

Improve

Discussion 0
Questions 6

Which TWO of the following statements are MOST associated with the optimize and automate' guiding principle?

1. It is important to assess which method of communication is appropriate 'or each type of stakeholder.

2. Complex systems should be designed with an understanding of how the components' parts are related.

3. Organizations should consider whether technology could improve the eficiency o' manual processes.

4 It is important to understand the organization's objectives when assessing the impact of potential improvements.

Options:

A.  

1 and 2

B.  

2 and 3

C.  

3 and 4

D.  

1 and 4

Discussion 0
Questions 7

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

Options:

A.  

Analysis Paralysis

B.  

Direct observation

C.  

Minimum viable product

D.  

Feedback loop

Discussion 0
Questions 8

Which practice has a purpose that includes the management of financially valuable components that can contribute to the delivery of an IT service?

Options:

A.  

IT asset management

B.  

Deployment management

C.  

Continual management

D.  

Monitoring and event management

Discussion 0
Questions 9

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

Options:

A.  

Service consumption

B.  

Service offerings

C.  

Change enablement

D.  

Service relationship management

Discussion 0
Questions 10

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

Discussion 0
Questions 11

Which practice MOST requires staff who demonstrate skills such as empathy and emotional intelligence?

Options:

A.  

Service request management

B.  

Service desk

C.  

Problem management

D.  

Continual management

Discussion 0
Questions 12

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

Sponsor is the role that authorizes budget for service [?)

Options:

A.  

value

B.  

consumption

C.  

management

D.  

provision

Discussion 0
Questions 13

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

Discussion 0
Questions 14

What can a change schedule be used for?

Options:

A.  

Speeding up the planning and authorization of emergency changes

B.  

Providing information about deployed changes to help manage incidents and problems.

C.  

Tracking and managing improvement ideas from identification through to final action

D.  

Providing a way to initiate normal changes

Discussion 0
Questions 15

Which activity is NOT recommended by the start where you are' guiding principle?

Options:

A.  

Involving people who are not familiar with a service when observing and assessing its activities

B.  

Applying risk management when considering to introduce new processes

C.  

Using source data to avoid any unintentional data distortion found in reports

D.  

Discarding existing processes before assessing their usefulness

Discussion 0
Questions 16

Identity the missing word in the following sentence

The purpose of the service configuration management practice is to ensure that accurate and reliable information about the configuration of [?], and the CIs that support them, is available when and where it is needed

Options:

A.  

organizations

B.  

outcomes

C.  

relationships

D.  

services

Discussion 0
Questions 17

Which of the following includes configuring components and activities to facilitate outcomes for stakeholders?

Options:

A.  

Service relationship management

B.  

Service consumption

C.  

The service value system

D.  

The release management' practice

Discussion 0
Questions 18

Which is the definition of an IT asset?

Options:

A.  

Any financially valuable component that contributes to a service

B.  

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

C.  

Any component that needs to be managed to deliver a service

D.  

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

Discussion 0
Questions 19

Which term is used to describe removing something that could have an effect on a service?

Options:

A.  

A change

B.  

An incident

C.  

An IT asset

D.  

A problem

Discussion 0
Questions 20

Which practice provides support for managing feedback, compliments and complaints from users?

Options:

A.  

Change control

B.  

Service request management

C.  

Problem management

D.  

Incident management

Discussion 0
Questions 21

What is used to link activities within the service value chain?

Options:

A.  

Service level agreements

B.  

Inputs, outputs and triggers

C.  

Opportunity, demand and value

D.  

Service desk

Discussion 0
Questions 22

What happens if a workaround becomes the permanent way of dealing with a problem that cannot be resolved cost-effectively?

Options:

A.  

The problem record is deleted

B.  

The problem remains in the known error status

C.  

A change request is submitted to change control

D.  

Problem management restores the service as soon as possible

Discussion 0
Questions 23

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

Discussion 0
Questions 24

Which guiding principle recommends eliminating activities that do not contribute to the creation of value?

Options:

A.  

Start where you are

B.  

Collaborate and promote visibility

C.  

Keep it simple and practical

D.  

Optimize and automate

Discussion 0
Questions 25

How does information about problems and known errors contribute to 'incident management'?

Options:

A.  

It enables the reassessment of known erros

B.  

It enables quick and efficient diagnosis of incidents

C.  

It removes the need for collaboration during incident resolution

D.  

It removes the need for regular customer updates

Discussion 0
Questions 26

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

Discussion 0
Questions 27

What is typically needed to assign complex incidents to support groups?

Options:

A.  

The incident priority

B.  

The incident category

C.  

A change schedule

D.  

A self-help tool

Discussion 0
Questions 28

Which ITIL practice has a purpose that includes reducing the likelihood of incidents?

Options:

A.  

Change control

B.  

Continual improvement

C.  

Problem management

D.  

Service desk

Discussion 0
Questions 29

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

Discussion 0
Questions 30

Which is included in the purpose of the ‘design and transition’ value chain activity?

Options:

A.  

Ensuring that service components are available when needed

B.  

Providing transparency and good stakeholder relationships

C.  

Supporting services according to specifications

D.  

Continually meeting stakeholder expectations for costs

Discussion 0
Questions 31

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

Options:

A.  

To ensure services achieve agreed and expected performance

B.  

To make new or changed services available for use

C.  

To move new or changed components to live environments

D.  

To set clear business-based targets for service performance

Discussion 0
Questions 32

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

Discussion 0
Questions 33

Which service level metrics are BEST for measuring user experience?

Options:

A.  

Single system-based metrics

B.  

Metrics for the percentage of uptime of a service

C.  

Operational metrics

D.  

Metrics linked to defined outcomes

Discussion 0
Questions 34

When should a full risk assessment and authorization be carried out for a standard change?

Options:

A.  

Each time the standard change is implemented

B.  

When the procedure for the standard change is created

C.  

At least once a year

D.  

When an emergency change is requested

Discussion 0
Questions 35

In which TWO situations should the ITIL guiding principles be considered?

1. In every initiative

2. In relationships with all stakeholders

3. Only in specific initiatives where the principle is relevant

4. Only in specific stakeholder relationships where the principle is relevant

Options:

A.  

1 and 2

B.  

1 and 4

C.  

2 and 3

D.  

3 and 4

Discussion 0
Questions 36

Which statement about the steps to fulfill a service request is CORRECT?

Options:

A.  

They should be complex and detailed

B.  

They should be well-known and proven

C.  

They should include incident handling

D.  

They should be brief and simple

Discussion 0
Questions 37

Which is the CORRECT approach for managing a large improvement initiative as smaller iterations?

Options:

A.  

Each iteration should be designed before starting the initiative and implemented without feedback

B.  

Feedback should only be taken into account when one iteration fails to meet its objective

C.  

Feedback should be reduced for large improvements as it is unlikely that circumstances will change

D.  

Each iteration should be continually re-evaluated based on feedback

Discussion 0
Questions 38

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

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

Options:

A.  

plans

B.  

measurement

C.  

process

D.  

tools

Discussion 0
Questions 39

Which ITIL guiding principle recommends using existing services, processes and tools when improving

services?

Options:

A.  

Progress iteratively with feedback

B.  

Keep is simple and practical

C.  

Start where you are

D.  

Focus on value

Discussion 0
Questions 40

Which statement about a ‘continual improvement register’ is CORRECT?

Options:

A.  

It should be managed at the senior level of the organization

B.  

It should be used to capture user demand

C.  

There should only be one for the whole organization

D.  

It should be re-prioritized as ideas are documented

Discussion 0
Questions 41

What term is used to describe the functionality of a service?

Options:

A.  

Output

B.  

Outcome

C.  

Utility

D.  

Warranty

Discussion 0
Questions 42

What describes how components and activities work together to facilitate value creation?

Options:

A.  

The ITIL service value system

B.  

The ITIL guiding principles

C.  

The four dimensions of service management

D.  

A service relationship

Discussion 0
Questions 43

Which dimension of service management includes consideration of the type of relationship required with other organizations involved in the design and delivery of services?

Options:

A.  

Organizations and people

B.  

Information and technology

C.  

Partners and suppliers

D.  

Value streams and processes

Discussion 0
Questions 44

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

Discussion 0
Questions 45

Identify the missing word in the following sentence.

A [?] is the addition, modification, or removal of anything that could have a direct or indirect effect on services

Options:

A.  

problem

B.  

risk

C.  

change

D.  

configuration item

Discussion 0
Questions 46

Which is a use of a continual improvement register?

Options:

A.  

Planning changes, assisting in communication, avoiding conflicts, and assigning resources

B.  

Selecting the right method, model or technique for identifying improvements

C.  

Tracking and managing improvement ideas from identification through to final action

D.  

Describing the services designed to meet the needs of a consumer group

Discussion 0
Questions 47

How are target resolution times used in the 'incident management' practice?

Options:

A.  

They are agreed, documented, and communicated to help set user expectations

B.  

They are established, reviewed, and reported to ensure that customers are happy with the service

C.  

They are initiated, approved, and managed to ensure that predictable responses are achieved

D.  

They are scheduled, assessed and authorized to reduce the risk of service failures

Discussion 0
Questions 48

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

Options:

A.  

Monitoring and event management

B.  

Incident management

C.  

Service level management

D.  

IT asset management

Discussion 0
Questions 49

What can be described as an operating model for the creation and management of products and services?

Options:

A.  

Governance

B.  

Service value chain

C.  

Guiding principles

D.  

Practices

Discussion 0
Questions 50

Which activity contributes to the ‘where are we now?’ step of the ‘continual improvement’ model?

Options:

A.  

Executing improvement actions

B.  

Performing baseline assessments

C.  

Defining the improvement plan

D.  

Understanding the business mission

Discussion 0
Questions 51

Which dimension of service management considers the workflows and controls needed to deliver services?

Options:

A.  

Organization and people

B.  

Information and technology

C.  

Partners and suppliers

D.  

Value streams and processes

Discussion 0
Questions 52

When is the earliest that a workaround can be documented in ‘problem management’?

Options:

A.  

After the problem has been logged

B.  

After the problem has been prioritized

C.  

After the problem has been analyzed

D.  

After the problem has been resolved

Discussion 0
Questions 53

Which service request management decisions require that policies are established'?

Options:

A.  

Deciding how degradations of service are resolved

B.  

Deciding how to handle service requests where the steps are unknown

C.  

Deciding which service requests require approval

D.  

Deciding when workarounds should be used

Discussion 0
Questions 54

What can be described as an operating model for the creating and management of products and services?

Options:

A.  

Governance

B.  

Service value chain

C.  

Guiding principles

D.  

Practices

Discussion 0
Questions 55

Which value chain activity ensures that ongoing service activity meets user expectations?

Options:

A.  

Plan

B.  

Engage

C.  

Obtain/build

D.  

Deliver and support

Discussion 0
Questions 56

Which statement about service requests is CORRECT?

Options:

A.  

Complex service requests should be dealt with as normal changes

B.  

Service requests that require simple workflows should be dealt with as incidents

C.  

Service requests require workflows that should use manual procedures and avoid automation

D.  

Service requests are usually formalized using standard procedures for initiation, approval and fulfilment

Discussion 0
Questions 57

What term is used to describe whether a service will meet availability, capacity and security requirements?

Options:

A.  

Outcomes

B.  

Value

C.  

Utility

D.  

Warranty

Discussion 0
Questions 58

Which includes governance, management practices, and continual improvement?

Options:

A.  

The service value system

B.  

The 'deliver and support' value chain activity

C.  

The 'focus on value' guiding principle

D.  

The 'value stream and processes' dimension

Discussion 0
Questions 59

Identify the missing words in the following sentence.

The ‘incident management’ practice should maintain [?] for logging and managing incidents.

Options:

A.  

a dedicated team

B.  

a formal process

C.  

detailed procedures

D.  

a value chain activity

Discussion 0
Questions 60

Which of the four dimensions focuses or managing data in compliance with industry regulations?

Options:

A.  

Partners and suppliers

B.  

Organizations and people

C.  

Value streams and processes

D.  

Information and technology

Discussion 0
Questions 61

How do all value chain activities transform inputs to outputs?

Options:

A.  

By using a combination of practices

B.  

By using a single functional team

C.  

By determining service demand

D.  

By implementing process automation

Discussion 0
Questions 62

Which statement about the automation of service requests is CORRECT?

Options:

A.  

Service requests that cannot be automated should be handled as incidents

B.  

Service requests and their fulfillment should be automated as much as possible

C.  

Service requests that cannot be automated should be handled as problems

D.  

Service requests and their fulfillment should be carried out by service desk staff without automation

Discussion 0
Questions 63

What does ‘change enablement’ PRIMARILY focus on?

Options:

A.  

Changes to service levels

B.  

Changes to products and services

C.  

Changes to organizational structure

D.  

Changes to skills and competencies

Discussion 0
Questions 64

Which guiding principle describes the importance of doing something, instead of spending a long time analysing different options?

Options:

A.  

Optimize and automate

B.  

Start where you are

C.  

Focus on value

D.  

Progress iteratively with feedback

Discussion 0
Questions 65

Which statement about the known error database (KEDB) is CORRECT?

Options:

A.  

It is maintained by the service desk and updated with the details of each new incident

B.  

It is a part of the configuration management database (CMDB) and contains workarounds

C.  

It is maintained by problem management and is used by the service desk to help resolve incidents

D.  

It is maintained by incident management and contains solutions to be implemented by problem

management

Discussion 0
Questions 66

Which guiding principle helps to ensure that each improvement effort has more focus and is easier to maintain?

Options:

A.  

Start where you are

B.  

Collaborate and promote visibility

C.  

Progress iteratively with feedback

D.  

Think and work holistically

Discussion 0
Questions 67

What is the primary focus of business capacity management?

Options:

A.  

Management, control and prediction of the performance, utilization and capacity of individual elements of

IT technology

B.  

Review of all capacity supplier agreements and underpinning contracts with supplier management

C.  

Management, control and prediction of the end-to-end performance and capacity of the live, operational IT

services

D.  

Future business requirements for IT services are quantified, designed, planned and implemented in a

timely fashion

Discussion 0
Questions 68

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

SLAs, OLAs, and other underpinning agreements?

Options:

A.  

Service-based SLA view

B.  

Wholesale customer view

C.  

Retail customer view

D.  

Supporting services view

Discussion 0
Questions 69

Which joint activity performed by a service provider and service consumer ensures continual value co-creation?

Options:

A.  

Service offering

B.  

Service provision

C.  

Service relationship management

D.  

Service consumption

Discussion 0
Questions 70

Which processes are responsible for the regular review of underpinning contracts?

Options:

A.  

Supplier management and service level management

B.  

Supplier management and change management

C.  

Availability management and service level management

D.  

Supplier management and availability management

Discussion 0
Questions 71

What takes place in the “Did we get there?” step of the continual service improvement (CSI) approach?

Options:

A.  

An initial baseline assessment

B.  

The production of a detailed CSI plan

C.  

Verifying that improvement targets have been achieved

D.  

Understanding priorities for improvement

Discussion 0
Questions 72

How does categorization of incidents assist the 'incident management' practice?

Options:

A.  

It determines the priority assigned to the incident

B.  

It determines how the service provider is perceived

C.  

It helps direct the incident to the correct support area

D.  

It ensures that incidents are resolved in timescales agreed with the customer

Discussion 0
Questions 73

Which is NOT a structure of service desk that is described in the ITIL service operation guidance?

Options:

A.  

Local

B.  

Centralized

C.  

Outsourced

D.  

Virtual

Discussion 0
Questions 74

Which guiding principle recommends organizing work into smaller, manageable sections that can be executed and completed in a timely manner?

Options:

A.  

Focus on value

B.  

Start where you are

C.  

Collaborate and promote visibility

D.  

Progress iteratively with feedback

Discussion 0
Questions 75

Which practice identifies metrics that reflect the customer's experience of a service?

Options:

A.  

Continual improvement

B.  

Service desk

C.  

Service level management

D.  

Problem management

Discussion 0