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A service desk team is overwhelmed by repeated incidents caused by a known software bug that the vendor has not yet patched. The IT manager wants to reduce the number of incidents without waiting for the vendor. Which ITIL practice would directly help in reducing the impact of this known issue?
2Which THREE of the following are key activities of Service Configuration Management?
3A retail company is experiencing frequent service outages during peak hours due to insufficient capacity. The IT team wants to implement a practice that ensures the service provider has the capacity to meet agreed service level targets cost-effectively and in a timely manner. Which ITIL management practice should they use?
4Drag and drop the steps of the availability management process into the correct order.
5An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. According to ITIL 4, what should they do FIRST?
6During a major incident, a temporary workaround is implemented to restore service. Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for documenting this workaround and managing it until a permanent solution is available?
7An organization wants to implement a tool that tracks the lifecycle of IT assets from procurement to disposal. Which practice is primarily responsible for this?
8Which of the following is a type of change that is pre-approved and follows a defined procedure?
9Which THREE of the following are components of the Service Value System (SVS) according to ITIL 4?
10A user submits a request to install a standard software package on their workstation. According to ITIL 4, how should this be classified?
11Which ITIL practice involves negotiating, agreeing, and monitoring service level targets?
12What is the primary focus of the Service Desk practice?
13An organization wants to improve customer satisfaction when users contact the service desk. Which metric is most appropriate to measure?
14Which type of change requires assessment and authorization by a change authority, but does not follow a pre-approved procedure?
15What is the role of the Service Desk according to ITIL 4?
16Which practice ensures that the availability of a service meets the agreed requirements?
17An SLA defines the expected level of service between a service provider and a customer. What is an OLA?
18Which ITIL 4 practice involves the 7-step improvement model?
19Which TWO of the following are examples of utility in ITIL 4?
20What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
21An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST according to ITIL 4?
22Which of the following BEST describes the difference between an incident and a service request?
23A change request to upgrade an application is classified as 'normal'. What is the correct sequence of activities for this type of change?
24What is the purpose of the Service Desk practice?
25In which phase of Problem Management are known errors created and managed?
26An organization wants to ensure that its IT services are available according to agreed levels. Which practice is PRIMARILY responsible for negotiating and monitoring these levels?
27A service desk measures the percentage of calls resolved on first contact. Which metric is this?
28What is the purpose of the Continual Improvement practice?
29Which ITIL practice is responsible for managing the lifecycle of all IT assets, including financial aspects?
30Which of the following is an example of an output, as defined in ITIL 4?
31Which type of change follows a pre-defined, low-risk procedure and is pre-approved?
32Which TWO of the following are types of events in Monitoring and Event Management?
33What type of change is pre-authorized and follows a low-risk, standardized procedure?
34A company wants to improve its incident resolution time. Which practice would be most relevant to analyze recurring incidents and identify underlying causes?
35Which THREE are phases of the ITIL Continual Improvement Model?
36What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
37A user calls the service desk to report that they cannot access a shared folder. The analyst resolves the issue by resetting the folder permissions. Which practice is being performed?
38An organization wants to improve its service desk's first-level resolution rate. Which approach BEST aligns with ITIL 4 guidance?
39An organization is implementing a new monitoring tool. Which type of event should trigger an immediate response from the IT team?
40Which of the following is a difference between a standard change and a normal change?
41Which TWO are valid types of events in the Monitoring and Event Management practice?
42Which THREE are key performance indicators (KPIs) for the Service Desk practice?
43Which TWO are phases of the Problem Management practice?
44Which of the following describes a key difference between Incident Management and Problem Management in ITIL 4?
45An organization has a pre-approved process for adding new users to a system. A manager requests access for a new employee. According to ITIL 4, how should this request be classified?
46A change request to replace a server with a newer model is assessed as low risk and follows a defined procedure. Which type of change should this be classified as in ITIL 4?
47What is the PRIMARY purpose of Monitoring and Event Management in ITIL 4?
48Which TWO of the following are activities of the Problem Management practice according to ITIL 4?
49Which THREE of the following are types of events in Monitoring and Event Management?
50Which TWO of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
51What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
52A major incident has occurred. After restoring service, the team wants to update the Known Error Database (KEDB) with the workaround. Which practice is primarily responsible for this?
53Which practice uses the ITIL Continual Improvement Model (7 steps)?
54Which TWO of the following are types of change in ITIL 4?
55Which TWO of the following are components of the Service Value System (SVS)?
56What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
57A problem manager has identified multiple incidents with no known cause. Which phase of Problem Management is being performed?
58An organization wants to improve first-level resolution rate. Which practice should be primarily involved?
59Which document defines the level of service expected between a service provider and a customer?
60An organization has a CMDB that contains information about all configuration items (CIs) and their relationships. Which practice is primarily responsible for maintaining this information?
61What is the purpose of the 'shift-left' strategy in a service desk?
62An event that indicates a breach of a threshold is classified as which type?
63Which TWO of the following are key activities of Service Level Management?
64Which THREE of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System (SVS)?
65Which TWO of the following are differences between Incident Management and Problem Management?
66Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of all IT assets, including financial and contractual aspects?
67A user requests new software that is already pre-approved in the service catalogue. The service desk team handles this request following a defined, automated workflow. According to ITIL 4, what type of record should be created?
68An organization wants to ensure that its IT services meet the agreed performance levels. Which practice is primarily responsible for negotiating and monitoring these targets?
69Which of the following is the CORRECT sequence of phases in the Problem Management practice?
70An IT department is considering replacing a critical server. According to ITIL 4, which type of change should be used if the replacement involves a new, untested model and requires a full risk assessment?
71What is the key difference between Deployment Management and Release Management in ITIL 4?
72Which THREE of the following are activities of the Problem Management practice?
73Which TWO of the following are characteristics of a standard change?
74An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST?
75In ITIL 4, what is the single point of contact (SPOC) between the service provider and users?
76What is the primary focus of Problem Management in ITIL 4?
77An organization implements a new monitoring tool that automatically detects and classifies events. A high-priority event triggers an alert. According to ITIL 4, what type of event is this?
78A service desk wants to improve first contact resolution (FCR) rate. Which practice should be primarily involved in defining and monitoring this metric?
79Which ITIL 4 practice involves managing the lifecycle of all IT assets, including financial and contractual components?
80Which THREE of the following are key activities of the Problem Management practice?
81Which TWO of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
82What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
83A user contacts the service desk to request a new laptop because their current one is broken. The service desk analyst creates a ticket and arranges for a replacement. According to ITIL 4, what type of record should be raised?
84An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST according to ITIL 4?
85An organization has a change policy that requires all changes to be assessed and authorized by the Change Authority. A pre-approved change that has a low risk and follows a defined procedure is known as which type of change?
86What is the difference between utility and warranty in ITIL 4?
87Which practice in ITIL 4 includes the activities of problem identification, problem control, and error control?
88A service desk analyst resolves a user's password reset request. According to ITIL 4, what type of record should be closed?
89Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for managing the lifecycle of all IT assets?
90An organization has a change that must be implemented immediately to prevent a major financial loss. According to ITIL 4, what type of change is this?
91Which TWO are benefits of using a shift-left strategy in the service desk?
92Which THREE are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
93Which TWO statements correctly describe the difference between Incident Management and Problem Management?
94An organization's IT service desk is receiving a high volume of calls about users being unable to log in to the payroll system following a scheduled maintenance window. According to ITIL 4, what type of record should be raised?
95What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
96Which of the following is a key metric for the Service Desk practice?
97During a major outage, a team implements a temporary workaround to restore service. Which ITIL 4 practice is primarily responsible for this action?
98An IT team is investigating recurring network outages. They identify the root cause as a faulty switch and record the issue as a known error with a workaround. Which ITIL 4 practice is being applied?
99What is the purpose of the Service Level Management practice?
100A change that is low risk, pre-approved, and follows a defined procedure is classified as which type of change?
101An organization is reviewing its IT service management practices. They find that the same recurring incident is being logged multiple times without investigation. Which practice should address this to prevent recurrence?
102Which practice is responsible for managing the lifecycle of hardware and software assets?
103A user requests a new laptop for an employee who has just joined the company. According to ITIL 4, how should this request be classified?
104Which metric is MOST appropriate for measuring the effectiveness of the Incident Management practice?
105Which TWO of the following are key activities of the Change Enablement practice?
106Which THREE of the following are considered events in the Monitoring and Event Management practice?
107What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
108An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. The analyst verifies the issue and suspects it may be related to a recent change. What should the analyst do FIRST according to ITIL 4?
109Which ITIL 4 practice ensures that services deliver the agreed level of availability to meet customer needs?
110A user requests a new laptop for a new employee. According to ITIL 4, how should this request be classified?
111What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Service Desk practice?
112An organization uses the ITIL continual improvement model. What is the FIRST step in this 7-step model?
113Which of the following is an example of an emergency change?
114An IT team discovers that a recurring incident is caused by a known software bug. According to ITIL 4, what should be created to document this situation?
115What is the PRIMARY difference between an SLA and an OLA?
116Which TWO of the following are types of changes in ITIL 4 Change Enablement?
117Which TWO of the following are components of the ITIL Service Value System?
118A user requests a new laptop for a new employee. According to ITIL 4, how should this request be classified?
119Which practice involves the use of a service catalogue for predefined offerings?
120An organization wants to improve first-level resolution rate. Which practice is most directly involved?
121According to ITIL 4, what is the difference between an SLA and an OLA?
122Which type of change is pre-approved and follows a low-risk, well-defined procedure?
123A problem has been identified and root cause analysis is underway. According to ITIL 4, which phase of Problem Management is this?
124An event indicating that a server's CPU usage has exceeded 90% for 5 minutes is classified as which type?
125Which THREE of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
126What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
127An IT team is investigating a recurring network outage. They have identified the root cause as a faulty router configuration. In which phase of Problem Management are they operating?
128Which of the following is a key activity in the Change Enablement practice?
129Which type of change is typically pre-approved and follows a predefined procedure?
130An organization is implementing a new IT service management tool. According to ITIL 4, which practice would be primarily responsible for ensuring that the tool's performance meets the agreed demand?
131Which ITIL 4 practice involves classifying events as informational, warning, or exception?
132Which TWO of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
133Which TWO of the following activities are part of the ITIL Continual Improvement Model?
134Which statement correctly distinguishes between a service request and an incident?
135Which change type is pre-authorized and follows a defined procedure?
136What is the primary role of a service desk?
137In ITIL 4, which practice involves managing the lifecycle of configuration items (CIs) and maintaining a configuration management database (CMDB)?
138Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for negotiating and agreeing on service level targets?
139What is the difference between utility and warranty in ITIL 4?
140Which ITIL 4 practice involves the detection, classification, and response to events?
141An organization wants to track the lifecycle of its servers, including acquisition, maintenance, and disposal. Which practice should they use?
142Which TWO of the following are phases of Problem Management?
143Which THREE of the following are considered event types in Monitoring and Event Management?
144Which TWO of the following are key metrics used by a service desk?
145An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. According to ITIL 4, what should the analyst do FIRST?
146Which of the following is the correct distinction between Incident Management and Problem Management?
147An organization has implemented a change to update the firewall rules. The change was pre-authorized and followed a predefined procedure. What type of change is this?
148A customer requests a new software installation that is listed in the service catalogue. According to ITIL 4, this should be handled as a:
149What is the role of the Service Desk in ITIL 4?
150An IT team is redesigning a process. They decide to review what already works well before making changes. Which ITIL 4 guiding principle are they applying?
151An organization monitors IT systems and detects an event indicating that a disk is 80% full. According to ITIL 4, what type of event is this?
152Which TWO of the following are types of changes defined in ITIL 4?
153Which THREE of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
154Which TWO of the following are key metrics for the Service Desk practice?
155What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
156A problem manager has identified that recurring incidents are caused by a software bug. The vendor has been notified and a permanent fix is scheduled for the next release. What should the problem manager do in the meantime?
157What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Service Desk practice?
158An organization wants to improve first-level resolution rates. Which practice should they focus on?
159A user requests a new laptop because their current one is slow. The request is for a standard configuration. How should this be handled?
160Which ITIL practice is responsible for negotiating and agreeing on service level targets?
161An event indicating that a server's disk usage has reached 85% is detected. According to ITIL 4, what type of event is this?
162A service provider uses a third-party data center. They want to ensure the data center's availability meets their requirements. Which document should they use to define these requirements?
163Which ITIL 4 practice manages the lifecycle of all configuration items including their relationships and baselines?
164Which THREE of the following are characteristics of a service request?
165An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST?
166What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
167A user requests a new laptop as part of the onboarding process. According to ITIL 4, how should this be classified?
168An IT team discovers a recurring pattern of errors in a financial application. According to ITIL 4, which practice should be initiated to investigate the root cause?
169Which ITIL 4 practice involves negotiating, agreeing, and monitoring service level agreements (SLAs)?
170A change request to upgrade the email server is assessed and authorized by the Change Advisory Board (CAB). After testing, it is scheduled for the next weekend. What type of change is this?
171A service desk agent resolves a password reset request after verifying the user's identity. According to ITIL 4, which metrics would be most appropriate to measure the performance of this interaction?
172Which practice ensures that the IT service provider has sufficient resources to meet current and future demands?
173An organization wants to improve its service desk's efficiency by resolving more issues at the first point of contact. Which concept does this describe?
174Which TWO of the following are types of changes in ITIL 4 Change Enablement?
175Which THREE of the following are purposes or outputs of the Continual Improvement practice?
176What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
177An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST according to ITIL 4?
178A company allows employees to request new software through a pre-approved catalogue. Which type of request is this?
179What is the PRIMARY role of a Service Desk in ITIL 4?
180Which of the following is a key activity of Service Level Management?
181Which type of change is pre-approved and has a defined procedure?
182An organization wants to improve its incident resolution time. According to the ITIL Continual Improvement Model, what is the FIRST step?
183What is the relationship between a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and IT Asset Management?
184Which of the following BEST differentiates a normal change from an emergency change?
185Which TWO of the following are typical metrics for a Service Desk?
186Which THREE of the following are activities of Service Level Management?
187Which TWO of the following are roles involved in Change Enablement?
188What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
189Which of the following is a key activity in the Problem Management practice?
190What is the main difference between a standard change and a normal change?
191A user contacts the service desk to request a new laptop because their current one is outdated. According to ITIL 4, what type of record should be raised?
192An organization wants to improve its first call resolution rate. Which practice is most directly responsible for this metric?
193A monitoring tool detects that a server's CPU usage has exceeded 90% for 10 minutes. According to ITIL 4, this event is classified as which type?
194Which practice ensures that the performance of a service is measured and analyzed to meet current and future demand?
195During a major incident, the IT team implements a workaround to restore service. Later, they discover the root cause and submit a permanent fix as an emergency change. Which ITIL 4 practices are primarily involved in this sequence?
196A service desk analyst resolves an incident by providing a workaround from the Known Error Database. According to ITIL 4, this activity is part of which practice?
197Which of the following best distinguishes an output from an outcome in ITIL 4?
198Which TWO of the following are types of changes defined in ITIL 4?
199Which THREE of the following are key activities of the Continual Improvement practice?
200Which TWO of the following statements about Service Desk and Incident Management are correct?
201What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
202Which statement BEST distinguishes a service request from an incident?
203Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for managing the lifecycle of IT assets from acquisition to disposal?
204In the context of ITIL 4, which activity is part of Problem Management but NOT part of Incident Management?
205An organization wants to ensure that IT services meet current and future demand. Which ITIL 4 practice is primarily responsible for this?
206What is the purpose of a Service Level Agreement (SLA)?
207A change request to replace a server is categorized as a 'standard change'. What does this mean?
208Which of the following is an example of an 'exception' event as defined in Monitoring and Event Management?
209In ITIL 4, which practice is responsible for maintaining the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)?
210What is the first step in the ITIL 4 Continual Improvement Model?
211Which TWO of the following are types of events in Monitoring and Event Management?
212Which THREE of the following are key activities of the Service Level Management practice?
213Which TWO of the following are key components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System (SVS)?
214An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. According to ITIL 4, what should the analyst do FIRST?
215What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
216Which of the following is an example of a standard change?
217An e-commerce company defines an SLA that its website will be available 99.9% of the time. Which practice is primarily responsible for negotiating and monitoring this agreement?
218What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Service Desk practice?
219After a major incident, the Problem Management team identifies a known error and documents a workaround. According to ITIL 4, which practice is responsible for ensuring the workaround is implemented to restore service?
220Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for ensuring that all IT assets are tracked and managed throughout their lifecycle?
221During a major incident, a workaround is applied by the service desk. Later, Problem Management identifies the root cause and implements a permanent fix through a normal change. Which sequence of practices is being followed?
222An organization has an SLA that specifies a response time of 4 hours for priority 2 incidents. The IT team also has an OLA with the network team to resolve network-related incidents within 2 hours. According to ITIL 4, what is the relationship between the SLA and the OLA?
223Which THREE of the following are phases of the ITIL Continual Improvement Model?
224Which THREE of the following are considered events in the Monitoring and Event Management practice?
225Which TWO of the following are characteristics of a service request compared to an incident?
226An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. According to ITIL 4, what should the analyst do FIRST?
227What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Problem Management practice?
228An organization is experiencing repeated incidents due to a software bug. The problem manager has identified the root cause and documented a known error with a workaround. According to ITIL 4, in which phase of problem management are they operating?
229A user requests a new software installation that is already approved and listed in the service catalogue. According to ITIL 4, how should this request be classified?
230A major outage has occurred, and the IT team needs to implement a fix immediately without following the normal change authorization process. According to ITIL 4, what type of change should be raised?
231Which practice is responsible for being the single point of contact (SPOC) between the service provider and users?
232An IT organization wants to improve first-contact resolution (FCR) rates. According to ITIL 4, which practice is most directly associated with this metric?
233A company has an agreement with a supplier to provide 99.9% availability for a cloud service. This agreement is documented in a contract that is reviewed annually. According to ITIL 4, which type of agreement is this?
234Which practice involves the negotiation, agreement, and monitoring of service level targets?
235Which practice is responsible for ensuring that a service can meet current and future capacity demands?
236A change is being implemented to replace a server. The change is low risk and follows a pre-approved procedure. According to ITIL 4, what type of change is this?
237Which TWO of the following are key activities of Problem Management?
238Which THREE of the following are characteristics of a service request?
239Which TWO of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
240An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST?
241What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?
242Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates the difference between an incident and a service request?
243Which TWO statements about Problem Management are correct?
244Which THREE are types of changes in Change Enablement?
245Which TWO statements correctly describe the relationship between Service Level Management and other practices?
246Which THREE are key metrics for the Service Desk practice?
247Which TWO activities are part of the problem identification phase of Problem Management?
248Which THREE statements correctly describe the difference between Deployment Management and Release Management in ITIL 4?
249Which TWO are components of the ITIL 4 Continual Improvement Model?
250Which TWO statements about the relationship between IT Asset Management and Service Configuration Management are correct?
251Which THREE actions are part of Supplier Management?
252Which TWO are key activities of Capacity and Performance Management?
253Which THREE are examples of unplanned downtime that Availability Management seeks to minimize?
254An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. According to ITIL 4, what should they do FIRST?
255Which ITIL 4 practice has the PRIMARY purpose of restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible and minimizing the adverse impact on business operations?
256An organization wants to improve the user experience for password reset requests. Currently, users call the service desk for each password reset, resulting in high call volume. According to ITIL 4, which practice should be applied to streamline this process?
257Which TWO of the following are characteristics of a Standard Change?
258Which THREE of the following are purposes or activities of the Problem Management practice?
259Which TWO of the following are key metrics used to measure the performance of the Service Desk?
260Which TWO of the following are types of events in the Monitoring and Event Management practice?
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