ITIL4F ITIL Management Practices Practice Test 26 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a standard change?

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Resetting a user's password after they forget it. Standard changes are pre-approved, low-risk, and follow a defined procedure. Password resets are typical standard changes.

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Implementing a new firewall to protect the network

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Patenting a critical server vulnerability during business hours

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Upgrading the entire email system to a new version

Question 2

An 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?

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Service Level Management. Service Level Management negotiates, agrees, and monitors SLAs with customers.

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Supplier Management

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Monitoring and Event Management

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Availability Management

Question 3

What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Service Desk practice?

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To provide a single point of contact for users. The Service Desk provides a single point of contact (SPOC) for users to report incidents and request services.

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To manage the lifecycle of all incidents

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To capture and report on IT service performance

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To perform root cause analysis on problems

Question 4

After 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?

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Incident Management. Incident Management is responsible for restoring service using workarounds; Problem Management identifies the workaround but does not execute it.

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Change Enablement

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Problem Management

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Service Request Management

Question 5

Which ITIL 4 practice is responsible for ensuring that all IT assets are tracked and managed throughout their lifecycle?

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IT Asset Management. IT Asset Management manages the lifecycle of assets, including financial tracking.

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Supplier Management

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Service Configuration Management

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Service Desk

Question 6

During 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?

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Incident Management → Problem Management → Change Enablement. Incident Management restores service, Problem Management finds root cause, and Change Enablement implements the permanent fix.

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Service Request Management → Incident Management → Change Enablement

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Problem Management → Incident Management → Change Enablement

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Change Enablement → Incident Management → Problem Management

Question 7

An 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?

Accepted Answer

The OLA supports the SLA by ensuring internal teams meet their commitments.. An OLA supports the SLA by defining internal targets that help meet the SLA.

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The OLA is a contract with an external supplier, while the SLA is with internal customers.

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The OLA and SLA are independent and have no relationship.

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The SLA is more important than the OLA, so the OLA can be ignored if needed.

Question 8

Which THREE of the following are phases of the ITIL Continual Improvement Model?

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What is the vision?. The ITIL Continual Improvement Model includes 7 steps: What is the vision?, Where are we now?, Where do we want to be?, How do we get there?, Take action, Did we get there?, How do we keep the momentum going?

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What is the budget?

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Who is responsible?

Question 9

Which THREE of the following are considered events in the Monitoring and Event Management practice?

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A scheduled backup completing successfully. In ITIL 4, the Monitoring and Event Management practice classifies events into informational, warning, and exception categories. All three types are considered events within the practice. Informational events (e.g., a scheduled backup completing successfully) are routine and may not require immediate action, but they are still events that are monitored and recorded. Warning events (e.g., printer low on toner) indicate a potential issue, and exception events (e.g., server reaching 100% CPU usage) require immediate attention. Therefore, options A, B, and C are all events.

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A user reporting a slow computer

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A new employee requesting access to a system

Question 10

Which TWO of the following are characteristics of a service request compared to an incident?

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They are typically low-risk. Service requests are pre-approved and typically follow a standard fulfillment process, while incidents are unplanned disruptions.

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They require root cause analysis

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They cause unplanned service interruption

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They are always urgent

Question 11

An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. According to ITIL 4, what should the analyst do FIRST?

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Log the incident and attempt to restore service. The first step in incident management is to log and classify the incident to restore service as soon as possible. Root cause analysis belongs to problem management, which is initiated later if needed.

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Escalate to the service desk manager immediately

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Initiate a problem record to find the root cause

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Submit a change request to fix the system

Question 12

What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Problem Management practice?

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To eliminate or reduce the impact of incidents by identifying root causes. Problem management aims to identify the root causes of incidents and prevent recurrence or reduce impact. Restoring service is the purpose of incident management.

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To restore normal service operation as quickly as possible

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To handle service requests from users efficiently

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To manage the lifecycle of all IT assets

Question 13

An 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?

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Error control. Error control is the phase where known errors are managed, workarounds are documented, and resolution is pursued. Problem identification is the first phase, and problem control involves root cause analysis.

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Incident resolution

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Problem identification

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Problem control

Question 14

A 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?

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As a service request. Service requests are predefined, pre-approved, and typically low-risk. This matches the description of a standard change, but in ITIL 4, service requests are a distinct practice separate from changes.

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As an incident

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As a normal change

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As an emergency change

Question 15

A 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?

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Emergency change. Emergency changes are for urgent situations that require immediate implementation to restore service. They have a separate, faster authorization process.

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Normal change

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Standard change

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Service request