ITIL4F ITIL Management Practices Practice Test 27 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A 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?

Accepted Answer

Underpinning Contract (UC). Supplier Management is responsible for supplier contracts, which are typically documented as Underpinning Contracts (UCs). SLAs are agreements between the provider and customer, and OLAs are internal agreements.

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Service Level Target (SLT)

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Operational Level Agreement (OLA)

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Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Question 2

Which practice involves the negotiation, agreement, and monitoring of service level targets?

Accepted Answer

Service Level Management. Service Level Management is responsible for defining, negotiating, and monitoring SLAs to ensure service quality meets agreed levels.

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Supplier Management

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Incident Management

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Service Desk

Question 3

An IT team monitors server CPU usage and receives an alert that usage has exceeded 90%. According to ITIL 4, what type of event is this?

Accepted Answer

Warning event. Events are classified as informational, warning, or exception. A warning event occurs when a threshold is exceeded but service is not yet affected. Exception events indicate actual service disruption.

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Incident

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Informational event

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Exception event

Question 4

Which practice is responsible for ensuring that a service can meet current and future capacity demands?

Accepted Answer

Capacity and Performance Management. Capacity and Performance Management ensures that services have the necessary resources to meet agreed performance and demand levels.

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Monitoring and Event Management

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IT Asset Management

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Availability Management

Question 5

A 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?

Accepted Answer

Standard change. Standard changes are pre-approved, low-risk, and follow a defined procedure. Normal changes require individual assessment, and emergency changes are for urgent fixes.

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Emergency change

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Normal change

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Service request

Question 6

Which TWO of the following are key activities of Problem Management?

Accepted Answer

Conducting root cause analysis. Problem management includes problem identification and root cause analysis (problem control). Restoring service is incident management, and managing changes is change enablement.

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Authorizing changes to resolve incidents

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Restoring normal service as quickly as possible

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Managing service requests from users

Question 7

Which THREE of the following are characteristics of a service request?

Accepted Answer

It is pre-approved and follows a defined procedure. Service requests are predefined, pre-approved, low-risk, and typically involve standard procedures. Incidents are unplanned, and service requests are separate from changes.

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It involves an unplanned service disruption

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It requires a change request to fulfill

Question 8

Which TWO of the following are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?

Accepted Answer

Guiding principles. The ITIL 4 SVS includes guiding principles, governance, service value chain, practices, and continual improvement. Outputs and SLAs are not components of the SVS.

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Service level agreements (SLAs)

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Outputs

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Service desk

Question 9

An IT service desk analyst receives a call that users cannot access the CRM system. What should they do FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Log the incident and categorize it. According to ITIL 4, the first step in incident management is to log and categorize the incident to ensure it is recorded and prioritized. Option A is correct because immediate documentation enables proper handling. Option B (routing to problem management) is premature as root cause analysis is done after incidents are logged. Option C (checking known errors) is part of problem management, not first response. Option D (closing and asking to call back) is unacceptable as service must be restored.

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Check the known error database for a workaround

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Route the call directly to problem management

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Tell the user it is not an incident and ask them to call back

Question 10

What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Incident Management practice?

Accepted Answer

To restore normal service operation as quickly as possible. The primary purpose of incident management is to restore normal service operation as quickly as possible and minimize the adverse impact on business operations, ensuring that agreed levels of service are maintained. Option B is correct. Option A (root cause analysis) is problem management. Option C (recording requests) is service request management. Option D (monitoring services) is monitoring and event management.

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To identify the root cause of incidents

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To handle pre-approved service requests

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To monitor and manage events across the infrastructure

Question 11

Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates the difference between an incident and a service request?

Accepted Answer

A user requests a password reset (service request) and later reports that the email system is down (incident). Option A correctly distinguishes: a password reset is a routine, pre-approved service request, while an email outage is an unplanned incident. Option B mixes both as incidents or requests. Option C both are requests. Option D both are incidents.

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A user reports a system crash (service request) and requests a software upgrade (incident)

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A user requests a new laptop (incident) and reports a printer jam (service request)

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A user requests access to a database (incident) and reports a network outage (incident)

Question 12

Which TWO statements about Problem Management are correct?

Accepted Answer

It includes root cause analysis to identify the underlying cause of incidents. Problem management focuses on preventing incidents and managing recurring issues. Option A is correct: problem management investigates root causes. Option C is correct: it reduces the impact of incidents by providing workarounds. Option B is wrong: known errors are documented in a known error database. Option D is wrong: incidents are logged in incident records. Option E is wrong: problem management is not responsible for restoring service; that is incident management.

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It focuses on recording and tracking individual incidents

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It is responsible for restoring normal service operation

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It is responsible for maintaining the known error database

Question 13

Which THREE are types of changes in Change Enablement?

Accepted Answer

Normal. ITIL 4 defines three change types: standard (pre-approved, low risk), normal (assessed and authorized via change advisory board), and emergency (urgent, expedited). Options A, C, and D are correct. Option B (urgent) is not an official type; emergency is. Option E (minor) is not a separate type.

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Urgent

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Minor

Question 14

Which TWO statements correctly describe the relationship between Service Level Management and other practices?

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OLAs support the achievement of SLAs. Option A is correct: SLAs define the targets that incident management must meet. Option D is correct: OLAs are operational agreements between IT teams to support SLAs. Option B is wrong: SLAs are agreements with customers, not suppliers (UCs are for suppliers). Option C is wrong: SLAs do not define the process steps for handling incidents. Option E is wrong: SLAs are negotiated with customers, not internal IT teams.

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SLAs are used to manage supplier performance

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SLAs are agreements between internal IT teams

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SLAs define the detailed steps of the incident handling process

Question 15

Which THREE are key metrics for the Service Desk practice?

Accepted Answer

First Contact Resolution (FCR). Key service desk metrics include First Contact Resolution (FCR), Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT), and average time to resolve incidents (which relates to Mean Time to Resolve). MTBF is an availability metric. Number of problems is a problem management metric.

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Number of problems recorded

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Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)