ITIL4F ITIL Management Practices Practice Question
Which THREE are components of the ITIL 4 Service Value System?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse operational artifacts (like SLAs or CMDBs) with the high-level structural components of the SVS, leading them to select familiar ITIL terms that are not part of the SVS framework.
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Guiding Principles
The ITIL 4 Service Value System (SVS) explicitly includes the Guiding Principles as one of its five core components. The Guiding Principles are universal recommendations that guide an organization in all its work, such as 'Focus on Value' and 'Start Where You Are', and they are a mandatory element of the SVS framework.
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Service Level Agreements
Why it's wrong here
SLAs are outputs of practices, not a component of the SVS.
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Guiding Principles
Why this is correct
Guiding Principles are part of the SVS.
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Configuration Management Database
Why it's wrong here
The CMDB is a tool, not a component of the SVS.
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Governance
Why this is correct
Governance is a component of the SVS.
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Service Value Chain
Why this is correct
The Service Value Chain is a component of the SVS.
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