ITIL 4 Foundation Certification 2021 Exam Question Answers Set 1

Select the service management dimension which is focused on an organization's relationships with other organizations to deliver its services.


Options are :

  • Organizations and people
  • Value streams and processes
  • Information and technology
  • Partners and suppliers (Correct)

Answer :Partners and suppliers

Identify the missing word(s) in the following sentence.


ITIL 4 has introduced the [?], to ensure that the organization constantly co-creates value with all stakeholders through the use and management of products and services.


Options are :

  • Service value chain
  • Activity chain
  • Practice system
  • Service value system (Correct)

Answer :Service value system

Select the term which best describes a �fit for use� service.


Options are :

  • Outcome
  • Warranty (Correct)
  • Value
  • Utility

Answer :Warranty

Select the service management dimension which is focused on the roles and responsibilities of the people involved in a process workflow.


Options are :

  • Organizations and people (Correct)
  • Value streams and processes
  • Partners and suppliers
  • Information and technology

Answer :Organizations and people

Select the number of questions on the ITIL 4 Foundation exam.


Options are :

  • 75
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40 (Correct)

Answer :40

Which of the following is NOT an activity within the service value chain?


Options are :

  • Obtain/Build
  • Continual improvement (Correct)
  • Plan
  • Engage

Answer :Continual improvement

Select the term which best describes a person or a group of people which has its own functions with responsibilities, authorities, and relationships to achieve its objectives.


Options are :

  • Customer
  • Service Provider
  • Organization (Correct)
  • Consumer

Answer :Organization

Which is intended to help an organization adopt and adapt ITIL guidance?


Options are :

  • Practices
  • The service value chain
  • The four dimensions of service management
  • The guiding principles (Correct)

Answer :The guiding principles

View and examine the following available responses.


Select the question type on the ITIL4 exam which requires you to identify a term based on a specific word for word definition.


Options are :

  • Description
  • Comprehension
  • Explanation
  • Recollection (Correct)

Answer :Recollection

Select the item which refers to the value of co-creation by facilitating outcomes which a customer wishes to achieve without the customer having to manage specific costs and risks.


Options are :

  • Warranty
  • Outcome
  • Service offering
  • Service (Correct)

Answer :Service

Select the minute duration of the ITIL 4 Foundation exam.


Options are :

  • 120
  • 90
  • 45
  • 60 (Correct)

Answer :60

Select the industrial revolution which occurred in the 1980s with the large spread adoption of computers.


Options are :

  • First
  • Fourth
  • Second
  • Third (Correct)

Answer :Third

Select the item which refers to an outcome description.


Options are :

  • Tangible or intangible deliverables
  • Configuration of an organization's resources
  • Results for a stakeholder (Correct)
  • Functionality offered by a product or service

Answer :Results for a stakeholder

Which guiding principle is concerned with an understanding of how all the parts of an organization work together in an integrated way?


Options are :

  • Optimize and automate
  • Think and work holistically (Correct)
  • Focus on value
  • Keep it simple and practical

Answer :Think and work holistically

Which statement about the value chain activities is CORRECT?


Options are :

  • Service value chain activities receive and provide triggers for further actions to be taken (Correct)
  • Activities within a service value chain operate independently from each other
  • Practices are considered a value chain activity
  • Continual improvement is considered a value chain activity

Answer :Service value chain activities receive and provide triggers for further actions to be taken

You have been asked to investigate an email service within your organization that is failing to meet its intended outcomes.

You begin by determining the intended outcome and then observe the current service with as much objectivity as possible. Based on your observations, you are able to determine that the current service is not meeting its utility and warranty requirements.

Which guiding principles best describes your actions in this scenario?


Options are :

  • Optimize and automate
  • Collaborate and promote visibility
  • Keep it simple and practical
  • Start where you are (Correct)

Answer :Start where you are

Select the statement which describes the nature of the guiding principles.


Options are :

  • A guiding principle can guide an organization in all circumstances (Correct)
  • Guiding principles describe the processes that all organizations must adopt
  • Each guiding principle mandates specific actions and decisions
  • An organization will select one of the principles to adopt

Answer :A guiding principle can guide an organization in all circumstances

Select the set of specialized organizational capabilities for enabling value to customers in the form of services.


Options are :

  • Service levels
  • Service options
  • Service companies
  • Service management (Correct)

Answer :Service management

Select the ITIL concept which describes governance.


Options are :

  • The seven guiding principles
  • The service value chain
  • The four dimensions of service management
  • The service value system (Correct)

Answer :The service value system

Select the service management dimension which is focused on the communication systems and knowledge bases used by employees.


Options are :

  • Organizations and people
  • Partners and suppliers
  • Value streams and processes
  • Information and technology (Correct)

Answer :Information and technology

What release uses two mirrored production environments?


Options are :

  • First, Second releases
  • Blue/green releases (Correct)
  • Function/Non-function releases
  • None of the above

Answer :Blue/green releases

Incident management can have an enormous impact on customer and user ________?


Options are :

  • Satisfaction (Correct)
  • Value
  • View
  • Needs

Answer :Satisfaction

What usually requires a separate process?


Options are :

  • Managing major incidents (Correct)
  • Working on creating value
  • Collecting customer's requirements
  • None of the above

Answer :Managing major incidents

What changes are not typically included in a change schedule?


Options are :

  • Standard changes
  • Normal changes
  • Emergency changes (Correct)
  • None of the above

Answer :Emergency changes

The addition, modification, or removal of anything that could have a direct or indirect effect on ______?


Options are :

  • Value
  • Satisfaction
  • Performance
  • Services (Correct)

Answer :Services

A _________ is a configuration of an organization's resources designed to offer value for a consumer.


Options are :

  • Service
  • Practice
  • SVS
  • Product (Correct)

Answer :Product

In the information security management practice, what is done to ensure that security incidents don't occur?


Options are :

  • Prevention (Correct)
  • Detection
  • Correction
  • Controls

Answer :Prevention

What practice will ensure the availability of information?


Options are :

  • Relationship management
  • Information security management (Correct)
  • Incident management
  • Service desk management

Answer :Information security management

What practice will establish and nurture the links between the company and its stakeholders?


Options are :

  • Relationship management (Correct)
  • Stakeholder management
  • Change management
  • Service desk management

Answer :Relationship management

In what practice will you negotiate and agree on contracts and arrangements?


Options are :

  • Vendor management
  • Staff Management
  • Supplier management (Correct)
  • Change management

Answer :Supplier management

What is it called when the products or services are developed and/ or delivered internally by the business?


Options are :

  • Outsourcing
  • Multi-sourcing
  • Insourcing (Correct)
  • Single source

Answer :Insourcing

____________ is the procurement of a product or service from more than one independent supplier.


Options are :

  • Outsourcing
  • Multi-sourcing (Correct)
  • Insourcing
  • Single source

Answer :Multi-sourcing

What practice is to observe services and service components, and record and report selected changes of their states?


Options are :

  • Monitoring and event management (Correct)
  • Problem Management
  • Incident Management
  • Service level management

Answer :Monitoring and event management

What events allow actions to be taken before any negative impact is actually experienced by the business?


Options are :

  • Informational events
  • Warning events (Correct)
  • Exception events
  • Error events

Answer :Warning events

What should be done to ensure successful monitoring and event management?


Options are :

  • Automation (Correct)
  • Problem identification
  • Systems updates
  • Baselines

Answer :Automation

What is used to document the timing for releases?


Options are :

  • Release register
  • Release calendar
  • Release timer
  • Release schedule (Correct)

Answer :Release schedule

What events do not require action at the time they are identified?


Options are :

  • Informational events (Correct)
  • Warning events
  • Exception events
  • Error events

Answer :Informational events

What in release management enables learning and improvement, and helps to ensure that customers are satisfied?


Options are :

  • Release review
  • Release customer review
  • Release post-implementation review (Correct)
  • Release implementation review

Answer :Release post-implementation review

What is it called when Components are integrated, tested, and deployed when they are needed, providing frequent opportunities for customer feedback loops?


Options are :

  • Phased deployment
  • Continuous delivery (Correct)
  • Big bang deployment
  • Pull deployment

Answer :Continuous delivery

What does the W stand for in a SWOT analysis?


Options are :

  • Waste
  • Weakness (Correct)
  • Withhold
  • Witness

Answer :Weakness

Who is responsibility for continual improvement?


Options are :

  • Senior management
  • Users
  • Administrators
  • Everyone (Correct)

Answer :Everyone

What changes are low-risk, pre-authorized changes that are well understood and fully documented, and can be implemented without needing additional authorization?


Options are :

  • Standard changes (Correct)
  • Normal changes
  • Emergency changes
  • Non-standard changes

Answer :Standard changes

What events require action, even though business impact may not yet have been experienced?


Options are :

  • Informational events
  • Warning events
  • Exception events (Correct)
  • Error events

Answer :Exception events

What is used to help plan changes, assist in communication, avoid conflicts, and assign resources?


Options are :

  • Change calendar
  • Change authority
  • Change log
  • Change schedule (Correct)

Answer :Change schedule

Change enablement is usually focused on changes in?


Options are :

  • People
  • Processes
  • Services
  • Products and Services (Correct)

Answer :Products and Services

The change authority should be assigned to?


Options are :

  • Each type of change (Correct)
  • Standard changes only
  • Normal changes only
  • Deny changes

Answer :Each type of change

Service actions are performed by the service provider according to the?


Options are :

  • Needs of the consumer
  • Usage of the consumer
  • Cost to the consumer
  • Agreement with the consumer (Correct)

Answer :Agreement with the consumer

The supplier strategy, sometimes called the?


Options are :

  • Vendor strategy
  • Sourcing strategy (Correct)
  • Seller strategy
  • Wholesaler strategy

Answer :Sourcing strategy

What is specifically aimed at managing the acquisition, development, release, deployment, maintenance, and eventual retirement of software assets?


Options are :

  • Software contract management
  • Software management
  • Software asset management (Correct)
  • Software vendor management

Answer :Software asset management

What practice requires accurate inventory information, which it keeps in an asset register?


Options are :

  • IT Asset management (Correct)
  • IT Register Management
  • IT Software management
  • IT Hardware management

Answer :IT Asset management

Cloud-based assets must be assigned to specific products or groups so that _______ can be managed.


Options are :

  • Cost (Correct)
  • Integrity
  • The cloud provider
  • Usage

Answer :Cost

A ____ is a controlled environment established to test products, services, and other configuration items.


Options are :

  • Demo environment
  • Test environment (Correct)
  • User environment
  • Software environment

Answer :Test environment

What is a list of minimum requirements that a service or service component must meet for it to be acceptable to key stakeholders?


Options are :

  • Acceptance requirements
  • Acceptance criteria (Correct)
  • Minimum requirements
  • Acceptance requirements

Answer :Acceptance criteria

Agile is an umbrella term for frameworks such as?


Options are :

  • Scrum
  • Lean
  • Kanban
  • All of the above (Correct)

Answer :All of the above

What is a way of working that has been proven to be successful by multiple organizations?


Options are :

  • Organizational practices
  • Best practices (Correct)
  • Industry practices
  • User practices

Answer :Best practices

What are changes that need to be scheduled, assessed, and authorized following a process?


Options are :

  • Standard changes
  • Normal changes (Correct)
  • Emergency changes
  • Non-standard changes

Answer :Normal changes

The asset register is used in what practice?


Options are :

  • Incident management
  • Service level management
  • Deployment management
  • IT asset management (Correct)

Answer :IT asset management

Which practice observe services and service components, and record and report selected changes?


Options are :

  • Event management
  • Problem management
  • Service management
  • Monitoring and event management (Correct)

Answer :Monitoring and event management

Which of the following statement about authentication is correct?


Options are :

  • It's about ensuring someone is who they claim to be (Correct)
  • It's about ensuring someone is not who they claim to be
  • It's about ensuring the actions took by an individual can be verified
  • It's about having users enter their username when logging in to a computer

Answer :It's about ensuring someone is who they claim to be

The use of scripts can help which of the following?


Options are :

  • User satisfaction
  • Problem management
  • Diagnose and resolve a simple incident (Correct)
  • Managing large problems

Answer :Diagnose and resolve a simple incident

What is a justification for expenditure of organizational resources, providing information about costs, benefits, options, risks, and issues?


Options are :

  • Business spending
  • Business assessment
  • Business impact assessment
  • Business case (Correct)

Answer :Business case

What should be everyone responsibility in an organization?


Options are :

  • Fixing incidents
  • Continual improvement (Correct)
  • Creating policies
  • Implementing changes

Answer :Continual improvement

Which of the following statement is correct about the continual improvement register (CIR)?


Options are :

  • There can be more than one CIR in an organization (Correct)
  • There must only be a single CIR for the entire organization
  • The CIR should only be updated by a single group
  • CIR's are not needed in an organization

Answer :There can be more than one CIR in an organization

What change maybe subject to less testing than others?


Options are :

  • Standard Change
  • Normal change
  • Emergency Change (Correct)
  • User Change

Answer :Emergency Change

Information security is critically dependent upon the?


Options are :

  • Technology available to secured IT assets
  • Skill level of the IT service manager
  • The behavior of people throughout the organization (Correct)
  • Type of security software used in the organization

Answer :The behavior of people throughout the organization

Which of the following statement is true about non-repudiation?


Options are :

  • It's about ensuring that someone can deny that they took an action
  • It's about ensuring that someone can't deny that they took an action (Correct)
  • It's about what actions an individual took
  • It has nothing to do with the actions of an individual

Answer :It's about ensuring that someone can't deny that they took an action

Change enablement balances the need to make beneficial changes and ____________?


Options are :

  • The method to implement the change
  • The adverse effect of changes (Correct)
  • The evolving needs of the business
  • The cost of the change

Answer :The adverse effect of changes

In high velocity organizations, it is common for change management practice to be?


Options are :

  • Done by a single group
  • Done by only senior management
  • Decentralized change approval (Correct)
  • Centralize change approval

Answer :Decentralized change approval

Which of the following is not an external factor in the four dimensions model?


Options are :

  • Changes (Correct)
  • Political
  • Economic
  • Legal

Answer :Changes

What choice is defined in ITIL to support the holistic approach is service management?


Options are :

  • Four dimensions model (Correct)
  • Two dimensions model
  • External factors model
  • Service model

Answer :Four dimensions model

Which of the following can lead to poor decision-making and in turn impact the organization's ability to improve internal capabilities?


Options are :

  • Insufficient changes
  • Insufficient user training
  • Insufficient visibility of work (Correct)
  • Insufficient understanding of costs

Answer :Insufficient visibility of work

Which guiding principle is about ensuring that service management includes understanding of how all parts of an organization work together?


Options are :

  • Focus on value
  • Collaborate and promote visibility
  • Start where you are
  • Think and work holistically (Correct)

Answer :Think and work holistically

Which of the following will represent the steps and organization take in the creation of value?


Options are :

  • Four dimensions model
  • The service value chain (Correct)
  • The guiding principles
  • The ITIL practices

Answer :The service value chain

What is the point of communication between the service provider and all its users?


Options are :

  • Call center
  • IT Director
  • Service Desk (Correct)
  • Service Center

Answer :Service Desk

Which of the following statement is correct about service request fulfillment?


Options are :

  • Should be standardized and automated to the greatest degree possible (Correct)
  • Should not be automated and allow users to implement the changes themselves
  • Should only be automated if users agree
  • Automation should not be an option when requesting a change

Answer :Should be standardized and automated to the greatest degree possible

What role is held accountable for the delivery of a specific service?


Options are :

  • Service Owner (Correct)
  • Service manager
  • Service User
  • Service Director

Answer :Service Owner

A risk assessment does not need to be repeated for which of the following change?


Options are :

  • Standard changes (Correct)
  • Normal Changes
  • Emergency changes
  • User changes

Answer :Standard changes

Which practice coordinates the classification and ownership of incidents?


Options are :

  • Change enablement
  • Incident management
  • Problem management
  • Service desk (Correct)

Answer :Service desk

Engage, plan, and improve are examples of?


Options are :

  • Service value chain (Correct)
  • Service value
  • Dimensions model
  • Service management

Answer :Service value chain

Organizational change management manages the _________ aspects of changes to ensure that improvements and organizational transformations are implemented successfully.


Options are :

  • Cost
  • People (Correct)
  • Service
  • Implementation

Answer :People

Which is NOT a component of the service value system?


Options are :

  • Governance
  • Four Dimensions (Correct)
  • Service value chain
  • Continual Improvement

Answer :Four Dimensions

Which of the following statement is correct about effective incident management?


Options are :

  • Often requires a high level of collaboration within and between teams (Correct)
  • Often requires no collaboration between teams
  • Often requires collaboration only between certain teams
  • Only requires collaboration between the service desk and change management

Answer :Often requires a high level of collaboration within and between teams

Which service value chain activity is done to provide a good understanding of stakeholder needs?


Options are :

  • Plan
  • Improve
  • Engage (Correct)
  • Obtain/build

Answer :Engage

When managing information security, an organization must strive to achieve a balance between protecting the organization and _________________.


Options are :

  • Allowing it to innovate (Correct)
  • Conserving resources
  • Expending resources
  • Training users

Answer :Allowing it to innovate

Which of the following practice has a major influence on how users perceived services?


Options are :

  • Supplier management
  • Relationship management
  • Service desk (Correct)
  • Deployment management

Answer :Service desk

Which of the following is not an example of an operational metrics?


Options are :

  • Availability
  • Incident response times
  • Change and request processing times
  • Service deployment times (Correct)

Answer :Service deployment times

An IT asset is any __________ valuable component that can contribute to the delivery of an IT product or service.


Options are :

  • Commercially
  • Financially (Correct)
  • User
  • Service

Answer :Financially

Service request fulfillment generally includes which of the following types of changes?


Options are :

  • Emergency change
  • Standard change (Correct)
  • Normal change
  • Expedited change

Answer :Standard change

Which deployment approach allows for frequent customer feedback?


Options are :

  • Phased deployment
  • Big Bang deployment
  • Pull deployment
  • Continuous delivery (Correct)

Answer :Continuous delivery

A router was recently upgraded with new memory. What practice will ensure this router is implemented into operations?


Options are :

  • Service desk
  • Deployment management (Correct)
  • Service level management
  • It asset management

Answer :Deployment management

What practice helps to optimize the use of valuable resources?


Options are :

  • IT asset management (Correct)
  • Service desks
  • Incident management
  • Problem management

Answer :IT asset management

Information security management is primary driven by?


Options are :

  • Users
  • IT security manager
  • The most senior level in the organization (Correct)
  • Type of security software available in the marketplace

Answer :The most senior level in the organization

What is it called when new or changed components are deployed to just part of the production environment at a time?


Options are :

  • Phased deployment (Correct)
  • Continuous delivery
  • Big bang deployment
  • Pull deployment

Answer :Phased deployment

A new software has been made available on the network and users are able to install it at a time that is convenient for them. What deployment approaches this?


Options are :

  • Phased deployment
  • Big Bang deployment
  • Pull deployment (Correct)
  • Users deployment

Answer :Pull deployment

Which of the following statement about change enablement is correct?

1. Scope is defined by the organization

2. There are 3 types of changes

3. Change authority is who authorizes a change


Options are :

  • 1 and 2
  • 1 and 3
  • 2 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 3 (Correct)

Answer :1, 2 and 3

Which of the following would be an example of a service requests?


Options are :

  • Deploy a new change
  • Deploy a new software
  • Delaying the deployment of a new service
  • Giving feedback compliments and complaints about services (Correct)

Answer :Giving feedback compliments and complaints about services

It is common practice to use a decentralize change approval process in what type of organization?


Options are :

  • Low-velocity organization
  • Small organization
  • High-velocity organization (Correct)
  • Large organization

Answer :High-velocity organization

The IT department will be installing a new application to all users over the weekend. What deployment approach is this?


Options are :

  • Phased deployment
  • Continuous delivery
  • Big Bang deployment (Correct)
  • All in one deployment

Answer :Big Bang deployment

ITIL SVS includes how many general management practices?


Options are :

  • 10
  • 12
  • 14 (Correct)
  • 26

Answer :14

Events are often classified as:

1. Informational

2. Warning

3. Exceptions


Options are :

  • 1 and 2 only
  • 1 and 3 only
  • 2 and 3 only
  • All of the above (Correct)

Answer :All of the above

What is an arrangement of configuration items (CIs) or other resources that work together to deliver a product or service?


Options are :

  • Configuration (Correct)
  • Formation
  • CMS
  • CMDB

Answer :Configuration

What is a measure of whether the objectives of a practice, service or activity have been achieved?


Options are :

  • Effectiveness (Correct)
  • Efficiency
  • Cost Saving
  • Objectives definition

Answer :Effectiveness

What is the maximum acceptable period of time following a service disruption that can elapse before the lack of business functionality severely impacts the organization?


Options are :

  • RPO
  • RTO (Correct)
  • BIA
  • Disaster recovery plan

Answer :RTO

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