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ITIL Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Interfaces and dependencies of services and their components






2. Ensures process is efficient - effective - consistent






3. People - Process - Products - Partners


4. Effective - not perfect






5. Shows there are many elements of a process






6. Model and plan services - ask why before asking how






7. Vital for understanding service dependencies and relationships to overall service knowledge.






8. Essential for understanding risk and impact of suppliers and contracts.






9. Pre-defined - agreed steps to handle a particular type of problem.






10. Detect events - make sense of them - and determine action






11. Set of activities that create value for stakeholder






12. Plan ofr successful efficient deployment with minimal unpredicted impact - and giving knowledge to staff during transition.






13. Analyze patterns of business activities that occur






14. Ensure proper funding which is driven by strategy - capacity - and anticipated demand






15. Design new or significantly changed services that meet the needs of the business.






16. Financial quantification of value of services - assets - and operation forecassting






17. Support business continuity plans and strategy. Ensure IT services can be resumed in agreed timescales






18. The service portfolio






19. Allocate costs to services using defined cost types and classifications






20. Ensure security in services and service mgmt activities aligned with business. Protect value of information. Prevent failures in confidentiality - integrity - and authenticity.






21. Improve performance of service assets and utility & warranty of services






22. They are synchronous






23. Vision? Now? Want to be? How to get there? Did we get there? How to keep it going?






24. Bundles of service assets that deliver value to business






25. Technology - service - process






26. Uncertainty of outcome; positive or negative






27. Manage Identities and rights efficiently






28. Outcomes






29. Internal - shared - external






30. Result of the end-to-end service and calculated using technology component metrics






31. Higher price during peak usage






32. Enable use of pre-defined methods and allow automation of process workflow.






33. Grants authorized user rights for service access






34. Service level needs info from other levels to be able to make agreements with customers.






35. Secure authorized and validated masters of media






36. Ensure SLA targets are hit. Define requirements. Document and agree to SLAs and OLAs. Monitor and report. Conduct service reviews.






37. Emergency Change Advisory Board






38. Fair value for a service






39. Functionality - quality - right cost - on time






40. IT Infrastructure library






41. Defines all aspects of an IT Service throughout its lifecycle.






42. Authority matrix for roles and responsibilities; Responsible - accountable - consulted - informed






43. Specialized org capabilities; functions and processes - professional practice






44. Deploy into production - deliver value - ensure effective use of services - handover to service operations.






45. Scale of measurement - identify trends - calculate productivity and resource utilization - and understand current state






46. Employees - customers - vendors - suppliers - advisors - technology






47. Acceptable for meeting an orgs internal and external requirements






48. Analyze trends and patterns - aim to prevent replication - learn from past to use in the future






49. Needed for process activities to continue






50. Provides capabilities and resources to manage IT Infrastructure.