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ITIL Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Continual Service Improvement






2. Creators of ITIL






3. Emergency Change Advisory Board






4. Security management activities are driven by this.






5. Shows there are many elements of a process






6. Viewed by the business






7. The service portfolio






8. Measure - monitor - report - investigate






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






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






11. Technical - people






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






13. Provides capabilities and resources to manage IT Infrastructure.






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






15. Return to normal service as quickly as possible






16. Needed for process activities to continue






17. External 3rd party of good and services required to deliver IT services






18. Ensures use of standard methods and procedures for changes to assets and CIs under control of SACM.






19. Associated with service and process metrics






20. Direct inputs to production of services






21. Understand - anticipate - and influence demand for services






22. Business capacity management (future) - service capacity management (current services) - component capacity management (IT Infra)






23. Needed for comparison - gauge of progress






24. Activities to turn input to output






25. Data sources - DML and tools.






26. They are synchronous






27. Pattern of Business Activity






28. Essential to governance






29. Transition new and changed services into operations efficiently and effectively.






30. Single point of contact which is customer focused and owns communication with end user






31. Make designs into reality; transition to operation environment; control risk and service disruption






32. Delivery of quality - cost effective services that meet the business' current and future functional and quality requirements.






33. Superior performance vs alternatives. Implement IT Service management as strategic asset. Think and act strategically. Remember customers have preferences influenced by perceptions. Adopt a marketing mindset






34. Collection of components required to implement new or changed services.






35. Specialized to perform certain work with specific outcomes. Own capabilities and resources. Build knowledge. Provide structure and stability.






36. IT Infrastructure library






37. Identification - logging - categorization - prioritization - Initial Diagnosis - Escalation - Investigation and Diagnosis - Resolution and Recovery - Closure






38. Configuration Management System






39. CI records/attributes; single definitive source






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






41. Key assets - threats - vulnerability - impact






42. Requirements for process to operate






43. Provide summary report of achievements and shows where to be improved






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






45. Begins when problem found - find a root cause and eliminate incidents






46. Use of proper and consistent accounting methods






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






48. Acceptable for meeting an orgs internal and external requirements






49. Fair value for a service






50. Handled as Normal - standard - or Emergency