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






2. 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






3. Lifecycle of activities that never stops






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






5. Reliability - maintainability - and serviceability






6. Detection - logging - categorization - prioritization - investigation and diagnosis - workarounds - known error - resolution - closure - major problem review






7. Internal - shared - external






8. Key assets - threats - vulnerability - impact






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






10. Using a variety of KPIs






11. Substitutes - regulators - customers






12. Provide pre-defined steps for handling service requests.






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






14. Match evolving demands of capacity and performance.






15. Technology to keep rights sorted out.






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






17. Competition - compliance - commitment






18. Record - Review - Assess - Authorize - Plan - Coordinate - Review and Close.






19. Configuration Management System






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






21. Deliver value to customers and enable their business outcomes






22. Clearly identified - different from input






23. Standards - industry practices - academic research - training and education - and internal experience






24. Key aspect is linkage of business impact to business objectives






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






26. Set of activities that create value for stakeholder






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






28. CI records/attributes; single definitive source






29. Viewed by the business






30. Invoke process activities






31. Service solutions - service mgmt systems and tools - technology and architectures - processes - and measurements






32. Legally binding agreement between 2 or more parties






33. Holistic to ensure consistency and integration.






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






35. They are synchronous






36. Continue to seek improvements in value of services






37. Bundles of service assets that deliver value to business






38. Data sources - DML and tools.






39. Analyze patterns of business activities that occur






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






41. Countermeasures - monitoring






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






43. Service Knowledge Management System.






44. Come from business or customer






45. Ensures process is efficient - effective - consistent






46. Direct inputs to production of services






47. The service portfolio






48. Accountable for service - works to identify and prioritize service improvements






49. Outcomes that must happen to achieve success; maps to goals






50. Compliance - quality - performance and value