ISEB FC ITSM SAMPLE PAPER 3

Time: One hour Please answer ONE option for each question. There is only one correct answer for each question. The pass mark is 26 marks out of 40. QUESTION 1

Service Desk staff should have: 1 2 3 A B C D A good telephone manner Some technical appreciation of the supported services Awareness of the likely business impact of service incidents 1&2 1, 2 & 3 2 & 3 1&3

QUESTION 2

Which of the following can be OMITTED from an urgent software release in exceptional circumstances? A B C D Undertaking full testing Updating the CMDB Incrementing the version number Putting the amended version in the DSL

QUESTION 3

A good Incident Management process will: A B C D Ensure that error corrections are treated as urgent changes Diagnose the underlying cause of incidents quickly Restore normal service operation as quickly as possible following an incident Ali of the other answers

QUESTION 4

The primary responsibility of Incident Control is: A B C D Keeping customers informed of future problems Matching incidents with known errors Restoring service following incidents Raising multiple incidents to Problem Management

QUESTION 5

Which of the following statements best describes the levei of detail to which the CMDB would normally be broken down: A B The lowest possible levei The levei at which the Cls will be independently installed, changed or replaced C The levei which best facilitates the Identification of the root cause of all System incidents D The levei at which it is possible to identify the suppliers of ali sub-components

QUESTION 6

Which of the following activities is NOT the responsibility of Problem Management? A B C D Co-ordinating major problem reviews Determining the root cause of incidents Providing management Information on incidents, problems and known errors Implementing error resolutions

QUESTION 7

Which of the following statements is FALSE? A B C D Charging is required in order to cost IT services Budgeting and accounting for IT services is essential for effective Service Management It is better to budget and account for IT services before implementing charging Charging may lead to the recovery of costs

QUESTION 8

Which of the following is necessary in order to start planning for IT Service Continuity Management? A B C D Include continuity measures in Change Management procedures Identify appropriate countermeasures Conduct a business impact analysis Establish a contract with an intermediate recovery provider

QUESTION 9

Status Accounting is an important part of which process? A B C D IT Financial Management Change Management Incident Management Configuration Management

QUESTION 10

Which of the following is NOT a technique usually associated with Availability Management? A B C D Auto error detection Duplexing Analysing data Queuing theory

QUESTION 11

Which of the following statements is true? A B C D Service Levei Agreements are between user departments and technical support providers and are written in business language Operational Levei Agreements are between internai service providers and may be written in technical language Operational Levei Agreements are between Service Levei Management and externai providers and are written in business language Service Levei Agreements are between user departments and Service Levei Management and are written in technical language

QUESTION 12

Which is the correct combination of concepts and Service Management processes? 1 2 3 4

Vulnerability Maintainability Resource Impact

A B C D

Availability Management Capacity Management Problem Management IT Service Continuity Planning

QUESTION 13

Problem Management includes several core activities. Which one of the following most accurately summarises these? A B C D Problem control, error control, management reporting Identification, control, status accounting, verification Incident control, severity analysis, support allocation, reporting Identification, severity analysis, support allocation, investigation

QUESTION 14

The Service Desk is unable to deal with a customer's enquiry. What action should they take? A Log the details and inform the customer of the incident number. Tell them someone will contact them within an agreed time with an update. Retain ownership of the incident but refer to appropriate second line support group. Monitor progress and keep customer informed Tell them to ring back if it happens again Log the details and inform the customer of the incident number. Suggest they ring back if they have not heard within 48 hrs Suggest the customer contacts a third party

B C D

QUESTION 15

When writing an IT Service Continuity Plan it is essential to prepare for a return to normal working. Which of these is it essential to include in the section of the plan that deals with the return to normal working? A B C D Removal of data from standby equipment A list of contacts for the emergency suppliers Bnus payments for staff involved in the disaster Creation of an updated version of the IT Service Continuity Plan

QUESTION 16

Which of the following best describes why an SLA should contain definitions of terms? A B C D To ensure that anywhere there is a measurement required within the SLA then it is realistically measurable To ensure that both the customer and IT can unambiguously understand the terms in the SLA To make sure that ali clauses in the SLA make sense To ensure that the customer's understanding of a particular term is the one meant in the SLA

QUESTION 17

Which of the following would NOT normally be discussed in a typical service review with a customer? A B C D Authorisation for changes to the service Service performance trends Corrective actions to be taken Customer satisfaction with the service

QUESTION 18

Which of the following will NOT be provided by a good Service Desk? A B C D Reduced requirement for IT knowledge throughout the user community Effective correction of the root cause of incidents Early warning of potential business IT operational failures Keeping users informed

QUESTION 19

Which of the following IT Service Continuity measures is likely to be the most appropriate for 24x7 business criticai system running on a mainframe? A B C D Cold standby facility to be located in the car park Reciprocai arrangement with a local company Hot standby at a site some distance away Dormant contract with a mainframe supplier

QUESTION 20

Impact assessment is NOT normally part of which of the following processes? A B C D Problem Management IT Service Continuity Planning Incident Management Service Levei Management

QUESTION 21

An overhead would normally be regarded as which of the following? A B C D An indirect cost A discounted charge A direct cost The market price

QUESTION 22

Consider these statements: 1 2 Service Capacity Management should ensure that the type, pattern and typical resource requirements of ali services is understood Undertaking Service Capacity Management is sufficient to ensure that the performance difficulties never arise

Which of these statements is/are correct? A B C D Neither Both Only 2 Only 1

QUESTION 23

A properly implemented and tested IT Service Continuity Plan can help business continuity by: A B C D Planning the implementation of new services at times that don't impact the business Enabling a speedy recovery of service after a disaster Reviewing trends in incidents and planning to avoid repetition Having planned maintenance tasks that reduce the likelihood of incidents

QUESTION 24

From a well-informed User's perspective, which of the following is a likely sequence in the management of a service failure? A B C Incident Management, Change Management, Release Management, Problem Management Incident Management, Problem Management, Release Management, Change Management Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Release Management

QUESTION 25

The Change Management process is NOT responsible for: A B C D Scheduling a change to the network Ensuring that a change to an application is prioritised Ensuring that the impact of a change to hardware is fully assessed Implementing the release of a software change

QUESTION 26

Which of the following need NOT be recorded as part of a Change Record? A B C D The scheduled implementation date Some details of the back-out plan Any CAB recommendations The names of the CAB members

QUESTION 27

Consider the following: 1 2 Details of a Cl must be entered into the CMDB after it is added to the live environment A Cl consists of a number of component Cls

Which of the above statements is true in ali cases? A B C D Both 1 & 2 Neither Only 1 Only 2

QUESTION 28

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the Release Management process? A B C D Distributing software The physical aspects of software control Helping to determine the software release policy Ensuring that CMDB entries concerning software Cls are verified

QUESTION 29

Which is the correct sequence of events for describing an incident lifecycle after the incident hs occurred? A B C D Detection, Repair, Recovery, Restoration, Diagnosis Detection, Recovery, Repair, Restoration, Diagnosis Detection, Diagnosis, Recovery, Repair, Restoration Detection, Diagnosis, Repair, Recovery, Restoration

QUESTION 30

Which of the following statements best describes a 'problem'? A B C D An incident which hs been diagnosed and for which a resolution exists An incident that hs passed its service levei for fixing An incident that hs occurred more than once The unknown underlying cause of one or more incidents

QUESTION 31

By introducing budgeting and accounting for IT services, which of the following will be a DIRECT benefit? A B C D Better value for money Clearer charging policies Improved financial forecasting Higher quality support

QUESTION 32

Which of the following statements is true? A B C D Physical copies of ali Cls are stored in the DSL The DSL contains source code only Release Management is responsible for managing the organisation's rights and obligations regarding software A change may only be developed from non-definitive version of software in the case of an urgent release

QUESTION 33

In which of the following circumstances is requesting an urgent change justified? A B C D Only one small component requires changing and it is unlikely to affect any other components The CAB meeting hs been cancelled because most of the members are unavailable at the time previously agreed The supplier hs advised that previous versions will not be supported very much longer The change is needed to correct an error on a business criticai system

QUESTION 34

The prime responsibility of Availability Management is....................... A To understand the behaviour of Cls B To deliver a levei of availability that enables customers to satisfy their business objectives C To negotiate and manage support contracts for hardware and software D To manage security and serviceability of ali IT services

QUESTION 35

Which of the following is NOT a valid charging policy? A B C D Cost recovery Activity based costing 'Cost plus' pricing Market rate

QUESTION 36

Which of the following are likely members of the Change Advisory Board? A B C D Problem Manager Change Manager Allofthem Customer representativos

Question 37

Which of these is NOT a purpose for which Service Capacity Management information can be used? A B C D DSL control Systems throughput calculation Network performance analysis Demand Management

QUESTION 38

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of a hardware Cl? A B C D Number of items What it costs A supplier's part number A manufactureis serial number

QUESTION 39

Which of the following list will NOT have a direct impact upon IT capacity? A B C D An increase in network bandwidth available A reduction in transactions processed A reduction in the number of files to be stored An increase in the cost per transaction

QUESTION 40

Which of the following is most involved with the: Incident - Problem - Known Error - Change lifecycle? A B C D Service Support Service Management Service Delivery Customers Services

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