CIS 500 QUIZ 3

CIS 500 
Q Which of these statements represents an objective of service portfolio management
  
Maintain records of all service components and their relationships.
  
Maintain the definitive managed portfolio of services provided by the service provider.
  
Provide accurate information about the service level achievements for core services.
  
Deliver authorized change requests.


Q: Which of the following is a decision support and planning tool that projects the possible consequences of a business action?
  
Business case
  
Service asset
  
Configuration item
  
Release unit


Q: Which of the following budgeting methods is determined on the last year's figure basis?
  
Zero-Base budgeting
  
Incremental budgeting
  
Resource budgeting
  
Top-down budgeting


Q: Which of the following is NOT a fundamental activity of Financial Management for IT services?
  
Funding
  
Auditing
  
IT accounting
  
Chargeback


Q: Which of the following functions is NOT part of Financial Management for IT services?
  
Charging
  
Budgeting
  
Pricing
  
Procurement

Q: Which of these statements about business relationship management (BRM) is most correct?
  
BRM monitors the service targets for all services.
  
BRM reviews all service changes.
  
BRM focuses on a high-level relationship with customers.
  
BRM focuses on the relationship with users through the service desk.


Q: Which stage of the service lifecycle is mainly concerned with defining policies and objectives?
  
Service Strategy
  
Service Design
  
Service Operation
  
Service Transition


Q: Which of the following describes a provider's services in terms of business value?
  
Service portfolio
  
Service update
  
Service value
  
Service assessment


Q: Which of these is not part of the scope of financial management?
  
Consolidating
  
Budgeting
  
Charging
  
Accounting


Q: What is the purpose of the service portfolio management process?
  
To ensure all services are documented according to the requirements of the business
  
To ensure you have an appropriate mix of services to meet the requirements of customers
  
To capture details of live operational services only
  
To capture details of retired services only


Q: Which of these is a purpose of business relationship management (BRM)?
  
Establish a relationship between the service provider and the customer
  
Manage the funding for services provided to a customer
  
Manage the services provided to a customer
  
Establish a mechanism for recording service requests from the customer


Q: What is the purpose of financial management?
  
To secure to the appropriate software programs for financial systems
  
To secure to the appropriate funding for IT services
  
To agree to the business requirements for managing the finance systems
  
To agree to the operating policies for the finance systems


Q: Service Portfolio is divided into how many phases?
  
Six
  
Seven
  
Two
  
Three


Q: Which of these is/are recommended elements of a business case?
1.	Introduction
2.	Methods and assumptions
3.	Business impacts
4.	Risks and contingencies
5.	Recommendations
  
1, 3, and 5
  
1, 2, 3, and 4
  
2, 3, 4, and 5
  
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Q: Which of these statements about service portfolio management is/are correct?


1.	Service portfolio management should be responsible for monitoring the performance of the services according to the service level agreements.
2.	Service portfolio management should be responsible for evaluating the value of the services provided throughout the whole of their lifecycle.
3.	Service portfolio management should be able to compare the merits of the existing services against those that are being planned.
4.	Service portfolio management should compare the results of continual service improvement initiatives to decide whether to improve services.
  
2 and 4
  
2 and 3
  
1, 2, and 4
  
1, 2, and 3


Q: Which of the following roles tailor a portfolio of investments based on their customer's risk and reward profile?
  
Process managers
  
Service managers
  
Customer managers
  
Financial managers

Q: Which of these is not part of the structure of the service portfolio?
  
Service register
  
Service pipeline
  
Service catalog
  
Retired services


Q: Which process ensures that organizations are in a position to deal with the costs and risks associated with their service portfolios?
  
Service Design
  
Service Operation
  
Service Transition
  
Service Strategy

Q: Which of the following represents a complete list of the services managed by a service provider?
  
Service record
  
Service portfolio
  
Service data
  
Service case


Q: Which of these is not part of the scope of service portfolio management?
  
All the services a service provider has retired from live operation
  
All the services a service provider currently delivers
  
All the projects the customer is planning to deliver
  
All the services a service provider is planning to deliver

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