ITIL® stands for Information Technology Infrastructure Library which defines the best practices for IT Service Management. ITIL® first release was in late 1980’s, then ITIL® v2 in 2001, then ITIL® v3 in 2007, then few minor updates to ITIL® v3 in 2011, and ITIL® v4 in 2019
The latest release of ITIL®V4 is designed to focus more on value and digital transformation for better productivity and customer experience.
The ITIL® 4 Foundation qualification is intended to introduce candidates to the management of modern IT-enabled services, to provide them with an understanding of the common language and key concepts, and to show them how they can improve their work and the work of their organization with ITIL® 4 guidance. Furthermore, the qualification will provide the candidate with an understanding of the ITIL® 4 service management framework and how it has evolved to adopt modern technologies and ways of working.
Axelos has released the ITIL® Foundation certificate on 28th February 2019. Other levels of education are expected to be scheduled for late Summer 2019.
In order to keep updated yourself with the latest ITSM best practices, yes; you will have to take ITIL®v4.
Yes, you will have to complete your ITIL®v4 foundation and after that you can take Managing Professional (MP) Transition to become ITIL® Managing Professional.
If you do not have 17 points, then you can continue your ITIL® v3 intermediate and MALC journey and then take ITIL® v4 Managing Professional (MP) Transition course, to become ITIL® Managing Professional.
The ITIL® 4 Foundation certificate does not expire, so there is no process of renewing.
For native English speakers 60 minutes. Candidates taking the exam in a language that is not their native or working language may be awarded 25% extra time, i.e. 75 minutes in total.
This is a ‘closed book’ exam. The ITIL Foundation publication, ITIL® 4 edition, should be used for study, but is NOT permitted to be used in the exam.
You will need to get 26 questions correct (65%) to pass the exam.
Classic, Negative, Missing word, & List
The questions are all ‘multiple choice’. For the ‘standard’ questions, you have a question and four answer options. ‘Negative’ questions are ‘standard’ question in which the stem is negatively worded. For the ‘missing word’ questions, there is a sentence with a word missing and you have to select the missing word from four options. For the ‘list’ questions, there is a list of four statements and you have to select two correct statements from the list.
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