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ITIL-FOUNDATION · Question #498

Which is the correct combination of items that makes up an IT service?

The correct answer is B. Information technology, people and processes. An IT service is composed of three core components - information technology, people, and processes - which together enable the delivery of value to customers.

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Question

Which is the correct combination of items that makes up an IT service?

Options

  • ACustomers, providers and documents
  • BInformation technology, people and processes
  • CInformation technology, networks and people
  • DPeople, process and customers

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    87% (27)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

An IT service is composed of three core components - information technology, people, and processes - which together enable the delivery of value to customers.

ACustomers, providers and documents

Customers and documents are not components that constitute an IT service - customers are recipients of the service and documents are associated artifacts, not service building blocks.

BInformation technology, people and processesCorrect

ITIL defines an IT service as a combination of information technology, people, and processes working together to deliver value. Technology alone is insufficient without the human expertise to manage it and the defined processes to govern how it is designed, delivered, and improved.

CInformation technology, networks and people

While networks are part of information technology infrastructure, substituting 'processes' with 'networks' omits the critical process component that governs how services are delivered and managed.

DPeople, process and customers

Customers are not a component of an IT service itself - they are the recipients of the service - and this option omits information technology, which is fundamental to any IT service.

Concept tested: ITIL IT service three-component definition

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#IT service definition#people process technology#service components#service composition

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