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.
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)- A3% (1)
- B87% (27)
- C3% (1)
- D6% (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.
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.
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.
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.
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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