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ITIL-FOUNDATION · Question #518

How is a service delivered between departments of same organization classified?

The correct answer is A. Internal Service. ITIL classifies services based on who the customer is relative to the service provider. When both the provider and customer are departments within the same organization, the service is an Internal Service.

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Question

How is a service delivered between departments of same organization classified?

Options

  • AInternal Service
  • BExternal Service
  • CMission Critical service
  • DOrganizational service.

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    94% (33)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

ITIL classifies services based on who the customer is relative to the service provider. When both the provider and customer are departments within the same organization, the service is an Internal Service.

AInternal ServiceCorrect

An Internal Service is defined as one delivered between departments or business units that belong to the same organization, where the IT department acts as an internal service provider. This classification distinguishes intra-organizational services from those delivered to outside customers or third parties.

BExternal Service

External Services are those delivered to customers or organizations outside the service provider's own organization, which is the opposite of the scenario described.

CMission Critical service

Mission Critical is a classification based on the business impact and criticality of a service, not on whether the service crosses organizational boundaries.

DOrganizational service.

Organizational service is not a standard ITIL service classification category and does not appear in the ITIL framework's service type definitions.

Concept tested: ITIL internal versus external service classification

Source: https://www.axelos.com/resource-hub/glossary

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