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What are the categories of events described in the ITIL service operation book?

The correct answer is C. Informational, warning, exception. ITIL Service Operation defines three categories of events based on their significance and required response. The correct categories are Informational, Warning, and Exception.

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What are the categories of events described in the ITIL service operation book?

Options

  • AInformational, scheduled, normal
  • BScheduled, unscheduled, emergency
  • CInformational, warning, exception
  • DWarning, reactive, proactive

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    93% (50)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

ITIL Service Operation defines three categories of events based on their significance and required response. The correct categories are Informational, Warning, and Exception.

AInformational, scheduled, normal

Informational and normal overlap conceptually and 'scheduled' is not a recognized ITIL event category - it describes change types, not events.

BScheduled, unscheduled, emergency

Scheduled, unscheduled, and emergency are categories used in ITIL Change Management, not event categorization in Service Operation.

CInformational, warning, exceptionCorrect

ITIL Service Operation explicitly classifies events into three types: Informational events (normal operation, no action required), Warning events (a threshold is being approached, attention needed), and Exception events (something has failed or breached a threshold requiring immediate action). These categories guide how operations staff prioritize and respond to each event.

DWarning, reactive, proactive

Reactive and proactive describe approaches to problem management, and 'warning' is only one of the three correct event categories, making this combination incorrect.

Concept tested: ITIL Service Operation event classification categories

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