ITIL4-HVIT ITIL 4 Specialist: High-Velocity IT Practice Questions
Prepare for ITIL4-HVIT with more than an answer.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Questions on the exam
- 40
- Passing score
- 28/40 (70%)
- Level
- Specialist
- Valid for
- 3 years
Domains covered on the exam 4
- Understand concepts regarding the high-velocity nature of the digital enterprise, including the demand it places on IT17.5%
- Understand the digital product lifecycle in terms of the ITIL operating model7.5%
- Understand the importance of the ITIL guiding principles and other fundamental concepts for delivering high-velocity IT15%
- Know how to contribute to achieving value with digital products60%
- 1
In the Digital Product Lifecycle, at which stage does the service provider typically focus on 'Onboarding' the user to ensure they can effectively use the service?
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Correct answer: B
The Onboard stage is where the provider helps the consumer understand, access, and start using the service. This is critical in the digital product lifecycle to ensure value co-creation begins effectively.
- 2
Case Study: A software team is using the 'Improvement Kata' to reduce their deployment lead time. They have defined their 'Direction' (long-term vision) and grasped their 'Current Condition'.
What is the IMMEDIATE next step they must take according to the Improvement Kata pattern?
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Correct answer: A
The four steps of the Improvement Kata are: 1) Understand the Direction, 2) Grasp the Current Condition, 3) Establish the next Target Condition, 4) Conduct Experiments (PDCA) to get there. After grasping the current condition, the team must define the specific, measurable near-term state (Target Condition) they want to reach.
- 3
A service reliability engineer (SRE) is dealing with a system outage where the cause is unknown and the system behavior is unpredictable. According to the Cynefin framework, which domain are they in, and what is the correct decision-making approach?
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Correct answer: B
In the Complex domain (unknown unknowns, unpredictability), the correct approach is to Probe (experiment/safe-to-fail tests), Sense (analyze the result), and Respond. This contrasts with the Chaotic domain (Act-Sense-Respond) or Complicated (Sense-Analyze-Respond).
- 4
A large retail organization is upgrading its legacy mainframe systems to cloud-based infrastructure to reduce maintenance costs and improve processing speed. However, their business model, customer interactions, and products remain unchanged. Which term BEST describes this initiative?
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Correct answer: A
This is IT transformation. IT transformation focuses on modernizing technology and IT operations (like moving to the cloud) without necessarily changing the business model or how value is co-created with consumers. Digital transformation involves a fundamental shift in business models and customer engagement enabled by technology.
- 5
True or False: In a high-velocity IT environment, the primary goal of the 'Assured Conformance' objective is to ensure that all changes are reviewed by a Change Advisory Board (CAB) before deployment.
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Correct answer: B
False. While 'Assured Conformance' is about Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), High-Velocity IT typically moves away from heavy reliance on manual Change Advisory Boards (CAB) in favor of automated compliance checks, peer reviews, and 'compliance as code' within the delivery pipeline.
- 6
A fintech startup is assessing its readiness for high-velocity IT. The CIO emphasizes that speed is critical, but not at the expense of the organization's existence. Which concept BEST captures the tension between moving fast and maintaining necessary controls?
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Correct answer: D
High-velocity IT is defined as the application of digital technology for significant business enablement, where time to market, time to customer, and time to change are critical. It explicitly involves balancing speed with quality, compliance, and resilience, rather than sacrificing them.
