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Nov 26

The official ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus explanied

  • 26.11.2022
  • Alexander Schmidt
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  • IT Service Management

The official ITIL 4 Foundation Candidate Syllabus describes the most important topics for the ITIL4 Foundation exam and explains how many questions to expect per topic.

Table of Contents

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Exam Overview


This section of the syllabus talks about some generic information regarding the exam, including:

  • The exam time, which is 60 minutes, but non-native English speakers get 25% (15 minutes) extra time
  • No material is allowed, as it is a closed-book exam
  • The number of total points (40) and the number needed to pass (26), which is 65%
  • The question types, which we will cover below
  • And the Bloom’s level of the questions, a.k.a. the difficulty level

Here are the question types you can expect on the exam


Standard

What is the best definition of XYZ?

  • Definition 1
  • Definition 2
  • Definition 3
  • Definition 4

List

Which statements about XYZ are CORRECT?

  1. Statement 1
  2. Statement 2
  3. Statement 3
  4. Statement 4
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 3 and 4
  • 1 and 4

Missing word

A [?] defines the requirements for services to be provided by a service provider.

  • Option 1
  • Option 2
  • Option 3
  • Option 4

Negative

Which is NOT the defined area of value for…?

  • Answer 1
  • Answer 2
  • Answer 3
  • Answer 4

Note: negative questions are only used as an exception where the course tries to highlight that something should not be done.

The actual ITIL 4 Foundation exam syllabus


Here is the good part, where it actually gets interesting, as this section provides an accurate picture of what you need to know and which topics are most important for the ITIL 4 Foundation exam.

Bloom’s Levels

Since the ITIL 4 Foundation exam is an entry level exam, all questions are on Bloom’s Level 1 and 2 (Memorization and basic understanding). We have put a little summary below, but for more details, you might want to have a look at this great writing.

Level 1 – Remember (9 questions)

Retrieve, recall, or recognize relevant knowledge from long-term memory (e.g. correct definitions of terms or the purpose of the ITIL 4 Practices)

Level 2 – Understand (31 questions)

Demonstrate comprehension through one or more forms of explanation (e.g. know how different Practice should applied or know the purpose of all elements of the Service Value Chain)

The most important stuff


Here are key definitions you should know before attempting the ITIL4 Foundation exam:

  • Service / Service Management
  • Cost / Utility / Warranty / Value
  • Customer / Stakeholder / User / Sponsor
  • Organization
  • Output vs. Outcome
  • Risk

For a more comprehensive list of terms, you can refer to the official ITIL 4 Foundation Glossary.

Purpose statements

Out of the 34 ITIL 4 Practices, only 15 are relevant for the ITIL 4 Foundation exam. For a quick overview of all the purpose statements, please have a look at this article. Overall, you will receive 5 questions about the purpose of the following practices:

  • Change enablement
  • Continual improvement
  • Deployment management
  • Incident management
  • Information security management
  • IT asset management
  • Monitoring and event management
  • Problem management
  • Relationship management
  • Release management
  • Service configuration management
  • Service desk
  • Service level management
  • Service request management
  • Supplier management

Deep understanding of practices

The following 7 practices can be seen as one of the central parts of the exam, as overall 17 questions will be asked about them. These practices are:

  • Change enablement
  • Continual improvement
  • Incident management
  • Problem management
  • Service desk
  • Service level management
  • Service request management

As you can see, more than half of all questions, 22 overall, will be about the practices and the rest will be about the terms, definitions, the Service Value System and the Service Value Chain.

Download the official ITIL 4 Foundation Syllabus


You can download the official ITIL 4 Foundation Syllabus in three languages with below links.

English Syllabus
German Syllabus
French Syllabus

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