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Answer These Questions
Which of the following statements is MOST accurate when referring to an internal IT help desk?
- It is a profit center and highly valued in almost all organizations.
- It is a cost center and highly valued in almost all organizations.
- It is a profit center and its value must be justified.
- It is a cost center and its value must be justified.
Of the following choices, what is the best definition of an incident?
- Process of dealing with failures, questions, or queries reported by the users
- Process of dealing with issues automatically detected and reported by event monitoring tools
- An unplanned interruption to an IT service or reduction in the quality of an IT service
- Dealing with technical issues by technical staff
Of the following choices, what is the best definition of incident management?
- An unplanned interruption to an IT service
- Process of dealing with failures, questions, or queries reported by the users
- Failure of a configuration item that has not yet affected a service
- A reduction in the quality of an IT service
What is the primary focus of help desk personnel in a large IT department?
- Maintain and configure servers
- Maintain and configure routers
- Provide support to end users
- Install and update antivirus software
Which of the following is NOT a typical division in a large IT department?
- Help desk
- Training
- Infrastructure
- Security
Which technical support tier assists users?
- Tier 1
- Tier 2
- Tier 3
- Tier 4
Which of the following BEST describes an SLA?
- An agreement with external organization that stipulates a performance expectation
- An agreement with internal organization that stipulates a performance expectation
- A tier 1 agreement between the help desk and customers
- A tier 1 agreement between the help desk and vendors
Of the following choices, what service would help desk personnel rarely provide?
- Recover data
- Upgrade a server
- Remove malware
- Troubleshoot network problems
What skillsets are required for help desk technicians? (Choose the MOST correct answer.)
- Technical skills
- Soft skills
- A mix of hard skills and soft skills
- Hard skills
Which of the following is a typical soft skillset that successful help desk technicians possess?
- Technical skills
- Business skills
- Security skills
- Communication skills
Which of the following is a typical soft skill that successful help desk technicians possess?
- Writing
- Troubleshooting
- Implementing security
- Using business tools
An organization uses flow charts to assist technicians resolve problems. However, a technician has identified a problem but a flow chart is not available to help him resolve it. What should the technician do next?
- Escalate the problem.
- Report the lack of a flow chart to management.
- Use troubleshooting skills to resolve the problem.
- Document the resolution in the organizations incident database.
Of the following choices, what is the MOST likely problem that remote users of a large organization will likely have?
- Connecting via an organization’s LAN
- Connecting via an organization’s VPN
- Updating their computer
- Replacing their hardware
Of the following choices, what is the MOST likely reason a help desk professional would escalate a problem?
- Customer is angry
- Problem requires in-depth knowledge
- Customer lacks adequate privileges
- Technician lacks adequate privileges
At which step of an incident is a user typically authenticated as a valid help desk customer?
- Screening
- Validating
- Prioritizing
- Escalating
Of the following choices, what is the best method of determining the overall effectiveness of a help desk?
- Identifying the costs
- Identifying the net revenue
- Asking the help desk technicians
- Using metrics
How is the backlog typically measured for a help desk?
- Subtracting new incidents from resolved incidents
- Subtracting resolved incidents from new incidents
- Subtracting first resolution time from final resolution time
- Subtracting final resolution time from first resolution time
Of the following choices, what is the best metric to determine the overall effectiveness of a help desk?
- Final resolution time
- Backlog
- Customer satisfaction
- Resolved incidents
When is an incident closed?
- When it has been resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
- When it has been resolved to the best ability of the organization.
- When the customer chooses to do so.
- When the technician stops working with the customer.
Of the following choices, what is a simple working philosophy technicians can implement that contributes to their success and the success of the help desk?
- Closing as many incidents as possible
- Working with as many customers as possible
- Escalating as many incidents as possible
- Take ownership of incidents as much as possible