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Chapter 9 ■ ITIL Foundation Exam Tips and Tricks<br />
Foundation exam. When you are ITIL <strong>certified</strong>, then start reading the ITIL publications<br />
and other advanced ITIL books for getting deeper into the ITIL concepts. Of course,<br />
you have the hierarchy of ITIL exams, and that should also help you <strong>be<strong>com</strong>e</strong> closely<br />
acquainted with the Framework.<br />
When I planned to take the ITIL v3 Foundation certification, I took off from work the<br />
previous day and studied for about five hours. As I mentioned earlier, it was sufficient for<br />
me as I was getting <strong>certified</strong> from a previous version, and I had ample working experience<br />
in ITIL. I don’t expect the same to work for you. If it does, or even you cut down the time,<br />
kudos to you!<br />
Here are my tips and tricks for preparing for the exam:<br />
1. Get ITIL Foundation Certified in 7 Days is all that you need<br />
to pass the ITIL Foundation exam. I have broken down the<br />
book into seven sections based on a working professional’s<br />
self-study availability. However, you know your schedule the<br />
best. Feel free to alter the timelines based on your schedule.<br />
However, I insist that you prepare a study plan before you start<br />
reading the book. Do not read the book by aiming to <strong>com</strong>plete<br />
as much as possible.<br />
2. Schedule the ITIL Foundation exam from one of the<br />
examination institutes (EI) before you start preparing for<br />
the exam. If you study first and then schedule the exam, you<br />
would be looking at a moving target for the exam date, and<br />
this, in my experience, is prone to failure.<br />
3. Take plenty of notes. Although all the information you need<br />
is in printed form, it is not nearly equivalent to writing down<br />
your own notes, in your own hand and in your own words.<br />
Make notes at every juncture, including the tips and tricks that<br />
I am offering you in this chapter. Research has proven that<br />
taking notes helps you understand concepts better and helps<br />
you ask the right questions.<br />
4. ITIL is old-school when it <strong>com</strong>es to definitions and keywords.<br />
Success on the exam stems from identifying the right<br />
keywords in the questions and the answer choices. So, it is<br />
imperative that you learn the definitions for ITIL concepts,<br />
or at least be familiar with the keywords. For example,<br />
an incident is a disruption to a service. The keyword to<br />
remember is disruption in this case. The objective of change<br />
management is to enable beneficial changes to be made and<br />
minimize disruption to IT services. In this definition, the<br />
keywords to remember are enable beneficial changes and<br />
minimize disruptions. Likewise, find the keywords, circle<br />
them, highlight them, underline them, do whatever is going to<br />
help you <strong>com</strong>mit them to memory.<br />
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