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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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