EMT Practice Test

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Question1: The ZYX Board of Directors is considering which SIAM structure should be selected for the ZYX SIAM model What is most likely to influence the selection?

Question2: ZYX completed the Discovery and Strategy stage one week ago. The Plan and Build stage is expected to take six months to complete. ZYX would like to put a service integrator in place before they complete the design of the detailed SIAM model The outline SIAM model proposed that ZYXS would be an internal service integrator because of their service integration capabilities Additional staff would be recruited to provide additional capacity. The development and support staff from ZYXS would be transferred to ZYXD to become an internal service provider.
The CEO does not want to use a hybrid or lead supplier structure Because of the internal capabilities of ZYXS, no evaluation has been done for using an external service integrator The ZYXS IT Director has just announced that she. and all ten staff identified to work as the service integrator, are leaving ZYXS in four weeks They intend to form their own company ZSSIAM, specializing in providing service integration services OUTSCO is a global provider of a range of outsourced services They are in the last year of a 10-year contract to provide services to ZYXUK Over the last 2 years their performance has decreased OUTSCO can also provide service integration services They have a good reputation as a flexible and reliable service integrator who are willing to amend their SIAM model.
SIAMRUS is a global provider of service integration services in the manufacturing sector Their SIAM model includes a standardized process model, with every provider using the same process, a shared toolset owned by SIAMRUS, and 5 contracted service providers They recently provided an outline SIAM strategy for ZYXUK What is the best approach for ZYX to appoint a service integrator?

Question3: The ZYX Board of Directors decided that the proposal from SIAMRUS for ZYXUK was not suitable to be used for the whole of the group, and asked the ZYXS IT Director to lead the creation of a new SIAM strategy. This new SIAM strategy has now been approved by the NEWGEN Executive Steering Board.
What is the best approach to ensure that the ZYXUK Management Board supports the implementation of this SIAM Strategy?

Question4: Previously, there was no common set of performance targets and metrics used across all ZYX companies ZYXH Contract Governance is concerned about this. They would like to see metrics that drive improvement once the transition has been made to a SIAM model.
ZYXS provide a range of services to some ZYX companies The ZYX IT steering group meets every 4 months chaired by the ZYXS IT Director It is attended by representatives from each ZYX company SIAMRUS provided a report for ZYXUK. This included a set of metrics that SIAMRUS have used before with other organizations. ZYXS has been selected to be the internal service integrator in the new SIAM model The ZYXS IT director has provided a set of metrics from an organization that she previously worked for What is the best way for ZYX to ensure effective metrics are in place to improve services?

Question5: ZYXS service management currently operates a Change Approval Forum (CAF): which is chaired by the ZYXS Service Management and Service Desk Lead, and is meant to be attended by user representatives from each ZYX company.
- In the new SIAM model ZYX is considering using SIAMRUS as the service integrator
- ZYX plans to keep all current service providers, renegotiating and extending contracts where necessary.
- OUTSCO will continue to provide the services for users in ZYXUK
- ZYXS, ZYXD, and the application development team from ZYXUK will become internal service providers The SIAMRUS SIAM model includes a process model for change management. In this model. SIAMRUS will hold an Integrated Change Advisory Board (ICAB) meeting every two weeks, where proposed changes to the services and systems will be reviewed before approval SIAMRUS will mandate the use of their change management toolset by all service providers The CIO is concerned that some of the current service providers may not comply with the SIAMRUS process model for change management Which organizations are most likely to not comply and why?

Question6: ZYX has used a phased approach for implementing the SIAM model
- ZYXS is the service integrator and provides the service desk for the SIAM ecosystem
- NETSCO had all network services transitioned to them
- OUTSCO has been selected to provide hosting services
The next phase is to transition all services currently hosted by ZYXS and ZYXD to OUTSCO Due to time pressures, it has not been possible to test how the services will perform after transition.
The ZYX CEO is concerned about the risks to the services and the ability of ZYX to be able to carry out its business activities She wishes that an early life support (ELS) function is implemented What approach should be taken to resolve incidents and problems caused by the transition of services?

Question7: ZYX has decided on their SIAM strategy and appointed SIAMRUS as the service integrator.
The decision has been made to consolidate services into four service groups (in order of proportion of the services)
- OUTSCO: service desk, desktop and laptop support services, networking, infrastructure support
- ZYXS bespoke application support and development
- ZYXD data centers and hosting
- BANKSCO: BCT and BNK application support
Services from all other current service providers will be transitioned into these service groups as their contracts expire After the service integrator has been onboarded, which of the providers should be onboarded as the first priority?

Question8: ZYX has decided to appoint ZYXS as service integrator using the lead supplier structure ZYXS will need to fill new roles with additional skilled resources The contract with OUTSCO will be terminated, and all the component services will be transitioned to FIELD$CO: MAILSCO. NETSCO. ZYXD and ZYXS The SIAM Project Board has just agreed that after the transition there will no longer be a requirement for service delivery managers in ZYXUK to manage the outsourced contract with OUTSCO What is the best way to deal with this situation?

Question9: ZYXS has been chosen as the service integrator. Immediately after implementation an issue has arisen with a high priority incident. OUTSCO and ZYXD are passing the incident between them and are blaming each other for not owning the solution. Meanwhile the incident is approaching its target resolution time and may breach its service level What should ZYXS do first?

Question10: ZYX has experienced a failure in their finance system leading to the delay of an invoicing run, a resulting temporary cash flow problem, and a breach of the service level for the end-to-end service.
Investigations show that this was caused by a change implemented by NETSCO A change request had been raised but not yet authorized As the NETSCO engineer thought it was urgent, they implemented the change without following the appropriate change processes to obtain authorization.
What is the most appropriate course of action the service integrator should take?

Question11: A consequence of ZYX's SIAM transition is that the small IT team of 5 staff within ZYXUK, who currently develop and support small stand-alone applications, are being displaced, with their roles outsourced to a new external service provider. This external service provider will provide a standardized approach to the development and B support of bespoke applications across all of the ZYX organizations It is hoped that this will allow similar requirements from different ZYX organizations to be identified a more manner The impacted staff is expected to be reluctant to transfer to the new service provider, who is based outside of the UK and has a very different organizational culture B I he project team is concerned that these staff members may either be reluctant to pass on their knowledge of the existing applications, or may leave before knowledge transfer can take place What would be the most effective strategy for handling this risk?

Question12: The CEO of ZYX has commissioned SIAMRUS to assess the readiness of ZYX to adopt SIAM. She knows that in order to get approval for the SIAM business case from the Board of Directors, she will have to be able to demonstrate that SIAM will make a significant contribution to the corporate strategic objectives. There is no appetite from the Board for ZYX to use any ZYX staff to provide the service integration capability Which ZYX strategic objective can SIAM contribute to most for ZYX?

Question13: The implementation of NEWGEN will onboard a number of existing service providers at differing levels of maturity. In addition, there will be new services (such as NEWBNK) and service providers (such as those to support planned expansion in the Asia Pacific region).
What would be the most advantageous approach to onboarding?

Question14: When planning for the NEWGEN project which is the most likely set of audit findings and recommendations?

Question15: ZYXS has been selected as the service integrator. The ZYXS Service Management and Service Desk Lead is the process owner of the change management process. Service providers are allowed to develop their own procedures. The IT Director has asked for a metric for the change management process that aligns with the SIAM principles of measurement Which is the best metric?

Question16: ZYXS has been selected as the service integrator. They will also provide some hosted application services, using ZYXD as a subcontractor. ZYXS will also provide a central service desk for the SIAM ecosystem.
Considering ZYXS, which factor is most critical to the success of SIAM?

Question17: Project NEWGEN is in the Discovery and Strategy stage. SIAMRUS is assisting ZYX with the design of the SIAM model ZYX has decided to use OUTSCO as an external service integrator but they have not yet been appointed.
The CIO is concerned that the retained capabilities might not have the necessary capability to perform their new role in the SIAM model What is the best course of action?

Question18: ZYX has now appointed SIAMRUS as the service integrator and has started to plan and build the new SIAM ecosystem Initially the new SIAM model will be supported by the existing service providers.
In a recent program progress meeting, it was highlighted that the planned Organizational Change Management (OCM) initiative has a high cost What approach should be taken to ensure that the OCM initiative for the service providers will cost effectively support the transition to SIAM?

Question19: The SIAM Project Board has decided that a big bang implementation approach is unsuitable for ZYX What is the most likely reason for this decision?

Question20: ZYXS has been appointed as the service integrator The CIO of ZYX would like to disband the IT Steering Group. She wants the former Product Development Forum to be expected to include representatives from every provider.
This new body will be known as the Services Steering Group (SSG). The responsibilities of the SSG will include approving the design and funding for new products and services and the supporting architectures, setting policies for related governance, and considering new technologies that can assist with achieving the goals of the ZYX corporate strategy. The SSG will be chaired by the ZYXS IT Director.
The representatives of the SSG must be empowered to take decisions on behalf of their organizations What type of structural element is this steering group*?