Apply the Following Approaches to Strategy Coordination and Implementation ITIL-4-STRATEGIC-LEADER-MODULES Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A financial services firm is acquiring a fintech startup. The startup's product is built on a public cloud platform with a DevOps culture, while the firm operates a highly regulated on-premises environment. The firm's compliance team insists that all customer data must reside in the firm's own data center. The startup's CTO argues that moving to on-premises will destroy their ability to innovate. What is the most balanced strategic approach?

   • AKeep the entire startup platform in the public cloud and ask the compliance team to accept the risk.
   • BMove the entire startup platform to the firm's on-premises environment, including development and testing, to ensure full compliance.
   • CKeep the startup's development and testing environments in the public cloud, but route production customer data through a secure connection to the firm's on-premises systems.
   • DBuild a new private cloud environment within the firm's data center that replicates the startup's DevOps tooling exactly.
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2. 12application · medium

   A telecommunications company is planning a large-scale transformation to move from legacy network equipment to a software-defined network. The program will take five years and affect all network operations. The program director proposes a single, final cutover at the end of the five years. The strategy lead is concerned about the risk. Which alternative should the strategy lead propose?

   • AOutsource the entire network transformation to a vendor with a fixed-price contract.
   • BMaintain the single final cutover but add a comprehensive simulation and rehearsal in the month before go-live.
   • CExtend the program to seven years to allow for more testing before the single cutover.
   • DPlan a series of regional cutovers, each migrating a geographic region's network to the new platform, with a final cutover only for the central coordination layer.
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4. 13foundation · easy

   What is a primary driver for undertaking a large-scale transformation?

   • AThe need to comply with a minor regulatory update that affects one department.
   • BThe need to respond to a fundamental shift in the market or business model.
   • CA desire to make minor adjustments to existing processes without changing the overall strategy.
   • DA requirement to update a single software application to a newer version.
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5. 14application · hard

   A pharmaceutical company is acquiring a biotech startup. The startup's research team uses a cloud-based collaboration platform, while the pharma company mandates that all data reside on its own on-premises infrastructure for regulatory reasons. The startup's researchers are concerned that moving to the pharma's infrastructure will slow their work. What should the strategy lead do?

   • AForce the startup to migrate all data and workloads to the pharma's on-premises infrastructure immediately, with no exceptions.
   • BProvide the startup's researchers with a secure remote access solution to the pharma's on-premises systems, while keeping the collaboration platform in the cloud with a data residency agreement that meets regulatory requirements.
   • CAllow the startup to continue using the cloud platform with no changes, and ignore the pharma's data residency policy.
   • DShut down the cloud platform and provide the researchers with a virtual desktop environment hosted in the pharma's data center.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   In the context of mergers and acquisitions, what is a key strategic consideration for integrating digital and IT strategies?

   • AEnsuring that the IT systems of the acquired company are immediately replaced with the acquirer's systems.
   • BFocusing solely on the financial aspects of the deal and ignoring IT integration.
   • CAligning the digital capabilities and IT architectures of the two organizations to support the combined business goals.
   • DKeeping the IT strategies of the two organizations completely separate to avoid conflict.
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