Realistic IIBA CBAP Practice Exam and Exam Simulations, Certified Business Analysis Professional

Question #1

- (Topic 1) Ned is the business analyst for the NHQ Company. He is working with Stan on completing therequirements prioritization of all the identified requirements. Why would Stan and Ned complete requirements prioritization?

A. To determine which requirements should be completed first

B. To determine which requirements should not be completed at all

C. To determine which requirements carry the most risk

D. To determine who created what requirement based on their position in the organization

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Correct Answer: A

Question #2

- (Topic 1) What business analysis process ensures that requirements specifications and models meetthe necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work?

A. Identify constraints and assumptions

B. Validate requirements

C. Verify requirements

D. Specify and model requirements

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Correct Answer: A

Question #3

- (Topic 2) There are just three inputs to the assess proposed solution process. Which of the following is not one of the inputs for the assess proposed solution process?

A. Decision analysis

B. Requirements

C. Assumptions and constraints

D. Solution options

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Correct Answer: C

Question #4

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and preparing to complete the requirements elicitation activities. Your manager wants to know when the requirements elicitation process will be completed. Which of the following responses best describes the nature of the requirements elicitation process?

A. The schedule of the project determines the duration of the requirements elicitation process

B. The duration of the requirements elicitation activities is determined by the willingness of the project stakeholders to contribute to the requirements informatio

C. The size of the project determines the duration of the requirements elicitation proces

D. Eliciting requirements is not a compartmentalized activit

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Correct Answer: A

Question #5

- (Topic 2) Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

A. To define the people that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policie

B. To define the job functions, roles and responsibilities, and the designation of power among the project stakeholder

C. To define the rules that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policie

D. To define the historical information that is available for the business analyst to rely on for his researc

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Correct Answer: C

Question #6

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. You have identified the costs and level of effort needed for each of the solution components. Management has asked that you also assess the most effective tradeoffs between delivery options. You consider the available resources and the constraints on the solution to determine if an additional investment is justified to realize a higher value for the solution. What other consideration could you include in your assessment of the solution?

A. Historical information

B. Dependencies between requirements

C. Experience of the implementation team

D. Enterprise environmental factors

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Correct Answer: A

Question #7

- (Topic 2) Mary is the business analyst for your organization. She asks you what the purpose of the assess capability gaps task is. Which of the following is the best response to give Mary?

A. It identifies new capabilities required by the organization to meet the business nee

B. It identifies the causal factors that are contributing to an effect the solution will solv

C. It describes the ends that the organization wants to improv

D. It identifies the skill gaps in the existing resource

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Correct Answer: D

Question #8

- (Topic 2) Enterprise analysis provides many things for an organization. All of the following are tasks included in enterprise analysis except for which one?

A. Determine solution approach

B. Define business need

C. Assess capability gaps

D. Solution performance assessment

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Correct Answer: C

Question #9

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working with Ralph who is also a business analyst at your company. You have moved one of the requirements higher in the prioritization of the requirements because it is needed to be implemented before some of the more important requirements are done. Ralph disagrees with your placement of the requirement because you are to rank the requirements based on their level of difficulty. Who is correct and why?

A. Ralph is correct because the requirements are always to be ranked by importance or business valu

B. You are correct because the lower priority requirements must be completed before the higher priority requirements can be don

C. You are correct because you are the senior business analys

D. Ralph is correct because the sequence of requirements is actually done with the project activity lis

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Correct Answer: B

Question #10

- (Topic 2) You are preparing the business case for a proposed solution in your organization. You need to identify several components for the business case including an assessment of the risks the solution may contain. Which one of the following is the best definition of a risk as it pertains to the business case?

A. Risk is an uncertain event or condition that may have both positive and negative affects on the solutio

B. Risk is an uncertain event that can cause the organization to lose more monies than it invests in the solutio

C. Risk is a potential event that can cause the solution to fai

D. Risks are threats to the organization's succes

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Correct Answer: B

Question #11

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for THY Organization and you have gathered the requirements. You have presented the requirements to the stakeholders and they have approved your requirements. You are now working with Francie on recording the dependencies and relationships for each of the requirements. Why would you want to record the dependencies and relationships for the requirements?

A. To help determine the sequence in which requirements are to be addresse

B. To help determine which requirements carry the most ris

C. To help determine the total cost for the solution to be implemente

D. To help determine the total time for the solution to be implemente

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Correct Answer: A

Question #12

- (Topic 2) All of the following are techniques that can be used to specify or model requirements except for which one?

A. Organization modeling

B. Data modeling

C. Work breakdown structure creation

D. State diagrams

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Correct Answer: D

Question #13

- (Topic 2) Henry is the business analyst for his organization and is completing the conduct elicitation activity. Part of this activity is to record the results of the requirements elicitation process. All of the following are acceptable elements for requirements documentation except for which one?

A. Text message sent via a secured mobile phone

B. Written documents describing the outcomes

C. Visual or audio recordings

D. Whiteboards

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Correct Answer: B

Question #14

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are currently with several key stakeholders as part of the determination of which business analysis approach is most appropriate for the current project. Which one of the following is not a stakeholder that is considered when completing the business analysis planning and monitoring task to determine a business analysis approach?

A. Tester

B. Project manager

C. Regulator

D. Functional management

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Correct Answer: A

Question #15

- (Topic 2) Martha is observing Sarah complete several complex steps as part of her business analysis requirements elicitation process. In this instance Martha working alongside Sarah is actually helping Sarah complete the work so that Martha can understand all of the steps Sarah must complete. What type of requirements elicitation technique is Martha using?

A. Progressive elaboration

B. Shadowing

C. Cross training requirements elicitation

D. Active observation

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Correct Answer: A

Question #16

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on prioritizing requirements. What plan should guide you through this process?

A. Risk management plan

B. Project management plan

C. Requirements management plan

D. Scope management plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #17

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a new project. Part of this project is for the project team to manually install new workstations through the company's campus. Based on your research you have determined that the project team can install 25 new workstations per hour. Since there is a fixed amount of time that these workstations need to be installed you are consideringadding additional labor for the implementation. You are also considering to adjust the prioritization of the project requirements b

A. Timeboxing

B. Planning

C. Parametric estimate

D. Report project

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Correct Answer: A

Question #18

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large, complex solution and you are working with the stakeholders to determine the prioritization of the requirements. You would like to use the decision analysis to determine the best decision for the requirements outcome. You must know four things as part of decision analysis. Which one of the following will not help you with this approach to the requirements prioritization process?

A. The values, goals, and objectives that are relevant to the requirements

B. The consequences of each possible decision

C. The nature of the decision that must be made

D. The future value of the requirements

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Correct Answer: D

Question #19

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are planning the business analysis approach. One of the techniques you are considering for this undertaking is to rate the available methodologies against the organizational needs and objectives. Which of the following terms describes the business analysis technique that you are currently considering in this scenario?

A. Structured walkthrough

B. Decision analysis

C. Cause-and-effect analysis

D. Process modeling

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Correct Answer: D

Question #20

- (Topic 2) Holly is the business analyst for her organization. Management has asked Holly to create a document that will define solution alternatives and how each identified solution may provide an expected business benefit to meet the identified business need. Management has asked Holly to provide data and statistics in this document to support her claims and findings. What type of document is management asking Holly to create?

A. Feasibility study

B. Vision statement

C. Project scope statement

D. Current state assessment

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Correct Answer: C

Question #21

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are training Tracy on business analysis duties. You are explaining to Tracy how it's important for a business analyst to generate new ideas to approaching problems, solving problems, and to generate alternative solutions. You stress that it's important for the business analyst to generate new ideas and innovative concepts. What type of analytical thinking are you describing for Tracy?

A. Lateral thinking

B. Brainstorming

C. Creative thinking

D. Decision making

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Correct Answer: A

Question #22

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing to conduct stakeholder analysis. As part of this process you realize that you'll need several inputs. Which one of thefollowing is NOT an input you'll use for the conduct stakeholder analysis task?

A. Enterprise architecture

B. Enterprise environmental factors

C. Organizational process assets

D. Business need

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Correct Answer: D

Question #23

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are working with several IT professionals to determine all of the connected systems in your organization. You are creating a mapping of the servers, workstations, printers, and other connected devices and their purposes for an analysis of how information is input, processed, stored, and output from each system. What business analysis process are you completing?

A. Networking topology mapping

B. Data dictionary and glossary creation

C. Data flow diagram

D. Prototype

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Correct Answer: B

Question #24

- (Topic 2) What element of the conduct elicitation activity is tracked to provide a basis for future planning?

A. Time actually spent eliciting the requirements

B. Number of stakeholders that did not participate in the requirements elicitation

C. Cost of actually eliciting the requirements

D. Changes that entered the scope throughout the requirements elicitation activities

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Correct Answer: A

Question #25

- (Topic 3) Which of the following techniques is used to test customer acceptance of the solution and to measure marketplace demand?

A. Interviews

B. Market Survey

C. Technology Assessment

D. Prototyping

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Correct Answer: C

Question #26

- (Topic 3) Which of the following models defines the name of the data, data aliases, and description of system data?

A. Class model

B. Entity relationship

C. Data dictionary

D. CRUD matrix

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Correct Answer: B

Question #27

- (Topic 3) Which of the following graphical presentations of a project plan is most appropriate for presenting to upper management?

A. Pie chart

B. Pareto Chat

C. Critical Path Method

D. Scatter chart

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Correct Answer: C

Question #28

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a visual decomposition of the project scope?

A. Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS)

B. Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)

C. product breakdown structure (PBS)

D. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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Correct Answer: A

Question #29

- (Topic 3) Which of the following can be an effective tool during quality control to help determine the how the problem occurred?

A. Rework

B. Trend Analysis

C. Flowcharting

D. Pareto Diagram

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Correct Answer: B

Question #30

- (Topic 3) Which of the following diagrams is known as Ishikawa diagram?

A. Activity

B. Data-flow

C. Cost-Benefit

D. Cause-and Effect

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Correct Answer: C

Question #31

- (Topic 3) Which of the following roles approves the project scope statement, phase gate reviews, solution validations, scope changes, and project success criteria?

A. Project manager

B. Subject matter expert

C. Solution owner

D. Stakeholder

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Correct Answer: C

Question #32

- (Topic 3) Holly is the business analyst for her organization. Management has asked Holly to create a document that will define solution alternatives and how each identified solution may provide an expected business benefit to meet the identified business need. Management has asked Holly to provide data and statistics in this document to support her claims and findings. What type of document is management asking Holly to create?

A. Vision statement

B. Project scope statement

C. Feasibility study

D. Current state assessment

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Correct Answer: D

Question #33

- (Topic 3) Which of the following document is created first after project is awarded and statement of work is handed over to the project manager?

A. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

B. WBS dictionary

C. Project scope statement

D. Project charter

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Correct Answer: C

Question #34

- (Topic 3) Which of the following processes is must at the end of each project phase to determine the completeness of the project work and to gain the customer's acceptance to move the project forward?

A. Scope verification

B. Inspection of key results

C. Quality control

D. Phase gate review

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Correct Answer: D

Question #35

- (Topic 3) Which of the following reports is generated whenever the project is slipping off the project schedule and includes an explanation of the problem?

A. Status report

B. Schedule variance report

C. Delay report

D. Cost variance report

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Correct Answer: C

Question #36

- (Topic 3) Which of the following tasks does not rely on other activities, and no other activities rely on this task completing?

A. Analysis task

B. Independent task

C. Predecessor task

D. Dependent task

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Correct Answer: C

Question #37

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a flowchart that shows all the processes and the interfaces that interact with the project processes?

A. Process configuration

B. Pareto chart

C. Control chart

D. Quality baseline

E. RACI chart

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Correct Answer: D

Question #38

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a method of displaying the timelines of all the various subtasks that are involved in any project?

A. Pie chart

B. Scatter chart

C. Activity network diagram

D. Cost-benefit analysis

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Correct Answer: A

Question #39

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is described in the statement below? "It shows the history and pattern of variation. It is a line graph that shows data points plotted in the order in which they occur. They show trends in a process over time, variation over time, or declines or improvements in a process over time. Trend analysis is performed using them."

A. Cause and effect diagram

B. Histogram

C. Run chart

D. Pareto chart

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Correct Answer: B

Question #40

- (Topic 3) ____ is the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.

A. Quality

B. Regulation

C. Project phase

D. Scope

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Correct Answer: B

Question #41

- (Topic 3) ________ are timeless events that show progress in the project. These are typically achieved at the end of phase in the project lifecycle.

A. Achievements

B. Millstones

C. Phases

D. Templates

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Correct Answer: B

Question #42

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is NOT a component of an entity relationship diagram?

A. Attributes

B. Relationships

C. Forks

D. Entities

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Correct Answer: A

Question #43

- (Topic 3) Which of the following models demonstrates the attributes, operations, and relationship to entities within the solution?

A. Entity Relationship

B. Data disctionary

C. Class model

D. CRUD matrix

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Correct Answer: C

Question #44

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is derived from a schedule model to meet the project execution plan and achieve management approval for use as a baseline?

A. Updating

B. Impacts

C. Baseline schedule

D. Dumping

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Correct Answer: C

Question #45

- (Topic 3) Which of the following defines how the project will be estimated, budgeted, and how changes to cost will be managed?

A. Cost management plan

B. Cost variance reports

C. Control chart

D. Coercive power

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Correct Answer: A

Question #46

- (Topic 3) Which of the following processes can start with the source of problems or with the problem itself?

A. Risk estimation

B. Risk analysis

C. Risk management

D. Risk identification

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Correct Answer: B

Question #47

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a process of adding labor to a project to reduce the project duration?

A. Forming

B. Storming

C. Rolling wave planning

D. Crashing

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Correct Answer: C

Question #48

- (Topic 3) In risk analysis, which of the following can be identified as a consequence of a disaster?

A. Loss of operating capability

B. Loss of goodwill

C. Loss of competitive edge

D. Loss of stockholder confidence

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Correct Answer: B

Question #49

- (Topic 1) Wanda is the business analyst for her organization and she is currently working on the specify and model requirements process. One of the elements of this process is the documentation of the textual requirements. Wanda must describe the capabilities of the solution, any conditions that must exist for the requirements to operate, and what third component of the textual requirement?

A. Any constraints that may prevent the solution from fulfilling the requirement

B. Write in the active voice

C. Describe a situation or problem

D. Express only one requirement at a time

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Correct Answer: A

Question #50

- (Topic 1) Your organization is using a plan-driven approach to business analysis. What characteristic must be true of changes in the approach that your organization is using?

A. All the changes only occur if they are less than an agreed factor, such as ten percent of the solution's overall cost or a percentage of the project's schedul

B. All the changes only occur if they are less than ten percent of the solution's overall cos

C. All the changes only occur if they are genuinely necessar

D. Changes are generally not permitted in the plan-driven approach to business analysi

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Correct Answer: C

Question #51

- (Topic 1) When do change requests generally increase in a project?

A. During the project's launc

B. Towards the beginning of the projec

C. During the project scope management processe

D. Towards the end of the projec

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Correct Answer: D

Question #52

- (Topic 1) What does the T in SWOT analysis mean?

A. Trial

B. Threats

C. Test

D. Time

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Correct Answer: B

Question #53

- (Topic 1) Jane is the business analyst for her organization and she is completing passive observation to identify improvement opportunities in the workflow. She notices that some of the employees perform certain customer-facing activities in a different format than the other workers. Is this a problem that can be addressed as part of an improvement opportunity?

A. It can be a problem as customers could become confused or frustrated because of the different approaches to the wor

B. It is not a problem unless there is a drop in sales so it should be left alon

C. It can be a problem as the enterprise environmental factors always call for consistency in all processe

D. It is not a problem unless the customer complain

E. If Jane has not noticed the customers complaining then the process should be left alon

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Correct Answer: A

Question #54

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working with Virginia on the allocation of requirements for a new solution. You have assigned Virginia the task of breaking down the solution scope into smaller components for allocation. What technique have you asked Virginia to complete in this scenario?

A. Decision analysis

B. Business rules analysis

C. Process modeling

D. Functional decomposition

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Correct Answer: D

Question #55

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are coaching Tom about the different approaches to business analysis. Which type of business analysis approach has the most business analysis work at the beginning of the project or during the start of a project phase?

A. Change-driven approach

B. Value-driven approach

C. Plan-driven approach

D. Requirements-driven approach

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Correct Answer: D

Question #56

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. On your current project you'll be using the change-driven approach for defining requirements and gathering feedback. Which of the following statements best describes the change-driven approach?

A. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements through experimentatio

B. The change-driven approach does not define the requirements until after a solution for the problem has been identifie

C. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements standardized template

D. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements through team interactio

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Correct Answer: C

Question #57

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are preparing the business needs documentation for a new solution to an identified problem. Parts of your input for this process are the business goals and objectives set by your organization. What approach can you use to assess the business goal and their validity and longevity?

A. Functional decomposition

B. POLDAT

C. SMART

D. Root cause analysis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #58

- (Topic 1) You are working with several business analysts to determine the solution approach for an identified problem. All of the following techniques are acceptable for identifying the solution approach except for which one?

A. Benchmarking

B. Decision analysis

C. Risk analysis

D. Brainstorming

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Correct Answer: C

Question #59

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements aren't very complex. You agree but add that it's this thing that makes the overall solution complex. What thing adds to the level of complexity among requirements?

A. Relationships among the requirements

B. Management in the project

C. Stakeholders in the project

D. Cost and schedule constraints

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Correct Answer: C

Question #60

- (Topic 1) Fred's organization is using a plan-driven approach for the business analysis deliverables. In this approach how will the requirements be captured?

A. Fred will use the appropriate documentation at the discretion of the business analysis team

B. Fred will use the project management information syste

C. Fred will use whatever business analysis forms are most appropriat

D. Fred will use standardized template

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Correct Answer: A

Question #61

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are to conduct stakeholder analysis. Which of the following statements best describes the conduct stakeholder analysis task?

A. This task identifies organizations and lines of business that may be affected by a proposed initiative or who share a common business nee

B. This task identifies stakeholders who may be affected by a proposed initiative or who share a common business nee

C. This task identifies the organizations that are likely affected by a problem that a project must solv

D. This task identifies the people who may be affected by a proposed initiative or who share a common business nee

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Correct Answer: A

Question #62

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for the NGQ Company. Management is concerned that their company is not able to meet an identified business need with their current existing structure, people, processes and technology. They've asked you to complete an analysis of their organization's ability to meet the identified business need. What business analysis process are you completing for your organization?

A. Determining the solution approach

B. Assessing the capability gaps

C. Requirements elicitation

D. Verifying the requirements

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Correct Answer: D

Question #63

- (Topic 1) You are creating the solution scope for an identified problem in your organization. You are working with several stakeholders during this process including the domain subject matter expert, the implementation subject matter expert, the project manager, and the sponsor. Which of these stakeholders will be responsible for writing the project scope?

A. Domain subject matter expert

B. Business analyst

C. Project manager

D. Sponsor

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Correct Answer: B

Question #64

- (Topic 1) You are preparing a business case for your organization to determine the justification of the costs of the solution in relation to benefits the solutions will bring the organization. You need four inputs to complete this process. Which one of the following is not an input that will help you write the business case?

A. Feasibility study

B. Stakeholder concerns

C. Assumptions and constraints

D. Business need

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Correct Answer: B

Question #65

- (Topic 1) When is stakeholder analysis performed?

A. As soon as the project charter is create

B. As soon as the project sponsor is name

C. As soon as a business need is identifie

D. As soon as a business solution is identifie

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Correct Answer: C

Question #66

- (Topic 1) Paul has been asked to complete SWOT analysis for his solution scope. What does SWOT analysis mean?

A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Time

B. Stakeholder Weaknesses, Organizational Threats

C. Stakeholders Weaknesses, Organization, Threats

D. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

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Correct Answer: A

Question #67

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked that in the business case you're creating that you also include the projected costs and benefits to be realized and how those and benefits will be assessed and evaluated. What term matches management's request?

A. Cost-benefits justification

B. Risk assessment

C. SWOT analysis

D. Results measurements

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Correct Answer: D

Question #68

- (Topic 1) Gary is the business analyst for his organization. He has realized that he has overlooked a key group of stakeholders during the conduct stakeholder analysis process. What is the danger in overlooking a key set of stakeholders?

A. The newly identified stakeholders will now have to pay for any requirements they want to add to the requirement

B. The newly identified stakeholders will need to spend extra time to learn about the project and how it will affect the

C. The newly identified stakeholders will be excluded from decisions that affect the deliverables that have already been created in the project

D. The newly identified stakeholders may have requirements that require additions to the project or may nullify other requirements already in the projec

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Correct Answer: C

Question #69

- (Topic 1) Nancy has asked you to trace a particular requirement for her. What does 'to trace a requirement' mean?

A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related

A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is relate

B. It links business requirements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution component

C. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is relate

D. It links business requirements to components in the project's work breakdown structur

E. Tracing a requirement means to track a requirements from its first identification all the way to its completion to see what issues, risks, costs, quality, and defects have surrounded the requirement

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Correct Answer: D

Question #70

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are beginning the requirements analysis processes. Which one of the following statements best describes the requirements analysis processes?

A. It ensures that analysis and implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements

B. It covers the definition of stakeholder requirements, which describe what a solution must be capable of doin

C. It defines all of the work, and only the required work, to complete the project objective

D. It is conformity to requirements and a fitness for us

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Correct Answer: D

Question #71

- (Topic 1) Gary is the business analyst for his organization and he is preparing a presentation about the requirements for a large software development project. Before Gary makes the presentation what should he do as part of his preparation for the presentation?

A. Determine an appropriate format for the presentation

A. Confirm that he has the authority to host the presentatio

B. Confirm that the stakeholders have signed off on the requirement

C. Hire a scribe to keep the minutes of the meetin

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Correct Answer: D

Question #72

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for the YGT Organization. You have just completed a capabilities gap assessment and have determined that your organization does not have the necessary resources and technology to seize a business opportunity. What is the most likely course of action for the organization?

A. Hire additional resource

B. Launch a new projec

C. Hire contractors to complete the project wor

D. Move onto the next opportunit

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Correct Answer: B

Question #73

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and working with Tim to identify theassumptions within the business solution. Which one of the following is an assumption?

A. The vendor believes the hardware should arrive by December 1

B. The software must be compatible with Windows Vista

C. The software must cost less than $99 per license

D. The hardware must costs less than $450 per uni

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Correct Answer: B

Question #74

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are in the process of creating the solution approach for a technology problem. Which one of the following definitions best describes the solution approach?

A. It is the documentation and control of changes to the product scope as approved by the project stakeholder

B. Defines the general approach that will be taken to create or acquire new capabilities required to meet the business nee

C. It is an uncertain event or condition that may have a positive or negative impact on the abilities of the chartered projec

D. Decomposes the project scope into smaller deliverables; each deliverable is subdivided repeatedly until the deliverable cannot or should not be broken down any furthe

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Correct Answer: B

Question #75

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are coaching Roberta on how business analysis works. Roberta is confused about what a business analysis methodology is during the business analysis planning and monitoring phase of the business analysis duties. What is a methodology?

A. A methodology is a formalized and repeatable business analysis approac

B. A methodology is a short term endeavor to create a unique product or servic

C. A methodology is an approach that the business analyst believes will work but it has not been proven to work yet in the business analysis domai

D. A methodology is a formalized plan that describes how the business analyst will complete the elicitation of requirement

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Correct Answer: A

Question #76

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for a large project in your organization. While your company prefers face-to-face communications there are many stakeholders located in different geographical locations. How can you still effectively serve as a business analyst when the stakeholders are not collocated?

A. You will need to travel on a regular rotation to each of the geographical locations to complete the business analyst dutie

B. You will need to implement videoconference

C. Add more business analysts in each of the geographical locatio

D. You will need the stakeholders to periodically gather in one local

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Correct Answer: B

Question #77

- (Topic 1) What business analysis process ensures that requirements specifications and models meetthe necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work?

A. Identify constraints and assumptions

B. Validate requirements

C. Verify requirements

D. Specify and model requirements

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Correct Answer: A

Question #78

- (Topic 2) Robert is the business analyst for his organization and he's working with several stakeholders to identify the business need for an opportunity. Robert needs to identify the stakeholder that will be responsible for authorizing the actions needed in order to meet the identified business need. Which stakeholder does Robert need to identify?

A. Sponsor

B. Customer

C. Implementation Subject Matter Expert

D. Regulator

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Correct Answer: B

Question #79

- (Topic 2) There are just three inputs to the assess proposed solution process. Which of the following is not one of the inputs for the assess proposed solution process?

A. Decision analysis

B. Requirements

C. Assumptions and constraints

D. Solution options

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Correct Answer: A

Question #80

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently working with Susan on creating a model as part of the specify and model requirements process. Susan doesn't understand why you need a model. You explain to Susan that a model is just a simplified representation of a complex reality that is useful for understanding that reality and making decisions regarding it. In fact, you tell Susan, model can do all of the following except one option. Choose the option that model cannot do?

A. Define the resources that will be needed on the project team

B. Define boundaries for the business domain

C. Describe a situation or problem

D. Describe thought processes and action flows

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Correct Answer: A

Question #81

- (Topic 2) Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

A. To define the people that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policie

B. To define the job functions, roles and responsibilities, and the designation of power among the project stakeholder

C. To define the rules that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policie

D. To define the historical information that is available for the business analyst to rely on for his researc

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Correct Answer: B

Question #82

- (Topic 2) Management would like you to front-load the requirements with the most risk requirements. Why would management prefer the risky requirements first in the prioritization?

A. So if the risk comes true the project will fail will little investment in the wor

B. So if the risk comes true then the project manager can mitigate the risk even

C. So if the risk comes true they'll receive the reward as soon as possibl

D. So if the risk comes true then there's ample time to correct the proble

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Correct Answer: C

Question #83

- (Topic 2) Which conduct stakeholder analysis technique identifies stakeholder roles that may serve as a useful starting point for identifying actors and roles?

A. Interviews

B. Scenario and uses cases and user stories

C. Scope modeling

D. Requirements workshops

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Correct Answer: A

Question #84

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a new project. Part of this project is for the project team to manually install new workstations through the company's campus. Based on your research you have determined that the project team can install 25 new workstations per hour. Since there is a fixed amount of time that these workstations need to be installed you are considering adding additional labor for the implementation. You are also considering to adjust the prioritization of the project requirements

A. Report project

B. Parametric estimate

C. Timeboxing

D. Planning

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Correct Answer: A

Question #85

- (Topic 2) What does the T in SWOT analysis mean?

A. Trial

B. Time

C. Test

D. Threats

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Correct Answer: A

Question #86

- (Topic 2) What requirements elicitation involves carefully selected stakeholders and subject matter experts for a short, intensive period (usually for one to a few days) to define and document the requirements for a solution?

A. Many-to-many interviews

B. Requirements workshop

C. Focus group

D. Prototyping

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Correct Answer: C

Question #87

- (Topic 2) Mark is the business analyst for his organization. He is working with the solution development team and he believes that the team does not want to implement a certain portion of the requirements. The team is expressing the difficulty of the requirements and how it will be extremely challenging to complete. When Mark asks about a similar project that the team completed, they insist that this is a different type of requirements though Mark believes that it is not. What is the solution development

A. Change the prioritization of the requirements based on the past projec

B. Change the prioritization of the requirements based on overstated complexity of the project wor

C. Get the requirements removed from the project scop

D. Have the business analyst report the difficulty of the project work to the project custome

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Correct Answer: C

Question #88

- (Topic 2) Mary is the business analyst for your organization. She asks you what the purpose of the assess capability gaps task is. Which of the following is the best response to give Mary?

A. It identifies new capabilities required by the organization to meet the business nee

B. It identifies the causal factors that are contributing to an effect the solution will solv

C. It describes the ends that the organization wants to improv

D. It identifies the skill gaps in the existing resource

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Correct Answer: A

Question #89

- (Topic 2) Enterprise analysis provides many things for an organization. All of the following are tasks included in enterprise analysis except for which one?

A. Determine solution approach

B. Define business need

C. Assess capability gaps

D. Solution performance assessment

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Correct Answer: B

Question #90

- (Topic 2) What requirements elicitation technique examines the available information, documentation, records, and history of a solution, organization, or cause to identify relevant information to the current business analysis duties?

A. Benchmarking

B. Dataflow diagrams

C. Document analysis

D. Requirements elicitation

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Correct Answer: C

Question #91

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working with Ralph who is also a business analyst at your company. You have moved one of the requirements higher in the prioritization of the requirements because it is needed to be implemented before some of the more important requirements are done. Ralph disagrees with your placement of the requirement because you are to rank the requirements based on their level of difficulty. Who is correct and why?

A. Ralph is correct because the requirements are always to be ranked by importance or business valu

B. You are correct because the lower priority requirements must be completed before the higher priority requirements can be don

C. You are correct because you are the senior business analys

D. Ralph is correct because the sequence of requirements is actually done with the project activity lis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #92

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are identifying new opportunities to improve upon your existing web services. Management is open to new opportunities as long as the changes do not take more than 60 days to implement. What type of a factor does the 60 day implementation represent?

A. Technical constraint

B. Schedule constraint

C. Business constraint

D. Assumption

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Correct Answer: B

Question #93

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large project in your organization. You are working with Ben to create requirements packages to present to the stakeholders, the business analyst team, and to the project manager. Ben wants to know why you're creating requirements packages. What's the primary goal of developing a requirements package?

A. To convey the cost, schedule, and risk information clearly

B. To convey information clearly and in an understandable fashion

C. To present the requirements in packages that are easy for the project team to accomplish in their project execution

D. To help the project manager create the work breakdown structure

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Correct Answer: B

Question #94

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large project for your organization. Your project has 65 stakeholders and this will greatly increase the complexity of the communication in this project. To demonstrate how complex this project and its communication will be, you show the management the number of communication channels in this project. How many channels exist in this project based on the number of stakeholders?

A. 2080

B. 4160

C. 65

D. 4225

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Correct Answer: B

Question #95

- (Topic 2) What type of interview is the most common as part of requirements elicitation?

A. Many-to-one

B. Many-to-many

C. One-to-one

D. One-to-many

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Correct Answer: A

Question #96

- (Topic 2) Henry is the business analyst for his organization and is completing the conduct elicitation activity. Part of this activity is to record the results of the requirements elicitation process. All of the following are acceptable elements for requirements documentation except for which one?

A. Text message sent via a secured mobile phone

B. Written documents describing the outcomes

C. Visual or audio recordings

D. Whiteboards

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Correct Answer: D

Question #97

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. For the past several months you have been completing the business analysis duties for the solution stakeholders. You now have, you believe, the solution requirements identified and documented. What must you now do with the requirements before proceeding?

A. Make certain the stakeholders can pay for the solution and have them sign off on the requirement

B. Present the solution to the project manager for his inpu

C. Get all of the stakeholders to sign off on the requirement

D. Make certain the stakeholders understand the requirements before they approve the requirements you've gathere

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Correct Answer: C

Question #98

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on prioritizing requirements. What plan should guide you through this process?

A. Risk management plan

B. Project management plan

C. Requirements management plan

D. Scope management plan

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Correct Answer: B

Question #99

- (Topic 2) Which one of the following statements best describes requirements prioritization?

A. It determines how requirements will be prioritized based on the most important stakeholders to the least important stakeholder

B. It is only used with the change-driven approach to business analysi

C. It is only used with the plan-driven approach to business analysi

D. It determines how requirements will be prioritized and how those priorities will be used to define the solution scop

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Correct Answer: C

Question #100

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large, complex solution and you are working with the stakeholders to determine the prioritization of the requirements. You would like to use the decision analysis to determine the best decision for the requirements outcome. You must know four things as part of decision analysis. Which one of the following will not help you with this approach to the requirements prioritization process?

A. The values, goals, and objectives that are relevant to the requirements

B. The consequences of each possible decision

C. The nature of the decision that must be made

D. The future value of the requirements

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Correct Answer: C

Question #101

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large project that will create new software for the entire organization. This new software will affect all of the administrative assistants in the organization schedule meetings, reserve facilities, and share calendars. There are approximately 2,400 administrative assistants in your organization and not all of these people can attend requirements gathering workshops. What approach can you use to manage and gather requirements from these 2,400 administrative ass

A. You can meet with a small group of administrative assistants and assume their requirements are reflective of the remaining group of administrative assistant

B. You will need to meet with all of the administrative assistants as part requirements elicitati o

C. You can meet with a small group of administrative assistants that will serve as representatives for the remaining administrative assistant

D. You can meet with the administrative assistants' manager

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Correct Answer: B

Question #102

- (Topic 2) There are four inputs to writing the business case as part of enterprise analysis. Which one of the following is not an input to writing the business case process?

A. Business need

B. Assumptions and constraints

C. Requirements verification

D. Stakeholder concerns

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Correct Answer: A

Question #103

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked you to create a plan that will define the proposed structure and schedule for communicating the business analysis activities to the appropriate stakeholders. What plan does management want you to create?

A. Business Analysis Plan

B. Business Analysis Communications Plan

C. Communications management plan

D. Stakeholder Management Plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #104

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and need a method to requirements elicitation from nearly 12,000 stakeholders. You want a method to quickly capture this group's feelings and thoughts to identify what the majority of this group needs and wants in a new solution your organization may create. What requirements elicitation technique can be used in this scenario?

A. Interviews

B. Trend analysis

C. Focus groups

D. Surveys

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Correct Answer: A

Question #105

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are training Tracy on business analysis duties. You are explaining to Tracy how it's important for a business analyst to generate new ideas to approaching problems, solving problems, and to generate alternative solutions. You stress that it's important for the business analyst to generate new ideas and innovative concepts. What type of analytical thinking are you describing for Tracy?

A. Lateral thinking

B. Brainstorming

C. Creative thinking

D. Decision making

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Correct Answer: D

Question #106

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing to conduct stakeholder analysis. As part of this process you realize that you'll need several inputs. Which one of thefollowing is NOT an input you'll use for the conduct stakeholder analysis task?

A. Enterprise architecture

B. Enterprise environmental factors

C. Organizational process assets

D. Business need

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Correct Answer: D

Question #107

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. Your current project is using a plan-driven approach for the requirements, business analysis, and monitoring. Which one of the following statements best describes the plan-driven approach to business analysis planning and monitoring?

A. Plan-driven approaches determine how priorities will be diagnosed for the project solutio

B. Plan-driven approaches encourage changes that prevent errors and omission

C. Plan-driven approaches typically have meetings daily to discuss the business analysis requirements proces

D. Plan-driven approaches typically call for a significant amount of formality and detai

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Correct Answer: C

Question #108

- (Topic 2) What element of the conduct elicitation activity is tracked to provide a basis for future planning?

A. Time actually spent eliciting the requirements

B. Number of stakeholders that did not participate in the requirements elicitation

C. Cost of actually eliciting the requirements

D. Changes that entered the scope throughout the requirements elicitation activities

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Correct Answer: D

Question #109

- (Topic 3) Which of the following charts is a quality control tool to show categories of defects?

A. Pareto chart

B. RACI chart

C. Gantt chart

D. RAM chart

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Correct Answer: D

Question #110

- (Topic 3) As a milestone is reached, the project is funded for enough capital to reach the next milestone. This approach is called _________.

A. Step funding

B. Phase funding

C. Stakeholders funding

D. Milestone funding

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Correct Answer: C

Question #111

- (Topic 3) All of the following are examples of transference risk response except for which one?

A. Warranties

B. Performance bonds

C. Life cycle costing

D. Use of insurance

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Correct Answer: C

Question #112

- (Topic 3) Which of the following involves defining the various threats, determining the extent of vulnerabilities, and devising countermeasures against a possible attack?

A. Qualitative risk analysis

B. Risk analysis

C. Risk assessment

D. Quantitative risk analysis

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Correct Answer: B

Question #113

- (Topic 3) Which of the following can be an effective tool during quality control to help determine the how the problem occurred?

A. Rework

B. Trend Analysis

C. Flowcharting

D. Pareto Diagram

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Correct Answer: D

Question #114

- (Topic 3) Which of the following diagrams is known as Ishikawa diagram?

A. Activity

B. Data-flow

C. Cost-Benefit

D. Cause-and Effect

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Correct Answer: C

Question #115

- (Topic 3) You are currently working on creating the activity list for an initiative in your organization. What characteristic must be assigned to each task in your task list?

A. Risk level

B. Unique number

C. Procurement needs

D. Roles and responsibilities

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Correct Answer: B

Question #116

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is the process of analyzing the areas of a project that are most affected by risk?

A. Risk Identification

B. Risk Urgency Assessment

C. Risk Categorization

D. Risk Analysis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #117

- (Topic 3) Holly is the business analyst for her organization. Management has asked Holly to create a document that will define solution alternatives and how each identified solution may provide an expected business benefit to meet the identified business need. Management has asked Holly to provide data and statistics in this document to support her claims and findings. What type of document is management asking Holly to create?

A. Vision statement

B. Project scope statement

C. Feasibility study

D. Current state assessment

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Correct Answer: A

Question #118

- (Topic 3) Which of the following compares two or more systems, states, services, products, or things to determine the best viable choice?

A. Benchmarking

B. Risk Identification

C. Risk analysis

D. Cost-benefit analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #119

- (Topic 3) Which of the following roles approves the project scope statement, phase gate reviews, solution validations, scope changes, and project success criteria?

A. Project manager

B. Subject matter expert

C. Solution owner

D. Stakeholder

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Correct Answer: A

Question #120

- (Topic 3) Which of the following techniques is used to divide a project into controllable parts?

A. Gantt Chart

B. Pareto Chart

C. WBS

D. CPM

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Correct Answer: A

Question #121

- (Topic 3) Which of the following component of the communication model is responsible for transferring the message between two or more entities?

A. Sender

B. Medium

C. Decoder

D. Receiver

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Correct Answer: C

Question #122

- (Topic 3) Which of the following techniques involves coordinating and collaborating with other credible sources in risk?

A. Risk identification

B. Risk management

C. Risk communication

D. Risk analysis

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Correct Answer: A

Question #123

- (Topic 3) You are completing the prepare for elicitation process for an identified problem in your organization. The prepare for elicitation process requires three inputs for this process. Which one of the following is not an input that will help you prepare for the elicitation activities?

A. Stakeholder list

B. Stakeholder concerns

C. Business need

D. Solution scope

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Correct Answer: C

Question #124

- (Topic 3) Which of the following directs the improvement efforts to those areas that will have the biggest impact?

A. Flowchart

B. Gantt chart

C. Pareto diagram

D. User Documentation

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Correct Answer: D

Question #125

- (Topic 3) Which of the following types of elicitation allows each stakeholder to freely discuss their role in a particular process?

A. Focus group

B. Structured interview

C. Quick Interview

D. Unstructured interview

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Correct Answer: A

Question #126

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a flowchart that shows all the processes and the interfaces that interact with the project processes?

A. Process configuration

B. Pareto chart

C. Control chart

D. Quality baseline

E. RACI chart

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Correct Answer: B

Question #127

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a method of displaying the timelines of all the various subtasks that are involved in any project?

A. Pie chart

B. Scatter chart

C. Activity network diagram

D. Cost-benefit analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #128

- (Topic 3) Which of the following captures all of the activities within a business, the inputs and outputs of each activity, and the required resources to complete each activity?

A. Business scenario

B. Business process model

C. Business architecture

D. Business case

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Correct Answer: C

Question #129

- (Topic 3) Which of the following process groups occurs at the beginning of the project?

A. Executing

B. Planning

C. Initiating

D. Controlling and Monitoring

E. Closing

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Correct Answer: A

Question #130

- (Topic 3) Which of the following charts is described in the statement below? "It shows the causes of a certain event. A common use of this diagram is to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. It helps identify causal factors and contributing causes."

A. Ishikawa

B. Flowchart

C. Process configuration chart

D. Control chart

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Correct Answer: C

Question #131

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is the comparison of planned project results with actual project results?

A. Variance analysis

B. Cost-benefit analysis

C. Statistical Sampling

D. Trend analysis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #132

- (Topic 3) Which of the following qualitative techniques involves a disciplined analysis of the event sequences that could transform a potential hazard into an accident?

A. Failure mode and effects criticality analysis

B. HAZOP technique

C. Failure mode and effects analysis

D. Preliminary Risk Analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #133

- (Topic 3) ____ is the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.

A. Quality

B. Regulation

C. Project phase

D. Scope

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Correct Answer: B

Question #134

- (Topic 3) ________ are timeless events that show progress in the project. These are typically achieved at the end of phase in the project lifecycle.

A. Achievements

B. Millstones

C. Phases

D. Templates

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Correct Answer: C

Question #135

- (Topic 3) You have identified several stakeholders that you believe are kinesthetic learners. Which statement best describes the kinesthetic learning approach?

A. The learners learn best by reading and ponderin

B. The learners learn best be experiencing the topi

C. The learners learn best by seeing the topic in a model or through storyboard

D. The learners are not interested in the topic unless they can immediately apply it to their lives or job

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Correct Answer: B

Question #136

- (Topic 3) Which of the following stages of a project defines the number of risks and opportunities, including intense planning and anticipation of risk events?

A. Planning

B. Executing

C. Initiation

D. Closing

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Correct Answer: C

Question #137

- (Topic 3) Which of the following models demonstrates the attributes, operations, and relationship to entities within the solution?

A. Entity Relationship

B. Data disctionary

C. Class model

D. CRUD matrix

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Correct Answer: D

Question #138

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a quality control chart to track trends in project execution?

A. Control chart

B. RACI chart

C. PERT chart

D. Pareto chart

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Correct Answer: B

Question #139

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a process of adding labor to a project to reduce the project duration?

A. Forming

B. Storming

C. Rolling wave planning

D. Crashing

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Correct Answer: A

Question #140

- (Topic 3) Which of the following roles works with the project team to understand the deliverables and then teaches the users of the deliverables how to utilize the project's product?

A. End user

B. Database analyst

C. Stakeholder

D. Trainer

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Correct Answer: C

Question #141

- (Topic 3) In risk analysis, which of the following can be identified as a consequence of a disaster?

A. Loss of operating capability

B. Loss of goodwill

C. Loss of competitive edge

D. Loss of stockholder confidence

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Correct Answer: B

Question #142

- (Topic 3) All of the following stakeholders participate in the prioritization of requirements except for which one?

A. Project manager

B. Implementation subject matter expert

C. Domain subject matter expert

D. Project team

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Correct Answer: C

Question #143

- (Topic 3) Which of the following is a conversation between one or more speakers centering on one specific topic?

A. Feedback loop

B. Presentation

C. Survey

D. Formal requirements review

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Correct Answer: A

Question #144

- (Topic 1) What is the term used to describe the cost of the solution after the solution has been implemented in production by a vendor?

A. Total ownership costing

B. Lifecycle maintenance fees

C. Sustainability fees

D. Total cost of ownership

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Correct Answer: D

Question #145

- (Topic 1) When do change requests generally increase in a project?

A. During the project's launc

B. Towards the beginning of the projec

C. During the project scope management processe

D. Towards the end of the projec

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Correct Answer: D

Question #146

- (Topic 1) The business analysis approach generally defines all of the following attributes except for which one?

A. Deliverables

B. Requirements for solutions acceptance

C. Analysis technique

D. Team roles

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Correct Answer: B

Question #147

- (Topic 1) Which one of the following business analysis planning and monitoring techniques can be used to define and document the business analysis approach?

A. Process modeling

B. Structured walkthrough

C. Decision analysis

D. Control charts

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Correct Answer: A

Question #148

- (Topic 1) What does the T in SWOT analysis mean?

A. Trial

B. Threats

C. Test

D. Time

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Correct Answer: B

Question #149

- (Topic 1) Jane is the business analyst for her organization and she is completing passive observation to identify improvement opportunities in the workflow. She notices that some of the employees perform certain customer-facing activities in a different format than the other workers. Is this a problem that can be addressed as part of an improvement opportunity?

A. It can be a problem as customers could become confused or frustrated because of the different approaches to the wor

B. It is not a problem unless there is a drop in sales so it should be left alon

C. It can be a problem as the enterprise environmental factors always call for consistency in all processe

D. It is not a problem unless the customer complain

E. If Jane has not noticed the customers complaining then the process should be left alon

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Correct Answer: A

Question #150

- (Topic 1) What business analysis element tries to identify as many potential options as possible to meet the business objectives and fill identified gaps in capabilities?

A. Ranking of approaches

B. Decision analysis

C. Documentation of assumptions and constraints

D. Alternative generation

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Correct Answer: D

Question #151

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently identifying opportunities for a customer to improve their business processes. The customer wants to streamline their business efforts either through new technologies, better processes, or a combination of both. The customer demands, however, that the solution should not cost more than $300,000 to implement and support for one year. What does the $300,000 represent?

A. Solution cost

A. Budget

B. Requirements

C. Constraint

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Correct Answer: D

Question #152

- (Topic 1) You are creating a model for your requirements. Which model type categorizes and describes the people who directly interact with a solution?

A. Rules

B. User classes, profiles, or roles

C. Concepts and relationships

D. Events

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Correct Answer: D

Question #153

- (Topic 1) What technique used during the manage business analysis performance process can help identify the underlying causes of failures or difficulties in accomplishing business analysis work?

A. Problem tracking

B. Pareto charts

C. Trend analysis

D. Root cause analysis

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Correct Answer: B

Question #154

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. On your current project you'll be using the change-driven approach for defining requirements and gathering feedback. Which of the following statements best describes the change-driven approach?

A. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements through experimentatio

B. The change-driven approach does not define the requirements until after a solution for the problem has been identifie

C. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements standardized template

D. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements through team interactio

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Correct Answer: D

Question #155

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and you are completing the verify requirements process. There are eight characteristics each requirements should have: cohesive, complete, consistent, correct, and feasible. Which one of the following four is not a characteristic of a requirement?

A. Functional

B. Modifiable

C. Unambiguous

D. Testable

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Correct Answer: D

Question #156

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and have many solutions available to an identified problem. You would like a way to quickly and fairly determine which solution is the best choice for your organization. Which of the following approaches would allow you to determine the top-rated solutions for your organization? Question No : 35 - (Topic 1) IIBA CBAP : Practice Test

A. Scoring system

B. Acceptance and evaluation criteria

C. Vendor assessment

D. Voting system

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Correct Answer: A

Question #157

- (Topic 1) Management has asked you, a business analyst for your organization, to create the solution scope for an identified problem. In order to complete this task you'll need three elements. All of the following are elements you'll need in order to write the solution scope except for which one?

A. Work breakdown structure

B. Implementation approach

C. Solution scope definition

D. Dependencies

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Correct Answer: D

Question #158

- (Topic 1) You are working with several business analysts to determine the solution approach for an identified problem. All of the following techniques are acceptable for identifying the solution approach except for which one?

A. Benchmarking

B. Decision analysis

C. Risk analysis

D. Brainstorming

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Correct Answer: A

Question #159

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for a smaller project where there are few requirements. Management would still like you to create a method to trace the few requirements for this project. What type of matrix would be best in this instance?

A. Roles and responsibility matrix

B. RACI matrix

C. Coverage matrix

D. Requirements trace matrix

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Correct Answer: A

Question #160

- (Topic 1) Holly's organization uses a plan-driven approach to business analysis. When it comes to communication in Holly's organization what type of communication will likely be required?

A. Face-to-face

B. Chain of command

C. Formal

D. Ad hoc

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Correct Answer: C

Question #161

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization. Gary and Janet, two key stakeholders in the project, are in disagreement over a requirement for the type of software to be installed on the server your solution calls for. What must happen in this instance before formal approvalcan be offered?

A. The conflict will need to be resolved through research, resolution, or through a third-party mediation

B. Gary and Janet will need to determine who has seniority in the company to determine which requirement takes precedence

C. The conflict will need to be removed from the solution scope until Gary and Janet come to a solution

D. The business analyst will need to make a decision on which requirement is most appropriate

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Correct Answer: C

Question #162

- (Topic 1) You are creating the solution scope for an identified problem in your organization. You are working with several stakeholders during this process including the domain subject matter expert, the implementation subject matter expert, the project manager, and the sponsor. Which of these stakeholders will be responsible for writing the project scope?

A. Domain subject matter expert

B. Business analyst

C. Project manager

D. Sponsor

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Correct Answer: C

Question #163

- (Topic 1) You are completing enterprise analysis. Management has asked you to create a document that will help them create a go/no go decision to invest and more forward with a proposed project. What document does management want you to create?

A. Feasibility study

B. Project scope

C. Solution scope

D. Business case

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Correct Answer: B

Question #164

- (Topic 1) You are preparing a business case for your organization to determine the justification of the costs of the solution in relation to benefits the solutions will bring the organization. You need four inputs to complete this process. Which one of the following is not an input that will help you write the business case?

A. Feasibility study

B. Stakeholder concerns

C. Assumptions and constraints

D. Business need

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Correct Answer: A

Question #165

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for a large project for your organization. Your project has 65 stakeholders and this will greatly increase the complexity of the communication in this project. To demonstrate how complex this project and its communication will be, you show the management the number of communication channels in this project. How many channels exist in this project based on the number of stakeholders?

A. 2080

B. 4160

C. 4225

D. 65

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Correct Answer: C

Question #166

- (Topic 1) When is stakeholder analysis performed?

A. As soon as the project charter is create

B. As soon as the project sponsor is name

C. As soon as a business need is identifie

D. As soon as a business solution is identifie

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Correct Answer: D

Question #167

- (Topic 1) What part of defining the business needs process will evaluate the ends that the organization is seeking to achieve?

A. Business goals and objectives

B. Alternative identification

C. Solution assessment

D. Requirements

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Correct Answer: A

Question #168

- (Topic 1) You are hosting a collection of stakeholders from across the organization to identify the ideas and attitudes about your company's help desk. You want the stakeholders to honestly share their opinions about the help desk service so you can identify problems, solutions, and take actions to improve the service. What type of requirements elicitation activity is this?

A. Stakeholder analysis

B. Focus groups

C. Workshop

D. Root cause analysis

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Correct Answer: A

Question #169

- (Topic 1) Paul has been asked to complete SWOT analysis for his solution scope. What does SWOT analysis mean?

A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Time

B. Stakeholder Weaknesses, Organizational Threats

C. Stakeholders Weaknesses, Organization, Threats

D. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

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Correct Answer: B

Question #170

- (Topic 1) Your organization uses the MoSCoW approach to requirements prioritization. What does MoSCoW mean?

A. Must, Should, Could, Would

B. Must, Should, Could, Won't

C. Mission, Schedule, Cost, Willingness

D. Must not, Should not, Could not, Will not

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Correct Answer: C

Question #171

- (Topic 1) Nancy has asked you to trace a particular requirement for her. What does 'to trace a requirement' mean?

A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related

A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is relate

B. It links business requirements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution component

C. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is relate

D. It links business requirements to components in the project's work breakdown structur

E. Tracing a requirement means to track a requirements from its first identification all the way to its completion to see what issues, risks, costs, quality, and defects have surrounded the requirement

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Correct Answer: A

Question #172

- (Topic 1) What type of a business analysis approach focuses on the rapid delivery of business value in short iterations?

A. Risk-driven

B. Change-driven

C. Risk-laden

D. Profit-driven

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Correct Answer: B

Question #173

- (Topic 1) Gary is the business analyst for his organization and he is preparing a presentation about the requirements for a large software development project. Before Gary makes the presentation what should he do as part of his preparation for the presentation?

A. Determine an appropriate format for the presentation

A. Confirm that he has the authority to host the presentatio

B. Confirm that the stakeholders have signed off on the requirement

C. Hire a scribe to keep the minutes of the meetin

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Correct Answer: D

Question #174

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and working with Tim to identify theassumptions within the business solution. Which one of the following is an assumption?

A. The vendor believes the hardware should arrive by December 1

B. The software must be compatible with Windows Vista

C. The software must cost less than $99 per license

D. The hardware must costs less than $450 per uni

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Correct Answer: B

Question #175

- (Topic 1) When an organization is using a change-driven approach to business analysis, how are communications managed?

A. Communications in a change-driven approach to business analysis focus more on the frequency of communicatio

B. Communications in a change-driven approach typically use face-to-face channel

C. Communications in a change-driven approach focus more on formal communication

D. Communications in a change-driven approach are all ad ho

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Correct Answer: B

Question #176

- (Topic 1) You are the business analyst for your organization and are coaching Roberta on how business analysis works. Roberta is confused about what a business analysis methodology is during the business analysis planning and monitoring phase of the business analysis duties. What is a methodology?

A. A methodology is a formalized and repeatable business analysis approac

B. A methodology is a short term endeavor to create a unique product or servic

C. A methodology is an approach that the business analyst believes will work but it has not been proven to work yet in the business analysis domai

D. A methodology is a formalized plan that describes how the business analyst will complete the elicitation of requirement

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Correct Answer: B

Question #177

- (Topic 1) Rachel is writing the business case for her organization. As she's completing this process Rachel is concerned that she's including all the correct information for management. Which one of the following should Rachel not include in her business case?

A. Time to break even

B. Opportunities to prioritize requirements

C. Follow-on opportunities

D. Qualitative and quantitative benefits

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Correct Answer: A

Question #178

- (Topic 1) What business analysis process ensures that requirements specifications and models meetthe necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work?

A. Identify constraints and assumptions

B. Validate requirements

C. Verify requirements

D. Specify and model requirements

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Correct Answer: A

Question #179

- (Topic 2) You are completing the requirements for vendor selection and need to create a procurement form that will ask the vendor to provide only a price for commercial-off- the-shelf solution. What type of procurement form will you need to provide to the vendor?

A. Request for proposal

B. Purchase order

C. Request for information

D. Request for quote

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Correct Answer: A

Question #180

- (Topic 2) Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

A. To define the people that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policie

B. To define the job functions, roles and responsibilities, and the designation of power among the project stakeholder

C. To define the rules that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policie

D. To define the historical information that is available for the business analyst to rely on for his researc

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Correct Answer: A

Question #181

- (Topic 2) What does the T in SWOT analysis mean?

A. Trial

B. Time

C. Test

D. Threats

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Correct Answer: B

Question #182

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are coaching Roberta on how business analysis works. Roberta is confused about what a business analysis methodology is during the business analysis planning and monitoring phase of the business analysis duties. What is a methodology?

A. A methodology is an approach that the business analyst believes will work but it has not been proven to work yet in the business analysis domai

B. A methodology is a short term endeavor to create a unique product or servic

C. A methodology is a formalized and repeatable business analysis approac

D. A methodology is a formalized plan that describes how the business analyst will complete the elicitation of requirement

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Correct Answer: A

Question #183

- (Topic 2) Enterprise analysis provides many things for an organization. All of the following are tasks included in enterprise analysis except for which one?

A. Determine solution approach

B. Define business need

C. Assess capability gaps

D. Solution performance assessment

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Correct Answer: C

Question #184

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for THY Organization and you have gathered the requirements. You have presented the requirements to the stakeholders and they have approved your requirements. You are now working with Francie on recording the dependencies and relationships for each of the requirements. Why would you want to record the dependencies and relationships for the requirements?

A. To help determine the sequence in which requirements are to be addresse

B. To help determine which requirements carry the most ris

C. To help determine the total cost for the solution to be implemente

D. To help determine the total time for the solution to be implemente

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Correct Answer: D

Question #185

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. You are identifying new opportunities to improve upon your existing web services. Management is open to new opportunities as long as the changes do not take more than 60 days to implement. What type of a factor does the 60 day implementation represent?

A. Technical constraint

B. Schedule constraint

C. Business constraint

D. Assumption

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Correct Answer: C

Question #186

- (Topic 2) Marcy is the business analyst for her organization. She is completing the business analysis task of defining the business needs. She has the business goals and objectives and the requirements stated documentation. What must she confirm about the requirements stated documentation before defining the business need based on her analysis?

A. The requirements must reflect actual business requirements, not a description of the solution

B. The requirements must contain no or little risk

C. The requirements must reflect proposed solutions as part of alternative identificatio

D. The requirements must be compatible with the refinement of the business goals and object ive

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Correct Answer: D

Question #187

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large project in your organization. You are working with Ben to create requirements packages to present to the stakeholders, the business analyst team, and to the project manager. Ben wants to know why you're creating requirements packages. What's the primary goal of developing a requirements package?

A. To convey the cost, schedule, and risk information clearly

B. To convey information clearly and in an understandable fashion

C. To present the requirements in packages that are easy for the project team to accomplish in their project execution

D. To help the project manager create the work breakdown structure

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Correct Answer: C

Question #188

- (Topic 2) All of the following are techniques that can be used to specify or model requirements except for which one?

A. Organization modeling

B. Data modeling

C. Work breakdown structure creation

D. State diagrams

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Correct Answer: D

Question #189

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for a large project for your organization. Your project has 65 stakeholders and this will greatly increase the complexity of the communication in this project. To demonstrate how complex this project and its communication will be, you show the management the number of communication channels in this project. How many channels exist in this project based on the number of stakeholders?

A. 2080

B. 4160

C. 65

D. 4225

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Correct Answer: B

Question #190

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working with Sally, a project manager, for your organization. You and Sally are determining the cost of the labor, materials, equipment, and facilities in order to achieve the different solutions that have been proposed for an identified problem. What is this process called?

A. Cost budgeting

B. Expert judgment

C. Rough order of magnitude cost estimating

D. Scoping the project costs

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Correct Answer: A

Question #191

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. For the past several months you have been completing the business analysis duties for the solution stakeholders. You now have, you believe, the solution requirements identified and documented. What must you now do with the requirements before proceeding?

A. Make certain the stakeholders can pay for the solution and have them sign off on the requirement

B. Present the solution to the project manager for his inpu

C. Get all of the stakeholders to sign off on the requirement

D. Make certain the stakeholders understand the requirements before they approve the requirements you've gathere

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Correct Answer: C

Question #192

- (Topic 2) Martha is observing Sarah complete several complex steps as part of her business analysis requirements elicitation process. In this instance Martha working alongside Sarah is actually helping Sarah complete the work so that Martha can understand all of the steps Sarah must complete. What type of requirements elicitation technique is Martha using?

A. Progressive elaboration

B. Shadowing

C. Cross training requirements elicitation

D. Active observation

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Correct Answer: A

Question #193

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on prioritizing requirements. What plan should guide you through this process?

A. Risk management plan

B. Project management plan

C. Requirements management plan

D. Scope management plan

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Correct Answer: B

Question #194

- (Topic 2) Which one of the following statements best describes requirements prioritization?

A. It determines how requirements will be prioritized based on the most important stakeholders to the least important stakeholder

B. It is only used with the change-driven approach to business analysi

C. It is only used with the plan-driven approach to business analysi

D. It determines how requirements will be prioritized and how those priorities will be used to define the solution scop

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Correct Answer: C

Question #195

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization. You want to use a requirements elicitation technique to produce a broad set of options for an identified problem. You want the stakeholders to help you identify options, factors that affect the solution, any possible delays in the solution implementation, and ideas for creating a solution. Which of the following requirements elicitation activities would best satisfy these requirements?

A. Benchmarking

B. Brainstorming

C. Data flow diagrams

D. Business rules analysis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #196

- (Topic 2) Yolanda is the web designer for your company and you are the business analyst. You are working with Yolanda on a new website that your company will host. You'd like for her to create a mock-up of the website without spending much time on the actual workings behind the web interface. You'd like for her to show the customer how the website will look, some idea of the functionality of the website, and some basic graphics and colors so the customer can see the direction of the project. What type of

A. Mock-up prototype

B. Vertical prototype

C. Storyboard prototype

D. Horizontal prototype

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Correct Answer: A

Question #197

- (Topic 2) The creative thinking process has three values to determine the effectiveness of the process. Which one of the following is not a measurement of effective creative thinking?

A. Application of new ideas to resolve existing problems

B. Generation of a pre-determined number of new ideas for a business solution

C. Willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches

D. The successful generation and productive consideration of new ideas

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Correct Answer: C

Question #198

- (Topic 2) Paul is the business analyst for his organization. He is examining a single solution to determine if the solution he and his team have identified carries enough business value to justify its implementation. What business analysis process is Paul performing in this scenario?

A. Assess organizational readiness

B. Define transition requirements

C. Allocate requirements

D. Assess proposed solution

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Correct Answer: D

Question #199

- (Topic 2) What type of requirements elicitation technique is the Delphi Technique?

A. Survey

B. Workshop

C. Round table

D. Prototyping

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Correct Answer: D

Question #200

- (Topic 2) You are the business analyst for your organization and need a method to requirements elicitation from nearly 12,000 stakeholders. You want a method to quickly capture this group's feelings and thoughts to identify what the majority of this group needs and wants in a new solution your organization may create. What requirements elicitation technique can be used in this scenario?

A. Interviews

B. Trend analysis

C. Focus groups

D. Surveys

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Correct Answer: C

Question #201

- (Topic 2) Holly is the business analyst for her organization. Holly encourages teamwork and open communications among the business analysis team and the stakeholders. She wants stakeholders to drop by her office and freely discuss the requirements, the solution scope, and other concerns about the solution she's working on. Holly definitely prefers informal communications. What is the danger Holly may experience with informal communications?

A. There is no danger; informal communications is a preferred business analysis techniqu

B. The stakeholders may address the business analysis team and the project team directly rather than communicate through Holl

C. Stakeholders may miss information and the requirements could become ambiguou

D. The stakeholders may not know who's in charge of the solutio

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Correct Answer: A

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