CBAP Practice Exam #2

A company is evaluating two projects. Project A has an initial investment of 200,000 USD and is expected to return 50,000 USD per year for 6 years. Project B has an initial investment of 150,000 USD and returns 45,000 USD per year for 4 years. Using the Payback Period method, which project should the BA recommend if the organization prioritizes the fastest capital recovery?

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Project A

Project B

Both projects are equal

Neither, as ROI is not provided

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During the 'Assess Risks' task, a BA identifies a risk with a 20% probability of occurring. If it occurs, the impact is a loss of 80,000 USD. However, there is a 10% chance it could result in an opportunity gain of 30,000 USD. What is the Expected Monetary Value (EMV) of this risk?

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-$16,000

-$13,000

$50,000

$11,000

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An organization is calculating the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for a SaaS solution over 3 years. The license is 10,000 USD per year, implementation is a one-time fee of 15,000 USD, and training is $2,000 USD per year. What is the TCO?

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$45,000

$27,000

$36,000

$51,000

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A BA is performing 'Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution'. Solution A has a Net Present Value (NPV) of 120,000 USD and a Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) of 1.8. Solution B has an NPV of 140,000 USD and a BCR of 1.4. Which solution should the BA recommend if the goal is absolute value?

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Solution A

Solution B

Neither, the data is contradictory

Both are equally viable

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A BA is evaluating a process where the current error rate is 15%. A proposed automation tool costs 50,000 USD and is expected to reduce the error rate to 3%. If each error costs the company 500 USD and there are 1,000 transactions per year, what is the first-year ROI?

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20%

10%

50%

120%

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A project is in the elicitation phase. The BA has identified 40 stakeholders. According to the communication channels formula n(n−1)/2, how many channels exist, and how should this influence the BA's 'Plan Stakeholder Engagement'?

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80; the BA should rely on ad-hoc emails

400; the BA should focus on face-to-face meetings only

780; the BA should use more structured and formal communication methods

1,560; the BA should delegate all elicitation to juniors

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A company is considering an upgrade with a Discount Rate of 10%. If the expected benefit in Year 2 is $121,000, what is the Present Value (PV) of that benefit today?

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$90,000

$121,000

$100,000

$110,000

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An organization has a business requirement to increase 'Customer Satisfaction' by 20%. The BA finds that the current satisfaction is 60%. Which metric represents the 'Future State' target?

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60%

80%

20%

72%

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During 'Maintain Requirements', the BA is asked to calculate the 'Requirements Volatility'. If the project started with 100 requirements, 20 were added, and 10 were deleted, what is the volatility index?

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20%

110%

30%

10%

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A BA is assessing a solution's efficiency. The 'Value Stream' shows that a process takes 10 hours total. 2 hours are spent on 'Value-Add' activities, 3 hours on 'Business Non-Value-Add' (compliance), and 5 hours are 'Waste'. What is the Process Efficiency?

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80%

20%

30%

50%

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A BA is using 'Decision Analysis' to choose between two software features. Feature X has a 70% chance of success with a profit of 100k. Feature Y has a 40% chance of success with a profit of 200k. Both have a 0 return on failure. Which should be prioritized based on expected value?

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Borth are equal

Neither, as costs are not provided

Feature X

Feature Y

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A stakeholder requests a change. The BA calculates that implementing the change will cost 5,000 but will save 10 hours of manual work per month. If the labor rate is 50/hour, what is the 'Break-even Point' in months?

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12 months

10 months

5 months

100 months

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Which task from the 'Strategy Analysis' knowledge area requires the BA to establish 'Internal Rate of Return' (IRR) thresholds to determine if a change is worth pursuing?

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Analyze Current State

Define Change Strategy

Define Future State

Assess Risks

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A BA is performing 'Interface Analysis'. If a system has 5 external interfaces and each interface has a 5% chance of failure daily, what is the probability that at least one interface fails on any given day? (Rounded)

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23%

5%

25%

77%

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An organization is using 'Weighted Scoring' for vendor selection. Vendor A scores 8/10 on 'Cost' (Weight: 60%) and 5/10 on 'Quality' (Weight: 40%). Vendor B scores 6/10 on 'Cost' and 9/10 on 'Quality'. Which vendor scores higher?

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Vendor A

Vendor B

They are tied

Cannot be determined

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A BA is facilitating a workshop with 12 stakeholders. How many potential bilateral relationships exist between these stakeholders that the BA needs to manage during 'Elicitation and Collaboration'?

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12

66

144

132

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A project's 'Change Strategy' involves three transition states. Transition 1 provides 10k value, Transition 2 provides 20k, and the Future State provides 100k. If the project is canceled after Transition 2, what is the 'Sunk Cost' if total spend so far was 60k?

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$0

$30,000

$60,000

$40,000

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A BA is estimating the effort for a task using PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique). The Optimistic estimate is 4 days, the Most Likely is 7 days, and the Pessimistic is 16 days. What is the weighted average?

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7

16

8

9

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An organization is evaluating its 'Capital Adequacy'. If it has 500,000 in cash and a 'Burn Rate' of 50,000 per month, and a project takes 12 months to deliver value, what is the 'Financial Risk' level?

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High; the project will exceed available cash before value is realized

Moderate; the burn rate can be reduced

Low; the company has 10 months of runway

None; the project is within budget

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A BA is reviewing 'Solution Performance Measures'. The target 'Throughput' is 500 units/hour. Actual performance is 450 units/hour. What is the 'Efficiency Variance'?

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90%

-50 units

-10%

10%

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A BA is creating a 'Context Diagram'. If the system has 4 External Entities and 6 Data Flows, how many 'Relationships' are documented in this specific diagram level?

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10

4

6

1

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An organization uses 'NPV' with a discount rate of 12%. If a project costs 100k today and returns 112k in exactly one year, what is the NPV?

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$12,000 negative

$100,000

$0

$12,000

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In 'Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring', a BA chooses an 'Adaptive' approach. Which of the following mathematical concepts is most likely used for planning?

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Fixed-Price Costing

Velocity and Lead Time

Total Float calculation

Critical Path Method

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A BA is analyzing a 'Decision Tree'. Branch A has a 60% probability of 50k and 40% of 0. Branch B is a certain 25k. Which branch has the higher Expected Value (EV)?

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Branch A

Branch B

They are tied

Cannot be determined

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A solution is designed to handle 10,000 concurrent users. Testing shows the system crashes at 8,500 users. What is the 'Performance Gap' in percentage?

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1,500 users

17.6%

85%

15%

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A BA is estimating using 'Three-Point Estimation' (Standard Average). If the estimates are 10, 20, and 60, what is the estimated value?

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25

20

45

30

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A BA is calculating 'Cost of Quality'. Prevention costs are 10k, Appraisal costs are 5k, Internal Failure costs are 20k, and External Failure costs are 50k. What is the total 'Cost of Poor Quality' (CoPQ)?

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$50,000

$85,000

$15,000

$70,000

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An organization is performing 'Benchmarking'. Its 'Order Cycle Time' is 5 days. The industry leader's time is 2 days. What is the 'Benchmarking Gap' in days?

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7 days

3 days

2 days

60%

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A BA is evaluating a 'Business Rule'. If 'If A and B then C' is the rule, and A is true 50% of the time and B is true 20% of the time (independently), how often is C triggered?

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10%

30%

50%

70%

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A project's 'Total Potential Value' is 1M. Due to 'Enterprise Limitations', only 80% of the value can be realized. If the cost to implement is 500k, what is the 'Expected Net Value'?

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$300,000

$800,000

$500,000

$200,000

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