CBAP Practice Exam #3

A Senior Business Analyst is defining the timing of BA activities within a project that has high levels of uncertainty and a need for frequent stakeholder feedback. Which planning approach is most appropriate?

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Predictive

Adaptive

Incremental

Waterfall

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When conducting a stakeholder analysis, the BA realizes that a key department head has high influence but low interest in the project. How should this stakeholder be managed?

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Manage closely

Monitor only

Keep satisfied

Keep informed

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Which document outlines the process for managing requirements changes, including who has the authority to approve them?

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Governance Approach

Information Management Approach

Change Control Board (CCB) Charter

Business Analysis Performance Assessment

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While planning the BA approach, the BA decides to use a "Lessons Learned" session after each phase. This is an example of:

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Process modeling

Decision Analysis

Continuous Improvement

Risk Mitigation

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The BA is determining which BA deliverables are needed and how they will be stored. Which task is being performed?

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Plan Business Analysis Governance

Plan Business Analysis Information Management

Plan Stakeholder Engagement

Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements

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A BA is facilitating a workshop where stakeholders are generating a large volume of ideas. The BA wants to organize these ideas into logical clusters. Which technique should be used?

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Mind Mapping

Brainstorming

Affinity Diagram

Concept Modeling

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During an interview, a stakeholder provides information that contradicts a previous document analysis. What is the BA's best next step?

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Update the requirements based on the interview

Follow up with the stakeholder to resolve the inconsistency

Ignore the interview data as documents are "source of truth"

Escalate to the Project Manager

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Which of the following is an "Active" elicitation technique?

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Document Analysis

Survey/Questionnaire

Observation (Job Shadowing)

Interface Analysis

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The BA is preparing for elicitation. They have identified the scope and the stakeholders. What is the most critical next step?

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Select the elicitation techniques

Schedule the meetings

Confirm the elicitation results

Create the requirements package

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A BA uses "Collaborative Games" to help stakeholders visualize a problem. Which game involves moving items into categories like "Must Have" or "Nice to Have"?

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Product Box

Affinity Map

20/20 Vision

Buy a Feature

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A project moves from the design phase to the testing phase. The BA ensures that each test case can be mapped back to a specific functional requirement. This is an example of:

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Requirements Allocation

Forward Traceability

Backward Traceability

Requirements Validation

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A stakeholder requests a change that will significantly improve user experience but will delay the project by two weeks. What should the BA do first?

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Reject the change due to the delay

Assess the impact of the change

Update the requirements document

Ask the developers if they can work overtime

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Requirements that are no longer needed but may be useful for future projects should be:

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Deleted

Archived/Stored

Maintained

Approved

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Which state describes a requirement that has been agreed upon by all stakeholders and is ready for implementation?

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Validated

Verified

Approved

Maintained

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A BA is prioritizing requirements based on the "Time Sensitivity" factor. This means requirements are ranked by:

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The cost to implement

The technical risk involved

The expiration date of the opportunity

The value to the customer

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The BA is calculating the "Internal Rate of Return" (IRR) for a proposed solution. In which task is this most likely occurring?

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Define Design Options

Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution

Define Future State

Assess Risks

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Which technique is best suited for analyzing the external environment of an organization to identify opportunities and threats?

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SWOT Analysis

PESTLE Analysis

Porter's Five Forces

Benchmarking

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A "Gap Analysis" is primarily used to compare:

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The Current State vs. the Future State

Stakeholder Needs vs. Solution Capabilities

Vendor A vs. Vendor B

Requirements vs. Designs

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What is the primary output of the "Define Change Strategy" task?

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Business Objectives

Transition States

Change Strategy

Solution Scope

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A BA identifies a risk that has a high probability of occurring but a low impact. The organization decides to accept the risk. This is a form of:

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Risk Mitigation

Risk Avoidance

Risk Transference

Risk Tolerance

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What is the primary difference between a "Requirement" and a "Design"?

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Requirements focus on the solution; Designs focus on the need

Requirements focus on the "what"; Designs focus on the "how"

Requirements are for stakeholders; Designs are for developers

There is no functional difference in BABOK v3

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The BA is creating a "Data Flow Diagram." What are the four primary elements of this model?

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Entities, Attributes, Relationships, Identifiers

Process, External Entity, Data Store, Data Flow

Actor, Use Case, Boundary, Relationship

State, Transition, Event, Action

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Which modeling notation is specifically designed to be understood by both business users and technical developers for business processes?

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UML

BPMN

ERD

Flowchart

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When verifying requirements, the BA ensures they meet the "Characteristics of Requirements Quality." Which characteristic ensures a requirement is not ambiguous?

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Atomic

Consistent

Concise

Unambiguous

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A BA is using "Decision Tables" to analyze complex business rules. What do the rows in a decision table typically represent?

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Outcomes

Actions

Conditions

Data Elements

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The BA is measuring the performance of a solution that has been live for six months. They find that the actual value is lower than the predicted value. What is the next step?

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Decommission the solution

Analyze Performance Measures

Blame the implementation team

Rewrite the business case

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Which of the following is a "Solution Limitation"?

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Lack of stakeholder training

Inefficient business processes

A software bug that prevents data entry

Cultural resistance to change

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An organization uses "KPIs" to evaluate solution success. What does the "A" in the SMART acronym for KPIs stand for?

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Actionable

Achievable

Accurate

Assigned

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Which technique is used to determine the root cause of a problem within a solution?

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SWOT Analysis

Five Whys

Decision Analysis

Item Tracking

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When assessing enterprise limitations, the BA is looking at:

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Factors within the solution itself

Factors outside the solution that prevent value realization

The technical architecture only

The budget of the project

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