IIBA cbap practice test

What kind of analysis must the BA do to determine if one of the systems is better suited to be
modified and upgraded?

• A. Risk Analysis
• B. Stakeholder Analysis
• C. Process Analysis
• D. Decision Analysis

Several commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software packages exist that would enable the business
analyst (BA) to meet the needs of the business. For the potential deign options, the Ba included one
of the COTS packages as a solution approach What kind of solution approach is this?

• A. Outsource
• B. Exploit
• C. Create
• D. Purchase

A business analyst (BA) is preparing a governance approach. The BA is trying to define the approval
process. Which factors should the BA consider?

• A. The organizational culture and type of information being approved
• B. The associated risks of foregoing or delaying an approval
• C. The formality and rigor of the prioritization process
• D. The solution performance measures

A business analyst (BA) has defined a business analysis approach and presented the documents to
the sponsors, the senior executives, the domain experts, the project manager and the head of
technology, to obtain agreement from all. At this juncture, the prefect manager objected to some of
the estimates determined m the budget and refused to agree with the estimates. Which guideline or
tool, if followed by the B

• A. Requirements Classification Schema
• B. Stakeholder Engagement Approach
• C. Risk Analysis and Management
• D. Business Analysis Performance Assessment

Before the start of a large, cross functional change effort the team of Business analysts (BAs)
assigned decided they need something to help them ensure requirements collectively support one
another and do not conflict. What option would provide the consistency they are looking for?

• A. Process modeling
• B. Functional decomposition
• C. plate Architecture
• D. Checklist

An automobile manufacturer is undertaking a project intended to modify or replace the company's
current timekeeping system. Negative employee reaction to change follows as word of the proposed
solution spreads throughout the company. What could a business analyst (BA) do to prevent or
reduce employee discontent?

• A. Record negative employee reaction as a project risk
• B. Propose cultural changes for the organization
• C. Report potential sources of dissent to management
• D. Relay upper management support to stakeholders

A business analyst (BA) assigned to a project has been asked to implement regulatory requirements
based on priority. What type of traceability relationship can the BA use to find an the solution
components that need to be implemented?

• A. Satisfy
• B. Dependency
• C. Validate
• D. Derive

When determining the success criteria for an initiative a business analyst (BA) engages end users in
order to understand what they would define is an effective solution. What two types of data will the
end men need to perform the evaluation?

• A. Assessment and performance
• B. impact and dependencies
• C. Quantitative and qualitative
• D. Risk and value

After determining mat the enterprise culture was the driving force behind recent solution change
decisions a business analyst (BA) has decided to conduct an enterprise-wide cultural assessment.
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results?

• A. Whether there will be an organizational impact as a result of the change
• B. That changes to the enterprise culture will better drive its actions
• C. That internal dependencies limit the performance of the entire solution
• D. Whether the stakeholders view the solution as something beneficial

A utility company found mat its current billing system charges customers 'or tie r usage, but does so
incorrectly when the system estimates reads on meters rather than performs actual reads. Company
stakeholders would i*e to improve this aspect of the system but are hesitant to make changes
because they are otherwise pleased with the system A business analyst (BA) has completed a current
state diagram and would like to start discussions on what the future state may look like. What
information can the BA determine by having a current slate diagram?

• A. The needs for the future state solution
• B. The cost/benefit measures for the new system
• C. The strengths and weaknesses of the current system
• D. The change management plan for implementation

A business analyst (BA) conducts a process analysis on the business analysis practices that were used
on the previous major implementation. From this the BA identifies and documents that there are
three improvement areas which would make the business analysis process more efficient In which
business analysis artifact does the BA document these measures of improvement for the next piece
of analysis work?

• A. Skills assessment
• B. Performance assessment
• C. Engagement approach
• D. Governance approach

A business analyst (BA) finds conflicting requirements gathered from several stakeholders. Aside
from interviews what additional activities can the BA use to safeguard against this happening?

• A. Reviews and workshops
• B. User stories and scope modeling
• C. Brainstorming and estimation
• D. Item tracking and mind mapping

A company is about to embark upon a large organizational change initiative that involves
restructuring its service offerings. A senior business analyst (BA) is assigned the work of establishing
performance measures for the business analysis work to be performed by the 6A ream. Which of the
following performance measures is appropriate to assess the value delivered by the work products
against the cost time, and resource investments expended to create them?

• A. Strategy
• B. Effectiveness
• C. Significance
• D. Knowledge

A business analyst (BA) is capturing the requirements for an application which displays information
on a mobile device. The information will be extracted from a database owned by another
department within the organization. Which of the following will identify the stakeholder who can
approve access to the database?

• A. Solution Scope
• B. Requirements Architecture
• C. Change Strategy
• D. Governance Approach

A business analyst (BA) has just finished verifying requirements for a new application that impacts
various business processes for product setup, sales, and support. Which of the following methods
should be used to validate the requirements with key stakeholders?

• A. Team review
• B. Brainstorming
• C. Joint application design
• D. Product backlog prioritization