IIBA cpoa practice test

Exam Title: Certificate in Product Ownership Analysis

Last update: Nov 27 ,2025
Question 1

A product ownership analysis (POA) practitioner should consider performing which of the following
in response to a changing target market?

  • A. Storyboarding the solution
  • B. Revising the minimal viable product (MVP)
  • C. Applying human-centered design principles
  • D. Grooming the product backlog
Answer:

B


Explanation:
When the target market changes, revising the MVP ensures that the product’s initial deliverable
remains aligned with the new market needs, allowing the team to focus on delivering the most
relevant and valuable features.

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Question 2

Keeping the stakeholder analysis assessment up-to-date as the work progresses, helps the product
ownership analysis (POA) practitioner to maintain:

  • A. optimal stakeholder replacement.
  • B. efficient stakeholder naming.
  • C. methodical stakeholder assignment.
  • D. beneficial stakeholder engagement.
Answer:

D


Explanation:
An up-to-date stakeholder analysis helps the POA practitioner maintain beneficial stakeholder
engagement by ensuring the right people are involved at the right time with relevant information for
decision-making and feedback.

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Question 3

A balanced scorecard is used as part of assessing financial viability by:

  • A. understanding the financial aspects of the product with specific attributes.
  • B. assessing whether new features or modifications to the product can be met given the currently available finances.
  • C. contrasting financial decisions by managing performance in any business model, organizational structure, or business process.
  • D. giving alternatives to the current financial strategy through an analysis of the various cost-benefit alternatives.
Answer:

C


Explanation:
A balanced scorecard helps assess financial viability by contrasting financial decisions with
performance management across various business models, structures, or processes, ensuring
alignment between financial goals and overall strategic objectives.

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Question 4

What is an output of good financial viability analysis?

  • A. Identification of which proposed new features are feasible to implement
  • B. Estimation of the financials that will create customer value
  • C. Estimation of financial impact of the product on the market
  • D. Calculation of the final cost of releasing a feature
Answer:

A


Explanation:
Good financial viability analysis results in identifying which proposed new features are feasible to
implement, ensuring that development efforts focus on initiatives that can be supported within
available financial resources.

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Question 5

Active listening is used to clarify what the customer is expressing by paying attention and:

  • A. deferring feedback, providing constructive criticism and responding with improvements.
  • B. paraphrasing feedback, deferring judgement and responding appropriately.
  • C. clarifying actions, deferring questions and providing appropriate improvements.
  • D. correcting responses, providing judgement and questioning appropriately.
Answer:

B


Explanation:
Active listening involves paraphrasing feedback, deferring judgment, and responding appropriately
to ensure the customer’s message is accurately understood and acknowledged before forming
conclusions or solutions.

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Question 6

The product ownership analysis (POA) practitioner analyzes delivery measures to conduct a:

  • A. stakeholder review on the product and evaluate the delivery performance.
  • B. retrospective on the product backlog and evaluate the team's performance.
  • C. meeting on the product road map and evaluate the team's headcount.
  • D. workshop review on the organization's delivery and retrospective behaviour.
Answer:

A


Explanation:
Analyzing delivery measures enables the POA practitioner to conduct a stakeholder review on the
product and evaluate delivery performance, ensuring that outcomes are meeting expectations and
aligning with agreed objectives.

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Question 7

A high-performance team requires team members to have complementary capabilities so that the
product team structure and competencies help:

  • A. create a shared vision.
  • B. recognize enterprise context.
  • C. assess different types of capabilities.
  • D. impart product and domain context.
Answer:

A


Explanation:
Complementary capabilities enable team members to work toward a shared vision, leveraging
diverse skills to collaboratively achieve the product’s goals and deliver maximum value.

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Question 8

A critical role of a product ownership analysis (POA) practitioner is to ensure that the product:

  • A. is free of any bugs.
  • B. is built as fast as possible.
  • C. delivers the right value through each iteration.
  • D. produces as much value as possible during the first release.
Answer:

C


Explanation:
The POA practitioner’s critical role is to ensure the product delivers the right value through each
iteration, aligning development efforts with evolving customer needs and business goals.

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Question 9

Having validated that the team is solving the 'right' problem, enables the product ownership analysis
(POA) practitioner to help plan:

  • A. minimal viable product (MVP), guide development and maximize value.
  • B. the training, guide the customer and maximize development.
  • C. releases, guide the testing and maximize desirability.
  • D. retrospectives, guide the releases and maximize benefit.
Answer:

A


Explanation:
Once the POA practitioner confirms the team is solving the right problem, they can plan the MVP,
guide development, and focus on maximizing value to ensure the solution effectively addresses the
validated need.

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Question 10

Product ownership analysis (POA) practitioners work collaboratively with the stakeholders and the
team to develop an empirical product strategy with inputs from:

  • A. observation, product roadmap, product fit.
  • B. value analysis, product analysis, goal orientation.
  • C. stakeholder analysis, market fit, gap analysis.
  • D. product vision, pro duct-market fit. value proposition.
Answer:

D


Explanation:
An empirical product strategy is developed using inputs from the product vision, product-market fit,
and value proposition, ensuring the strategy is customer-focused, market-relevant, and aligned with
delivering value.

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