CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide 1st Edition Susan Weese, Terri Wagner - Solutions

What is the best reason for involving a business analyst in the Solution Assessment and Validation tasks?A. They bring technical skills to the solution assessment process.B. They have built relationships with all key project stakeholders.C. They are most knowledgeable about the business
Which task has solution performance metrics as an input?A. Define Transition Requirements B. Evaluate Solution Performance C. Assess Proposed Solution D. Validate and Verify Solution
What source might assist you in defining transition requirements?A. Ongoing work using the old solution B. Upcoming work using the old data C. Ongoing work using the old data D. Upcoming work using the old solution
What type of requirements should address employee training, conversion of existing information, and user acceptance testing?A. Stakeholder B. Transition C. Implementation D. Functional
Solution validation can only be performed against a solution that is .A. Confirmed B. Designed C. Constructed D. Deployed
You are investigating how a solution is being used after it has been deployed. What Solution Assessment and Validation task are you performing?A. Assessing organizational readiness B. Defining transition requirements C. Assessing proposed solution D. Evaluating solution performance
What general technique would you select to discover if a solution defect is a symptom of a deeper, underlying problem?A. Root cause analysis B. SWOT analysis C. Force field analysis D. Decision analysis
When should transition requirements be defined?A. While the solution is being designed B. After the solution has been designed C. Before the solution is actually designed D. When required capabilities are defined
When should you begin to allocate requirements during a project?A. When the real project requirements are derived B. When the proposed solution is being assessed C. When the solution approach is determined D. When solution design and construction starts
What is another name for the existing solution?A. Designed solution B. Deployed solution C. Constructed solution D. Allocated solution
You are making decisions about what solution requirements to include in your project iterations in order to cause minimal disruption of business activities during solution implementation. What activity are you performing?A. Release planning B. Change management C. Rolling wave planning D. Agile
Requirements that are associated with the solution component that will implement them are called:A. Verified requirements B. Solution requirements C. Traced requirements D. Allocated requirements
Which stakeholder approves the allocation of requirements to components and releases?A. Business analyst B. Project sponsor C. Domain SME D. Project manager
You used prioritized solution requirements to assess several solution options. In order to make a decision, these prioritized requirements must also be:A. Verified B. Approved C. Allocated D. Traced
What outputs are produced from ensuring that a delivered solution meets the business needs on an ongoing basis?A. Identified defects and mitigating actions B. Mitigating actions and change requests C. Accepted solution and identified defects D. Mitigating actions and transition plan
You are determining the most appropriate response to identified defects in a delivered solution. What activity are you performing?A. Validating the solution B. Assessing solution options C. Verifying the solution D. Assessing the solution
Which statement is FALSE regarding your project ’ s transition requirements?A. Created using same tasks as other requirements B. Not defined until the solution has been designed C. Relevant after the existing solution is eliminated D. Used for transition between old and new solutions
What technique ensures that issues arising from an organizational readiness assessment are addressed and resolved?A. SWOT analysis B. Force field analysis C. Problem - tracking D. Root cause analysis
Which input best provides you with an assessment of a solution ’ s ability to meet the business need at an acceptable level of quality?A. Solution performance assessment B. Organizational readiness assessment C. Solution validation assessment D. Proposed solution assessment
You will use testable requirements during solution verification to determine if the solution receives a score of pass or fail. What type of criteria are you developing?A. Evaluation B. Acceptance C. Transition D. Performance
Assumptions and constraints are defined and clarified as requirements are understood and documented with their associated:A. Limitations B. Attributes C. Restrictions D. Requirements
What is another name for the quality check performed following analysis of a requirement?A. Verification B. Validation C. Approval D. Clarification
What is the name for the individual pieces of information that describe an entity in an entity relationship diagram?A. Identifier B. Relationship C. Attribute D. Cardinality
The two inputs to specifying and modeling requirements are:A. Business rules and the requirements management plan B. Solution scope and stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities C. Stakeholder concerns and a documented business need D. Stated requirements and a requirements structure
Which technique organizes your requirements based on the solution components to which they are related?A. Data dictionary B. Business rules C. Scope modeling D. Class diagram
You are currently reviewing a specific requirement to see if it is modifiable. What is a modifiable requirement?A. Operationally feasible and fits within budget and schedule constraints B. Logically structured in a related group and able to be changed C. Technically feasible with a wide range of
What is the purpose of nonfunctional requirements?A. Addressing educational needs of users interacting with the solution B. Defining quality attributes and design constraints of the solution C. Protecting and preventing access to data that the solution uses or creates D. Describing the likely
Which deliverable defines your process for prioritizing solution requirements?A. Solution approach B. Business analysis approach C. Requirements management plan D. Business analysis plan
What imposes limitations on your solution?A. Attributes B. Constraints C. Assumptions D. Priorities
When facilitating a requirements prioritization session, you encounter a stakeholder who wants to rank all of their requirements as high - priority requirements for the project. What type of challenge is this?A. Nonnegotiable demand B. Unrealistic tradeoff C. Stakeholder avoidance D. Unrealistic
Process models show how the system behaves over the course of time through the:A. Structures describing what is important to the enterprise B. Execution of business processes or a series of events C. Set of related set classes and associations between them D. Business ’ s policies, guidelines,
Tasks performed as part of requirements analysis include:A. Specify and model requirements.B. Manage solution scope and approach.C. Prepare requirements package.D. Manage requirements traceability.
What component of an entity - relationship diagram is contained in the labeled rectangle and represents a source or destination of data?A. Attribute B. Relationship C. Entity D. Constraint
To determine which requirements can be delivered by the project team in a fixed amount of time, you begin with all eligible requirements and remove them in order to meet the calendar date. Which timeboxing approach are you applying?A. All in B. Time - driven C. All out D. Iterative
What is defined as a sequence of repeatable activities executed in an organization?A. Rule B. Event C. Process D. Object
What is the name for an abstraction representing some or all of a proposed solution?A. Diagram B. Concept C. Matrix D. Model
Data flow diagrams show how __________ flows through a system.A. Processes B. Requirements C. Decisions D. Information
When reviewing a set of related requirements, you discover that two of the requirements describe the same feature but produce different results. Based on your well - written requirements checklist, you would note that these requirements are not ____________.A. Complete B. Consistent C. Cohesive D.
What requirements analysis task ensures that solution requirements align to the business requirements?A. Validate requirements.B. Verify requirements.C. Prioritize requirements.D. Specify requirements.
The tasks and techniques in the Requirements Analysis knowledge area are used to define what types of requirements?A. Business and stakeholder B. Stakeholder and transition C. Solution and stakeholder D. Transition and solution
The functional scope of a prototype can be categorized in which of the following ways?A. Visible or invisible B. Horizontal or vertical C. Active or passive D. Structured or unstructured
You and the project sponsor are discussing what the business expects from a proposed new system. What type of elicitation interview are you conducting?A. Structured B. Functional C. Unstructured D. Discussion
Eliciting requirements using a brainstorming session enables the participants to exercise _____________ thinking.A. Creative B. Parallel C. Focused D. Critical
What technique provides an effective method for eliciting requirements information from many people in a short period of time?A. Workshop B. Interview C. Survey D. Review
The requirements elicitation technique that uncovers and visualizes the interface requirements before an application is designed or developed is called:A. Prototyping B. Interface analysis C. Observation D. Reverse engineering
What are the three types of interfaces typically looked at during interface analysis?A. People, process, and project B. User, application, and device C. Input, output, and process D. User, system, and software
You are planning a focus group to elicit requirements for a new online order - entry system, addressing a wide variety of end users interacting with the system in different ways. What type of users should you include in your focus group?A. Miscellaneous B. Heterogeneous C. Homogeneous D.
You have just discovered that the business process expert for the existing system currently being upgraded is no longer employed by the company. Which elicitation technique might you apply in this situation?A. Document analysis B. Reverse engineering C. Interface analysis D. Elicitation workshop
You are working with a group trying to build a list of possible approaches as to how the team might solve a specific business problem. What technique should the group consider applying?A. Observation B. JAD session C. Focus group D. Brainstorming
The Elicitation knowledge area focuses on eliciting business, stakeholder, solution, and _______________ requirements.A. Implementation B. Functional C. Transition D. Nonfunctional
When preparing for observation, you plan to ask questions while the work is being done.You are preparing to do _______________ observation.A. Visible B. Passive C. Invisible D. Proactive
What elicitation technique might best assist you in understanding the existing processes that are being used in an online order entry system?A. Interviewing B. Observation C. Focus group D. Prototyping
The recommended time that your recipients must spend responding to a requirements elicitation survey is A. Less than 5 minutes to complete B. Less than 10 minutes to complete C. Less than 15 minutes to complete D. Less than 20 minutes to complete
“ Does the existing functionality currently meet your needs? ” is an example of what type of structured interview question?A. Closed - ended B. Open - ended C. Research D. Meta question
Who may participate in requirements elicitation activities?A. Any stakeholder B. Stakeholder list C. Subject matter experts D. Project team
What prototype allows you to learn about user interface needs and then to evolve the requirements into a fully functioning system?A. Throw - away B. Horizontal C. Evolutionary D. Vertical
During an active observation session, the business analyst watches the user carefully, asks them probing questions, and:A. Acts as an apprentice B. Reviews the findings C. Takes detailed notes D. Studies the process
What is the proper sequence for conducting a brainstorming session?A. Reduce, reuse, and recycle B. Prepare, conduct, and wrap up C. Prepare, analyze, and reduce D. Generate, reduce, and assess
You are reviewing documents for the current system in order to confirm the existing requirements. Document analysis is an effective technique for doing this work as long as the documents being reviewed are A. Not current and invalid B. Not current, but valid C. Current, but not valid D. Both
All of the following tasks are performed during elicitation except:A. Select elicitation techniques B. Confirm elicitation results C. Prepare for elicitation D. Conduct elicitation activity
You have just developed and distributed your requirements workshop meeting agenda to the participants. What have you just created?A. Work product B. Work artifact C. Deliverable D. Work package
What is the basis for requirements management during a project, ensuring that proposed requirements support business goals and objectives?A. Business case B. Business need C. Solution scope D. Desired outcome
Which traceability relationship addresses when one top - level requirement fully includes another requirement?A. Subset B. Effort C. Cover D. Value
You are defining stakeholder requirements for a mission - critical software system using a new technology. What is the BEST recommendation for you to make to the project manager regarding the format options for the requirements?A. Stakeholder requirements documentation must be informal.B.
When defining your approach to requirements traceability on your project, what levels will you choose from when deciding how to trace the requirements?A. Business, stakeholder, or solution B. Capability, conditions, or constraints C. Individual, model, package, or feature D. Requirements,
What should a business analyst use to formally present the solution requirements to their stakeholders for review, approval, and sign - off?A. Requirements checklist B. Requirements package C. Traceability matrices D. Graphical models
What provides the business analyst with a view of the reviewed and agreed - upon requirements at a specific point in time?A. Requirements package B. Requirements document C. Requirements review D. Requirements baseline
What is a specific output of the business analysis process that the business analyst or business analysis team has agreed to produce?A. Work product B. Requirements package C. Deliverable D. Traceability matrix
Approved requirements must support the:A. Solution scope B. Stakeholder needs C. Solution approach D. Business objectives
What is another name for an organized peer - level review of a requirements document?A. Structured walkthrough B. Brainstorming session C. Focus group D. Requirements workshop
What states of requirements outputs are contained in the Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area tasks?A. Analyzed, allocated, and confirmed B. Prioritized, approved, and validated C. Stated, unconfirmed, and verified D. Approved, communicated, and traced
The two techniques used to communicate requirements are A. Requirements workshops and requirements packages B. Structured walkthroughs and requirements workshops C. Informal presentations and formal presentations D. Requirements baselining and requirements workshops
You are a business analyst tasked with ensuring that stakeholders with approval authority agree about the requirements that the solution should meet. You are most likely performing tasks from which knowledge area?A. Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring B. Enterprise Analysis C. Requirements
An email message is sent to project stakeholders with a graphical model subset of the solution requirements attached to the message. This is an example of what type of requirements presentation format?A. Informal B. Targeted C. Formal D. Virtual
Which statement is TRUE about communicating requirements?A. Requirements must be verified and validated in order to be communicated.B. Requirements must be formally distributed, reviewed, and agreed upon.C. Requirements must be traced and reusable prior to being communicated.D. Requirements may be
What technique is recommended for tracing requirements when there are relatively few requirements?A. Coverage matrix B. RACI matrix C. Onion diagram D. Process model
The performance of the Requirements Management and Communication tasks is governed by which plan?A. Requirements management plan B. Project management plan C. Business analysis plan D. Configuration management plan
What stakeholder is responsible and accountable for the project scope?A. Project sponsor B. Business analyst C. Project manager D. Process owner
Which document determines how the business analyst shares requirements information with their stakeholders?A. Requirements management plan B. Project management plan C. Requirements package D. Business analysis communication plan
Which Requirements Management and Communication task may seek approval and sign -off on the communicated requirements?A. Obtain requirements sign - off B. Communicate requirements C. Conduct requirements review D. Create requirements package
What has been defined when all of the Enterprise Analysis knowledge area tasks are complete?A. Solution scope and solution approach B. Business requirements and solution approach C. Business goals and business objectives D. Business case and required capabilities
During Enterprise Analysis, which technique allows the business analyst to break down business goals into achievable objectives and measures?A. Root cause analysis B. Business rules analysis C. Functional decomposition D. Organization modeling
When defining solution scope, which stakeholder role participates in allocating new capabilities to solution components and determining the time and effort required to deliver those capabilities?A. Business analyst B. Domain SME C. Project manager D. Implementation SME
The way a business need is defined does NOT determine which:A. Stakeholders are consulted.B. Capability gaps are assessed.C. Alternative solutions are considered.D. Solution approaches are evaluated.
What describes the specific end results an organization is seeking to achieve and the measures to objectively assess if these end results have been achieved?A. Business case B. Business objectives C. Business goals D. Business need
What deliverable contains the preliminary analysis of solution alternatives or options to determine how and whether each option can provide an expected business benefit?A. Required capabilities B. Business case C. Strategic analysis D. Feasibility study
The business analysis team has determined the solution approach and defined the solution scope. What is the team ’ s most likely next step?A. Performing a feasibility study B. Assessing capability gaps C. Defining the business need D. Building the business case
Which business analysis technique allows the business analyst to leverage existing materials to discover and confirm business requirements?A. Process modeling B. Document analysis C. State diagrams D. SWOT analysis
Who typically approves the business case and authorizes funding for the resulting project?A. End user B. Sponsor C. Domain SME D. Customer
When assessing capability gaps, the business analyst ’ s first step is to analyze current capabilities.To do this, they gather information about the current state of the enterprise. Once this work is done, what is their most likely next step?A. Assess current capabilities against objectives.B.
When building a business case, decision analysis can be used to compare the _________ of implementing a proposed solution against the _________ to be gained.A. Benefits; costs B. Risks; benefits C. Costs; benefits D. Risks; costs
What four elements should be addressed in a business case for a proposed project?A. Benefits, costs, plans, scope B. Costs, benefits, risks, results C. Benefits, costs, goals, objectives D. Costs, benefits, risks, issues
When determining a solution approach, the business analyst identifies the means to deliver the proposed solution. What aspect of solution delivery is the business analyst defining?A. Feasibility and alternatives B. Life-cycle and initial risks C. Initial risks and methodology D. Methodology and
What output is produced when the business analyst assesses the capability gaps between existing and new capabilities of the organization?A. Business objectives B. Required capabilities C. Solution approach D. Business need
What term describes the business benefits resulting from meeting the business need?A. Solution scope B. Performance indicator C. Strategic objective D. Desired outcome
What defines the business problem for which the business analyst is seeking a solution?A. Business case B. Business objectives C. Business goals D. Business need
Where would the sponsor go to find the information necessary to make a go/no go decision for a proposed project?A. Business case B. Solution scope C. Business need D. Solution approach
Enterprise Analysis tasks focus on documenting what type of requirement?A. Stakeholder B. Solution C. Transition D. Business
Which Enterprise Analysis task requires the solution approach as an input?A. Define solution scope.B. Define business need.C. Assess capability gaps.D. Define business case.
What governs the performance of all Enterprise Analysis tasks?A. Enterprise analysis plan B. Business analysis plan C. Project management plan D. Requirements management plan

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