Exam 2: Certification of Competency in Business Analysis

You are a Business Analyst for your organization, and you're preparing to elicit requirements from stakeholders. You've gathered several inputs to help with the elicitation process. Which input will you use to ensure that you understand the type of information that should be elicited from stakeholders?

When a business analyst performs requirements tracing, he may need to trace the requirements backward through their lineage and may need to trace the requirements forward through their relationship to other requirements. What is the forward tracing activity called in requirements traceability?

A business analyst (BA) has been hired to validate a project's requirements. A series of meetings with stakeholders have been scheduled to walk through each requirement as it relates to the desired future state of the organization. The desired outcome of this exercise is to ensure that all requirements:

Which stakeholder(s) will be involved to determine if the requirements can be implemented?

You have been assigned as the Project Manager for a new project that involves the development of a new interface for your existing time management system. You would like to plan the communications that need to be made during the project lifecycle. Which of the following would be a critical tool/technique to help in your communications planning?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're performing the solution assessment process. When you assess a solution, what are you actually looking for?

You are the business analyst for your organization and working with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements. The stakeholders are concerned about the financial impact of the requirements should some of them fail during the implementation. You would like to rank the risk tolerance of the stakeholders based on their comments about the solution and the requirements. The following are the three categories of risk tolerance associated with the stakeholders except for which one?

You need to identify assumptions as part of the assessment of capability gaps. Which of the following is an example of an assumption?  

Which of the following is used to rate available methodologies against organizational needs?

If an organization wants to re-use requirements, where should the defined requirements be kept?  

You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements aren't very complex. You agree but add that it's this thing that makes the overall solution complex. What thing adds to the level of complexity among requirements?

Complete this sentence. If a requirement cannot be verified, it cannot be successfully _________________.  

There are four inputs to the plan business analysis activities. Which one of the following is not an input to the plan business analysis activities process?

A business analyst has been assigned the task of developing a model of the current state of an organization. The business analyst doesn't understand why a current state may be needed. All of the following are good reasons to create a current state model of an organization except for which one?

Your organization is using a plan-driven approach to business analysis. What must you do with all of the communication documents created as part of this high-priority project that you are serving as the business analyst for?  

Holly's organization uses a plan-driven approach to business analysis. When it comes to communication in Holly's organization what type of communication will likely be required?

As a business analyst, you'll need to communicate with the stakeholders of the solution you propose. Why is it important for the business analyst to review the stakeholder concerns as part of the assessment of the organization for the readiness of the solution?  

When a business analyst wants to present requirements for review, she must consider the requirements, audience, and what other factor to determine the level of formality in the presentation?

Which requirements allocation technique is best described as the breaking down of the solution scope into smaller units for allocation?  

A business analyst (BA) is supporting an organization in its product launch. The BA wants to identify assumptions about the benefits resulting from the new product. What does identifying assumptions help the BA manage?