Exam 2: Certification of Competency in Business Analysis

You are the business analyst for a smaller project where there are few requirements. Management would still like you to create a method to trace the few requirements for this project. What type of matrix would be best in this instance?

As part of a strategic initiative, a bank decides to expand operations to a new country where the most commonly used language is Spanish. The bank's current mobile application only supports English. The organization initiates a project to provide local language support for the app. From which level did the business need originate?

A business analyst is helping management determine which solution they should choose. As it happens that the organization can only choose one of the two solutions due to time and resource restrictions. Solution A worth $456,000 to the organization while solution B worth $565,000 to the organization. While solution A costs less, it is less risky and takes less time to complete so management elects to seize Solution A. What is the opportunity cost?

Jason is creating a business case for his organization and management has asked him to assess the appropriate risks in the business case regarding the solution. Which one of the following risks is not a concern for Jason when defining the business case and associated risks?  

Complete this sentence in regard to the level of abstraction. Requirements need to say _____________ needs to be done, not ________________ to do it.

You are the business analyst for your organization and your requirements for the endeavor have recently been approved. Your organization creates a baseline for the requirements based on the approval of the requirements. What must happen in your business analysis activities if the requirements for your endeavor need to be changed?

Before requirements can actually be approved to be managed, what must be true about the requirements?  

Holly is the business analyst for her organization and she's leading a requirements workshop for a proposed solution. In this workshop, Holly is using a requirements tracing matrix to help prevent against scope creep. What is scope creep?

By which of the following is the performance of all requirements management and communication activities governed?  

A global organization is implementing a new Knowledge Management System and communication to the different regions has been informal. The approach is to convert the few remaining regions iteratively. The team has experienced variances at this point but feels confident in these final conversions. How should the business analyst (BA) communicate the information?

The business analyst (BA) is helping the business stakeholders prioritize requirements for a new customer portal for managing orders, delivery, and payment information. A number of requirements address compliance with regulations regarding access for people with disabilities. What factor should the BA use to guide the stakeholders when assigning a priority for these specific requirements?

Anne is the business analyst for her organization and she's creating a textual requirement for her analysis. As part of the textual requirements, there are specific rules that Anne should follow. Textual requirements must always address what three things in regard to the requirements?

The business analyst (BA) is analyzing the formal relationships between people working in the enterprise. Which technique will the BA use to perform this task?

A system owner calls the project team to inquire about a recent change in one of the requirements, and insists that the change was never requested. What should the project team do to investigate the issue?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with the project manager to complete some business analysis activities. The project manager has the authority to approve the requirements based on the short iterations of business analysis activities. What approach of business analysis are you using in this scenario?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your team to define the business problem. As part of this analysis, you've identified the adverse impacts of the problem, the benefits from a potential solution, and how quickly the problem could be solved. What other element should you consider?

A business analyst (BA) is preparing for elicitation activities and needs to determine who should be consulted, who should participate, and what roles each should fill. Which elicitation technique should the BA use?

Consider a business analyst who is completing the business analysis tasks of specifying and modeling requirements for an organization. This task can help an organization achieve all of the following objectives except for which one?

A business analyst (BA) is working on a set of tasks to establish a governance process for the project. The BA intends to identify who has authority and responsibility to propose changes, who should be involved in the change discussions, and how changes will be documented and communicated. Which of the following are the inputs that would help the BA complete the task?

During planning, elicitation, and sign off of requirements, the stakeholders felt that their opinions were not heard and information was not frequently shared. What major competency was lacking in this process?