Exam 2: Certification of Competency in Business Analysis

After a walk-through of the requirements specification with the business users, the group determines that five requirements are now mandatory due to new government regulations. What should the business analyst (BA) do following the meeting?

Which one of the following business analysis techniques for analyzing business goals converts the business goals into achievable objectives and measures?

What's the difference between a desired outcome and a solution? Choose the best answer.

According to the business analysis book 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', which your exam is largely based on, almost all methodologies fit somewhere along a spectrum between plan-driven and what other methodology?  

A business analyst (BA) is working on a project to provide a temporary solution that will last for two months. The BA is feeling overwhelmed with the work needed to create the huge number of links to provide full traceability from solution requirements to design for this solution. How can the BA justify omitting all possible links?

A business analyst is studying the cost of the endeavor in relation to the projected income the endeavor will bring once the project is completed. What financial valuation technique can the business analyst use to determine the breakeven point for the project?  

As a business analyst, it's important to understand the relationships among requirements. All of the following are valid relationship types among requirements except for which one?

Which of the following are documented approaches to the business analysis work? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

A business analyst (BA) has been spending the majority of the past week cataloguing the new, removed, and modified components of an upcoming project. What is the main purpose of the BA performing this work?

You are the business analyst for your organization and are leading a presentation about an identified problem. This presentation will help the stakeholders to understand the problem and it will help you when you begin to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. Which type of learner learns best through the presentation of models?

You are the business analyst for your organization. You've believed that your solution can actually be purchased from outside vendor rather than trying to create the solution internally. You decide to ask the vendor to provide a fee for their services based on the statement of work. What document will you give the vendor along with the statement of work?

According to 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', when should the business analyst and an organization actually start requirements allocation?

A business analyst (BA) is defining a stakeholder approval approach for the requirement deliverables. The project involves implementing new government regulatory requirements with significant risk to the organization in case of non-compliance. According to the BABOK ® GUIDE, what will the BA need to do?

One of the techniques to assess capabilities in an organization is to use SWOT. What does SWOT accomplish?

Which of the following approaches describes the project management approach of refining requirements and project scope?  

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're creating the requirements package. In this documentation, to what level should you document the requirements for your stakeholders?

Verification of requirements on the projects have highlighted an issue regarding misunderstanding of design models among key stakeholders. A major reason cited for the misunderstanding was the technical jargon and models used in the documentation. What must the business analyst (BA) do to improve the understanding?

Audrey is the business analyst for her organization and she's doing an assessment of the organization's readiness to implement the solution. In her assessment, she's finding that there are conflicting stakeholder groups for and against the proposed solution. Some of the stakeholders have more power over the solution than others. What diagram can Audrey create to visualize the people that are for and against the solution?

One of the tasks that the business analyst (BA) needs to complete is to maintain the requirements. As much as the BA values and sees the benefits of maintaining the requirements, the project manager (PM) does not see the same. In order to help the PM understand the value of this task, which following benefit of maintaining the requirements should the BA communicate to the PM?

Mary is the business analyst for your organization. She asks you what the purpose of the assess capability gaps task is. Which of the following is the best response to give Mary?