Exam 2: Certification of Competency in Business Analysis

Which technique consists of review meetings to determine if the stakeholders agree that their needs are being met with the identified requirements?

A business analyst (BA) was asked to send the requirement details to the project manager (PM), director, vice president (VP), and Chief Information Officer (CIO). The BA shares the complete set of requirements to the PM and director, while creating a summarized version for the VP and CIO. Which aspect of requirement specification and modeling was the BA performing?

When a business analyst prepares for elicitation, he must define the scope of the selected elicitation technique, notify the stakeholders of the elicitation plan and technique to be used, and what other preparation activity?

Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

What is the purpose of managing the solution scope and requirements from a business analyst's objective?  

All of the following statements are true regarding a brainstorming session during requirements elicitation except for which one?  

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with several stakeholders to identify, manage, and approve requirements. Your organization requires using a plan-driven approach to business analysis and changing management. In this approach, who is most likely to approve changes to requirements?

Project Communication Management includes the processes required to ____.

Which technique in organizing requirements is best described as showing the concepts and relationships relevant to the solution or business domain?

A business analyst (BA) creates the following diagram as part of current state analysis activities. What does a diagram of this type help users to understand?

What type of analysis can a business analyst perform to understand the functions of stakeholders, the location of stakeholders, the tasks stakeholders complete, and the stakeholders' concerns about the solution?

A senior business analyst (BA) is tasked with verifying a set of requirements written by a junior BA for a system. During this exercise, the junior BA will ensure that the requirements exhibit atomic characteristics. The senior BA will be verifying that the requirements:

A company wants to increase transaction service offerings using its on-line channels. The existing application already has some of the required functionality. A new project has been initiated to implement the additional capabilities but the company management is unsure of the complexity of the project. What exercise must be carried out to determine the changes needed in the new application?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your stakeholders to assess the organization's readiness for the solution. As part of this assessment, you'll perform a cultural assessment. What is the purpose of this assessment?

Which of the following defines all of the features and functions of the thing, solution, or service the project or organization will create?  

A stakeholder has requested an extremely detailed resolution to an issue during current state analysis that may consume about 20% of the estimated project effort. How should the business analyst (BA) handle the situation?

A business analyst (BA) is tasked with designing a method of ensuring that the requirements captured during the elicitation sessions satisfy the needs and expectations of the customer experience, within an initiative. The BA identifies a way that the stakeholder requirements can be structured to ensure realization of the desired customer experience. Which viewpoint describes the approach taken by the BA to structure the requirements?

Business needs do not always originate from the business analyst or from business owners. There are several stakeholders which may identify or contribute to the identification of a business need. Which one of the following stakeholders are most likely to have the most direct awareness of problems that could lead to a business need?

An organization has two different solutions to grow its business. One project is worth $375,000 to the organization. The second project is worth $565,000 to the business. The organization can only do one of the projects and elects to do the second project for $565,000. What is the opportunity cost of this decision?

What type of a business analysis approach focuses on the rapid delivery of business value in short iterations?