IIBA IIBA Certifications CBAP Questions & Answers

• Question 291:

  A business analyst (BA) wants to create a high-level overview of a business process as a part of an exploratory analysis. The sponsor has asked for a model that demonstrates the movement and transformation of data between entities and processes.

  What technique should the BA use?

  A. Data flow diagram

  B. Process modelling

  C. Entity relationship diagram

  D. Scope modelling

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 292:

  A service provider has seen significant erosion of its profit margin so engages an external consultancy firm to assess its business operations and recommend options to improve profitability. What is the first step that the business analyst (BA) will perform as part of this engagement?

  A. Hold a strategy session to understand how best to achieve increased profitability

  B. Organize a requirements elicitation meeting to determine the desired increase in the profit margin

  C. Perform a brainstorming session to determine the desired profit margins for the future state of operations

  D. Conduct activities to understand the reasons behind the erosion of profitability in the current state

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 293:

  A business analyst (BA) is tasked with developing a business analysis plan and must decide the best approach to use. Which of the following factors would drive the decision towards an adaptive approach?

  A. Requirements can effectively be defined ahead of implementation.

  B. The risk of an incorrect implementation is unacceptably high.

  C. Engaging stakeholders presents significant challenges.

  D. The organization's tolerance for uncertainty is high.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 294:

  Several commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software packages exist that would enable the business analyst (BA) to meet the needs of the business. For the potential design option the BA included one of the COTS packages as a solution approach. What kind of solution approach is this?

  A. Purchase

  B. Outsource

  C. Exploit

  D. Create

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 295:

  A company is in the middle of a large-scale project. Safety concerns have been brought up by several stakeholders, and this has led to numerous proposed changes. The business analyst (BA) must now assess the impact that marking these changes will have on the project. When assessing the impact of safety concerns, which of the following should be considered?

  A. Cost/benefit analysis

  B. Urgency

  C. Risk register

  D. Design

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 296:

  A business analyst (BA) is preparing a governance approach. The BA is trying to define the approval process. Which factors should the BA consider?

  A. The organizational culture and type of information being approved

  B. The solution performance measures

  C. The formality and rigor of the prioritization process

  D. The associated risks of foregoing or delaying an approval

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 297:

  The stakeholders are interested in ensuring that expected value is assessed prior to acceptance. To determine if the solution is providing expected value and ensure the accuracy of the measurements, the stakeholders and the business analyst (BA) determine that they need to measure:

  A. performance, trends, and variances

  B. benefits, penalties, and costs

  C. impacts, problems, and dependencies

  D. strategy, solution, and scope

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 298:

  In a risk assessment exercise of a software implementation program, the business analyst (BA) has successfully computed the probability of occurrence (POC) and the cost of impact for each of the identified risks as follows:

  

  Which of the following will have the highest negative impact to value?

  A. System security

  B. Natural disasters

  C. Human errors

  D. Power surges

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 299:

  A business analyst (BA) on a project is in the process of validating requirements and finds that there is a high degree of uncertainty related to one of the assumptions being true. The BA adds the assumption to the risk register and performs a full risk analysis to handle this situation. What type of strategy is in place if the organization is risk-averse?

  A. Acceptance

  B. Avoidance

  C. Mitigation

  D. Transfer

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 300:

  A business analyst (BA) finds that the proposed solution has features used by a small group of stakeholders for business scenarios which may occur up to three times a year but require a high effort to implement. What should the BA recommend in this case?

  A. Assign it a lower priority for future release

  B. Deliver as part of the initial release

  C. Change the related business process

  D. Remove the requirement

  Correct Answer: A