IIBA IIBA Certifications CBAP Questions & Answers

• Question 411:

  You are the business analyst for a large project for your organization. Your project has 65 stakeholders and this will greatly increase the complexity of the communication in this project. To demonstrate how complex this project and its communication will be, you show the management the number of communication channels in this project.

  How many channels exist in this project based on the number of stakeholders?

  A. 2080

  B. 4160

  C. 4225

  D. 65

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 412:

  Which of the following is an estimate based on past projects to predict the current cost and/or duration of the current project?

  A. Current estimate

  B. Past project cost

  C. Past estimate

  D. Top-down estimate

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 413:

  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?

  A. Relationships among the requirements

  B. Management in the project

  C. Stakeholders in the project

  D. Cost and schedule constraints

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 414:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and you are completing the verify requirements process. There are eight characteristics each requirement should have: cohesive, complete, consistent, correct, and feasible.

  Which one of the following four is not a characteristic of a requirement?

  A. Functional

  B. Modifiable

  C. Unambiguous D. Testable

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 415:

  You are the business analyst for your organization. You are preparing the business needs documentation for a new solution to an identified problem. Parts of your input for this process are the business goals and objectives set by your organization.

  What approach can you use to assess the business goal and their validity and longevity?

  A. Functional decomposition

  B. POLDAT

  C. SMART

  D. Root cause analysis

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 416:

  You are the business analyst for a solution that has 435 stakeholders.

  How many communication channels exist in this project?

  A. 188,790

  B. 189,225

  C. 94,395

  D. 435

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 417:

  You are the business analyst for your organization. A customer has approached your organization and is requesting that your company create new software for them that will help them collect customer information.

  In regard to enterprise analysis this business needs stems from which one of the following need generation approaches?

  A. Bottom-up

  B. External drivers

  C. Middle management

  D. Top-down

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 418:

  You are creating the solution scope for a proposed solution in your organization. You need to understand the scope of work that needs to be completed. You elect to identify the solution scope and then break the solution scope into smaller work products or deliverables.

  What technique are you using in this instance?

  A. Interface analysis

  B. Scope modeling

  C. Vision statement creation

  D. Functional decomposition

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 419:

  Jane is the business analyst for her organization and she is completing passive observation to identify improvement opportunities in the workflow. She notices that some of the employees perform certain customer-facing activities in a different format than the other workers.

  Is this a problem that can be addressed as part of an improvement opportunity?

  A. It can be a problem as customers could become confused or frustrated because of the different approaches to the work.

  B. It is not a problem unless there is a drop in sales so it should be left alone.

  C. It can be a problem as the enterprise environmental factors always call for consistency in all processes.

  D. It is not a problem unless the customer complains. If Jane has not noticed the customers complaining then the process should be left along.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 420:

  You are the business analyst for your organization. On your current project you'll be using the change-driven approach for defining requirements and gathering feedback.

  Which of the following statements best describes the change-driven approach?

  A. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements through experimentation.

  B. The change-driven approach does not define the requirements until after a solution for the problem has been identified.

  C. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements standardized templates.

  D. The change-driven approach favors defining requirements through team interaction.

  Correct Answer: D