IIBA IIBA Certifications CCBA Questions & Answers

• Question 151:

  Due to a change in regulation, a solution being implemented has a new compliance requirement that must be evaluated. The requirements change strategy focuses on total cost of change as the primary driver for decisions. The business analyst (BA) compiled the following impact assessment of the proposed change based on the new compliance requirement.

  

  What recommendation should the BA make to the stakeholders based on the above information?

  A. Approve the requirement

  B. Request additional information

  C. Defer the requirement

  D. Reject the requirement

  Correct Answer: B

  This is because the impact assessment shows that the proposed change has a high cost, high risk, low benefit, and low urgency. Therefore, the requirement is not worth implementing at the current stage of the project, and it can be postponed to a later phase or release. Approving the requirement (A) is not a good option, as it would increase the project budget, duration, and complexity without adding much value. Requesting additional information (B) is not necessary, as the impact assessment already provides sufficient data to make a decision. Rejecting the requirement (D) is not advisable, as it may violate the compliance regulation and cause legal issues. References: CCBA Practice Test, CCBA Mock Test

• Question 152:

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

  A. As soon as a budget has been created

  B. After approval of the requirements

  C. After the project charter

  D. As soon as the solution approach is determined

  Correct Answer: D

  Requirements allocation typically begins early in the project lifecycle (as soon as the solution approach is determined) and will continue to be performed until all valid requirements are allocated. Allocation typically continues through design

  and construction of a solution.

  Answer: C is incorrect. Requirements allocation doesn't have to wait until the project has been chartered. Answer: B is incorrect. Approval of the requirements is good, but the solution scope for the requirements needs to be created to begin

  allocating the requirements.

  Answer: A is incorrect. The budget creation isn't linked to the requirements allocation process.

• Question 153:

  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?

  A. Payback period

  B. Average rate of return

  C. Cost-benefit analysis

  D. Discounted cash flow

  Correct Answer: A

  Payback period quantifies the duration that the project will need to exist and generate revenue in order to pay back the original investment of the project. The payback period is also known as management horizon or the breakeven point. Answer: B is incorrect. Average rate of return describes the rate of return the project will create. Answer: C is incorrect. Cost-benefits analysis describes the relation of costs to benefits in a project. Answer: D is incorrect. Discounted cash flow describes the future value on the investment of the project.

• Question 154:

  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. Risk-driven

  B. Cost-driven

  C. Change-driven

  D. Reward-driven

  Correct Answer: C

  The methodology that defines the business analysis approach is either plan-driven or change-driven. Answer: A is incorrect. Risk-driven is not a valid approach for planning business analysis activities. Answer: B is incorrect. Cost-driven is not a valid approach for planning the business analysis activities. Answer: D is incorrect. Reward-driven is not a valid approach for planning the business analysis activities.

• Question 155:

  You are the business analyst for your organization. You're creating a document that states the business need, identifies the key stakeholders, and defines the positive impact the solution will bring to the organization and stakeholders. What document are you creating?

  A. Requirements documentation

  B. Business case

  C. Project charter

  D. Vision statement

  Correct Answer: D

  This is an example of a vision statement. A vision statement, also called a problem statement, shows the categories of stakeholders and how the solution will help each stakeholder. Answer: C is incorrect. A project charter authorizes the project. Answer: B is incorrect. The business case justifies the cost of the solution for the rewards the solution will bring to the organization. Answer: A is incorrect. The requirements documentation doesn't define the benefits of the solution for the stakeholders; it only lists the requirements of the endeavor.

• Question 156:

  You are the business analyst for a large project in your organization. While your company prefers face-to-face communications there are many stakeholders located in different geographical locations. How can you still effectively serve as a business analyst when the stakeholders are not collocated?

  A. You will need the stakeholders to periodically gather in one locale.

  B. You will need to travel on a regular rotation to each of the geographical locations to complete the business analyst duties.

  C. Add more business analysts in each of the geographical location.

  D. You will need to implement videoconferences.

  Correct Answer: D

  According to the BABOK, the best solution in these instances is to increase videoconferences and teleconferences to complete the business analysis duties. Answer: C is incorrect. Adding more business analysts will increase the cost of the business analysis duties. Answer: B is incorrect. Traveling to all of the geographical locations is not always a feasible solution as there may be a small amount of stakeholders in one locale versus another. Answer: A is incorrect. Sometimes it is effective to bring all of the stakeholders together, but this is not always practical due to cost, schedules, and the amount of stakeholders involved in the project.

• Question 157:

  John and Hanna are business analysts in their organization and they are completing the verification activities to check for completeness of the requirements. When should John and Hanna perform these verification activities?

  A. At each milestone of the requirements analysis process

  B. Once all of the requirements have been gathered

  C. Iteratively throughout the requirements analysis process

  D. As often as the requirements management plan calls for

  Correct Answer: C

  Requirements verification activities are performed iteratively throughout the requirements analysis process. Answer: A is incorrect. Requirements verification happens in iterations, not just at milestones (assuming there are milestones in the process). Answer: B is incorrect. Verification activities don't happen just at the end of the requirements gathering process, but iteratively throughout the process. Answer: D is incorrect. This answer is tempting, but it's not the best answer.

• Question 158:

  As a business analyst, you'll often need to analyze business needs, requirements, and solutions for assumptions and constraints. Which one of the following is a constraint? Choose the best answer.

  A. The solution must cost less than $450,000.

  B. The solution should be implemented during the summer months.

  C. The solution must be done by December 31.

  D. The solution won't need external resources.

  Correct Answer: C

  Of all the choices, the deadline of December 31 is the best example of a constraint. Answer: B is incorrect. This is an assumption and/or a loose requirement of the solution's work. Answer: A is incorrect. This is a loose constraint as there's the maximum amount of finance available, but as long as the solution is less than this amount, it's acceptable. Answer: D is incorrect. This is an example of an assumption, as there's no evidence that external resources are not needed.

• Question 159:

  What type of requirements elicitation technique is the Delphi Technique?

  A. Survey

  B. Workshop

  C. Prototyping

  D. Round table

  Correct Answer: A

  The Delphi Technique uses rounds of anonymous surveys to build consensus among the stakeholders. Answer: B is incorrect. The workshop is not an example of the Delphi Technique. Answer: D is incorrect. The round table is a discussion of a topic, not a requirements elicitation technique. Answer: C is incorrect. Prototyping is not the equivalent of the Delphi Technique.

• Question 160:

  You are hired as a contract project manager for Dreams Unlimited Inc. The project involves setting up ten servers and fifty client computers on the network. From past experience, you know it takes around fifteen hours to install, test, and finalize a server, while it takes only ten hours for a client. You consider these data for making an estimate of schedule of the task. Which of the following estimation techniques has been used?

  A. Bottom-up

  B. Schedule performance index

  C. Parametric modeling

  D. Analogous

  Correct Answer: D

  According to the