IIBA IIBA Certifications CCBA Questions & Answers

• Question 191:

  Nancy has asked you to trace a particular requirement for her. What does 'to trace a requirement' mean?

  A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to components in the project's work breakdown structure.

  B. Tracing a requirement means to track a requirement from its first identification all the way to its completion to see what issues, risks, costs, quality, and defects have surrounded the requirement.

  C. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links risk, cost, quality, and scope elements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.

  D. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.

  Correct Answer: D

  Tracing a requirement is the linkage of the requirements to all the parts of solution including its execution and creation.

  Answer: C is incorrect. This is not a valid definition of tracing a requirement. Requirement tracing does not consider risk, cost, quality, and other scope elements. Answer: A is incorrect. This is not a valid definition of tracing a requirement. It

  does not examine its position in the project WBS.

• Question 192:

  Ben is the business analyst for his organization. Ben is currently working on a solution to improve a laser printer. He has taken the laser printer apart, identified each component, and documented each component's purpose. What type of requirements organization is Ben doing in this scenario?

  A. Functional decomposition

  B. Process modeling

  C. Scope modeling

  D. Data modeling

  Correct Answer: A

  Ben is completing the functional decomposition technique for the organize requirements process. Each component in the printer can have its own set of requirements, while the improved printer to be manufactured is the ultimate goal of the

  requirements. Answer: D is incorrect. Data modeling describes the concepts and relationships relevant to the solution or business domain.

  Answer: C is incorrect. Scope modeling allows the requirements to be organized by the solution component they're relevant to.

  Answer: B is incorrect. Process modeling is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved in future. It allows the requirements to be organized around the related processes.

  Processes are also considered to have sub-processes, inputs, and outputs.

• Question 193:

  There are three inputs to the business analysis planning approach process. Which one of the following is not one of the three inputs?

  A. Risk and rewards analysis

  B. Business need

  C. Organizational process assets

  D. Expert judgment

  Correct Answer: A

  Risk and rewards analysis is not, of itself, an input to the business analysis planning approach process. Answer: B is incorrect. Business need is an input to the business analysis planning approach process. Answer: D is incorrect. Expert judgment is an input to the business analysis planning approach process. Answer: C is incorrect. Organizational process assets are inputs to the business analysis planning approach process.

• Question 194:

  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?

  A. Linked

  B. Necessity

  C. Cover

  D. Subset

  Correct Answer: A

  There is not a relationship type called linked. There are five relationship types among requirements. necessity, effort, subset, cover, and value. Answer: B is incorrect. Necessity is a relationship type that describes the linkage between

  requirements based on the implementation of one requirement in order to add the second requirement.

  Answer: D is incorrect. The subset relationship type describes the decomposition of one requirement to more specific requirements. Answer: C is incorrect. The cover relationship among requirements describes the top-level requirement of a

  decomposed requirement.

• Question 195:

  You are a business analyst for your organization and you're working with Mary. Mary wants to know what you

  need to complete the process of planning the business analysis approach if you're already the business analyst for your organization. Which of the following statements is true regarding the plan business analysis approach?

  A. The plan business analysis approach describes the amount of budget needed for the requirements elicitation.

  B. The plan business analysis approach is required to select an approach that will perform business analysis.

  C. The plan business analysis approach describes the processes the business analyst will or will not do, based on the time and budget available.

  D. The plan business analysis approach describes the amount of time needed for the business analysis approach.

  Correct Answer: B

  The plan business analysis approach is required to select an approach that will perform business analysis. This approach helps to find out the following:

  Which stakeholders need to be involved in the decision? Who will be consulted regarding and informed of the approach? What is the rationale for using it? Answer: D, A, and C are incorrect. These statements are not true regarding the plan

  business analysis approach.

• Question 196:

  You are the business analyst in your organization. Management comes to you with a customer complaint that they'd like you to analyze. What's the common task associated with customer complaints or loss of revenue?

  A. Stakeholder assessment of implementation

  B. Issue management and identification

  C. Evaluation of a business need

  D. Capability assessment

  Correct Answer: C

  When there are customer complaints, loss of revenue, or new market opportunities, the best course of action is the evaluation of a business need. Answer: D is incorrect. Capability assessments are useful, but they happen after defining and

  evaluating the business need.

  Answer: B is incorrect. Issue management and identification cannot be the best answer for understanding and research customer complaints.

  Answer: A is incorrect. Stakeholder assessment of implementation is not a valid business analysis activity.

• Question 197:

  When an organization is using a change-driven approach to business analysis, how are communications managed?

  A. Communications in a change-driven approach to business analysis focus more on the frequency of communication.

  B. Communications in a change-driven approach are all ad hoc.

  C. Communications in a change-driven approach focus more on formal communications.

  D. Communications in a change-driven approach typically use face-to-face channels.

  Correct Answer: A

  Communications in a change-driven approach to business analysis focus more on the frequency of the communication than an organization using a plan-driven approach. Answer: D is incorrect. Face-to-face communication is an excellent

  communication method, but this does not accurately describe communication in a change-driven business analysis approach.

  Answer: C is incorrect. Formal communications happen more in a plan-driven business analysis approach. Answer: B is incorrect. Ad hoc communications do happen often in a change-driven approach, but not all communications in this

  environment are ad hoc.

• Question 198:

  You have identified a task in your task list that cannot be completed until the inspector for the project signs off on the initial deliverables. The inspector's signoff on the initial deliverables is called what?

  A. Constraint

  B. Assumption

  C. Dependency

  D. Milestone

  Correct Answer: C

  The current task is dependent on the preceding task of the inspector signing off on the deliverables. Answer: A is incorrect. A constraint is anything that limits the current options, such as deadline or predetermined budget. Answer: B is incorrect. An assumption is anything that you believe to be true, but it has not yet proven to be. Assumptions can be documented as part of the task list, but it does not answer this QUESTION. Answer: D is incorrect. A milestone is typically completed at the end of a project phase and shows progress in the project schedule.

• Question 199:

  What do business goals and objectives of enterprise analysis actually describe?

  A. Business goals and objectives describe the increased revenue that the organization is seeking to gain.

  B. Business goals and objectives describe the solution scope that the organization is seeking to accomplish.

  C. Business goals and objectives describe the ends that the organization is seeking to achieve.

  D. Business goals and objectives describe the desired future state of problems.

  Correct Answer: C

  Business goals and objectives describe the ends that the organization is seeking to achieve. It is the assessment of the desired future state of the organization. Answer: B is incorrect. The best answer is that the ends of the solution are defined, not just the solution scope. Answer: A is incorrect. Business goals and objectives aren't always focused on increased revenue so this isn't the best choice for the QUESTION. Answer: D is incorrect. This answer is close, but it's not the future state of the problems that is defined, but the future state of the organization.

• Question 200:

  What element of the plan business analysis process affects the business analysis duties that need to be performed?

  A. The experience of the project manager

  B. The expected completion date of the business analysis duties

  C. The type of project or initiative

  D. The experience of the business analyst

  Correct Answer: C

  The type of project or initiative greatly influences which business analysis duties will be selected. Not all business analysis tasks are appropriate for all initiatives. Answer: A is incorrect. The experience of the project manager does not affect

  which business analysis activities should be completed.

  Answer: D is incorrect. The experience of the business analyst should not affect which tasks are completed. Answer: B is incorrect. While deadlines are constraints, they should not affect which business analysis tasks should be completed.

  The business analyst should always choose the most appropriate tasks to complete for the project or initiative.