IIBA IIBA Certifications CCBA Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with Fran on business analysis processes. Fran is a stakeholder who wants to ensure that your business analysis approach and activities are compatible with the project activities. Of the following, what type of business analysis stakeholder is Fran?

  A. Regulator

  B. Project manager

  C. Sponsor

  D. Domain subject matter expert

  Correct Answer: B

  Fran is the project manager. The project manager must ensure that the business analysis approach is compatible with other project activities. Answer: D is incorrect. The domain subject matter expert is a person who is steeped in knowledge

  regarding the project's purpose.

  Answer: A is incorrect. The regulator approves any tailoring to the business analysis processes or activities. Answer: C is incorrect. The sponsor allows the business analysis activities and resources to exist in support of the organization.

• Question 242:

  Holly is the business analyst for her organization and she's leading a requirements workshop for a proposed solution. In this workshop, Holly is using a requirements tracing matrix to help prevent against scope creep. What is scope creep?

  A. It's the removal of the things that don't conform to the quality of the requirements.

  B. It's the addition of the things that aren't needed to consume the project budget.

  C. It's the addition of the things that don't trace back to the original project scope.

  D. It's the addition of the deliverables that don't trace back to the original business goals to the project scope.

  Correct Answer: D

  Scope creep is the addition of the deliverables that don't trace back to the original business goals to the project scope.

  Answer: B is incorrect. The addition of deliverables to the project scope in an attempt to consume the project budget is called gold plating.

  Answer: A is incorrect. The removal of elements that don't contribute to the overall quality is the removal of non-value added deliverables. Answer: C is incorrect. This answer is tempting but is incorrect, as the project scope doesn't exist yet,

  as Holly is only gathering the requirements for a proposed solution.

• Question 243:

  Henry and Fred are working together on business analysis duties for the implementation of new software. Henry, the business analyst, tells Fred that they should take the current measurement of productivity, and then measure again after the solution has been implemented. This benchmarking approach will allow Henry and Fred to see the real effect of the solution on the business need. What term is assigned to this measurement?

  A. Post implementation factor

  B. Yield

  C. Key performance indicators

  D. S-Curve

  Correct Answer: C

  The measurements are known as key performance indicators. It's an approach for measuring how well the solution has affected the organization. Answer: D is incorrect. The S-curve describes the direction of elements over time, such as time and cost, in a typical business analysis activity or in a project. Answer: B is incorrect. The yield is the output of the effort. Answer: A is incorrect. It is not a business analysis term so this choice is incorrect.

• Question 244:

  Which stakeholder(s) will be involved to determine if the requirements can be implemented?

  A. Domain subject matter expert

  B. Implementation subject matter expert

  C. Project team members

  D. Sponsor

  Correct Answer: B

  The implementation subject matter expert will be involved in the process to ensure that the requirements can be implemented.

  Answer: A is incorrect. The domain subject matter expert may be involved in the review and approval of requirements as defined by the stakeholder by the stakeholder roles and responsibility designation. Answer: C is incorrect. Project team

  members aren't involved in the decision of implementation, so this isn't a valid choice for this answer. Answer: D is incorrect. The project sponsor reviews the business case, solution, product scope, and all requirements and approves the

  documents before implementation.

• Question 245:

  As a business analyst, you may be called upon to define the scope of work and to develop the estimates for the endeavor. Which one of the following is an important tool for this activity?

  A. Organizational process asset

  B. WBS

  C. Project management plan

  D. Pareto chart

  Correct Answer: B

  The work breakdown structure (WBS) is a tool used to define the scope of work and to develop estimates. This tool creates a hierarchy of work by decomposing the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces. WBS can perform the

  following tasks:

  It may break the project into iterations, releases, or phases. It can break deliverables into work packages.

  It may break activities into smaller tasks.

  Answer: C is incorrect. The project management plan could be helpful, in some instances, but for this

• Question 246:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your manager to discuss the constraints and assumptions that may affect the requirements. Your manager wants to know from where you've derived the list of constraints and assumptions. What's the best answer as to where assumptions and constraints are identified?

  A. Assumptions and constraints are identified through a review of project requirements.

  B. Assumptions and constraints are identified through elicitation from stakeholders.

  C. Assumptions and constraints are identified through risk identification and analysis.

  D. Assumptions and constraints are identified through document analysis.

  Correct Answer: B

  Assumptions and constraints are identified through elicitation from stakeholders. Answer: D is incorrect. Assumptions and constraints are not identified through document analysis. Answer: C is incorrect. Assumptions and constraints are not identified through risk identification, though false assumptions may be subject to risk analysis. Answer: A is incorrect. Assumptions and constraints are not identified through a review of project requirements.

• Question 247:

  Enterprise analysis provides many things for an organization. All of the following are tasks included in enterprise analysis except for which one?

  A. Assess capability gaps

  B. Determine solution approach

  C. Define business need

  D. Solution performance assessment

  Correct Answer: D

  Solution performance assessment is not a task of enterprise analysis; it is in an input to this process. There are five tasks for enterprise analysis. define business need, assess capability gaps, determine solution approach, define solution

  scope, and define business case.

  Enterprise analysis is a business analysis activity that helps define and identify business opportunities for an organization.

  Answer: C, A, and B are incorrect. This is an enterprise analysis task.

• Question 248:

  When a business analyst completes the elicitation process, she will create four outputs. Which one of the following is an output of the elicitation process?

  A. Requirements management plan

  B. Resource identification

  C. Stakeholder Concerns

  D. Solution scope

  Correct Answer: C

  Following are the outputs of the elicitation process:

  Stakeholder Concerns Elicitation Results Schedule Resources Supporting Materials

• Question 249:

  Tracy is a business analyst for her organization and she's gathered and identified the needed requirements for the solution scope. What must Tracy do before she can begin managing the requirements? Choose the best answer.

  A. Tracy must decompose the requirements in WBS.

  B. Tracy must create cost-benefits analysis of each requirement to manage the benefits first.

  C. Tracy must identify roles, responsibilities, and owners of the requirements to fully manage the requirements.

  D. Tracy must communicate the requirements to the stakeholders for their consent and approval.

  Correct Answer: D

  Requirements must be communicated before they are managed. Tracy must communicate the requirements to the stakeholders for their consent and approval before managing the requirements.

  Answer: A is incorrect. Before Tracy decomposes the requirements, she should have the approval of the stakeholders.

  Answer: B is incorrect. To begin managing the requirements, Tracy needs the approval and consent of the

  stakeholders.

  Answer: C is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement, as the best thing to do is to gain the approval of the stakeholders first.

• Question 250:

  You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently working with Steve on the organize requirements process. You and Steve have elected to use the user stories approach for this process. What is the user stories approach for requirements organization?

  A. Stakeholders' objectives are described to identify the requirements that the solution will need to support.

  B. Stakeholders are interviewed and their stories are recorded as part of the requirements.

  C. Stakeholders are interviewed and their experiences are recorded to help identify the requirements.

  D. Stakeholders' experiences equate to the stakeholder requirements.

  Correct Answer: A

  User stories are a brief description of functionality that users need from a solution to meet a business objective. Answer: C, B, and D are incorrect. These are not valid definitions of user stories.