IIBA IIBA Certifications CCBA Questions & Answers

• Question 321:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and your requirements for the endeavor have recently been approved. Your organization creates a baseline for the requirements based on the approval of the requirements. What must happen in your business analysis activities if the requirements for your endeavor need to be changed?

  A. You'll need to create new baselines.

  B. You'll need to implement configuration management.

  C. You'll need to use a change control system.

  D. You'll need to create requirements versioning.

  Correct Answer: C

  If an organization baselines requirements and the requirements change after approval, then the organization

  must use a change control system. The change control system helps to manage desired changes, provides governance for the change, and documents the proposed change. Answer: A is incorrect. Rebaselining is rarely appropriate; sending

  the changes through the change control system is the best answer.

  Answer: D is incorrect. Requirements versioning may be appropriate if the changes are actually approved after they've passed through the change control system. Answer: B is incorrect. Configuration management controls the features and

  functions of the requirements. The best choice is to send the proposed change through the change control system.

• Question 322:

  All of the following stakeholders participate in the prioritization of requirements except for which one?

  A. Project team

  B. Implementation subject matter expert

  C. Domain subject matter expert

  D. Project manager

  Correct Answer: A

  The project team does not participate in the prioritization of requirements.

• Question 323:

  There are five tasks and six inputs to requirements management and communication. As a business analyst, you'll need to gather all of the following inputs for this knowledge area except for which one?

  A. Requirement Management Plan

  B. Work breakdown structure

  C. Business Analysis (BA) communication plan

  D. Solution scope

  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, A, and D are incorrect. The inputs to requirements management and communication are as follows:

  Business Analysis (BA) communication plan Requirement Management Plan Solution Scope Requirements Structure

  Organizational Process Assets

  Stakeholder, List, Roles, and Responsibilities Requirements

• Question 324:

  You are working with the project stakeholders to analyze and prioritize their requirements for the project. One of the project requirements is to achieve a high-level of customer satisfaction for the project deliverable. What is the danger in this project requirement?

  A. Achieving customer satisfaction is a risk, as the project manager cannot control how satisfied the customer will be with the project deliverables.

  B. Achieving customer satisfaction is an assumption and should be documented in the project scope.

  C. Achieving customer satisfaction should always map to the quality requirements for the project.

  D. Achieving customer satisfaction is a subjective requirement and entails a high level of risk of being successfully accomplished.

  Correct Answer: D

  While every project manager wants to achieve customer satisfaction, this subjective term is too vague to be measured or accounted for. What one person deems customer satisfaction may be low compared to another. Requirements need metrics to determine the level of success. Answer: C is incorrect. The subjective requirements cannot be measured or mapped to quality requirements. Answer: B is incorrect. This is not an assumption, but a subjective requirement. Answer: A is incorrect. This is not a risk, but a requirement that needs metric for measurement attached to it.

• Question 325:

  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. This approach helps to find out the following except for which one?

  A. Which stakeholders need to be involved in the decision?

  B. Who will be consulted regarding and informed of the approach?

  C. Who will be observed in job shadowing?

  D. What is the rationale for using it?

  Correct Answer: C

  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?

• Question 326:

  When a business analyst performs requirements tracing, he may need to trace the requirements backward through their lineage and may need to trace the requirements forward through their relationship to other requirements. What is the backwards tracing activity called in requirements traceability?

  A. Allocation

  B. Lineage tracking

  C. Derivation

  D. Backwards pass

  Correct Answer: C

  Backward tracing of a requirement is called its derivation, as the requirements may be derived from other older requirements.

  Answer: B is incorrect. Lineage tracking is not a valid term, so this choice is not valid. Answer: A is incorrect. Allocation is the forward tracking of a requirement to future requirements in the set of requirements. Answer: D is incorrect.

  Backwards pass isn't a valid requirements tracing term; it describes a process in schedule management.

• Question 327:

  In preparation for your business analysis examinations, you should be familiar with the tasks to complete requirements management and communication activities. How many tasks are there in the knowledge area of requirements management and communication?

  A. 7

  B. 4

  C. 5

  D. 6

  Correct Answer: C

  Following are the tasks in Requirements Management and Communication: Manage solution scope and requirements.

  Manage requirements traceability. Maintain requirements for reuse. Prepare requirements package.

  Communicate requirements.

• Question 328:

  Which elicitation activity is best described to ensure that the needed resources are organized and available for the elicitation?

  A. Confirming elicitation results

  B. Preparing for elicitation

  C. Planning for elicitation

  D. Managing stakeholder requirements

  Correct Answer: B

  In order to conduct the elicitation process, the business analyst must work with the appropriate people, such as the project manager, to ensure that the needed resources are organized and available for the elicitation. Answer: C is incorrect.

  Planning for elicitation is not a valid elicitation task.

  Answer: A is incorrect. Confirming elicitation results is the confirmation that the business analyst understands the requirements and that the stakeholder confirms the results of the elicitation.

  Answer: D is incorrect. Managing stakeholder requirements is not a valid elicitation task.

• Question 329:

  Fred is the business analyst for his organization. His current initiative is quite large, so Fred decides to create a high-level plan for the business analysis approach, and then to create a detailed plan for the most imminent activities. What type of business analysis planning is Fred using in this scenario?

  A. Step planning

  B. Iterative planning

  C. Cyclic planning

  D. Rolling wave planning

  Correct Answer: D

  This is an example of rolling wave planning. This approach to planning is ideal for larger business analysis initiatives and allows the business analyst to plan the entire initiative and approach at the high-level and the most imminent activities at the detailed level. Answer: B is incorrect. Iterative planning is not a valid choice; planning does happen in iterations with the rolling wave planning approach, but it's not the correct name for the approach. Answer: A is incorrect. Step planning is not a valid term for business analysis processes. Answer: C is incorrect. Cyclic planning isn't a valid term for the described rolling wave planning.

• Question 330:

  Beth is the business analyst for her organization and she wants to be certain that she and her team follow the correct procedures for enterprise analysis. What document can provide the governances for enterprise analysis efforts?

  A. Organizational process assets

  B. Enterprise environmental factors

  C. Business analysis plans

  D. Project charter

  Correct Answer: C

  Business analysis plans define the governance or rules and procedures that Beth should follow as the business analyst for her organization. Answer: A is incorrect. Organizational process assets are the rules and procedures for the implementation of documents, templates, and guidelines. Answer: B is incorrect. Enterprise environmental factors are the regulations, policies, and procedures that are unique to an organization and industry. Answer: D is incorrect. The project charter isn't the correct answer, as the charter authorizes the project, not business analysis activities.