IIBA CBAP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIBA CBAP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 221:

  During the testing phase, a new requirement surfaced and the stakeholder asked the developer to modify the code without informing the business analyst (BA). The BA became aware of the new functionality after a defect was raised against another component of the design. The BA can keep this situation from occurring in the future by creating a:

  A. stakeholder engagement plan
  B. change control process
  C. risk strategy
  D. prioritization approach
  B. change control process

• Question 222:

  The stakeholders are interested in ensuring that expected value is assessed prior to acceptance. To determine if the solution is providing expected value and ensure the accuracy of the measurements, the stakeholders and the business analyst (BA) determine that they need to measure:

  A. performance, trends, and variances
  B. benefits, penalties, and costs
  C. impacts, problems, and dependencies
  D. strategy, solution, and scope
  A. performance, trends, and variances

• Question 223:

  Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

  A. To define the people that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policies.
  B. To define the job functions, roles and responsibilities, and the designation of power among the project stakeholders.
  C. To define the rules that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policies.
  D. To define the historical information that is available for the business analyst to rely on for his research.
  C. To define the rules that govern decisions in and organization and that define, constrain, or enable organizational policies.

• Question 224:

  A health insurance provider undertakes enhancements to its mobile application platform and finalizes the following capabilities as part of the scope of the next release:

  A. Ability to integrate online maps and global positioning system (GPS) technology with the mobile application in real time to display location of service providers in the subscriber's vicinity that participate in the subscriber's plan network. II. Ability for the subscriber to lookup the service providers by specifying either a postal code or a search area radius in miles. III. Ability for the subscriber to initiate the download of fee information for one or more service providers in a single request. Through requirements workshops the business analyst elicits the following detailed business requirements: 1. The company's mobile application platform must support real time integration with the following third party systems: A ) GPS System
  B. Capability Analysis
  C. Interface Analysis
  D. Process Analysis
  E. Decision Analysis
  C. Interface Analysis

• Question 225:

  You are the business analyst for a new project. Part of this project is for the project team to manually install new workstations through the company's campus. Based on your research you have determined that the project team can install 25 new workstations per hour. Since there is a fixed amount of time that these workstations need to be installed you are considering adding additional labor for the implementation. You are also considering to adjust the prioritization of the project requirements based on the amount of workstations the project team can install per hour.

  What does the 25 workstations per hour represent in this scenario?

  A. Timeboxing
  B. Planning
  C. Parametric estimate
  D. Report project
  A. Timeboxing

• Question 226:

  An organization implements a solution to increase the efficiency of its internal processes. The business analyst (BA) felt that the success of the solution is tied to the organizational structure and confirmed that the solution conforms to the organizational hierarchy. After the solution rolled out, the solution was not widely adopted among stakeholders and some features were not being utilized.

  Which aspect of the organizational structure did the BA fail to consider?

  A. Reporting needs
  B. Manager ratios
  C. Informal relationships
  D. Structural complexity
  D. Structural complexity

• Question 227:

  Management would like you to front-load the requirements with the most risk requirements. Why would management prefer the risky requirements first in the prioritization?

  A. So if the risk comes true the project will fail will little investment in the work.
  B. So if the risk comes true then the project manager can mitigate the risk event.
  C. So if the risk comes true they'll receive the reward as soon as possible.
  D. So if the risk comes true then there's ample time to correct the problem.
  A. So if the risk comes true the project will fail will little investment in the work.

• Question 228:

  A company with a big information technology (IT) department has hired a lead business analyst (BA) to enhance its business analysis practices. The lead BA discovers that sponsors are not satisfied with project outcomes. Developers complain about incomplete, ambiguous, and changing requirements. All stakeholders, including project managers, are blaming long cycles of analysis for the delays. The business analysts, in turn, feel overwhelmed with the number of projects and frustrated by the lack of collaboration from reviewers of their deliverables. All of the evidence is anecdotal and none of the groups could strongly substantiate their options.

  Even after dozens of reviews, some stakeholders refuse to sign off on the requirements specification documents because of a few questionable requirements. This puts the projects at risk and creates tension between the participants. What should the lead BA do first?

  A. Set limits on duration of sign-offs and the number of reviews
  B. Track approvals at the level of individual requirements
  C. Escalate the problem to the executive management
  D. Offer the stakeholders incentives to sign off documents sooner
  B. Track approvals at the level of individual requirements

• Question 229:

  What is the purpose of the business case?

  A. The business case helps the organization determine if they can justify the investment for the solution.
  B. The business case helps the organization determine the duration and cost of the solution.
  C. The business case helps the organization determine the cost of the solution.
  D. The business case helps the organization determine if the solution is feasible.
  A. The business case helps the organization determine if they can justify the investment for the solution.

• Question 230:

  Which of the following participants have to keep the minutes and details of the conversation during Interviews?

  A. Stakeholder
  B. Scribe
  C. Business Analyst
  D. End user
  B. Scribe