IIBA CBAP Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIBA CBAP Online Questions & Answers

• Question 451:

  The business analyst (BA) is preparing to determine the impact of various risks associated with the business analysis effort currently underway.

  Which of the following would the BA use as an input into the assessment of risk?

  A. Defined change strategy
  B. Analysis of potential value of the recommended solution
  C. List of prioritized requirements
  D. Unconfirmed results of elicitation activities
  B. Analysis of potential value of the recommended solution

• Question 452:

  During a requirements review, the implementation subject matter expert (SME) identified the requirement 'parsing of data' that must be implemented before other requirements. The business analyst (BA) has given this requirement high priority.

  What factor influenced the prioritization of the requirement?

  A. Data Dictionary
  B. Constraint
  C. Dependencies
  D. Risk
  C. Dependencies

• Question 453:

  You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked that in the business case you're creating that you also include the projected costs and benefits to be realized and how those and benefits will be assessed and evaluated.

  What term matches management's request?

  A. Cost-benefits justification
  B. Risk assessment
  C. SWOT analysis
  D. Results measurements
  A. Cost-benefits justification

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• Question 454:

  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.

  The lead BA wants the BAs to report anticipated and actual completion dates for their deliverables, as well as the time spent on planned and unplanned activities. What is the lead BA trying to do by analyzing the results of such measurements?

  A. Establish an equitable compensation system
  B. Identify typical missing or wasteful activities
  C. Ensure even workloads of the BA
  D. Motivate the BA to work better
  C. Ensure even workloads of the BA

• Question 455:

  The RGQ Organization utilizes a change log. What is a change log?

  A. It is a document that records all change requests for the project.
  B. It is a document that tracks all unauthorized changes to the project solution.
  C. It is a document that tracks all characteristics and status of changes that have been received.
  D. It is a document that tracks the changes that have been received, including their implementation to the project solution.
  C. It is a document that tracks all characteristics and status of changes that have been received.

• Question 456:

  Which of the following document is created first after project is awarded and statement of work is handed over to the project manager?

  A. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
  B. WBS dictionary
  C. Project scope statement
  D. Project charter
  D. Project charter

• Question 457:

  An organization is trying to streamline its current processes to improve performance and reduce costs. A business analyst (BA) conducted a process improvement workshop and identified the following issues as the top three items to be addressed:

  1.

  There are multiple teams to define systems, functionality, and content. In many instances multiple teams are defining the same functionalities while other functionalities are not being defined at all, leading to unclear understanding of business requirements.

  2.

  Product specification forms are published each year. A comparison tool is used to evaluate specification between yearly releases, but does not adequately identify changes between versions and needs to be improved.

  3.

  Training consists of a new team member shadowing a seasoned team member. There are not written training materials for formal training sources therefore training is inconsistent and not meeting the needs of the organization.

  What analysis approach must the BA use to determine changes required to address the training needs?

  A. Future state
  B. Decision
  C. Market
  D. Root cause
  A. Future state

• Question 458:

  You are the business analyst for a smaller project where there are few requirements. Management would still like you to create a method to trace the few requirements for this project. What type of matrix would be best in this instance?

  A. Roles and responsibility matrix
  B. RACI matrix
  C. Coverage matrix
  D. Requirements trace matrix
  C. Coverage matrix

• Question 459:

  A business analyst (BA) is preparing for observation. A passive approach has been selected for establishing performance metrics.

  What should be identified for the next step?

  A. Dependencies
  B. Communication channels
  C. Performance measures
  D. Participants
  D. Participants

• Question 460:

  Which of the following types of charts shows which resources are needed in the project and allows you to group the resources by project phase or other attributes?

  A. Pareto chart
  B. Organizational Breakdown Structure
  C. Gantt chart
  D. Resource Breakdown Structure
  D. Resource Breakdown Structure