IIBA CCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIBA CCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 391:

  A business analyst (BA) has been hired to validate a project's requirements. A series of meetings with stakeholders have been scheduled to walk through each requirement as it relates to the desired future state of the organization. The desired outcome of this exercise is to ensure that all requirements:

  A. link to user stories.
  B. are articulated correctly.
  C. are funded by the business sponsors.
  D. support the delivery of needed value.
  D. support the delivery of needed value.

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  Ultimately defining the future state is about defining and expressing what you and your stakeholders are expecting in terms of the future outcomes once the change has been implemented. It is important to ensure that the future state is well defined and that it is achievable considering the resources that are available. Another key aspect when defining the future state is to ensure a common vision amongst stakeholders of what the expected desired outcome is.

• Question 392:

  Complete this statement. Policies and rules serve as boundaries and the organization and the operation of the organization.

  A. Influence
  B. Constraint
  C. Direct
  D. Lead
  B. Constraint

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  Policies and rules serve as boundaries and constraint the organization and the operation of the organization. They provide a framework for the organization's employees to operate within. A is incorrect. Influence is not the best choice for this QUESTION. C is incorrect. Direct is not the best choice for this QUESTION. Leaders direct, align, and motivate people, not rules. D is incorrect. Leadership is provided by people, not policies and business rules.

• Question 393:

  When you, a Business Analyst, work with your stakeholders, team, and experts to define the business analysis activities, what thing do you actually define?

  A. You define the requirements of the initiative.
  B. You define the roles and responsibilities.
  C. You define the communication needs.
  D. You define the business analysis approach.
  D. You define the business analysis approach.

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  The purpose of the plan business analysis approach is to define the business analysis approach. Answer A is incorrect. The plan business analysis approach does not define the requirements. Answer B is incorrect. The plan business analysis approach does not define the roles and responsibilities. Answer C is incorrect. The plan business analysis approach does not define the communication needs.

• Question 394:

  What does the decomposition of activities and tasks based on the work breakdown structure create for the business analyst?

  A. Activity list
  B. Business analysis plan
  C. Network diagram
  D. Project management plan
  A. Activity list

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  Activity List is created by decomposing Work Breakdown Structure into work packages. These work packages are decomposed into activities and further into smaller tasks that result into the documented activity list. D is incorrect. The project management plan defines all of the processes, activities, and work for the project manager, project management team, and the team members. B is incorrect. The business analysis plan isn't a valid answer for the decomposition of the project activities. C is incorrect. The network diagram illustrates the flow of the project activities and is not a simple listing of the activities. The network diagram clearly shows the relationship of activities, predecessor activities, and successor activities.

• Question 395:

  You are hired as a contract project manager for Dreams Unlimited Inc. The project involves setting up ten servers and fifty client computers on the network. From past experience, you know it takes around fifteen hours to install, test, and finalize a server, while it takes only ten hours for a client. You consider these data for making an estimate of schedule of the task. Which of the following estimation techniques has been used?

  A. Bottom-up
  B. Schedule performance index
  C. Parametric modeling
  D. Analogous
  D. Analogous

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  According to the QUESTION your estimation is based on the parameters from a previous activity. Such estimation is performed through the analogous estimating technique.

• Question 396:

  The business analyst (BA) has prepared a requirements package and it is now ready to present to the stakeholders. What is the purpose of presenting the package?

  A. To document the project's completion
  B. To define the analysis approach
  C. To verity the project's progress
  D. To ensure a shared understanding of the information
  D. To ensure a shared understanding of the information

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  It is important for the business analyst to have a strong understanding of the detail required within a requirements package to support technical solutions, as well as an understanding of what is technically feasible within the constraints of an organization's technical architecture. These skills will enable a business analyst to work with all stakeholders to design a business solution framework which will also allow the technical team the flexibility to design a technical solution.

• Question 397:

  A business analyst (BA) is compiling information about different approaches that will meet solution requirements in order to make a recommendation for solution design. To evaluate whether externally available solutions meet the requirements, which of the following will the BA create and distribute?

  A. Statement of Work (SOW)
  B. Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM)
  C. Request for Information (RFI)
  D. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  C. Request for Information (RFI)

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  Request for information (RFI): A formal elicitation method intended to collect information regarding a vendor's capabilities or any other information relevant to a potential upcoming procurement.

• Question 398:

  Some of the requirements in the solution must be completed because of laws and regulations in your industry. Management would like you, the business analyst, to rank the requirements according to the relevant laws. What type of requirements prioritization is management having you complete?

  A. Business value ranking
  B. Risk ranking
  C. Constraint ranking
  D. Regulatory ranking
  D. Regulatory ranking

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  This is an example of a regulatory ranking as you're prioritizing the requirements based on the requirements that must be implemented based on the regulatory demands. Answer B is incorrect. Risk ranking is a prioritization of requirements based on their associated technical risks. Answer C is incorrect. This is not a valid prioritization method. Answer A is incorrect. The business value ranking prioritizes requirements based on their cost-benefit analysis.

• Question 399:

  Beth is the business analyst for her organization and she's creating a data dictionary for her organization. All of the following information should be included in the data dictionary for an endeavor Beth is leading except for which one?

  A. Description
  B. Aliases
  C. Name
  D. Code of account identifier
  D. Code of account identifier

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  Code of account identifier is not a valid selection. The code of accounts is a numbering system used in WBS to identify each element and work packages. The correct elements to include in the data dictionary are names, aliases, values and meanings, and description. Answer C is incorrect. This is a valid element to include in the data dictionary. Answer B is incorrect. This is a valid element to include in the data dictionary. Answer A is incorrect. This is a valid element to include in the data dictionary.

• Question 400:

  The project manager has tasked the business analyst (BA) to collect a performance measure on the solution implemented in the latest release. Which of the following considerations can help the BA obtain that information?

  A. Sample size
  B. Solution size
  C. Performance variance
  D. Risk assessment
  A. Sample size

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  Sample size is the number of observations or data points that are used to measure the performance of a solution. It is an important consideration for the BA to obtain reliable and valid information, as a too small or too large sample size can affect the accuracy and precision of the results. Solution size, performance variance, and risk assessment are not directly related to collecting performance information. References: BABOK Guide v3, page 385; CCBA Mock Test,