IIBA CCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIBA CCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 401:

  Barry is a project stakeholder that is excited about the deliverable your project wants to create for the organization. He's helpful, provides information, and offers support whenever your project needs it. How would you classify Barry based on this information?

  A. Positive stakeholder
  B. Cheerleader
  C. Project sponsor
  D. Project team member
  A. Positive stakeholder

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  Barry is considered a positive stakeholder, as he is in favor of the project's success. Negative stakeholders are people that are opposed to your project.

• Question 402:

  A business analyst (BA) is planning the traceability approach for a project. Why should the BA conduct this planning activity?

  A. To verify that project information is represented at a high level of abstraction
  B. To document the relationship between the different phases of the project for different stakeholders
  C. To ensure the approach provides enough detail to add value without excessive overhead
  D. To associate information with individual or related groups of requirements
  D. To associate information with individual or related groups of requirements

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  The traceability approach is based on: the complexity of the domain, the number of views of requirements that will be produced, any requirement-related risks, organizational standards, applicable regulatory requirements, and an understanding of the costs and benefits involved with tracing. Business analysts plan to ensure the approach is at a level of detail to add value without excessive overhead.

• Question 403:

  A business analyst wants to host a brainstorming session with eight key stakeholders. In preparation for this event, the business analyst should designate which one of the following rules for the session?

  A. Create a goal for the number of ideas the group should generate.
  B. Allow any ideas for possible solutions even if they are not in the defined area of interest.
  C. Set a time limit for the session.
  D. Rate each idea that is generated.
  C. Set a time limit for the session.

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  Of all the choices, the only valid answer is that the business analyst should set a time limit for the brainstorming session. Answer: B is incorrect. The ideas generated should actually map to a clear and concise definition of the area of interest. Answer: D is incorrect. The business analyst should not rate each idea that is generated. Answer A is incorrect. The business analyst should not create a goal for the number of ideas the team is to generate.

• Question 404:

  Nancy has asked you to trace a particular requirement for her. What does 'to trace a requirement' mean?

  A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to components in the project's work breakdown structure.
  B. Tracing a requirement means to track a requirement from its first identification all the way to its completion to see what issues, risks, costs, quality, and defects have surrounded the requirement.
  C. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links risk, cost, quality, and scope elements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.
  D. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.
  D. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.

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  Tracing a requirement is the linkage of the requirements to all the parts of solution including its execution and creation. Answer: C is incorrect. This is not a valid definition of tracing a requirement. Requirement tracing does not consider risk, cost, quality, and other scope elements. Answer A is incorrect. This is not a valid definition of tracing a requirement. It does not examine its position in the project WBS.

• Question 405:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and you've been working with several stakeholders to gather requirements for approval. The requirements have been approved with the exception of a conflict on one requirement. What must you and the stakeholders do in regard to this conflict before the business analysis endeavor may continue?

  A. The requirement with the conflict should be excluded from the approved set of requirements and must be resolved before it can be joined to the approved set of requirements.
  B. The conflict must be documented as a risk.
  C. The conflict must be resolved before the set of requirements may be approved.
  D. The conflict must be documented in an issues log, assigned to an issue owner, and then the endeavor may continue.
  C. The conflict must be resolved before the set of requirements may be approved.

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  Before the requirements can be approved, consensus must be reached among the stakeholders. The conflict must be resolved before moving forward in the endeavor. D is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement. B is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement. A is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement.

• Question 406:

  Which of the following are documented approaches to the business analysis work? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

  A. Deming's Quality Circle
  B. Lean
  C. Six Sigma
  D. Waterfall approach
  B. Lean
  C. Six Sigma
  D. Waterfall approach

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  The waterfall approach, lean, and Six Sigma are the valid answer for business analysis approaches. Answer A is incorrect. Deming's Quality Circle describes the quality management approach of plan, do, check, and act. This isn't a business analysis approach.

• Question 407:

  A business owner has marked certain requirements as high priority for the upcoming release. After performing some analysis, the project team concluded that some of these requirements are not actually high priority and can be implemented in later releases. How should the project team proceed with prioritizing requirements?

  A. Change the priority of the requirements by performing a re-ranking
  B. Consult with the business owner to discuss possible trade-offs
  C. Implement the requirements that the project team considers important
  D. Execute the requirements that the business owner identified
  B. Consult with the business owner to discuss possible trade-offs

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  The project team should consult with the business owner to discuss possible trade-offs when prioritizing requirements. Trade-offs are compromises or concessions that are made to balance conflicting or competing factors or criteria. Trade-offs can help to resolve disagreements or disputes among stakeholders regarding the relative importance or urgency of requirements. Requirements are conditions or capabilities that a stakeholder needs or wants from a solution. The other options are incorrect because: Option A is incorrect because changing the priority of the requirements by performing a ranking is not a collaborative technique, but an analytical technique. Ranking is a method of assigning scores or values to requirements based on predefined criteria or scales. Ranking can help to compare and order requirements according to their significance or relevance for a solution, but it does not involve stakeholder input or feedback. Option C is incorrect because implementing the requirements that the project team considers important is not a collaborative technique, but an authoritative technique. Authoritative techniques are based on the power or influence of a single person or group over others. Authoritative techniques can help to expedite or simplify the decision-making process, but they may not reflect the consensus or agreement of all stakeholders. Option D is incorrect because executing the requirements that the business owner identified is not a collaborative technique, but an authoritative technique. Authoritative techniques are based on the power or influence of a single person or group over others. Authoritative techniques can help to expedite or simplify the decision-making process, but they may not reflect the consensus or agreement of all stakeholders.

• Question 408:

  A passport agency has recently deployed an online system where customers can apply for, amend, and renew passports. The expected volumes have not been realized and as a result, the agency has not achieved the projected savings. A business analyst (BA) has been asked to investigate the potential causes of this shortfall by understanding the trends, patterns. and volumes at a detailed level. What method of requirements elicitation should the BA start with?

  A. Data Mining
  B. Mind Mapping
  C. Business Rules Analysis
  D. Interviews
  A. Data Mining

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  Data mining in the context of business analysis is used to collect data regarding performance, trends, common issues, and variances from expected performance levels and understand patterns and meaning in that data.

• Question 409:

  A business analyst (BA) is working to identity the business need, specifically the problems with the current state of a process. At which level of the enterprise can the BA identify problems with the current state?

  A. Bottom-up
  B. Top-down
  C. From external drivers
  D. From middle-management
  A. Bottom-up

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  From the bottom up: This is when a problem is identified with the current state of a process, function, or system.

• Question 410:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with the project manager to complete some business analysis activities. The project manager has the authority to approve the requirements based on the short iterations

  of business analysis activities.

  What approach of business analysis are you using in this scenario?

  A. Progressive elaboration
  B. Change-driven
  C. Plan-driven
  D. Iterative
  B. Change-driven

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  Change-driven approaches to business analysis deal with rapid delivery of the business value. The business value is delivered in short iterations in return for acceptance of a higher degree of uncertainty regarding the overall delivery of the solution. The change- driven approaches are preferred while taking an exploratory approach for incremental improvement of an existing solution. Answer D is incorrect. Iterative is not a valid business analysis approach. Answer C is incorrect. The plan-driven approach defines business analysis activities. This approach is used to focus on minimizing up-front uncertainty and to ensure that the solution is fully defined before implementation begins in order to maximize control and minimize risk. It is preferred when requirements are effectively defined in advance of implementation. Answer A is incorrect. Progressive elaboration describes the project management approach of refining requirements and project scope, not the business analysis approach.