IIBA CCBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIBA CCBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  Before requirements can actually be approved to be managed, what must be true about the requirements?

  A. Requirements must support the solution scope.
  B. Requirements must be approved by the technical review board.
  C. Requirements must support the requirements management plan.
  D. Requirements are governed by the requirements management plan.
  A. Requirements must support the solution scope.

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  For requirements to be approved, they must support the solution scope. The solution scope defines what's in and out of the range of requirements for business analysis activities. Answer B is incorrect. A technical review doesn't approve requirements; the solution scope defines what's approved based on what's in alignment with the scope. Answer C is incorrect. The requirements management plan doesn't affect the requirements that are or are not approved. Answer D is incorrect. While this statement may be somewhat true, it doesn't define how requirements are approved before their governance.

• Question 502:

  A business analyst (BA) is preparing for elicitation activities and needs to determine who should be consulted, who should participate, and what roles each should fill. Which elicitation technique should the BA use?

  A. Estimation
  B. Stakeholder List
  C. Data Mining
  D. Interviews
  B. Stakeholder List

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  Stakeholder list is used to determine who should be consulted while preparing for the elicitation, who should participate in the event, and the appropriate roles for each stakeholder.

• Question 503:

  You are the business analyst for your organization and you're notifying the key stakeholders of a need to gather requirements for an endeavor. One of the stakeholders that you'll need to attend your requirements workshop is the project manager. What role will the project manager have in this workshop?

  A. The project manager will facilitate the requirements workshop.
  B. The project manager will ensure that the needed resources are available.
  C. None, the project manager should not be involved until all of the requirements have been identified.
  D. The project manager will help elicit requirements from the stakeholders.
  B. The project manager will ensure that the needed resources are available.

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  The role of the project manager in elicitation tasks is to ensure that the needed resources are available. Answer C is incorrect. The project manager will likely be involved in the requirements workshop. Answer A is incorrect. The project manager won't facilitate the requirements workshop, the business analyst will. Answer D is incorrect. The project manager may help elicit requirements from stakeholders, but this isn't the best choice for the QUESTION.

• Question 504:

  As a business analyst, you must identify activities in your business analysis approach. Which one of the following is useful for identifying activities?

  A. Project management input
  B. BABOK
  C. A list of deliverables
  D. WBS
  C. A list of deliverables

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  One of the best elements available for identifying project activities is a list of deliverables. By understanding what the endeavor is to create, the business analyst can better understand what activities are needed. B is incorrect. BABOK, A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, isn't a valid selection for this QUESTION. A is incorrect. You won't use project management input, other than expert judgment in some instances, to help identify activities. D is incorrect. The work breakdown structure (WBS) isn't a valid input for identifying activities.

• Question 505:

  Robert is the business analyst for his organization and is preparing to host a workshop for twenty stakeholders. The goal of this workshop is to comprehensively identify the requirements for new software that will be created for Robert's organization. What must first be established in the workshop to ensure that the elicitation process moves smoothly?

  A. An understanding of the ground rules of the workshop
  B. An understanding of who are the most important stakeholders
  C. An understanding of the business opportunity
  D. An understanding of the requirements elicitation processes
  A. An understanding of the ground rules of the workshop

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  Whenever a business analyst hosts event-based elicitation, ground rules should always be established. Ground rules help organize how the elicitation will take, how feedback should be offered, and how identified requirements will be verified. C is incorrect. Robert will need to communicate the business opportunity before the workshop so the group understands the purpose of the workshop. B is incorrect. While stakeholders may have different rankings in the organization the understanding of which stakeholders are most important is not relevant to the meeting running smoothly. D is incorrect. Stakeholders do not need to understand how the requirements elicitation processes work beyond the workshop meeting.

• Question 506:

  Which one of the following terms is not a business analysis planning and monitoring approach?

  A. Structured walkthroughs
  B. Decision analysis
  C. Requirements elicitation
  D. Process modeling
  C. Requirements elicitation

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  Requirements elicitation is a business analysis task; it is not a business analysis planning and monitoring approach. B is incorrect. Decision analysis is a business analysis planning and monitoring approach so this choice is incorrect. D is incorrect. Process modeling is a business analysis planning and monitoring approach so this choice is incorrect. A is incorrect. Structured walkthroughs are a business analysis planning and monitoring approach so this choice is incorrect.

• Question 507:

  What type of requirements elicitation technique is the Delphi Technique?

  A. Survey
  B. Workshop
  C. Prototyping
  D. Round table
  A. Survey

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  The Delphi Technique uses rounds of anonymous surveys to build consensus among the stakeholders. Answer B is incorrect. The workshop is not an example of the Delphi Technique. Answer D is incorrect. The round table is a discussion of a topic, not a requirements elicitation technique. Answer C is incorrect. Prototyping is not the equivalent of the Delphi Technique.

• Question 508:

  Complete this statement. are longer-term, ongoing, and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.

  A. Objectives
  B. Goals
  C. Requirements
  D. Operations
  B. Goals

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  One element of enterprise analysis is the definition of the goals and objectives of the organization. Goals are longer-term, ongoing, and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain. A is incorrect. Objectives describe the goals, performance indicators, and elements of an endeavor or project. C is incorrect. Requirements are the elements which a solution must describe. D is incorrect. Operations are the ongoing activities that are core and fundamental to the organization.

• Question 509:

  The Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a large financial services firm with many technology applications was formally reviewing all ongoing projects and noticed that the requirements were complex and difficult to follow. The CIO asks the business analyst (6A) what would improve the stakeholder's ability to understand the requirements. Which of the following will improve the requirements quality?

  A. Traceability matrices
  B. IEEE /ISO 29148 requirements standards
  C. Additional requirements attributes
  D. Matrix documentation formats
  B. IEEE /ISO 29148 requirements standards

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  The BA should improve the stakeholder's ability to understand the requirements by following the IEEE/ISO 29148 requirements standards. This is because IEEE/ISO 29148 is an international standard that provides guidelines for developing good quality requirements. The standard covers aspects such as requirements processes, elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management. Following the standard can help to ensure that the requirements are clear, complete, consistent, traceable, verifiable, and modifiable. The other options are not as effective or comprehensive as following the standard.

• Question 510:

  Due to a change in regulation, a solution being implemented has a new compliance requirement that must be evaluated. The requirements change strategy focuses on total cost of change as the primary driver for decisions. The business analyst (BA) compiled the following impact assessment of the proposed change based on the new compliance requirement.

  

  What recommendation should the BA make to the stakeholders based on the above information?

  A. Approve the requirement
  B. Request additional information
  C. Defer the requirement
  D. Reject the requirement
  B. Request additional information

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  This is because the impact assessment shows that the proposed change has a high cost, high risk, low benefit, and low urgency. Therefore, the requirement is not worth implementing at the current stage of the project, and it can be postponed to a later phase or release. Approving the requirement (A) is not a good option, as it would increase the project budget, duration, and complexity without adding much value. Requesting additional information (B) is not necessary, as the impact assessment already provides sufficient data to make a decision. Rejecting the requirement (D) is not advisable, as it may violate the compliance regulation and cause legal issues. References: CCBA Practice Test, CCBA Mock Test