IIBA IIBA Certifications ECBA Questions & Answers

• Question 111:

  When stakeholder collaboration is not properly managed, poor relationships can have the following damaging effect on business analysis:

  A. strong negative reactions to obstacles.

  B. lack of support for organizational goals.

  C. resistance to approving elicitation results.

  D. failure to meet project deadlines.

  Correct Answer: A

  Failure to involve primary stakeholders in collaboration efforts from the start can lead to subsequent implementation, technical, or political difficulties in achieving conservation objectives. Reference: https://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/collaboration.pdf

• Question 112:

  A technique that is used to elicit information by viewing and understanding activities and their context is known as:

  A. workshop.

  B. observation.

  C. brainstorming.

  D. review.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 113:

  Which type of elicitation involves obtaining information by controlled test?

  A. Research

  B. Experiment

  C. Interview

  D. Collaboration

  Correct Answer: B

  involves identifying information that could not be known without some sort of controlled test.

• Question 114:

  What is a definitional rule?

  A. A representation of the operational knowledge of the organization

  B. An obligation or prohibition of conduct, action, practice, or procedure

  C. A rule that can be violated

  D. A representation of the behavior of people

  Correct Answer: A

  Definitional rules shape concepts, or produce knowledge or information.

  They indicate something that is necessarily true (or untrue) about some concept, thereby supplementing its definition. In contrast to behavioural rules, which are about the behaviour of people, definitional rules represent

  operational knowledge of the organization.

  An example of a definitional rule is:

  A customer must be considered a Preferred Customer if they place more than 10 orders per month.

• Question 115:

  The process of assigning requirements to solution components and releases to best achieve the objectives is called:

  A. requirements classification schema.

  B. requirements traceability.

  C. requirements allocation.

  D. requirements architecture.

  Correct Answer: C

  Requirements allocation is the process of assigning requirements to solution components and releases to best achieve the objectives

• Question 116:

  What analysis needs to be performed in order to evaluate the effect of change?

  A. Competitive

  B. Decision

  C. Modeling

  D. Impact

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 117:

  Stakeholders commonly face challenges in prioritizing requirements due to:

  A. lack of knowledge.

  B. project time constraints.

  C. different perceived values.

  D. inability to work with others.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 118:

  Which of the following items is commonly used by a business analyst (BA) during requirements verification?

  A. A checklist with a standard set of quality elements

  B. A business model canvas with financial estimates

  C. A benchmarking report with industry comparisons

  D. A user story with inputs and outputs

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 119:

  Which cost is estimated based on the alternative results that might have been achieved if the resources devoted to one design option had been allocated to another design option?

  A. Implementation

  B. Maintenance

  C. Opportunity

  D. Purchase

  Correct Answer: C

  Opportunity costs are alternative results that might have been achieved if the resources, time, and funds devoted to one design option had been allocated to another design option.

• Question 120:

  What are matrices in modelling formats used to describe?

  A. Detailed procedure flow

  B. Gaps in capability analysis

  C. Complex but uniform structures

  D. Hierarchical structure of stakeholders

  Correct Answer: C

  Matrices: a matrix is used when the business analyst is modelling a requirement or set of requirements that have a complex but uniform structure,