IIBA ECBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIBA ECBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  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.
  A. strong negative reactions to obstacles.

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference: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 22:

  Which activity is a business analyst (BA) performing when ensuring that a set of requirements is developed with enough detail to be usable by a particular stakeholder?

  A. Validating requirements
  B. Verifying requirements
  C. Eliciting requirements
  D. Specifying requirements
  B. Verifying requirements

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:Verify Requirements: ensures that a set of requirements or designs has been developed in enough detail to be usable by a particular stakeholder,

• Question 23:

  When initially assigned work, understanding the scope of elicitation is important in order to:

  A. review the project charter.
  B. identify the stakeholders.
  C. discover the requirements.
  D. plan the business analysis approach
  B. identify the stakeholders.

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  Elements Understand the Scope of Elicitation To determine the type of business analysis information to be discovered during the elicitation activity and the techniques that may be used, business analysts consider: business domain, overall corporate culture and environment, stakeholder locations, stakeholders who are involved and their group dynamics.

• Question 24:

  While assessing requirements changes, a business analyst (BA) will determine the formality of the assessment process based on:

  A. governance approach.
  B. business analysis approach.
  C. change strategy.
  D. potential value.
  A. governance approach.

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:Business analysts will determine the formality of the assessment process based on the information available, the apparent importance of the change, and the governance process. Many proposed changes may be withdrawn from consideration or declined before any formal approval is required. A predictive approach may indicate a more formal assessment of proposed changes.

• Question 25:

  What is used for quality control when verifying requirements and designs?

  A. Review
  B. Acceptance and evaluation criteria
  C. Item tracking
  D. Checklist
  D. Checklist

• Question 26:

  If a business analyst (BA) does not properly identify stakeholders, then the long-term implications are:

  A. increased costs.
  B. reduced requirements.
  C. higher satisfaction.
  D. decreased risk.
  A. increased costs.

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:If stakeholders are not identified, the business analyst may miss uncovering critical needs. Stakeholder needs uncovered late will often require a revision to business analysis tasks that are either in progress or are completed. This can result in increased costs and decreased stakeholder satisfaction.

• Question 27:

  Which input is used to prepare for elicitation?

  A. Activity plan
  B. Business analysis information
  C. Stakeholder engagement approach
  D. Change strategy
  C. Stakeholder engagement approach

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:Stakeholder Engagement Approach: understanding stakeholders' communication and collaboration needs helps plan and prepare appropriate and effective elicitation events.

• Question 28:

  Which of the following describes the confirmation of interview results?

  A. Follow-up
  B. Validation
  C. Retrospective
  D. Conclusion
  A. Follow-up

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  It is important for the interviewer to organize the information and confirm results with the interviewees as soon as possible after the interview

• Question 29:

  Which of the following techniques is used when recommendations for improvement are supported by objective and quantitative evidence?

  A. Observation
  B. Functional decomposition
  C. Balanced scorecard
  D. Estimation
  A. Observation

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  Mentioned under Strengths of Observation: Recommendations for improvement are supported by objective and quantitative evidence.

• Question 30:

  What skill is required by a business analyst (BA) to understand how the people, processes, and technology within an organization interact, to understand the enterprise from a holistic point of view?

  A. Creative thinking
  B. Conceptual thinking
  C. Problem solving
  D. Systems thinking
  D. Systems thinking

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  Explanation Explanation/Reference:Systems thinking is an understanding how the people, processes, and technology within an organization interact allows business analysts to understand the enterprise from a holistic point of view.