BCS Business Analysis FBA15 Questions & Answers

• Question 151:

  A batch program runs every night to raise invoices. The next day these invoices are posted out to customers by a clerk. Customers pay the invoices with cheques. The cheques are then banked by a clerk. In this scenario, which of the following represents a business event?

  A. System prints invoices.

  B. Clerk sends invoices to customers.

  C. Customer's cheque is received.

  D. Clerk banks the cheque.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 152:

  Which of the following actions could sustain business change?

  A. Develop the coaching skills of selected staff members.

  B. Establish clear benefits for selected, powerful stakeholders.

  C. Retain the previous system and its associated processes.

  D. Ensure that improved staff performance is not rewarded.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 153:

  As part of an investigation a Business Analyst has devised a form for users of an existing system to use to keep track of the tasks they undertake during their working day. Which of the following describes this investigation technique?

  A. Special purpose records,

  B. Scenario analysis.

  C. Questionnaires.

  D. Activity sampling.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 154:

  On a class diagram, what do the multiplicities represent?

  A. The number of attributes held within each class.

  B. The minimum and maximum number of operations in each class.

  C. The minimum and maximum number of objects in each class.

  D. The business rules for an association between two classes.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 155:

  A well formed requirement is said to comply with which of the following acronyms?

  A. MOSCOW.

  B. SMART.

  C. OSCAR.

  D. MOST.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 156:

  Which stage in the waterfall model is considered as several separate stages in the V model?

  A. Development.

  B. Analysis.

  C. Testing.

  D. Design.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 157:

  Which of the following terms may be used to describe the attitude of a stakeholder who is NOT in favour of the project but is probably not actively opposed to it?

  A. Opponent.

  B. Neutral.

  C. Critic.

  D. Blocker.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 158:

  The entity relationship model below shows the relationship between Customer and Order. Which of the following business rules is correct?

  

  A. An order may be placed by many customers.

  B. A customer may place many orders.

  C. A customer may never place an order.

  D. An order need not be placed by a customer.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 159:

  What is the business analyst doing when he or she compares the BAM with the current business situation?

  A. Conceptual modelling.

  B. Analysing perspective.

  C. Gap analysis.

  D. Defining CATVVOE.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 160:

  An IT department needs to upgrade its hardware to run the new version of an established operating system. The cost of this required upgrade is $2 million. As an alternative, the IT director has suggested that the company should change to a completely different operating system. Although this will cost $6 million, the change will bring many other benefits, including cheaper maintenance costs and increased security. What is the avoided cost in his proposal?

  A. $2 million.

  B. $4 million.

  C. $6 million.

  D. $8 million.

  Correct Answer: A