PMI PMI-PBA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

PMI PMI-PBA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 121:

  The customer generated a design specification for a new product. What is the best action to take to establish an approved requirements baseline with the customer?

  A. Create a requirements traceability matrix for review and approval by the customer.
  B. Create a requirements baseline approval form for the customer to review and approve.
  C. Request that the customer create a baseline of the requirements in the contract specification.
  D. Perform a variance analysis on the design specification and report the results to the customer.
  B. Create a requirements baseline approval form for the customer to review and approve.

• Question 122:

  The sales team of a company has won a time-and-material project. The business analyst discovers that the sales team has underestimated the required budget and schedule. Which course of action should the business analyst take?

  A. Accept the contract, and deliver only the requirements that fit within the budget and schedule
  B. Develop a requirements baseline document and use it to negotiate the scope in the contract.
  C. Refrain from working on the project and request that the customer cancel the contract.
  D. Accept the contract, and then notify the customer about the potential for a cost overrun.
  B. Develop a requirements baseline document and use it to negotiate the scope in the contract.

• Question 123:

  A business analyst has received a test result report that shows evidence of defective functionality. The business analyst checks the test result again and verifies that the functionality behaves according to the requirements. At this point, the business analyst should first:

  A. let the users decide if the test result is acceptable.
  B. change the requirement according to the test result.
  C. verify that the test case is incorrect.
  D. ask the tester to perform the test again.
  C. verify that the test case is incorrect.

• Question 124:

  The business analyst has been assigned to a project which delivers functionality for a much larger solution. The project has many requirements but has not received adequate funding. In addition, the stakeholders' views conflict. Which tools and techniques should the business analyst use to maximize business value while establishing the requirements baseline?

  A. Decision trees, weighted matrix, and context diagrams.
  B. Traceability matrix, context diagrams, and scope document.
  C. Weighted matrix, process flow, and organizational chart
  D. Stakeholder register, decision tree, and capability matrix
  C. Weighted matrix, process flow, and organizational chart

• Question 125:

  The project manager is beginning to prepare for a test readiness review with the customer. The project manager knows that the customer will want a summary of requirements that have been rejected or deferred. The project manager has requested that the business analyst provide a list of rejected and deferred requirements.

  What should the business analyst have done to complete this request?

  A. Limit the number of rejected requirements on the project.
  B. Set up a change control board to track the number of rejections.
  C. Track rejected requirements in the system requirements verification matrix.
  D. Spend more time up-front reviewing the requirements to limit rejections.
  B. Set up a change control board to track the number of rejections.

• Question 126:

  A company is developing a new risk management system. The company expects the system to evolve in the near future due to changing government regulations. Which approach will better cope with the requirements' volatility?

  A. Multivoting
  B. Phased baselining
  C. Comparative analysis
  D. Storyboarding
  B. Phased baselining

• Question 127:

  A business analyst is reviewing a discrepancy report after a test session. The discrepancy report has revealed a defect that the business analyst must address. Which of the following criteria should the business analyst use to identify the appropriate response to the defective test result?

  A. Perform an impact analysis and open a change request to include the revised requirement in the next baseline.
  B. Inspect the requirements traceability matrix to verify if the requirement is connected to a use case.
  C. Determine if the defect is in the solution developed, in the original requirement or in the test case.
  D. Verify that the corresponding requirement was appropriately signed off by the requesting stakeholder.
  C. Determine if the defect is in the solution developed, in the original requirement or in the test case.

• Question 128:

  The test team is reviewing requirements that were written for Project A. They are having difficulty determining if the test results meet the project needs. Which project artifact could the test team review to help identify acceptance criteria?

  A. Use cases
  B. Project scope
  C. Delphi outcome
  D. RACI chart
  B. Project scope

• Question 129:

  A business analyst in organization Y is assigned to elicit requirements in a project within a defined timeline. The business analyst has identified and invited key stakeholders to a requirements workshop. However, the stakeholders are not giving clear and concise requirements; their opinions about requirements are changing and conflicting with each other in the meeting. In the end, the business analyst could not elicit and define the requirements and therefore adjourned the meeting.

  Which tool or technique could have been used by business analyst to avoid this situation?

  A. Prototyping
  B. Document analysis
  C. Decision tree
  D. Surveys
  C. Decision tree

• Question 130:

  After a project was delivered, the business analyst learns of a project objective with no associated requirement. What would have helped determine this issue before delivery?

  A. Context diagram
  B. Use cases
  C. Tracing requirements
  D. Process flow
  C. Tracing requirements