BCS Business Analysis RE18 Questions & Answers

• Question 21:

  Peter is analyzing requirements elicited for a sales order system. He is looking at the following requirement

  to see if it is fit for purpose:

  'The system shall calculate the total volume of orders received per salesman on Fridays, except when the

  end of year reports are being run'.

  During requirements analysis, requirements are checked for:

  A) Ambiguity.

  B) Relevance.

  C) Clarity.

  D) Whether the requirement is a solution.

  On which of these checks would this requirement fail?

  A. A, B and C

  B. A and C

  C. B, C and D

  D. D only

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 22:

  Isamu is a business analyst working on a project. Unfortunately, it is not progressing as hoped or planned.

  He has identified that the main issues with the users on the project are:

  1) They manage complex processes and they do not seem to be able to articulate their needs.

  2) They claim they cannot engage in requirements elicitation as they simply do not know what is possible.

  Which elicitation technique would best address both these issues?

  A. Activity sampling

  B. Focus group

  C. Prototyping

  D. Scenario analysis

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 23:

  A business analyst working on a project has identified:

  3 requirements for which there is a workaround and the users can live without;

  2 requirements that the users can live without for now;

  15 requirements which, if not delivered, will make the solution unworkable or useless.

  When these requirements are prioritized using MoSCoW, which of the following categories will not be

  used?

  A. M

  B. S

  C. C

  D. W

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 24:

  Why it is important to record the author, source, and owner attributes of each requirement in a requirements catalogue?

  A. To enable effective prioritization of the requirement.

  B. To enable traceability for clarification of the requirement.

  C. To ensure effective configuration control of the requirement.

  D. To ensure that the requirement is atomic.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 25:

  A zoo is in the process of introducing a new IT system to improve its processes and drive greater efficiency in its operations. It has received permission from the board of directors for a phased approach to introduce new business functionality and to replace manual processes with digital solutions.

  The key areas for inclusion in the first phase are a new animal health monitoring system, which will allow the zookeepers to utilize the power of data analytics to monitor and proactively manage the health of the animals. It will also provide them with a way of accurately recording the birth of new animals and record loans of animals to other zoos around the world.

  On the public-facing side, the project will provide customers with an adoption scheme, which will raise much-needed funds.

  A business analyst has constructed a use case diagram for the zoo:

  

  The following potential statements have been made about the diagram:

  A) The diagram is a correct representation of the scenario.

  B) There are aspects of the scenario which are incorrectly represented in the diagram.

  C) There are aspects of the scenario which are incorrectly omitted from the diagram. D) The notation used in the diagram is incorrect.

  Which of them is/are true?

  A. A

  B. B

  C. B and C

  D. C and D

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 26:

  ChemCo Ltd has initiated a project to consider changes in its pension scheme.

  Paul works in the marketing department and is enrolled in the pension scheme. He has been invited to attend a pension scheme project session designed to elicit requirements, understand opinions on the level of service, and consider how it could be improved in the future. On arrival at the session, Paul recognizes people from other departments, who are all customers of the pension scheme.

  In which type of session is Paul about to participate?

  A. Activity sampling

  B. Focus group

  C. Scenario analysis

  D. Workshop

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 27:

  A project team has decided that it wishes to adopt an agile/iterative approach to a development project.

  The following principles have been agreed upon to guide the selection of elicitation techniques:

  1) We will embrace the evolutionary and re-factoring principles of iterative development in our approach to

  requirements elicitation.

  2) We need to build a broad (but basic) understanding of how teams work together in the current business

  situation.

  3) We need to build strong personal relationships to ensure we can instil empowerment and collaboration

  in the team.

  Which of the following sets of elicitation techniques would support all these principles?

  A. Interviews, prototyping, scenario analysis.

  B. Interviews, workshops, observation.

  C. Prototyping, scenario analysis, document analysis.

  D. Scenario analysis, observation, survey.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 28:

  A project manager has stated that he wants 'secure and controlled access to documentation, as well as support for impact analysis and traceability in terms of version history'.

  What element of requirements management will offer this?

  A. Change control

  B. Configuration control

  C. Configuration management

  D. Software support

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 29:

  A set of requirements for a new online health information portal have been prioritized using MoSCoW:

  REQ#1: (S) REQ#2: (C) REQ#3: (S) REQ#4: (M) REQ#5: (M) REQ#6: (C) REQ#7: (W) Only the minimum usable subset was approved for inclusion in the first iteration of the project. After the build for the first iteration began, it was estimated there was enough time to add two additional requirements, without negative impact on the project schedule.

  Which two requirements will now be added to the first iteration build?

  A. REQ#1 and REQ#3

  B. REQ#2 and REQ#6

  C. REQ#4 and REQ#5

  D. REQ#6 and REQ#7

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 30:

  A business analyst is in the process of validating a set of requirements produced for a new business

  initiative and the following needs agreement:

  That the requirements...

  1) Are within the scope of the project.

  2) Can be verified when they have been implemented.

  3) Express business needs clearly and correctly.

  Who is responsible for this agreement?

  A. Developers, business owners, business analyst.

  B. Developers, testers, business sponsor.

  C. Testers, business owners, business analyst.

  D. Testers, business owners, business sponsor.

  Correct Answer: A