SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
BABOK Enterprise Analysis
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Higher-level statements of Goals - Objectives - Needs of Enterprise.
Small - Low-Risk project
Determine Most Viable Option
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Business Requirements
2. Information Compiled as a Result of Enterprise Analysis Facilitates: _____________ that Manifest themselves in Programs and Supporting Projects.
Investment Decisions
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Analyst
3. The 10 Requirements Elicitation Techniques: 1) BS: Brainstorming; 2) _______________; 3) FG: Focus Group; 4) IA: Interface Analysis; 5) I: Interview; 6) O: Observation; 7) P: Prototyping; 8) RW: Requirements Workshop; 9) RE: Reverse Engineering; 10)
Strategic Plan
Inputs
Future Course of an Enterprise
DA: Document Analysis
4. The Enterprise Analysis Activities? 1) _______________; 2) CFS: Conducting Feasibility Studies; 3) DPS: Determining Project Scope; 4) PBC: Preparing ttheeh Business Case; 5) CIRA: Conducting the Initial Risk Assessment; 6) PDP: Preparing theDecision
Business Stakeholders
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Managing Projects for Value
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
5. In the EA Activity - _______________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Executive Prsentation; (2) Decision Package
Business Case Document
Internal interest only
New Project Proposal
Organization's Future
6. The attributes of a low-to-moderate risk project type: 1) ______________; 2) Schedule undergos variations - but deadlines are firm; 3) Complexity small: difficult to understand or solution is difficult to achieve/unclear; 4) Some direct business impa
Business Requirements
Business Stakeholders
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
6 - 12 months
7. The Strategic Planning Process provides ______________ in which Enterprise Analysis is Conducted.
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Future Course of an Enterprise
Context
Enterprise Analysis
8. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - what are the Deliverables?
Project Manager
Propose New Programs
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
9. In the EA Activity - Managing Projects for Value - BAs (1) Works in Partnership with PM to Update Business Case at key checkpoint control gate reviews to ________________ to Help Determine whether to Continue to Invest in Project.
Sr. BAs
Propose New Programs
Provide Management with Info
Project Plan
10. Business Requirements for future project investments which are also Documented.
Business Requirements descriptions
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Business Case Document
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
11. The 8 S________________: 1) DAS: Develop Alternate Solutions; 2) ETO: Evaluate Technology Options; 3) FSS: Facilitate the Selection of a Solution: 4) EUS: Ensure the Usability of theSolution; 5) SQAP: Support theQuality Assurance Process; 6) SIS: Sup
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Provide Management with Info
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Sponsor
12. (1) Invest in most Valuable Projects; (2) Planning - Executing - Controlling project Activities to Attain The Business Value As Early As Possible.
Application
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
Determine Most Viable Option
13. In the EA Activity - _________________ - who is the owner? Business Analyst
Business Sponsor
Strategic Plan Document
Managing Projects for Value
Feasibility Study Report
14. In the EA Activity - New Project Proposal - who is the owner?
Organization's Reason for Being
Executive Team
Business Sponsor
Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
15. _________________________- considered during the Strategic Planning Process: (1) Investigate Current Strategy as related to Environmental and Market Trends; (2) Assess Current Technology Structure and Strategies to Ensure Fit with Business Vison; (3)
Propose New Programs
Business Circumstances and Needs
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Organization's Reason for Being
16. Begin fter Executive Team Develops Strategic Plans and Goals
Executive Team
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Feasibility Study Report
Enterprise Analysis Activites
17. In the EA Activity Business Case Development - what are the Deliverables?
Identified during Enterprise Analysis Activities
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Business Case Document
18. In the EA Activity - _________________ - what are the Deliverables? (1) Project Selection; (2) Project Priority; (3) Project Charter
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
6 - 12 months
Inputs
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
19. The Strategic Planning Focus: _______________ AND Provide Foundation to Select/Prioritize Programs/Projects.
20. The level of enterprise analysis needed for a ____________: 1) Simplified set of enterprise analysis deliverables: a) Simplified Business Case; b) some Business Architecture to provide context.
Small - Low-Risk project
Executive Team
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Requirements Communications Tasks
21. Why are Companies adopting the practice of Professional Business Analysis? To ___________.
Provide Executive Presentation
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Long term goals/objectives
6 - 12 months
22. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - who is the owner?
Enterprise Governance Body
Enterprise Analysis
Sponsor
Organization's Future
23. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - the BAs (1) ___________________. (2) During Project Initiation/Planning Processes - Elicit - Analyze - Document - Validate business Requirements AND Collaborate with System Architect during Intiial Design
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Business Requirements
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Enterprise Analysis Activities
24. For Management to _____________ they need: 1) Accurate - (2) Consistent - (3) Useful Information about new ventures and currently funded ventures.
Future Course of an Enterprise
Invest in Most Valuable Projects
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
25. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - who is the owner?
Business Analyst
Relevant stakeholders
Updated Business Case at Key Control Gates
Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities
26. In the Activity - Strategic Goal Development - Sr. BA's _______________
Facilitate Strategic Goal Setting Sessions
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Enterprise Analysis
27. The 10 Requirements Analysis and Documentation Tasks:: 1) ______________; 2) CBDM: Create Business Domain Model; 3) AUR: Analyze User Requirements; 4) AFR: Analyze Functional Requirements; 5) AQSR: Analyze Quality of Service Requirements; 6) DAC: Det
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
Investment Decisions
28. In the EA Activity - Selecting and Prioritizing New Business Opportunities - Sr. BAs (1) ________________; (2) Present Proposal for New Projects.
Measured and Analyzed
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Provide Management with Info
Feasibility Study Report
29. The Requirements Elicitation Task
Strategic Goals - Themes - and Measures
Enterprise Analysis
SRP: Structure Requirements Packages
ER: Elicit Requirements
30. In the EA Activity - Business Architecture Development - what are the Deliverables?
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Business Architecture
Long term goals/objectives
31. In the EA Acitivity - Strategic Plan Development - ______: (1) Conduct Competitive Analysis; (2) Benchmark Studies to servve as Input to Strategic Planning Process; (3) Plan/Facilitate Strategic Planning Sessions.
Sr. BAs
Requirements Communications Tasks
Decision-Support Information
DA: Document Analysis
32. The 3 ____________________ Techniques: 1) DBM: Data and Behavior Models; 2) P/FM: Process / Flow Models; 3) UM: Usage Models
Sr. BAs
Provide Management with Info
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Business Stakeholders
33. The attributes of a significant - high risk project type: 1) 12 - 24 months; 2) _____________; 3) Problem and solution difficult to define/understand and solution difficult to achieve; 4) Affects core service delivery or directly relates to key initi
Significant - High-Risk project
Fixed deadline. no flexibility
Organization's Future
Collaborate with SME
34. Enterprise Analysis Activities end after benefits of Project Outcomes are _______________.
Measured and Analyzed
CMBA: Creating and Maintaining The Business Architecture
Business Stakeholders
Unified structure and context
35. In the EA Activity - Launching New Project - what are the Deliverables?
Strategic Plan Document
Project Plan
Decision-Support Information
Significant - High-Risk project
36. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - who is the owner? Business ___________
Sponsor
Decision-Support Information
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
Enterprise Governance Body
37. The level of enterprise analysis needed for a ______________: 1) Full set of enterprise analysis deliverables: a) Business Architecture; b) Feasibility Study; c) Business Case; d) Risk Rating; e) Decision Package
Significant - High-Risk project
ER: Elicit Requirements
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
Organization's Reason for Being
38. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - BAs (1) Collaborate with SME; (2) Facilitate team to (a) Identify Solutions; (b) Examine Feasibility of Each Option; (c) _______________
Business Requirements descriptions
Strategic Goal Development
Low-to-Moderate Risk project
Determine Most Viable Option
39. In the EA Activity - Tracking Project Benefits - what are the Deliverables?
Balanced Scorecard Reports
Initiatives realized by Organizations
Decision-Support Information
Determine Most Viable Option
40. The attributes of a small - low risk project type: 1) < 6 months; 2) Schedule is flexible; 3) Not complex: easily understood/solution readily available; 4) ________________; 5) Impacts a single bu; 6) No major dependencies/inter-related projects
Application
Internal interest only
Business Analyst
Support PM in Initiating/ Planning New Project
41. What does the Business Architecture define?
Relevant stakeholders
Small - Low-Risk project
Increase the Value Projects Bring to the Organization
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
42. The Business Architecture describes: 1) Business Strategy; 2) ___________________; 3) High level business environment through process or functional view; 4) Technological environment; 5) External environment.
Decision-Support Information
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Long term goals/objectives
Owner
43. In the EA Activity - Feasibility Studies - what are the Deliverables?
Decision-Support Information
Feasibility Study Report
Propose New Programs
Plan and Facilitate Portfolio Management Meetings
44. The Requirements Planning and Management Activities: 1) ____________; 2) DBAWDS: Define Business Analyst Work Division Strategy; 3) DRRA: Define Requirements Risk Approach; 4) DPC: Determine Planning Considerations; 5) SRA: Select Requirements Activi
Determine Most Viable Option
Enterprise Analysis in large organizations
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Maintenance of Current and Future State Business Architecture
45. Outputs from Enterprise Analysis will become ________ to: a) Requirements Planning and Management; b) Requirements Elicitation/Gathering; c) Requirements Communication.
Actual vs. Expected Benefits
Organization's Future
Inputs
Internal interest only
46. (1) Why a Project is Initiated; (2) What a Project will Achieve; (3) Metrics used to Measure Success.
Small - Low-Risk project
Business Requirements descriptions
UTRP: Understand Team Roles for the Project
Project Manager
47. KA of BABOK that Describes Business Analysis Activities need for organizations to (1) Identify Business Opportunities - (2) Build Business Architecture Framework - (3) Determine Optimum Project Investment Path - including New Business and Technical S
Executive Team
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Enterprise Analysis
Business Architecture
48. Business Analyst collaborates with ____________ to build a Strong Relationship between the Business and Technical Communities when Implementing a New IT-Enabled Business Solution.
Measured and Analyzed
Business Case Document
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Business Stakeholders
49. As PM matures into Critical Management Discipline - Orgs realize that _______.
Future Course of an Enterprise
Enterprise Analysis Activities
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Strategic Goal Development
50. Set of documentation that defines an organization's current and future capabilities;
Business Architecture
Business Requirements
Managing Projects has 2 initiatives
Measured and Analyzed