SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CBAP Business Analysis And Planning
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
business-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. How is the Operational Support stakeholder utilized in the Evaluate Solution Performance task?
This person will be involved in monitoring the performance and effectiveness of a solution or its components.
Cognitive Conflict
Decision Analysis - Focus Groups - Observation - Survey/Questionnaire
Plan Business Analysis Approach - Conduct Stakeholder Analysis - Plan Business Analysis Activities - Plan Business Analysis Communication - Plan Requirements Management Process - Manage BA Performance
2. Describes all the possible outcomes of an attempt to accomplish a particular goal that the solution will support.
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
Expert Judgment
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Use Case
3. What is the output of the task - Communicate Requirements?
Organize Requirements
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Communicated Requirements
Validate Requirements
4. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.
Monitoring
Impact Analysis
Prioritize Requirements - Organize Requirements - Specify & Model Requirements - Define Assumptions & Constraints - Verify Requirements - Validate Requirements
Decision Analysis - Problem Tacking - Risk Analysis
5. To define the rules that govern decisions in an organization and that define - constrain or enable organization operations.
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Business Rules Analysis
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Tracing Requirements
6. Details user interface requirements and integrates them with other requirements such as use cases - scenarios - data and business rules. Stakeholders often find this to be a concrete means of identifying - describing and validating their interface ne
Evaluation Criteria
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
Prototyping
7. Limited to "as-is" perspective. - Existing documentation may not be up-to-date or valid. - Can be a time-consuming and even tedious process to locate the relevant information
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
Organize Requirements
Advantages of Document Analysis
Focus Group
8. What is the output of the task - Determine Solution Approach?
Solution Approach
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Reliability - Performance Efficiency - Operability - Security - Compatibility - Maintainability - Transferability
Scope Modeling
9. The goal of this task is validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholder match the stakeholder's understanding of the problem and the stakeholder's needs. Analyst's understanding conforms to the actual desire or intentions of the s
Confirm Elicitation Results
Data Flow Diagrams
Assessment of Proposed Solution
Dependencies
10. Elements identified for each activity and task.
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Estimation
Organization Modeling
11. Investigating how a solution is actually used after it is deployed and assessing the effect it has had - both positive and negative.
Evaluate Solution Performance
Delphi Estimation
Impact Analysis
Business Domain - Corporate Culture & Environment - Skills of the Analyst - Requirement Deliverable
12. What does RACI stand for?
Responsible - Accountable - Consulted - Informed
Monitoring
Acceptance & Evaluation Technique
Requirements Workshop - Structured Walkthrough
13. What are some of the key variables used in determining the priority of a requirement?
Determine the Process - Who will Authorize Changes - Impact Analysis - Wording of the Request - Coordinate Prioritization of Change
Stakeholder Matrix
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Define Transitional Requirements
14. Provides an organized approach to tracking - management - and resolution of defects - issues - problems - and risks throughout business analysis activities. Management of issues is important so that they can be resolved in a timely manner to ensure s
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Lessons Learned Process
Problem Tracking
15. To identify interfaces between solutions and/or solution components and define requirements that describe how they will interact.
Problem or Vision Statement
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Interface Analysis
Business Need
16. Creates a conceptual model of the work that needs to be completed to deliver the new business solution.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Business Analysis Approach - BA Performance Assessment - Organizational Process Assets - Stakeholder List - Roles & Responsibilities
Functional Decomposition
Structured Walkthrough
17. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Document Analysis - SWOT Analysis
Business Analysis Process Assets
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
18. What are some examples of stakeholder concerns?
Risk - assumptions - constraints - etc.
Business Rule
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Brainstorming - Interviews - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Requirements Workshop - Risk Analysis - Scenarios & Use Cases - User Stories - Scope Modeling - Survey/Questionnaire - RACI Matrix
19. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?
Root Cause Analysis
Assumptions & Constraints - Business Need - Solution Scope - Stakeholder Concerns
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
Perform tailoring exercises
20. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?
Relationships - Impact Analysis - Configuration Management System
Decision Analysis
Organizational Readiness Assessment - Requirements (Stated) - Solution (Deployed) - Solution (Designed)
The Sponsor
21. What are the inputs to the task - Communicate Requirements?
Business Analysis Communication Plan - Requirements - Requirements Package
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Modeling - Organization Modeling - Data Modeling
22. Agreement by stakeholders that analysis models effectively and completely describe the domain - identification of related problems or issues from multiple areas in the domain - rapid absorption of new information or new domain.
Learning
Relationship to Time - Relationship to Task Completion - Relationship to Contracts - Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority
Brainstorming
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
23. What is the output of the task Document Elicitation Results?
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
Historic Analysis
Requirements (Stated) - Stakeholder Concerns
Observation
24. What are the techniques used in the task - Organize Requirements?
Identified Defects - Mitigating Actions - Solution Validation Assessment
Assess Organization Readiness
Evaluate Solution Performance
Business Rules Analysis - Data Flow Diagrams - Data Modeling - Functional Decomposition - Organizational Modeling - Process Modeling - Scenarios & Use Cases - Scope Modeling - User Stories
25. What are the techniques used in the task - Define Business Case?
Vendor Assessment
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
Decision Analysis - Estimation - Metrics & KPIs - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Problem Tracking - Structured Walkthrough - Checklists
26. What knowledge area discusses the business analysis activities necessary to identify a business need - problem or opportunity - define the capture of the solution and justify the investment necessary to deliver the solution.
Solution Knowledge
Enterprise Analysis - often the starting point for initiating a new project
SWOT Analysis
Brainstorming
27. What is the output of the task - Allocate Resources?
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
Problem Tracking
Requirements (Allocated)
Structured Walkthrough
28. This prototype seeks to quickly uncover and clarify interface requirements using simple tools - sometimes just paper and pencil. The focus is on functionality that is not easily elicited by other techniques - has conflicting viewpoints - or is diffic
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Required Capabilities
Throw-away Prototype
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Decision Analysis - Estimation - SWOT Analysis - Feasibility Analysis
Requirements (Maintained and Reusable)
29. Communication of requirements does what for stakeholders?
Implementation Approach
Underlying Competencies
Term and Fact Model
Brings them to a Communication on understanding
30. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?
Automate or Simplify Work - Improve Access to Information - Reduce Complexity of Interfaces - Increase Consistency of Behavior - Eliminate Redundancy
Scenarios & Use Cases
Requirements Analysis
Estimation - Functional Decomposition - Risk Analysis
31. What are the elements to the task - Define Business Case?
Customer
Decision Analysis
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
Benefits - Costs - Risk Assessment - Results Measurement
32. Understanding of the business architecture of the organization that is being analyzed. Understanding business models (generates profit) - org structure - relationships between business units and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.
Requirements (Analyzed)
Share - Enhance - Exploit
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
Organizational Knowledge
33. What are the inputs for the task - Evaluate Solution Performance?
They describe what a solution must be capable of doing to meet the needs of one or more stakeholder groups
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Problem Tracking - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Data Flow Diagrams
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
34. What is the output of the task - Define Business Case?
Verify Requirements
Business Case
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving - Behavioral Characteristics - Business Knowledge - Communication Skills - Interaction Skills - Software Application
Scenarios & Use Cases
35. What is the output of the task - Define Transition Requirements?
Leadership
Cognitive Conflict
Interviews - Observation
Transition Requirements
36. Long-term - ongoing and qualitative statements of a state or condition that the organization is seeking to establish and maintain.
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition - Metrics & KPIs - Prototyping - Risk Analysis - Structured Walkthrough
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
Conduct Elicitation Activity
Goals
37. What are the techniques used in the task - Validate Solution?
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Impact Analysis
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Problem Tracking - Root Cause Analysis
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
38. Familiarity with the range of commercially available solutions or suppliers can assist with the identification of possible alternatives.
Business Value - Business or Technical Risk - Implementation Difficulty - Likelihood of Success - Regulatory or Policy Compliance - Relationship to Other Requirements - Stakeholder Agreement - Urgency
Solution Knowledge
Requirements (Stated - Unconfirmed) - Stakeholder Concerns (Unconfirmed)
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
39. What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Business Rules Analysis - Focus Groups - Functional Decomposition - Root Cause Analysis
Business Need - Enterprise Architecture - Organizational Process Assets
Data Dictionary & Glossary
40. Defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain.
Business Analysis Performance Metrics - Business Analysis Plan - Organization Performance Standards - Requirements Management Plan
Data Dictionary & Glossary
Lessons Learned Process
Delphi Estimation
41. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?
Requirements Documentation - Requirements for Vendor Selection
Requirements Package
State Diagrams
Business Requirements - Identified Defects - Solution Performance Metrics - Solution (Deployed)
42. This task ensures that requirement specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work. Requirements have been defined correctly.
Verify Requirements
Problem or Vision Statement
SWOT Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
43. This will impose constraints to the effort to deploy the solution - including relationships that may exist between solution components.
Historic Analysis
Dependencies
Interviews - Lessons Learned Process - Metrics and KPIs - Problem Tracking - Process Modeling - Root Cause Analysis - Survey/Questionnaire - Variance Analysis
Solution Scope Definition - Implementation Approach - Dependencies
44. What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Brainstorming - Document Analysis - Focus Groups - Interface Analysis - Interviews - Observation - Prototyping - Requirements Workshop - Survey/Questionnaire
Business Analysis Approach - Business Analysis Plan - Organizational Process Assets
Cohesive - Complete - Consistent - Correct - Feasible - Modifiable - Unambiguous - Testable
Formal requirements presentation to stakeholders
45. An excellent way to foster creative thinking about a problem. The goal is to produce numerous new ideas and to derive themes for further analysis. - Ability to elicit many ideas in a short time period. - - Non-judgmental environment enables creative
Scenarios & Use Cases
Business Policy
Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution (Designed) - Solution Scope
Brainstorming
46. Useful for ensuring that all stakeholders are in agreement on the format and content of relevant information. Capturing these definitions in a single model ensures that these terms will be used consistently.
Advantages of a Data Dictionary & Glossary
Expert Judgment
Assess Proposed Solution - Allocate Requirements - Assess Organizational Readiness - Define Transition Requirements - Validate Solution - Evaluate Solution Performance
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
47. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis - Process Modeling - Structured Walkthrough
Ethics - Trustworthiness - Personal Organization
Allocate Requirements
Business Need - Organizational Process Assets - Requirements Management Plan - Scheduled Resources - Solution Scope & Business Case - Supporting Materials
48. What are the inputs to the task - Define Assumption & Constraints?
Assumptions & Constraints - Requirements (Prioritized and Approved) - Solution Options
Historic Analysis
Stakeholder Concerns
Implementation Approach
49. What are the Primitive Data Elements?
Impact Analysis - Requirements Coverage - Requirements Allocation
Implementation Approach
Name - Aliases - Values/Meanings - Description
The Business Analysis Communication Plan
50. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Proposed Solution?
Unique Number - Activity Description - Assumptions - Dependencies - Milestones
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Decision Analysis - Vendor Assessment
Business Case
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria - Data Flow Diagrams - Process Models - Focus Groups - Interviews - Survey/Questionnaire - Organizational Modeling - Problem Tracking - Risk Analysis - SWOT Analysis - Force Field Analysis