Test your basic knowledge |

CBAP Business Analysis And Planning

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. The goal of tracing is to ensure that requirements are linked back to a business objective. Creation of this relationship helps in what other traceability activities?






2. Who is the primary stakeholder in the Define Business Case task?






3. Elements of a Requirements Management Plan include?






4. What are the techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?






5. A continuous process of collecting data to determine how well a solution has been implemented compared to expected results.






6. What techniques are used in the task - Prepare Requirements Package?






7. This technique represents the types of peoples - places - things and concepts that are important to the business - attributes associated with them and the significant business relationships among them.






8. The knowledge area that covers how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort.






9. What are the techniques for the task - Verify Requirements?






10. Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.






11. A means to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product - service or opportunity in an interactive group environment. The participants share their impressions - preferences and needs - guided by a moderator. - Effective for learning people's a






12. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






13. What is the output of the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






14. Are used to model the logic of usage scenarios - by showing the information passed between objects in the system through the execution of the scenario. Shows how classes and objects interact during a scenario.






15. What is a STAKEHOLDER requirement - according to the BABOK 2.0?






16. The goal of this task is to create a set of views of the requirements for the new business solution that are comprehensive - complete - consistent and understood from all stakeholder perspectives.






17. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






18. This describes how the chosen solution will deliver the solution scope - may break delivery down into releases or provide a roadmap that indicates the timeframe in which a capability is expected.






19. This knowledge area describes how the BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business need - identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary workarounds or changes to the solution.






20. This knowledge area describes the tasks that are performed in order to ensure that solutions meet the business need and to facilitate successful implementation.






21. What are the inputs for the task Prepare for Elicitation?






22. According to the BABOK 2.0 - what type of analysis generates STAKEHOLDER requirements?






23. Elicitation Results are the inputs for the ____________






24. What are the techniques used in the task - Determine Solution Approach?






25. Forecast the cost and effort involved in pursuing a course of action. Used to develop a better understanding of the possible range of costs and effort associated with any initiative






26. What does RACI stand for?






27. What are the tasks of the Elicitation Knowledge Area?






28. Understanding of the competitive forces that shape an industry - understand the various customer segments that the industry services and the demographic or other characteristics common to that segment.






29. What are the inputs for the task - Maintain Requirements for Re-use?






30. What is the output of the task Prepare for Elicitation?






31. 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






32. An important tool in defining the scope of work and developing estimates. Decomposes the project scope into smaller and smaller pieces - creating a hierarchy of work.






33. Corrective or preventative measures uncovered while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to what plan?






34. What factors guide technique selection?






35. What are the inputs to the task - Assess Capability Gaps?






36. Revised process and templates for BA deliverables should be analyzed and documented and lessons learned should be recorded.






37. What are the Composite Data Elements?






38. The minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing.






39. 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






40. What are the techniques used in the task - Assess Organizational Readiness?






41. Describes the effect a new solution will have on an organization and whether the organization is prepared for the organizational change the solution implementation will cause.






42. Organizational culture - Stakeholder preference - complexity - organizational maturity and availability of resources are all factors used to do what?






43. What are the likely sources of transition requirements?






44. What are the inputs for the task - Define Transitional Requirements?






45. What is the output of the task Conduct Elicitation Activity?






46. When a conflict arises between stakeholders on one or more documented requirements - the first thing that needs to take place is what?






47. To identify and manage areas of uncertainty that can impact an initiative - solution - or organization.






48. What are the inputs to the task - Validate Requirements?






49. What is the output of the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?






50. This knowledge area describes the problem definition and analysis - business case development - feasibility studies and the definition of solution scope.