Exam 1: Certified Business Analysis Professional

When can changes to requirements occur in a business analysis planning and monitoring assignment?

Due to the complexity of a project, the project board is concerned that the business analyst (BA) will not be able to ensure all requirements are verified. What tool can the BA present to the project board to mitigate their concern?

One of the processes within requirements analysis is to prioritize requirements. As a business analyst why would you ever want to prioritize requirements?

You are working with several business analysts to determine the solution approach for an identified problem. All of the following techniques are acceptable for identifying the solution approach except for which one?

A martial arts organization has been expanding throughout the mid-Atlantic states and has hired a business analyst (BA) to create a system that will enable the organization to manage its growing needs. The following list describes some of the operations of the martial arts organization: The martial arts organization offers a variety of seminars to trainees that span the entire spectrum of the martial arts training system. Each seminar is made up of a set of techniques. Coaches in the martial arts organization are assigned seminars to teach according to the area that they specialize in and their availability. The martial arts organization publishes and maintains a web-based calendar of the different seminars (and the assigned coaches) every quarter for the trainees to view. The seminar administrator in the martial arts organization manages the seminars (including seminar content), assigns seminars to coaches, and defines the seminar schedule. To ensure understanding of the business need, the BA has created three Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagrams, which are shown below: The BA is working on the design options for the future state at the martial arts organization. There are several design elements that need to be considered for the future state. Which of the following design elements does the Activity Diagram address?

Which of the following involves defining the various threats, determining the extent of vulnerabilities, and devising countermeasures against a possible attack?

Your organization completes software development for other companies as its core business. Management would like to streamline the requirements gathering processes as many of the projects your company do are similar in nature. What approach could you as a business analyst do to help streamline the requirements gathering process for your organization?

A project is implemented using a predictive approach. Unfortunately, a lot of change requests (CR) have been raised. A project manager (PM), who should approve each change request, is overworked. What could the business analyst (BA) propose to make things better?

You are the business analyst for your organization. You are preparing the business needs documentation for a new solution to an identified problem. Parts of your input for this process are the business goals and objectives set by your organization. What approach can you use to assess the business goal and their validity and longevity?

You are the business analyst for your organization and are working with Ralph who is also a business analyst at your company. You have moved one of the requirements higher in the prioritization of the requirements because it is needed to be implemented before some of the more important requirements are done. Ralph disagrees with your placement of the requirement because you are to rank the requirements based on their level of difficulty. Who is correct and why?

A business analyst (BA) is compiling a communication plan by reviewing stakeholders and identifying the needs of the stakeholders. The BA organizes the stakeholders based on their needs and decides that all communication will be handled through e-mail so that information can be disseminated quickly and easily while maintaining a record. What has the BA missed in the stakeholder analysis?

What is the purpose of the business case?

Manufacturer O has received a merger proposal from Manufacturer K. There is concern among the senior management of Manufacturer O that regulations could shift in the future, prompting Manufacturer K to move headquarters elsewhere and close operations at the current Manufacturer O site. In assessing the proposal limitations and as part of identifying enterprise limitations, a culture assessment is completed. As part of this work, what else would the BA perform?

You are the business analyst for a smaller project where there are few requirements. Management would still like you to create a method to trace the few requirements for this project. What type of matrix would be best in this instance?

A business analyst (BA) assigned to a project has been asked to implement regulatory requirements based on priority. What type of traceability relationship can the BA use to find all the solution components that need to be implemented?

Which of the following is a quality control chart to track trends in project execution?

You are the business analyst for your organization. Gary and Janet, two key stakeholders in the project, are in disagreement over a requirement for the type of software to be installed on the server your solution calls for. What must happen in this instance before formal approval can be offered?

Several commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software packages exist that would enable the business analyst (BA) to meet the needs of the business. For the potential design option the BA included one of the COTS packages as a solution approach. What kind of solution approach is this?

You have completed the requirements documentation and the stakeholders have signed off on the requirements. Now the requirements are advancing into a project as your organization has chartered a project based on the identified requirements. What stakeholder is now responsible for assessing the solution scope to determine the project scope?

You are the business analyst for your organization. You are coaching Tom about the different approaches to business analysis. Which type of business analysis approach has the most business analysis work at the beginning of the project or during the start of a project phase?