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Vendor: IIBA
Exam Code: CCBA
Exam Name: Certification of Competency in Business Analysis
Date: Dec 20, 2024
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Question 1
You are the business analyst for your organization and you're preparing the solution for your organization's review and implementation. Some of the requirements of the solution, however, must be inspected by compliance officers before the project and implementation can move forward. The requirements of the inspection can be best described as what?
  1. Bottleneck
  2. Requirements
  3. Cost-negativity
  4. Constraint
Correct answer: D
Explanation:
Requirements that require a compliance officer to be regulated and inspected are constraints that limit the project's options.Answer B is incorrect. While these are requirements, the best answer is a constraint. Constraints limit the project's ability to move forward. A delay in the inspection can delay the project.Answer C is incorrect. This isn't a valid term and isn't applicable to this scenario.Answer A is incorrect. While some business analysts and project managers may call this a bottleneck in the flow of the project, the correct business analysis term for this is constraint.
Requirements that require a compliance officer to be regulated and inspected are constraints that limit the project's options.
Answer B is incorrect. While these are requirements, the best answer is a constraint. Constraints limit the project's ability to move forward. A delay in the inspection can delay the project.
Answer C is incorrect. This isn't a valid term and isn't applicable to this scenario.
Answer A is incorrect. While some business analysts and project managers may call this a bottleneck in the flow of the project, the correct business analysis term for this is constraint.
Question 2
Karen is the business analyst for her organization and she's reviewing the tasks within her endeavor.
Several of the tasks have the characteristic that the activity will be completed with the project stakeholders, consultants, and business analyst, though this hasn't yet been approved. What is this condition of believing some things to be true about an activity without proving the validity of the belief called?
  1. Risk
  2. Assumption
  3. Constraint
  4. Boundary
Correct answer: B
Explanation:
An assumption is something that you believe to be true, but it's not been proven to be true or false.The assumption in this scenario is that the stakeholders will be available to complete activities.Answer C is incorrect. A constraint is something that limits your options.Answer D is incorrect. A boundary defines what's in and out of the domain of business analysis, project management, or any other endeavor.Answer A is incorrect. A risk is an uncertain event or condition that may have a positive or negative effect on the project.
An assumption is something that you believe to be true, but it's not been proven to be true or false.
The assumption in this scenario is that the stakeholders will be available to complete activities.
Answer C is incorrect. A constraint is something that limits your options.
Answer D is incorrect. A boundary defines what's in and out of the domain of business analysis, project management, or any other endeavor.
Answer A is incorrect. A risk is an uncertain event or condition that may have a positive or negative effect on the project.
Question 3
All of the following are examples of elicitation techniques that are used as part of the business analyst elicitation task except for which one?
  1. Brainstorming
  2. Observation
  3. Decomposition
  4. Prototyping
Correct answer: C
Explanation:
Decomposition describes the process of taking the product or project scope and breaking it down into smaller, more manageable units.Decomposition is not an elicitation technique.Answer A is incorrect. Brainstorming is an elicitation technique that's useful for requirements gathering. Answer B is incorrect. Observation allows the stakeholder to actively or passively observe the work to better understand the requirements of the solution.Answer D is incorrect. Prototyping allows the business analyst and team to create mockups of the deliverable for solution testing and requirements approval.
Decomposition describes the process of taking the product or project scope and breaking it down into smaller, more manageable units.
Decomposition is not an elicitation technique.
Answer A is incorrect. Brainstorming is an elicitation technique that's useful for requirements gathering. Answer B is incorrect. Observation allows the stakeholder to actively or passively observe the work to better understand the requirements of the solution.
Answer D is incorrect. Prototyping allows the business analyst and team to create mockups of the deliverable for solution testing and requirements approval.
Question 4
You are the business analyst for your organization and you're preparing to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. You've gathered several inputs to help with the elicitation process. Which input(s) will be used to ensure that you understand the type of information that should be elicited from the stakeholders?
  1. Stakeholder list
  2. Risk assessment
  3. Business need
  4. Roles and responsibility
Correct answer: C
Explanation:
The business need and the solution scope are the two inputs which help the business analyst understand what should be elicited from the stakeholders.Answer A is incorrect. Stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities help the business analyst understand from whom the requirements should be elicited.Answer D is incorrect. Stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities help the business analyst understand from whom the requirements should be elicited.Answer B is incorrect. Risk assessment is a review of the risks in the project and isn't an input to elicitation business analyst tasks.
The business need and the solution scope are the two inputs which help the business analyst understand what should be elicited from the stakeholders.
Answer A is incorrect. Stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities help the business analyst understand from whom the requirements should be elicited.
Answer D is incorrect. Stakeholder list, roles, and responsibilities help the business analyst understand from whom the requirements should be elicited.
Answer B is incorrect. Risk assessment is a review of the risks in the project and isn't an input to elicitation business analyst tasks.
Question 5
You are a business analyst for your organization and you're working with the stakeholders to identify the primary inputs to the business analysis approach. Which one of the following is a primary input to the business analysis approach?
  1. The business analysis approach will be shaped by the problem or opportunity faced by the organization.
  2. The business analysis approach will be shaped by the penalty of not seizing the opportunity.
  3. The business analysis approach will be shaped by the time allowed for business analysis planning.
  4. The business analysis approach will be shaped by the risks faced by the organization.
Correct answer: A
Explanation:
A primary input to the business analysis approach is to consider the problem or opportunity faced by the organization.Answer C is incorrect. The time allowed for business analysis planning does have an effect on the thoroughness of the business analysis activities, but this isn't the best answer for the Question.Answer D is incorrect. While risk and reward are considerations, consideration of the problem or opportunity is a better choice for this Question.Answer B is incorrect. This answer doesn't consider the reward of the opportunity or acknowledge, as there may also be problems to be solved, not just opportunities to seize.
A primary input to the business analysis approach is to consider the problem or opportunity faced by the organization.
Answer C is incorrect. The time allowed for business analysis planning does have an effect on the thoroughness of the business analysis activities, but this isn't the best answer for the Question.
Answer D is incorrect. While risk and reward are considerations, consideration of the problem or opportunity is a better choice for this Question.
Answer B is incorrect. This answer doesn't consider the reward of the opportunity or acknowledge, as there may also be problems to be solved, not just opportunities to seize.
Question 6
Your organization is using a plan-driven approach to business analysis. What must you do with all of the communication documents created as part of this high-priority project that you are serving as the business analyst for?
  1. The communications management plan will dictate what will happen to the business analysis communications.
  2. All formal communication must be destroyed once the project is completed.
  3. All communications must be archived and will become part of the organizational process assets.
  4. All communications must be documented and passed onto the solution's project manager for analysis and to serve as supporting detail.
Correct answer: C
Explanation:
Communications in a plan-driven approach to business analysis must use formal communication.Formal communications should be archived as part of the organizational process assets.Answer A is incorrect. The communications management plan may dictate that the communications be archived, but this is not a requirement of the communications management plan.Answer D is incorrect. The project manager may want to reference the communication but doesn't always need. If the communications are archived, then the project manager can access them as needed.Answer B is incorrect. Communication documents are not destroyed; they are archived as part of the organizational process assets.
Communications in a plan-driven approach to business analysis must use formal communication.
Formal communications should be archived as part of the organizational process assets.
Answer A is incorrect. The communications management plan may dictate that the communications be archived, but this is not a requirement of the communications management plan.
Answer D is incorrect. The project manager may want to reference the communication but doesn't always need. If the communications are archived, then the project manager can access them as needed.
Answer B is incorrect. Communication documents are not destroyed; they are archived as part of the organizational process assets.
Question 7
Linda is the business analyst for her organization and she's working with Joe, a new business analyst, to prioritize requirements. Joe doesn't understand why requirements need to be prioritized; as all requirements are required, they should carry equal weight in the analysis. What should Linda tell Joe as to why requirements must be prioritized?
  1. Prioritization ranks the requirements according to the cost and schedule. 
  2. Prioritization ranks the requirements on a weighted scale of key performance indicators, such as cost, schedule, risk, and experience.
  3. Prioritization ensures that the most important stakeholders are considered first.
  4. Prioritization of requirements focuses on the most critical requirements first.
Correct answer: D
Explanation:
Prioritization of requirements is used to make certain that analysis and implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements. The requirement prioritization process ranks the requirements byimportance. It is a decision process. This process is used for determining the relative importance of requirements. These priorities determine which requirements should be targets for further analysis.Answer C is incorrect. Requirements prioritization does not rank the requirements by the stakeholders, but by the needs of the stakeholders and the requirements that are most important to satisfy those needs.Answer A is incorrect. Requirements prioritization does not rank the requirements according to the cost and schedule, but by importance.Answer B is incorrect. Requirements prioritization does not rank the requirements on a weighted scale; this isn't a valid statement.
Prioritization of requirements is used to make certain that analysis and implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements. The requirement prioritization process ranks the requirements by
importance. It is a decision process. This process is used for determining the relative importance of requirements. These priorities determine which requirements should be targets for further analysis.
Answer C is incorrect. Requirements prioritization does not rank the requirements by the stakeholders, but by the needs of the stakeholders and the requirements that are most important to satisfy those needs.
Answer A is incorrect. Requirements prioritization does not rank the requirements according to the cost and schedule, but by importance.
Answer B is incorrect. Requirements prioritization does not rank the requirements on a weighted scale; this isn't a valid statement.
Question 8
What condition of the requirements must be fulfilled in order to use the matrix documentation approach to specify and model requirements?
  1. The requirements must have opposing values.
  2. The requirements must have common characteristics.
  3. The requirements must have the uniform structure.
  4. The requirements must have rated goals, such as time, cost, and quality.
Correct answer: C
Explanation:
In order to use the matrix documentation approach to model requirements, the identified requirements must have the uniform structure of their characteristics and identification.Answer A is incorrect. The requirements do no need to have opposing values to use the matrix documentation approach.Answer B is incorrect. While this choice is tempting, the best answer is the uniform structure.Answer D is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer, as requirements don't need rated goals.
In order to use the matrix documentation approach to model requirements, the identified requirements must have the uniform structure of their characteristics and identification.
Answer A is incorrect. The requirements do no need to have opposing values to use the matrix documentation approach.
Answer B is incorrect. While this choice is tempting, the best answer is the uniform structure.
Answer D is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer, as requirements don't need rated goals.
Question 9
Which of the following is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986?
  1. Quality Circle
  2. Waterfall model
  3. Lean
  4. Six Sigma
Correct answer: D
Explanation:
Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986. It is widely used in many sectors of industry, although its use is not without controversy. The Six Sigma approach seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of quality management methods, including statistical methods, and creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization who are experts in these methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and has quantified financial targets.
Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986. It is widely used in many sectors of industry, although its use is not without controversy. The Six Sigma approach seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of quality management methods, including statistical methods, and creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization who are experts in these methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and has quantified financial targets.
Question 10
As a business analyst, you'll often have to coach stakeholders on the processes, knowledge areas, and tasks you'll complete for an organization. One of the knowledge areas is enterprise analysis. This knowledge area completes all of the following activities except for which one?
  1. It defines the nature of a solution that meets that need.
  2. It identifies business needs, problems, or opportunities.
  3. It justifies the investment necessary to deliver that solution.
  4. It manages and expresses requirements to a broad and diverse audience.
Correct answer: D
Explanation:
The Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area describes the activities and considerations to manage and express requirements to a broad and diverse audience. The execution of these tasks ensures the following facts:The stakeholders have a shared understanding of the nature of a solution.Those stakeholders with approval authority are in agreement as to the requirements that the solution shall meet.Answer B, A, and C are incorrect. The Enterprise Analysis knowledge area describes the following business analysis activities:It identifies business needs, problems, or opportunities. It defines the nature of a solution that meets that need.It justifies the investment necessary to deliver that solution.
The Requirements Management and Communication knowledge area describes the activities and considerations to manage and express requirements to a broad and diverse audience. The execution of these tasks ensures the following facts:
The stakeholders have a shared understanding of the nature of a solution.
Those stakeholders with approval authority are in agreement as to the requirements that the solution shall meet.
Answer B, A, and C are incorrect. The Enterprise Analysis knowledge area describes the following business analysis activities:
It identifies business needs, problems, or opportunities. It defines the nature of a solution that meets that need.
It justifies the investment necessary to deliver that solution.
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