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Certified Business Analyst - Foundation Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following would BEST be managed with the "keep satisfied" stakeholder management strategy?

Options:

A.

Those with high power/influence and no interest in the project.

B.

Those with high power/influence and some interest in theproject.

C.

Those with some power/influence and high interest in the project.

D.

Those with some power/influence and some interest in the project.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of 'Individual Tacit Knowledge'?

Options:

A.

Culture.

B.

Process.

C.

Norms.

D.

Intuition.

Question 3

In which of the following circumstances is supplier power high?

Options:

A.

When switching costs are low.

B.

When there are relatively few customers.

C.

When the supplier brand is powerful.

D.

When alternatives are readily available.

Question 4

"The system should allow a user to enter customer details and select appropriate customers for a mailshot". What is wrong with this requirement?

Options:

A.

It consists of two requirements which should be separately defined.

B.

It contains the word "should" which must not be used in a requirement.

C.

It should be specificabout the user it refers to.

D.

It should not contain the word "system" in the requirement.

Question 5

When analysing stakeholders, it is useful to produce a stakeholder analysis grid. What is depicted on the axes of this grid?

Options:

A.

Objectives and interests.

B.

Power and influence.

C.

Perspectives and impacts.

D.

Power and interest.

Question 6

Which of the following is explicitly considered as a force in Porter's five forces model?

Options:

A.

Rivalry between suppliers.

B.

Government legislation.

C.

Internal business processes.

D.

Bargaining power of buyers.

Question 7

What is stage 0 (zero) of the concerns-based adoption model?

Options:

A.

Shock.

B.

Definition.

C.

Initial change.

D.

Awareness.

Question 8

Business Analysis competencies are divided into three groups. Which of the following are the groups of competencies for a Business Analyst?

a. IT skills.

b. Behavioural skills and personal qualities.

c. Techniques.

d. Project Management Support.

e. Business Knowledge.

Options:

A.

b, c and e.

B.

a, band e.

C.

b, c and d.

D.

a, dand e.

Question 9

Which of the following describes the objectives in a MOST analysis?

Options:

A.

The statements declaring what the business is in and what it intends toachieve.

B.

The approach the organization intends to take to achieve its declared mission.

C.

The goals against which the organization's achievements can be measured.

D.

The detailed means by which an agreed business strategy will be implemented.

Question 10

Description, impact assessment, probability and countermeasures are usually recorded for which of the following?

Options:

A.

Requirements.

B.

Risks.

C.

Stakeholders.

D.

Key Performance Indicators.

Question 11

What stage immediately precedes testing in the waterfall lifecycle?

Options:

A.

Design.

B.

Development.

C.

Implementation.

D.

Analysis.

Question 12

What stage of the V model provides the test criteria for user acceptance testing?

Options:

A.

The business needs.

B.

The requirements.

C.

The designed solution.

D.

The developed solution.

Question 13

Style guides, manuals and job descriptions are examples of what type of knowledge?

Options:

A.

Explicit.

B.

Implicit.

C.

Tacit.

D.

Organizational.

Question 14

The entity relationship model below shows the relationship between Customer and Order. Which of the following business rules is correct?

Options:

A.

An order may be placed by many customers.

B.

A customer may place many orders.

C.

A customer may never place an order.

D.

An order need not be placed by a customer.

Question 15

A well-formed requirement is said to comply with which of the following acronyms?

Options:

A.

MOSCOW.

B.

SMART.

C.

OSCAR.

D.

MOST.

Question 16

A process model has been produced which includes diamond-shaped symbols. What does this diamond-shaped symbol represent in the model?

Options:

A.

A document.

B.

An event.

C.

A manual process.

D.

A decision.

Question 17

What do the arrow headed lines between activities represent on a business activity model?

Options:

A.

Activity sequence

B.

Logical dependency.

C.

Functional optionality.

D.

Flow of data.

Question 18

Which of the following BEST describes an ethnographic study?

Options:

A.

A study which uses prototype graphical screens to demonstrate a user requirement.

B.

A study of users in their workplace undertaking representative simulated scenarios.

C.

A study where the analyst spends an extended period of time in the target environment.

D.

A study which ensures that the needs of a wide range of ethnic groups are considered.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about business activity models (BAM) is correct?

Options:

A.

A BAM flowcharts the sequence of business events.

B.

A BAM will show who carries out business activities.

C.

A BAM is a model of the organization s processes.

D.

A BAM will be defined for each business perspective.

Question 20

Which of the following statement is TRUE about the process view of an organization?

Options:

A.

It focuses on the customer of the organization.

B.

It focuses solely on the internal view of the organization.

C.

It focuses on the functions of an organization.

D.

It focuses on the organizational structure.

Question 21

When are workshops especially valuable?

Options:

A.

When suitably sized rooms are available.

B.

When all stakeholders are agreed on the way forward.

C.

When a geographically dispersed set of users’ needs to be consulted.

D.

When time and budget are constrained.

Question 22

One of Porter's five forces explicitly considers industry competitors. Which of the following is the Key Focus' of this force?

Options:

A.

A Competitor's external marketing campaign.

B.

The products offered by Competitors.

C.

Rivalryamong existing Competitors.

D.

The market share of known Competitors.

Question 23

Which of the following is an advantage to the host organization of using an internal consultant to conduct a business analysis project?

Options:

A.

They will have a broad business perspective.

B.

They will be familiar with the host organization.

C.

They will only be paid when they are needed.

D.

They will have a dispassionate view of the host organization.

Question 24

Which of the following is a perceived advantage of using workshops to investigate requirements?

Options:

A.

It reduces speed and productivity of the project.

B.

It is time-consuming to arrange and organize.

C.

It focuses on a narrow view of the area under investigation.

D.

It obtains buy-in and acceptance for the project.

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