EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Henry is a business analyst in his organization and he's asked an expert to help him determine the best business analysis duties to implement. Why would Henry ask an expert to help him define the business analysis duties?

Question2: You are the business analyst for your organization and your requirements for the endeavor have recently been approved. Your organization creates a baseline for the requirements based on the approval of the requirements. What must happen in your business analysis activities if the requirements for your endeavor need to be changed?

Question3: Which of the following is an output of the Identify Stakeholders process?

Question4: What term is given to the collection of notes and diagrams used by the business analyst to develop the requirements during the requirements development process?

Question5: John and Hanna are business analysts in their organization and they are completing the verification activities to check for completeness of the requirements. When should John and Hanna perform these verification activities?

Question6: You are the business analyst for your organization and you and your staff are creating as many solutions as possible to an identified problem in the solution approach process. What is this activity element called?

Question7: A business analyst (BA) is supporting an organization in its product launch. The BA wants to identify assumptions about the benefits resulting from the new product. What does identifying assumptions help the BA manage?

Question8: A business analyst has been assigned the task of developing a model of the current state of an organization. The business analyst doesn't understand why a current state may be needed. All of the following are good reasons to create a current state model of an organization except for which one?

Question9: Which of the following is used to rate available methodologies against organizational needs?

Question10: You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently working with Steve on the organize requirements process. You and Steve have elected to use the user stories approach for this process. What is the user stories approach for requirements organization?

Question11: What element of the plan business analysis process affects the business analysis duties that need to be performed?

Question12: A business analyst has just hosted a brainstorming session that has generated 57 ideas for a solution. What should the business analyst do with the ideas now?

Question13: What does the decomposition of activities and tasks based on the work breakdown structure create for the business analyst?

Question14: There are competing needs from the different business areas that will use a new system. The business analyst (BA) sets up a weekly meeting with a structured agenda to review the total effort, cost, business impact and risk of each requirement with the business leads to determine what is included in each release of the solution. What approach has the BA defined?

Question15: What type of a business analysis approach focuses on the rapid delivery of business value in short iterations?

Question16: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're performing the solution assessment process.
When you assess a solution, what are you actually looking for?

Question17: Which stakeholder map shows the relative influence, impact, and relation of stakeholders by plotting them closer to or farther away from the solution?

Question18: You are the business analyst for your organization. You've believed that your solution can actually be purchased from outside vendor rather than trying to create the solution internally. You decide to ask the vendor to provide a fee for their services based on the statement of work. What document will you give the vendor along with the statement of work?

Question19: You are the business analyst for your organization and you are working with Bill on creating a model. Bill is a little confused about all the different things a model can do for the stakeholders. You explain to Bill that a model can do all of the following except for which one?

Question20: 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 of the following will help determine whether a plan-driven or change-driven approach is appropriate?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Question21: What can be considered the only input to the task of defining assumptions and constraints?

Question22: You are a Business Analyst for your organization, and you're working with Mary. Mary wants to know what you need to complete the process of planning the business analysis approach if you're already the business analyst for your organization. Why is it important to complete the plan business analysis approach?

Question23: A business analyst (BA) is assessing risks on a project addressing the implementation of a new web portal. Which of the following would the BA classify as a project risk?

Question24: There are three inputs in the plan business analysis approach. Which one of the following is not one of the three inputs?

Question25: You are the business analyst in your organization. Management comes to you with a customer complaint that they'd like you to analyze. What's the common task associated with customer complaints or loss of revenue?

Question26: A business analyst has identified four different solutions for a business need. In the light of solution assessment, how many solution assessment iterations should he do?

Question27: You are documenting the requirements attribute for your requirements management plan. Which attribute would you use if you want to identify the person who created the requirements?

Question28: 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?

Question29: Henry is the business analyst for the UUH Organization. Currently Henry is working on several work products as part of the requirements development process. He may need to share these work products with the stakeholders. Which of the following is not an example of a work product?

Question30: As a business analyst, you must identify activities in your business analysis approach. Which one of the following is useful for identifying activities?

Question31: A business analyst (BA) is working on a project to provide a temporary solution that will last for two months. The BA is feeling overwhelmed with the work needed to create the huge number of links to provide full traceability from solution requirements to design for this solution. How can the BA justify omitting all possible links?

Question32: Which stakeholder analysis technique shows stakeholders that fall outside the scope of the solution but still interact with it in some way?

Question33: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with the key stakeholders to validate the requirements. In your review, you have determined the business value of each requirement and you've discovered three requirements that do not deliver direct or indirect value to the stakeholders. What should you do with these requirements?

Question34: A stakeholder has requested an extremely detailed resolution to an issue during current state analysis that may consume about 20% of the estimated project effort. How should the business analyst (BA) handle the situation?

Question35: Jason is creating a business case for his organization and management has asked him to assess the appropriate risks in the business case regarding the solution. Which one of the following risks is not a concern for Jason when defining the business case and associated risks?

Question36: There are five tasks and six inputs to requirements management and communication. As a business analyst, you'll need to gather all of the following inputs for this knowledge area except for which one?

Question37: The business analyst (BA) is helping the business stakeholders prioritize requirements for a new customer portal for managing orders, delivery, and payment information. A number of requirements address compliance with regulations regarding access for people with disabilities. What factor should the BA use to guide the stakeholders when assigning a priority for these specific requirements?

Question38: All of the following stakeholders participate in the prioritization of requirements except for which one?

Question39: You work as a business analyst for u Certify Inc. You have been assigned the task to implement the job shadowing process. Which of the following statements are true regarding the job shadowing process?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Question40: You are the business analyst for your organization. You're considering if you should make a solution or purchase it from a vendor. If your team creates the solution, it will cost $286,000 and will cost $2,400 per month to support. The vendor's solution, however, will cost $239,000 and will cost $2,850 per month to support. How long will you need to use your in-house solution to be more cost effective than the vendor's proposed solution?

Question41: Which elicitation activity is best described to ensure that the needed resources are organized and available for the elicitation?

Question42: Fred is the business analyst for his organization. His current initiative is quite large, so Fred decides to create a high-level plan for the business analysis approach, and then to create a detailed plan for the most imminent activities. What type of business analysis planning is Fred using in this scenario?

Question43: When a business analyst assists in the planning of the solution implementation, she must always consider the constraints for implementation. Which one of the following cannot be considered as an implementation constraint?

Question44: 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 of the following will help determine whether a plan- driven or change-driven approach is appropriate?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Question45: Kendra is the business analyst for her organization. She's working with the project manager and the project sponsor to discuss the current requirements. Kendra believes it's important for the project manager to first implement the requirements with the highest amount of risks. Is this a good idea?

Question46: A business analyst (BA) is measuring solution performance of a new system. What should the BA consider to avoid skewed results and an inaccurate conclusion?

Question47: 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?

Question48: John and Hanna are business analysts in their organization and they are completing the verification activities to check for completeness of the requirements. When should John and Hanna perform these verification activities?

Question49: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your manager to discuss the constraints and assumptions that may affect the requirements. Your manager wants to know from where you've derived the list of constraints and assumptions. What's the best answer as to where assumptions and constraints are identified?

Question50: All of the following stakeholders participate in the prioritization of requirements except for which one?

Question51: You work as a business analyst for u Certify Inc. You have been assigned the task to implement the job shadowing process. Which of the following statements are true regarding the job shadowing process? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Question52: Henry is meeting with Janet, the business analyst of the organization. They are discussing an opportunity to create a new service their company can provide, though the startup of the service would take time and an investment. Henry wants Janet to explore the possibility of this new venture. What activity is Henry asking Janet to complete?

Question53: Enterprise analysis provides many things for an organization. All of the following are tasks included in enterprise analysis except for which one?

Question54: You are the business analyst for a large project that will create new software for the entire organization. This new software will affect all of the administrative assistants in the organization schedule meetings, reserve facilities, and share calendars. There are approximately 2,400administrative assistants in your organization and not all of these people can attend requirements gathering workshops. What approach can you use to manage and gather requirements from these 2,400 administrative assistants?

Question55: A business analyst (BA) has determined that "Product Box", a collaboration game, will provide a fun way to engage the stakeholders when working on prioritizing the list of features. What should the BA do?

Question56: What should an organization do if the business analyst has determined that the existing capabilities are inadequate to seize an opportunity?

Question57: What condition of the requirements must be fulfilled in order to use the matrix documentation approach to specify and model requirements?

Question58: You are the business analyst for the NHQ Project. You have identified several stakeholders that need different types of information related to the requirements. Which stakeholder would need detailed technical interface requirements?

Question59: A team of business analysts (BAs) identified policies that dictate how the organization grants paid time off for its employees and the associated business rules. What is this team of BAs trying to do?

Question60: A business analyst (BA) is determining the current state as part of a new project. What is an internal enterprise asset that the BA must include in the analysis?

Question61: Complete this sentence. If a requirement cannot be verified, it cannot be successfully .

Question62: If a requirement has been satisfied, why is it still considered a requirement?

Question63: Which one of the following statements best describes a business analysis methodology?

Question64: What elicitation technique is best described as a study to compare the strengths and weaknesses of an organization against its peers and competitors?

Question65: When a business analyst performs requirements tracing, he may need to trace the requirements backward through their lineage and may need to trace the requirements forward through their relationship to other requirements. What is the backwards tracing activity called in requirements traceability?

Question66: Martha is the business analyst for her organization and she's been asked to help create a SMART goal for her company. Which one of the following organizational goals could be considered SMART?

Question67: You are the business analyst for your organization and are leading a presentation about an identified problem. This presentation will help the stakeholders to understand the problem and it will help you when you begin to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. Which type of learner learns best through the presentation of models?

Question68: When a business analyst hosts a structured walkthrough of the requirements, what should the walkthrough always include at the beginning of the process?

Question69: Which of the following is the prime purpose of the Manage Stakeholders Expectations process?

Question70: A system owner calls the project team to inquire about a recent change in one of the requirements, and insists that the change was never requested. What should the project team do to investigate the issue?

Question71: 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?

Question72: A business analyst has determined that a project should be worth $2,750,000 in four years if her company decides to pursue the project. Assuming the rate of return on the investment is six percent, what is the minimum amount of funds the organization should invest in this project?

Question73: Holly's organization uses a plan-driven approach to business analysis. When it comes to communication in Holly's organization what type of communication will likely be required?

Question74: Management in your organization wants you to create a graphical model to show the business logic of the requirements. What other term are graphical models known as?

Question75: The creative thinking process has three values to determine the effectiveness of the process. Which one of the following is not a measurement of effective creative thinking?

Question76: An organization has two different solutions to grow its business. One project is worth $375,000 to the organization. The second project is worth $565,000 to the business. The organization can only do one of the projects and elects to do the second project for $565,000. What is the opportunity cost of this decision?

Question77: Which task in the requirements analysis knowledge area is best described as ensuring that the requirements specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work?

Question78: A business analyst (BA) must model information characteristics across multiple information systems for a project. What type of model captures this information?

Question79: A business analyst is studying the cost of the endeavor in relation to the projected income the endeavor will bring once the project is completed. What financial valuation technique can the business analyst use to determine the breakeven point for the project?

Question80: A one-location restaurant has been a huge success and the owner wants to expand into more markets. The owner wants to ensure that the quality of the food and pleasing atmosphere is maintained without introducing new variables. Working with the key members of the organization, the owner determines that training and standard processes must be defined. The owner engages a business analyst (BA) to create training materials and operating procedures based on the existing processes at the original restaurant. During this documentation, the BA identifies some opportunities for improvement. How must the BA proceed?

Question81: As a candidate for the CCBA exam, you should be able to recognize the activities associated with each knowledge area. All of the following are the business analysis planning & monitoring activities except for which one?

Question82: A global organization is implementing a new Knowledge Management System and communication to the different regions has been informal. The approach is to convert the few remaining regions iteratively. The team has experienced variances at this point but feels confident in these final conversions. How should the business analyst (BA) communicate the information?

Question83: What do business goals and objectives of enterprise analysis actually describe?

Question84: Audrey is the business analyst for her organization and she's doing an assessment of the organization's readiness to implement the solution. In her assessment, she's finding that there are conflicting stakeholder groups for and against the proposed solution. Some of the stakeholders have more power over the solution than others. What diagram can Audrey create to visualize the people that are for and against the solution?

Question85: You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked you to define and document the requirements of an endeavor so that the requirements may be reused again in the organization. Why would an organization want to re-use requirements?

Question86: In order to begin defining the solution scope, you'll need four inputs. Which one of the following is actually a task that will use the solution scope and is not an input?

Question87: As a candidate for CCBA, you should be able to recognize the activities associated with each knowledge are a. Which of the following is an elicitation process that is a part of job observation?

Question88: What's the difference between a desired outcome and a solution? Choose the best answer.

Question89: You are the business analyst for your organization and preparing to plan the business analysis approach. There are three inputs to the business analysis approach. Which one of the following is not an input to this approach?

Question90: A business analyst (BA) is reviewing the elicitation results of several workshops in order to decide which technique to use to model the requirements. The elicitation identified user roles needed in a future solution, the functionality needed by each of these roles, and how the desired interaction with the solution should look.
Which technique allows the BA to model this type of information?

Question91: According to 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', when should the business analyst and an organization actually start requirements allocation?

Question92: A business analyst has just completed an elicitation event. What stakeholder(s) is/are involved in the documentation of the elicitation results?

Question93: A business analyst must consider the business value a solution brings in relation to the cost of implementing the desired solution. Suppliers will often be limited in the amount of requirements they can implement based on the allocated resources. If there are not enough resources to implement all of the solutions, what can the business analyst create to justify the additional funds for the implementation?

Question94: High quality requirements have certain characteristics which distinguish them from low-quality requirements. Which characteristic of requirements demands that all requirements in a set or model support its overall purpose and scope?

Question95: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're training Marcy, a new business analyst, on how requirements are formed. Which one of the following best describes how requirements are formed?

Question96: Which one of the following statements best describes what an assumption is?

Question97: A stakeholder would like to add requirements to an IT project which is in flight. The project manager wants to revisit the traceability repository prior to committing to the addition of any new requests, because it is used for which of the following activities?

Question98: Which technique consists of review meetings to determine if the stakeholders agree that their needs are being met with the identified requirements?

Question99: A passport agency has recently deployed an online system where customers can apply for, amend, and renew passports. The expected volumes have not been realized and as a result, the agency has not achieved the projected savings. A business analyst (BA) has been asked to investigate the potential causes of this shortfall by understanding the trends, patterns. and volumes at a detailed level. What method of requirements elicitation should the BA start with?

Question100: A business analyst (BA) is validating requirements and has found that the design cannot be validated to support the requirements. Which of the following is creating this situation?

Question101: 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?

Question102: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your manager to discuss the constraints and assumptions that may affect the requirements. Your manager wants to know from where you've derived the list of constraints and assumptions. What's the best answer as to where assumptions and constraints are identified?

Question103: Henry is a business analyst in his organization and he's asked an expert to help him determine the best business analysis duties to implement. Why would Henry ask an expert to help him define the business analysis duties?

Question104: Which one of the following is not an event-based elicitation technique?

Question105: You are documenting the requirements attribute for your requirements management plan. Which attribute would you use if you want to identify the person who created the requirements?

Question106: Which task in the requirements analysis knowledge area is best described as ensuring that the requirements specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work?

Question107: Holly is the business analyst for her organization and she's leading a requirements workshop for a proposed solution. In this workshop, Holly is using a requirements tracing matrix to help prevent against scope creep. What is scope creep?

Question108: A business analyst (BA) is planning to elicit requirements. The BA understands the scope of the elicitation and has selected interviewing as an appropriate technique. Which of the following is part of the logistics for these interviews?

Question109: According to the business analysis book 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', which your exam is largely based on, almost all methodologies fit somewhere along a spectrum between plan-driven and what other methodology?

Question110: As a business analyst, you should work to identify opportunities to improve the operations of your organization. Which one of the following improvement opportunities aims to improve the experience of the customer?

Question111: You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked you to create a plan that will define the proposed structure and schedule for communicating the business analysis activities to the appropriate stakeholders. What plan does management want you to create?

Question112: As a business analyst in your organization, you must understand the difference between operative rules and structural rules. What is the difference between structural rules and operative rules?

Question113: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're creating a data flow diagram to show how information is input, processed, stored, and output from a system. Which element of a data flow diagram represents a process that transforms data by combining it with other data?

Question114: Fred is the business analyst for his organization. His current initiative is quite large, so Fred decides to create a high-level plan for the business analysis approach, and then to create a detailed plan for the most imminent activities. What type of business analysis planning is Fred using in this scenario?

Question115: A business analyst (BA) is in the process of eliciting requirements. It has been determined that not all requirements can be implemented by the project deadline due to complexity. What must the BA do to ensure maximum benefit for the stakeholders?

Question116: You are the business analyst for your organization and management has asked you to select a model for your solution. Management wants you to describe the people within and without of your organization who will interact with the solution. What type of model has management asked you to create?

Question117: Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

Question118: The business analyst (BA) has scheduled an informal review of audit requirements with the compliance officer. The BA wants to demonstrate that the requirements collectively support one another so begins with reviewing the:

Question119: You are the business analyst for your organization. Your stakeholders have recently reviewed and approved the set of requirements that you've presented to them. You have now baselined the requirements. What does it mean to baseline the requirements in the light of this scenario? Choose the best answer.

Question120: A business analyst (BA) is assessing the completeness and coherence of the requirements. The BA has considered a variety of viewpoints and has a collection of views. What has the BA constructed?

Question121: You are the business analyst for your organization and you've identified a business need. In order to satisfy this business need, you believe that your organization will need to hire three electrical engineers, purchase equipment, and likely provide training to existing resources. What process is being described in this scenario?

Question122: Beth is the business analyst for her organization and she wants to be certain that she and her team follow the correct procedures for enterprise analysis. What document can provide the governances for enterprise analysis efforts?

Question123: Which technique consists of review meetings to determine if the stakeholders agree that their needs are being met with the identified requirements?

Question124: You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently writing the business goals and objectives as part of the elements for the define business process. Which one of the following statements best describes the business goals and objectives element?

Question125: You have identified a task in your task list that cannot be completed until the inspector for the project signs off on the initial deliverables. The inspector's signoff on the initial deliverables is called what?

Question126: What term is given to the collection of notes and diagrams used by the business analyst to develop the requirements during the requirements development process?

Question127: Which approach is used to focus on minimizing up-front uncertainty?

Question128: In order to have high quality in requirements, all of the following characteristics should exist in the requirements except for which one?

Question129: When do change requests generally increase in a project?

Question130: As a business analyst, you'll often need to analyze business needs, requirements, and solutions for assumptions and constraints. Which one of the following is a constraint? Choose the best answer.

Question131: An organization's Business Analysis Center of Excellence (BACoE) has deployed several business analysts (BAs) to provide business analysis to a cross-functional initiative. After the first phase of the project, the BACoE seeks to determine the effectiveness of the business analysis work. Which of the following techniques could be used to elicit feedback from all affected stakeholders?

Question132: A company is embarking on a software project in a heavily regulated domain. The client expects large upfront planning and detailed documentation for the project. The recommended approach for the project will be:

Question133: The initial high-level listing of requirements in a change-driven approach is also known as what?

Question134: You work as a business analyst for u Certify Inc. You have been assigned the task to implement the job shadowing process. Which of the following statements are true regarding the job shadowing process?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Question135: Enterprise analysis creates just five outputs. Which one of the following is an output of the enterprise analysis tasks?

Question136: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with Adam on business analysis processes. Adam is steeped in knowledge regarding the project's purpose. Of the following, what type of business analysis stakeholder is Adam?

Question137: Martha is the business analyst for her organization and she's been asked to help create a SMART goal for her company. Which one of the following organizational goals could be considered SMART?

Question138: Jason is creating a business case for his organization and management has asked him to assess the appropriate risks in the business case regarding the solution. Which one of the following risks is not a concern for Jason when defining the business case and associated risks?

Question139: A business analyst (BA) is compiling information about different approaches that will meet solution requirements in order to make a recommendation for solution design. To evaluate whether externally available solutions meet the requirements, which of the following will the BA create and distribute?

Question140: The initial high-level listing of requirements in a change-driven approach is also known as what?

Question141: What type of analysis can a business analyst perform to understand the functions of stakeholders, the location of stakeholders, the tasks stakeholders complete, and the stakeholders' concerns about the solution?

Question142: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your team to define the business problem. As part of this analysis, you've identified the adverse impacts of the problem, the benefits from a potential solution, and how quickly the problem could be solved. What other element should you consider?

Question143: You are a business analyst in an organization that has recently embraced business analysis as part of its initiative for new projects. In this organization, there is not an organizational standard for tailoring business analysis duties and expectations. Which one of the following best describes the action that you should take to begin business analysis?

Question144: There are three inputs to the business analysis planning approach process. Which one of the following is not one of the three inputs?

Question145: When do change requests generally increase in a project?

Question146: A business analyst must consider the business value a solution brings in relation to the cost of implementing the desired solution. Suppliers will often be limited in the amount of requirements they can implement based on the allocated resources. If there are not enough resources to implement all of the solutions, what can the business analyst create to justify the additional funds for the implementation?

Question147: When a business analyst completes the elicitation process, she will create four outputs. Which one of the following is an output of the elicitation process?

Question148: You are the business analyst for your organization and you are completing the manage requirements traceability process. You are tracking the requirements to determine how the requirements are interrelated with one another and with the actual delivery of the project scope.
There are actually three reasons why the business analyst should trace requirements. Which one of the following is not one of the three reasons why trace requirements are useful?

Question149: You are the project manager of the NGQQ Project for your company. To help you communicate project status to your stakeholders, you are going to create a stakeholder register. All of the following information should be included in the stakeholder register except for which one?

Question150: Which stakeholder map shows the relative influence, impact, and relation of stakeholders by plotting them closer to or farther away from the solution?

Question151: In order to plan the business analysis approach, the business analyst must understand the organizational process needs and what other thing?

Question152: Which one of the following terms is not a business analysis planning and monitoring approach?

Question153: You are the business analyst for a large project in your organization. While your company prefers face-to-face communications there are many stakeholders located in different geographical locations. How can you still effectively serve as a business analyst when the stakeholders are not collocated?

Question154: A certain stakeholder requirement has been analyzed and broken down into several solution requirements, each affecting a different IT system. After solution design, the business analyst (BA) receives feedback that one of the IT systems will take longer than anticipated to implement. What requirements artifact or technique will assist the BA in better understanding the related requirements?

Question155: You are the business analyst for a large project that will create new software for the entire organization.
This new software will affect all of the administrative assistants in the organization schedule meetings, reserve facilities, and share calendars. There are approximately 2,400administrative assistants in your organization and not all of these people can attend requirements gathering workshops. What approach can you use to manage and gather requirements from these 2,400 administrative assistants?

Question156: You are the business analyst for your organization and you've been working with several stakeholders to gather requirements for approval.
The requirements have been approved with the exception of a conflict on one requirement. What must you and the stakeholders do in regard to this conflict before the business analysis endeavor may continue?

Question157: You are the business analyst for your organization. Your stakeholders have recently reviewed and approved the set of requirements that you've presented to them. You have now baselined the requirements. What does it mean to baseline the requirements in the light of this scenario? Choose the best answer.

Question158: A business analyst (BA) identified that a stakeholder requirement for an online system led to a functional requirement to provide a user login screen. This is an example of which type of traceability relationship?

Question159: You are the business analyst for your organization. You are currently writing the business goals and objectives as part of the elements for the define business process. Which one of the following statements best describes the business goals and objectives element?

Question160: You are the business analyst for a large project in your organization. While your company prefers face-to- face communications there are many stakeholders located in different geographical locations. How can you still effectively serve as a business analyst when the stakeholders are not collocated?

Question161: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're training Marcy, a new business analyst, on how requirements are defined. Which one of the following best describes how requirements are defined?

Question162: You are hired as a contract project manager for Dreams Unlimited Inc. The project involves setting up ten servers and fifty client computers on the network. From past experience, you know it takes around fifteen hours to install, test, and finalize a server, while it takes only ten hours for a client. You consider these data for making an estimate of schedule of the task. Which of the following estimation techniques has been used?

Question163: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with the key stakeholders to validate the requirements. In your review, you have determined the business value of each requirement and you've discovered three requirements that do not deliver direct or indirect value to the stakeholders. What should you do with these requirements?

Question164: You are the business analyst for your organization. You've believed that your solution can actually be purchased from outside vendor rather than trying to create the solution internally. You decide to ask the vendor to provide a fee for their services based on the statement of work. What document will you give the vendor along with the statement of work?

Question165: Management in your organization wants you to create a graphical model to show the business logic of the requirements. What other term are graphical models known as?

Question166: A business analyst has just completed an elicitation event. What stakeholder(s) is/are involved in the documentation of the elicitation results?

Question167: Which solution scope creation technique can be best described as the depiction of the scope of work required to integrate the new solution into the business and technical environments?

Question168: You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements aren't very complex. You agree but add that it's this thing that makes the overall solution complex. What thing adds to the level of complexity among requirements?

Question169: Billy is the business analyst for her organization and she's working with a team to select a model. Richard doesn't understand why a model is needed for the requirements. Which one of the following statements best describes the reason to use a model?

Question170: 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?

Question171: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're performing the solution assessment process. When you assess a solution, what are you actually looking for?

Question172: Which task in the requirements analysis knowledge area is best described as ensuring that the requirements specifications and models meet the necessary standard of quality to allow them to be used effectively to guide further work?

Question173: Which technique in organizing requirements is best described as showing the concepts and relationships relevant to the solution or business domain?

Question174: Shelly is the business analyst for her organization and she's working with Thomas to review the business requirements. They are discussing the identified requirements, how the requirements will transition to the operations, and the longevity of the solution. Thomas is concerned that the identified requirements may not map to the desired future state of the organization. What business analysis task is Shelly facilitating in this scenario?

Question175: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're notifying the key stakeholders of a need to gather requirements for an endeavor. One of the stakeholders that you'll need to attend your requirements workshop is the project manager. What role will the project manager have in this workshop?

Question176: Which of the following is the prime purpose of the Manage Stakeholders Expectations process?

Question177: Wanda is the business analyst for her organization and she is currently working on the specify and model requirements process. One of the elements of this process is the documentation of the textual requirements.
Wanda must describe the capabilities of the solution, any conditions that must exist for the requirements to operate, and what third component of the textual requirement?

Question178: Before requirements can actually be approved to be managed, what must be true about the requirements?

Question179: A business analyst is meeting with the customer of the project. The customer tells the business analyst that she can only allow the budget of $575,000 for the project. This budget is best described as what type of constraint?

Question180: Mark is a business analyst for his organization. A business need has been identified; therefore, Mark immediately sets out to identify the stakeholders. How long will stakeholder analysis need to continue?

Question181: Henry and Fred are working together on business analysis duties for the implementation of new software. Henry, the business analyst, tells Fred that they should take the current measurement of productivity, and then measure again after the solution has been implemented. This benchmarking approach will allow Henry and Fred to see the real effect of the solution on the business need. What term is assigned to this measurement?

Question182: Complete this sentence. If a requirement cannot be verified, it cannot be successfully _________________.

Question183: As a business analyst, you'll often need to analyze business needs, requirements, and solutions for assumptions and constraints. Which one of the following is a constraint? Choose the best answer.

Question184: You are the business analyst for your organization and are leading a presentation about an identified problem.
This presentation will help the stakeholders to understand the problem and it will help you when you begin to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. Which type of learner learns best through the presentation of models?

Question185: Which of the following describes the organizational policies, procedures, forms, and methodologies the business analyst is to follow?

Question186: Which of the following documents graphically depicts the project team members and displays their interrelationship for a specific project?

Question187: All of the following are inputs to the task assess organizational readiness except for which one?

Question188: Which one of the following statements best describes what an assumption is?

Question189: Which of the following defines all of the features and functions of the thing, solution, or service the project or organization will create?

Question190: The task of prioritizing requirements creates just one output. What is it?

Question191: What elicitation technique is best described as a study to compare the strengths and weaknesses of an organization against its peers and competitors?

Question192: A project team needs to maintain the traceability of requirements for a software system. Due to the large number of requirements, which of the following methods should the team use?

Question193: Which of the following is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986?

Question194: As a business analyst, it's important to understand the relationships among requirements. All of the following are valid relationship types among requirements except for which one?

Question195: Which of the following is the best definition of the business rules analysis?

Question196: Jon is a business analyst for his organization and he's preparing for the process of elicitation. How many inputs are available for Jon to use in the elicitation process?

Question197: A business analyst is studying the cost of the endeavor in relation to the projected income the endeavor will bring once the project is completed. What financial valuation technique can the business analyst use to determine the breakeven point for the project?

Question198: Which of the following approaches describes the project management approach of refining requirements and project scope?

Question199: In order to assess proposed solutions, business analysts will need three inputs. Which one of the following is not an input to the task of assessing proposed solutions?

Question200: Before requirements can actually be approved to be managed, what must be true about the requirements?

Question201: All of the following statements are true regarding a brainstorming session during requirements elicitation except for which one?

Question202: A business analyst (BA) is verifying requirements for a software solution. The BA needs to confirm that items determined to be important are included in the final requirements deliverable. Which of the following will help the BA complete this task?

Question203: According to the business analysis book 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', which your exam is largely based on, almost all methodologies fit somewhere along a spectrum between plan-driven and what other methodology?

Question204: There are four inputs to the plan business analysis activities. Which one of the following is not an input to the plan business analysis activities process?

Question205: Which approach is best to take when a business analyst is assessing the solution options for a business need when there are relatively few criteria involved?

Question206: You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked you to define and document the requirements of an endeavor so that the requirements may be reused again in the organization. Why would an organization want to re-use requirements?

Question207: In the life of a project, when do the number and impact of change requests often increase?

Question208: A business analyst has just completed an elicitation event. What stakeholder(s) is/are involved in the documentation of the elicitation results?

Question209: Audrey is the business analyst for her organization and she's doing an assessment of the organization's readiness to implement the solution. In her assessment, she's finding that there are conflicting stakeholder groups for and against the proposed solution. Some of the stakeholders have more power over the solution than others. What diagram can Audrey create to visualize the people that are for and against the solution?

Question210: A business analyst (BA) is working to identity the business need, specifically the problems with the current state of a process. At which level of the enterprise can the BA identify problems with the current state?

Question211: In order to define the business need for an organization, there are two inputs. What are the two inputs a business analyst will need to define the business need?

Question212: While gathering information during a requirements workshop, a subject matter expert states that it is likely that an organizational restructure will occur in one of the business departments that will be utilizing parts of the new system. As such, the business analyst (BA) should:

Question213: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with Adam on business analysis processes. Adam is steeped in knowledge regarding the project's purpose. Of the following, what type of business analysis stakeholder is Adam?

Question214: A business analyst (BA) working with a large insurance corporation interviewed an industry thought leader who predicted that many of the regulations currently imposed by the government will change very soon. The BA communicated the observation to the leadership team of the organization because many on-going projects were triggered by those regulations. The leadership team unanimously decided to cancel the initiatives that were driven by the government regulations. What is the corporation's attitude towards risk?

Question215: Which approach to business analysis activities deals with rapid delivery of the business value?

Question216: You are the business analyst for a large project for your organization. Your project has 65 stakeholders and this will greatly increase the complexity of the communication in this project. To demonstrate how complex this project and its communication will be, you show the management the number of communication channels in this project. How many channels exist in this project based on the number of stakeholders?

Question217: Jon is a business analyst for his organization and he's preparing for the process of elicitation. How many inputs are available for Jon to use in the elicitation process?

Question218: You are the business analyst for your organization. You are identifying new opportunities to improve upon your existing web services. Management is open to new opportunities as long as the changes do not take more than 60 days to implement. What type of a factor does the 60-day implementation represent?

Question219: 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?

Question220: The business analyst (BA) is assigned a small project, requiring minor enhancements to an existing system. The BA will meet with the business sponsor and developer next week to gather information about the change. What should the BA review before the meeting?

Question221: A business analyst (BA) was asked to send the requirement details to the project manager (PM), director, vice president (VP), and Chief Information Officer (CIO). The BA shares the complete set of requirements to the PM and director, while creating a summarized version for the VP and CIO. Which aspect of requirement specification and modeling was the BA performing?

Question222: There are four methods to generate a business need in an organization. Which approach would an organization use when there's recognized competition in the marketplace?

Question223: There are three business analysis planning techniques that a business analyst can use to help plan business analysis processes. Which one of the following is not one of the three techniques?

Question224: You are the business analyst for your organization and you're creating a business analysis communications management plan. In your plan, you want to address the different locales and culture and the communication needs that may affect the business analysis approach. Which one of the following elements should not be included in the cultural analysis of the plan?

Question225: What does MoSCoW mean when it comes to requirements prioritization?

Question226: Which stakeholder analysis technique shows stakeholders that fall outside the scope of the solution but still interact with it in some way?

Question227: What do business goals and objectives of enterprise analysis actually describe?

Question228: As a business analyst, you'll need to recognize the methods that are appropriate for recording and documenting the results of elicitation activities. Which one of the following cannot be considered as a valid method for documenting elicitation?

Question229: When can changes to requirements occur in a business analysis planning and monitoring assignment?

Question230: You are the business analyst for your organization. You're creating a document that states the business need, identifies the key stakeholders, and defines the positive impact the solution will bring to the organization and stakeholders. What document are you creating?

Question231: Sam is the project manager of the NHT Project. His project has stakeholders from the end users, server administrators, functional managers, external customers, technicians, and executive managers. In this high- profile project, which group of stakeholders is the most important?

Question232: You're organizing the business analysis approach for your organization. Jane wants to know when changes to requirements are most likely to happen in business analysis processes. Which one of the following statements best describes when changes to requirements may happen?

Question233: You are a business analyst for your organization. Your current business analysis endeavor includes working with stakeholders located in offices around the world. Because these stakeholders are dispersed, what is likely to increase in this endeavor as opposed to a collocated group of stakeholders?

Question234: You are creating the solution scope for an identified problem in your organization. You are working with several stakeholders during this process including the domain subject matter expert, the implementation subject matter expert, the project manager, and the sponsor. Which of these stakeholders will be responsible for writing the project scope?

Question235: 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?

Question236: A business analyst is helping management determine which solution they should choose. As it happens that the organization can only choose one of the two solutions due to time and resource restrictions. Solution A worth $456,000 to the organization while solution B worth $565,000 to the organization. While solution A costs less, it is less risky and takes less time to complete so management elects to seize Solution A.
What is the opportunity cost?

Question237: Business needs do not always originate from the business analyst or from business owners. There are several stakeholders which may identify or contribute to the identification of a business need. Which one of the following stakeholders are most likely to have the most direct awareness of problems that could lead to a business need?

Question238: Linda works as a project manager for an IT project. She is getting new developers for completing her project.
Which of the following processes is she involved in?

Question239: You have 83 project stakeholders from all across your organization. Some of the stakeholders, such as functional management, require weekly communication from you, while other stakeholders, such as the end users, only need quarterly progress updates. Where can you record these communication requirements based on your stakeholder analysis?

Question240: Kendra is the business analyst for her organization. She's working with the project manager and the project sponsor to discuss the current requirements. Kendra believes it's important for the project manager to first implement the requirements with the highest amount of risks. Is this a good idea?