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Question 1
A business analyst is developing a traceability matrix to determine whether or not any gaps exist and to identify any discrepancies.
Which critical field is needed to ensure that the traceability matrix is usable?
- A: Hierarchy
- B: Requirements description
- C: Status
- D: Owner
Question 2
A company is developing a new e-commerce platform to enter a new market segment. Development is well under way when the government issues a new set of regulations.
Which course of action should the business analyst take?
- A: Check the traceability matrix to identify affected use cases.
- B: Evaluate if the new set of regulations is aligned with the business case.
- C: Evaluate the impact of the change on the project schedule.
- D: Obtain management sign-off on the new set of regulations.
Question 3
The business analysts have concluded a requirements elicitation workshop. They now need to define rationale for each requirement.
Which of the following pairs of items would be important to include in the rationale?
- A: Reasons and assumptions
- B: Functional relationships and work breakdown structure code
- C: Product vision and operational relationships
- D: Stakeholder impact and design decisions
Question 4
A business analyst has captured all of the requirements from the various stakeholders within the organization and has compiled them into a complete list. After reviewing the list of requirements with the stakeholders, it is determined that the list of requirements is too large and will exceed the allotted budget.
Which tool or technique should the business analyst use with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements to determine which requirements are approved, deferred, or rejected?
- A: SMART Goals
- B: MoSCoW Analysis
- C: SWOT Analysis
- D: Timeboxing Analysis
Question 5
Which tool provides combined functionality for business analysis and quality assurance activities?
- A: Functional specification tool
- B: Solution quality assurance tool
- C: System use case modeling tool
- D: Requirements traceability tool
Question 6
Company A is working on implementing a new platform with multiple stakeholders. The business analyst has gathered the requirements and established a baseline. However, scope creep is a persistent problem.
What could the business analyst have established to help manage this situation?
- A: Configuration management system
- B: Sponsor signoff
- C: Change control process
- D: Communication plan
Question 7
Which of the following is the best approach to enable developers and product owners to be in constant communication so that changes or issues that occur during development are exposed and discussed as they develop?
- A: Iterative
- B: Waterfall
- C: Agile
- D: Linear
Question 8
A business analyst is trying to determine which analysis technique will be best suited to elicit information from a large number of users in a short period of time. Which elicitation technique is best suited for this purpose?
- A: Group brainstorming
- B: Facilitated workshop
- C: Ongoing observation
- D: Questionnaire
Question 9
A type of requirements document that would be the most valuable to a database administrator would be:
- A: an object diagram.
- B: an entity relationship diagram.
- C: a business process diagram.
- D: a data flow diagram.
Question 10
Which of the following is an example of a functional requirement?
- A: The system can be accessed from multiple locations.
- B: The system can handle 3,000 user requests concurrently.
- C: The system provides a user-friendly interface.
- D: The system is able to require passwords.
Question 11
Requirements elicitation for a project is occurring. The marketing, acquisition, and production departments want to include specific requirements. The CEO has a requirement to deploy in three months.
Which of the following actions will have a greater influence on the project success?
- A: Estimate the effort required for each requirement and develop as many functionalities as possible.
- B: Prioritize and develop the requirements of the marketing department since the project will impact a greater number of people.
- C: Conduct a stakeholder analysis and balance requirements by understanding the relative power associated with each stakeholder group.
- D: Explain the situation to the CEO and try to obtain an extension of the contract for the actual time necessary to develop the system.
Question 12
A company uses a prioritization range of 1–10, in which 10 represents the highest or best. According to the information from the table, which option should the business analyst recommend?
- A: 3
- B: 4
- C: 2
- D: 1
Question 13
Which of the following is a properly written requirement statement?
- A: The pot shall be usable in the oven or on the stove.
- B: The pot shall prominently display the company brand.
- C: The pot shall be manufactured in the following colors; yellow, red, brown, blue.
- D: The pot shall be lightweight and heat up quickly.
Question 14
A company is working on the next big release of their best-selling product. The requirements will be validated through in-person validation sessions.
What would be the most viable technique to use in this scenario?
- A: A use-case development session
- B: A review of the previous version
- C: A review of the solution prototype
- D: A brainstorming session
Question 15
A company wants to improve the service to its customers by reducing complaint response time by 40%. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to redesign and optimize their internal processes and support it with a new product. The client thinks that disruption and short-term loss of productivity is inevitable.
Where can the business analyst best reflect the intangible costs associated with this change?
- A: In the requirements specification document
- B: In the balanced score card chart
- C: In the pay-back analysis
- D: In the business case
Question 16
The document that defines the process for managing requirements revisions is the:
- A: project management plan.
- B: communications management plan.
- C: scope management plan.
- D: change management plan.
Question 17
Which of the following best describes the function of the requirements baseline?
- A: Tracks the progress of requirements documentation.
- B: Defines how the project will be scheduled.
- C: Provides the basis for the development scope.
- D: Controls the product development and evolution.
Question 18
What is a standardized, effective, and efficient way to manage changes to project documentation?
- A: A change control board
- B: A requirements traceability matrix
- C: A configuration management system
- D: A configuration verification and audit system
Question 19
During the project execution phase, the client requests the addition of a new feature. Which of the following would allow the business analyst to determine the impact for the specific requirement change?
- A: Requirements management tool
- B: Requirements traceability matrix
- C: Requirements cards
- D: Requirements baseline
Question 20
A stakeholder wants to modify an existing feature. Which of the following would be used to determine the scope of the change on the product?
- A: Sequence diagram
- B: Requirements traceability matrix
- C: Requirements attributes table
- D: Project schedule and cost baseline
Question 21
Which of the following is a method for requirements change control?
- A: Baselining
- B: Scope analysis
- C: Communication management
- D: Requirements management
Question 22
After conducting a brainstorming session with a group of project participants, the business analyst feels that the elicited requirements are biased. Which tool or technique could be used to gain an objective, first-handed insight into tasks and activities that are difficult to describe?
- A: Observation
- B: Document analysis
- C: Traceability matrix
- D: Questionnaires and surveys
Question 23
The quality function deployment is best suited to assist in the process of:
- A: quality assurance by structuring the quality audits.
- B: relating the product features to customer value.
- C: quality control by determining the control charts and the run charts.
- D: controlling the effects between the quality functions.
Question 24
A business analyst is working on a project’s acceptance criteria. In an early collaboration with the company’s stakeholders, the business analyst identified several user groups within the company: “Purchaser,” “Shipper,” “Customer,” and “Agent”. The user groups categorize stakeholders with similar needs and create a detailed narrative.
Which technique did the business analyst use for evaluating the solution’s acceptance criteria?
- A: Job analysis
- B: Stakeholder analysis
- C: Persona analysis
- D: Risk analysis
Question 25
The test team is reviewing requirements that were written for Project A. They are having difficulty determining if the test results meet the project needs.
Which project artifact could the test team review to help identify acceptance criteria?
- A: Use cases
- B: Project scope
- C: Delphi outcome
- D: RACI chart
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