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

The ideas should be generated with a cost or time estimate.

All ideas should be visibly recorded.

The number of ideas should not be limited.

The ideas should be generated with a cost or time estimate.

All ideas should be shared without any discussion, criticism, or evaluation.

Which one of the following is not a general technique that a business analyst may use in the requirements verification task?

Acceptance and evaluation criteria definition

What does MoSCoW mean when it comes to requirements prioritization?

Money, Schedule, Control, Waiting

Mustn't, Shouldn't, Couldn't, Won't

A Chief Information Officer (CIO) was discussing a solution approach for a technology project in a meeting where a business analyst (BA) was also present. Stakeholders were discussing advantages and disadvantages of each solution approach. What should be the top priority for the BA in assessing the solution approach?

The trade-off and value to stakeholder

The strategy alignment with the balanced scorecard

The total cost of ownership of the project

A business analyst (BA) has recently joined a large consultancy firm where BAs are globally distributed on different assignments. Where would the BA find expectations for business analysis work as mandated by the consultancy firm?

Organizational performance standards

Information management approach

A business analyst (BA) is assigned a new project and is beginning to prepare for elicitation. Which task must the BA complete before preparation of the elicitation process can begin?

Collect information on the business need

Gather contact information of stakeholder

Collect information on the business need

A business analyst (BA) has elicited non-functional information for a system's replacement. In reviewing the elicitation results, the BA finds the number of concurrent users is a large portion of the target user group, which seems high. How should the BA proceed?

Confirm elicitation results by researching the actual concurrent users on the existing system and review findings with stakeholders

Observe a user performing the task to determine the length of time to complete the task

Document the elicitation results in the solution requirements specification then seek verification and validation in a requirements review

Conduct additional stakeholder analysis to determine whether any additional user groups were overlooked

Confirm elicitation results by researching the actual concurrent users on the existing system and review findings with stakeholders

According to the book 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', effective business analysis practices can do what to the amount of change to requirements in a stable business environment?

Reduce the amount of change, but not eliminate entirely.

Document the changes to requirements.

Control the frequency of the change.

You are the business analyst for your organization. Your current project is using a plan-driven approach for the requirements, business analysis, and monitoring. Which one of the following statements best describes the plan-driven approach to business analysis planning and monitoring?

Plan-driven approaches typically call for a significant amount of formality and detail.

Plan-driven approaches encourage changes that prevent errors and omissions.

Plan-driven approaches typically call for a significant amount of formality and detail.

Plan-driven approaches determine how priorities will be diagnosed for the project solution.

Plan-driven approaches typically have meetings daily to discuss the business analysis requirements process.

Mark is the business analyst for his organization. He is working with the solution development team and he believes that the team does not want to implement a certain portion of the requirements.The team is expressing the difficulty of the requirements and how it will be extremely challenging to complete. When Mark asks about a similar project that the team completed, they insist that this is a different type of requirements though Mark believes that it is not. What is the solution development team appearing to do to the requirements?

Change the prioritization of the requirements based on overstated complexity of the project work.

Get the requirements removed from the project scope.

Change the prioritization of the requirements based on overstated complexity of the project work.

Change the prioritization of the requirements based on the past project.

Have the business analyst report the difficulty of the project work to the project customer.

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?

Acceptance evaluation criteria definition

Tracy is a business analyst for her organization and she's gathered and identified the needed requirements for the solution scope. What must Tracy do before she can begin managing the requirements? Choose the best answer.

Tracy must communicate the requirements to the stakeholders for their consent and approval.

Tracy must decompose the requirements in WBS.

Tracy must create cost-benefits analysis of each requirement to manage the benefits first.

Tracy must identify roles, responsibilities, and owners of the requirements to fully manage the requirements.

Tracy must communicate the requirements to the stakeholders for their consent and approval.

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. Which of the following statements is true regarding the plan business analysis approach?

The plan business analysis approach is required to select an approach that will perform business analysis.

The plan business analysis approach describes the amount of budget needed for the requirements elicitation.

The plan business analysis approach is required to select an approach that will perform business analysis.

The plan business analysis approach describes the processes the business analyst will or will not do, based on the time and budget available.

The plan business analysis approach describes the amount of time needed for the business analysis approach.

Which one of the following statements is most true about changing requirements in a change-driven approach to business analysis and requirements management?

Change-driven approaches don't use a formal change control process.

Change-driven approaches must use a change control system with a change control board.

Change-driven approaches only use a change control system for approved changes.

Change-driven approaches don't use a formal change control process.

Change-driven approaches are driven by change control processes.

Which element of the process of assessing the capability gaps is best described as gathering as much enterprise architecture information as is available about the current state of the organization and the areas affected by the business need?

Current organizational needs assessment

Enterprise architecture assessment

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?

Enterprise environmental factors

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?

Yes, if the risky requirements cause the project to fail, the organization will not suffer much loss, as it hasn't invested much time or money on the project.

No, the project manager and team should actually implement the lowest risk requirements first.

Yes, if the risky requirements cause the project to fail, the organization will not suffer much loss, as it hasn't invested much time or money on the project.

No, the project manager and team should implement the requirements with the highest risks last.

Yes, this allows the project manager to get the risky work done as soon as possible in the schedule.

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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?

Relationship to task completion

Relationship to authority

Relationship to religion

Relationship to time

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