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?

Iteratively throughout the requirements analysis process

At each milestone of the requirements analysis process

Once all of the requirements have been gathered

Iteratively throughout the requirements analysis process

As often as the requirements management plan calls for

Brian is the business analyst for his organization and he's hosting a brainstorming session. He is facilitating the session with eight stakeholders. Why is it important for Brian to not set a goal for the number of ideas the group should generate in the session?

A goal for the number of ideas actually limits the ideas that can be generated.

A goal for the number of ideas to be generated should be created.

A goal for the number of ideas puts too much pressure on the group.

A goal for the number of ideas may be too large to reach.

A goal for the number of ideas actually limits the ideas that can be generated.

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?

The business analysis approach will be shaped by the problem or opportunity faced by the organization.

The business analysis approach will be shaped by the penalty of not seizing the opportunity.

The business analysis approach will be shaped by the time allowed for business analysis planning.

The business analysis approach will be shaped by the risks faced by the organization.

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?

All communications must be archived and will become part of the organizational process assets.

The communications management plan will dictate what will happen to the business analysis communications.

All formal communication must be destroyed once the project is completed.

All communications must be archived and will become part of the organizational process assets.

All communications must be documented and passed onto the solution's project manager for analysis and to serve as supporting detail.

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?

Prioritization of requirements focuses on the most critical requirements first.

Prioritization ranks the requirements according to the cost and schedule.

Prioritization ranks the requirements on a weighted scale of key performance indicators, such as cost, schedule, risk, and experience.

Prioritization ensures that the most important stakeholders are considered first.

Prioritization of requirements focuses on the most critical requirements first.

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

The requirements must have the uniform structure.

The requirements must have opposing values.

The requirements must have common characteristics.

The requirements must have the uniform structure.

The requirements must have rated goals, such as time, cost, and quality.

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?

It manages and expresses requirements to a broad and diverse audience.

It defines the nature of a solution that meets that need.

It identifies business needs, problems, or opportunities.

It justifies the investment necessary to deliver that solution.

It manages and expresses requirements to a broad and diverse audience.

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?

Assumptions and constraints are identified through elicitation from stakeholders.

Assumptions and constraints are identified through a review of project requirements.

Assumptions and constraints are identified through elicitation from stakeholders.

Assumptions and constraints are identified through risk identification and analysis.

Assumptions and constraints are identified through document analysis.

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?

Business Analysis (BA) communication plan

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

Business analyst and key stakeholders

Project manager, project team, and business analyst

Project manager, business analyst, and project sponsor

Consider a business analyst who is completing the business analysis tasks of specifying and modeling requirements for an organization. This task can help an organization achieve all of the following objectives except for which one?

Increasing revenue and/or reducing costs within an organization

Supporting training activities and knowledge management

Facilitating communication among stakeholders

Compliance with contracts and regulations

Increasing revenue and/or reducing costs within an organization

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

Business goals and objectives describe the ends that the organization is seeking to achieve.

Business goals and objectives describe the increased revenue that the organization is seeking to gain.

Business goals and objectives describe the solution scope that the organization is seeking to accomplish.

Business goals and objectives describe the ends that the organization is seeking to achieve.

Business goals and objectives describe the desired future state of problems.

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 are primary inputs of planning the business analysis approach?Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Penalty of not seizing the opportunity

A business analyst needs to prepare the requirements package for her endeavor in a predefined template for her company. What term can be assigned to this standardized template for packaging the requirements?

Enterprise environmental factors

When do change requests generally increase in a project?

Towards the end of the project.

Towards the beginning of the project.

During the project scope management processes.

Towards the end of the project.

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?

Remove them from the requirements set.

Determine their purpose in the requirements set.

See if the requirements are integrated with other requirements.

Remove them from the requirements set.

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

As soon as the solution approach is determined

As soon as a budget has been created

After approval of the requirements

As soon as the solution approach is determined

You are working with the project stakeholders to analyze and prioritize their requirements for the project. One of the project requirements is to achieve a high-level of customer satisfaction for the project deliverable. What is the danger in this project requirement?

Achieving customer satisfaction is a subjective requirement and entails a high level of risk of being successfully accomplished.

Achieving customer satisfaction is a risk, as the project manager cannot control how satisfied the customer will be with the project deliverables.

Achieving customer satisfaction is an assumption and should be documented in the project scope.

Achieving customer satisfaction should always map to the quality requirements for the project.

Achieving customer satisfaction is a subjective requirement and entails a high level of risk of being successfully accomplished.

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 you should take to begin business analysis?

Work with the appropriate stakeholders to determine how the business analysis work should be completed.

Define the organizational standard first.

Create a business case for the need of organizational standards for business analysis.

Take charge and begin the business analysis activities, but document your approach to serve as a template for future business analysis initiatives.

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Which requirements allocation technique is best described as the breaking down of the solution scope into smaller units for allocation?

Functional decomposition

Resource allocation granularity

WBS creation

Process modeling

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