IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers
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Question 1
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?
Explanation:
Of course, the business analyst should not include the stakeholder's relation to religion. The business analyst should document the relationship to time, task completion, contracts, and authority.
Answer D is incorrect. Relationship to time is a valid consideration for the cultural analysis of the communications management plan.
Answer A is incorrect. Relationship to task completion is a valid consideration for the cultural analysis of the communications management plan.
Answer B is incorrect. Relationship to authority is a valid consideration for the cultural analysis of the communications management plan.
Question 2
All of the following statements are true regarding a brainstorming session during requirements elicitation except for which one?
Explanation:
During a brainstorming session, there is not a time or cost estimate consideration; the participants should generate as many ideas as possible.
Answer A is incorrect. This is a true statement; all ideas should be visibly recorded.
Answer D is incorrect. This is a true statement; all ideas should be shared without any discussion, criticism, or evaluation.
Answer B is incorrect. This is a true statement; the number of ideas should not be limited.
Question 3
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?
Explanation:
The cohesive attribute demands that all requirements in a set or model support its overall purpose and scope. Answer D is incorrect. Consistent requirements ensure that individual requirements do not contradict each other or describe the same requirement using different wording.
Answer A is incorrect. The entire set of requirements should represent all relevant requirements.
Answer C is incorrect. Correct requirements acknowledge that defects in requirements will lead to defects in the resulting solution.
Question 4
The task of prioritizing requirements creates just one output. What is it?
Explanation:
The task of prioritizing requirements does create just one output. the requirements (prioritized) document. Answer A is incorrect. This is not a valid output of the task of prioritizing requirements.
Answer C is incorrect. This is not a valid output of the task of prioritizing requirements. Answer D is incorrect. This is not a valid output of the task of prioritizing requirements.
Question 5
Which stakeholder in the solution assessment task will provide information on technical constraints that could limit the solutions that may be implemented?
Explanation:
Operational support can provide information on technical constraints that may limit the solutions that can be implemented.
Answer B is incorrect. Suppliers provide information on the functionality associated with a particular solution option.
Answer C is incorrect. The sponsor approves the expenditure of resources to purchase or develop a solution and approve the final recommendation.
Answer A is incorrect. The project manager plans and manages the selection process of the solution.
Question 6
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?
Explanation:
The data process describes the transformation of data in some way, either combining the data, reordering the data, converting the data, filtering the data, or other such activities.
Answer B is incorrect. An external entity is a source or destination of data. It is represented as a labeled rectangle.
Answer A is incorrect. Data flow identifies where data is being moved between a data process and an external entity, a data store or another data process.
Answer D is incorrect. Concatenation isn't a valid component of a data flow diagram so this choice is not valid.
Question 7
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?
Explanation:
Progressive elaboration describes the process of providing more and more information through incremental details. It is a form of deductive reasoning to go from a very broad set of requirements to the exact details on the requirements.
Answer C is incorrect. Decision analysis is used to rate available methodologies against organizational needs and objectives.
Answer A is incorrect. Process modeling is used to define and document the business analysis approach. Answer D is incorrect. Structured walkthrough is used as a means of validating a created, selected, or tailored business analysis approach.
Question 8
Which one of the following is not a general technique that a business analyst may use in the requirements verification task?
Explanation:
Cost-benefits analysis is not a valid technique that a business analyst may use in the requirements verification task. The three techniques for requirements verification are acceptance and evaluation criteria definition, problem tracking, and structured walkthrough.
Answer B is incorrect. Acceptance and evaluation criteria definition is a valid technique for requirements verification.
Answer D is incorrect. Problem tracking is a valid technique for requirements verification. Answer A is incorrect. Structured walkthrough is a valid technique for requirements verification.
Question 9
All of the following are inputs to the task assess organizational readiness except for which one?
Explanation:
Risk register is a central repository of identified risks and their effect on the solution. It's primarily used in project management, not in the business analysis tasks. The correct four inputs are enterprise architecture, designed solution, solution scope, and stakeholder concern.
Answer A is incorrect. Enterprise architecture is a valid input to the task assess organizational readiness. Answer B is incorrect. Solution Scope is a valid input to the task assess organizational readiness.
Answer C is incorrect. Stakeholder concern is a valid input to the task assess organizational readiness.
Question 10
The process of defining the business need uses one output. What is it?
Explanation:
The output of defining the business need is simply the business need.
Answer B is incorrect. The solution scope is not an output of the business need. Answer D is incorrect. The capability gaps assessment actually uses the business need. Answer A is incorrect. The feasibility study is not an output of the business need.
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