IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 17

In 105 months, your solution will equate to the cost savings offered by the vendor. In other words, if your solution will be kept longer than 105 months, it's best to use your solution. You can find this solution by first finding the difference of the build and buy costs, which is $47,000. Next, find the difference of the monthly costs, which is only $450. You'll then divide $47,000 by $450 for an answer of 104.4 months, or for this answer, 105 months.

Answer C is incorrect. 64 months is not the correct calculation to this scenario. Answer B is incorrect.

32 months is not the correct calculation to this scenario. Answer D is incorrect. 19 months is not the correct calculation to this scenario.

The role of the project manager in elicitation tasks is to ensure that the needed resources are available. Answer C is incorrect. The project manager will likely be involved in the requirements workshop.

Answer A is incorrect. The project manager won't facilitate the requirements workshop, the business analyst will.

Answer D is incorrect. The project manager may help elicit requirements from stakeholders, but this isn't the best choice for the Question.

The inputs required to prepare for elicitation are as follows:

Business Need. It guarantees that the type of information elicited from stakeholders is understood to the business analyst. This input is used at the time of eliciting business requirements.

Solution Scope and Business Case. It guarantees that the type of information elicited from stakeholders is understood to the business analyst. This input is used at the time of eliciting stakeholder, transaction requirement, and solution.

Stakeholder List, Roles, and Responsibilities. It is required for the identification of stakeholders that are required to participate in elicitation activity.

Answer D is incorrect. Risk Assessment is a review of the risks in the project, and isn't an input to the elicitation business analyst tasks.

Tracing a requirement is the linkage of the requirements to all the parts of solution including its execution and creation.

Answer C is incorrect. This is not a valid definition of tracing a requirement. Requirement tracing does not consider risk, cost, quality, and other scope elements.

Answer A is incorrect. This is not a valid definition of tracing a requirement. It does not examine its position in the project WBS.

In order to conduct the elicitation process, the business analyst must work with the appropriate people, such as the project manager, to ensure that the needed resources are organized and available for the elicitation. Answer C is incorrect. Planning for elicitation is not a valid elicitation task.

Answer A is incorrect. Confirming elicitation results is the confirmation that the business analyst understands the requirements and that the stakeholder confirms the results of the elicitation.

Answer D is incorrect. Managing stakeholder requirements is not a valid elicitation task.

This is an example of a vision statement. A vision statement, also called a problem statement, shows the categories of stakeholders and how the solution will help each stakeholder.

Answer C is incorrect. A project charter authorizes the project.

Answer B is incorrect. The business case justifies the cost of the solution for the rewards the solution will bring to the organization.

Answer A is incorrect. The requirements documentation doesn't define the benefits of the solution for the stakeholders; it only lists the requirements of the endeavor.

Management is asking you to create the business analysis communication plan.

Answer C is incorrect. This is a specific question asking for the BABOK definition of the business analysis communication plan.

Answer B is incorrect. The business analysis plan defines the activities and scope of work.

Answer A is incorrect. The stakeholder management plan defines how the business analyst will manage the fears, threats, requirements, and demands of the stakeholders.

Customers, internal or external, are always considered to be the most important group of stakeholders in a project. Recall that a stakeholder is anyone that has a vested interest in the outcome of your project.

An onion diagram shows the relative influence, impact, and relation of stakeholders by plotting them closer to or farther away from the solution. It is called an onion diagram because plotting of the stakeholders is done in ovals which, when completed, looks like an onion sliced in half.

Answer D is incorrect. A tornado diagram is often used to show opposing forces for a solution or issue. Answer A is incorrect. The RACI matrix explains the roles of the people involved in business analysis activities. It depicts stakeholders as having one or more of the following responsibilities for a given task or deliverable:

[R]. Responsible does the work [A]. Accountable is the decision maker (only one) [C]. Consulted must be consulted prior to the work and gives input. [I]. Informed means that they must be notified of the outcome

Answer C is incorrect. A control chart is a quality control tool that shows the results of measurements over time.