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Question 211
Robert is the business analyst for his organization and he gathered and documented the requirements for a new solution. The stakeholders agree through informal communications that
Robert has successfully captured the needed requirements for the solution. The stakeholders signoff on the requirements. What does the signoff represent to Robert?
Explanation:
Stakeholder signoff of the requirements can be formal or informal, though either instance is a confirmation by the stakeholders that the business analyst has identified the completed and accurate requirements.
Answer D is incorrect. Robert is not done with his business analysis duties just because the requirements have been approved.
Answer B is incorrect. The project may not launch even though the requirements are accurate and complete. There could be other circumstances that prevent the project from launching - such as cost, feasibility, or tactics.
Answer A is incorrect. Requirements are simply the identified needs to solve a problem or present a solution. Projects are constrained by time, cost, and scope. Quality is not one of the three constraints but it is achieved by the balance of time, cost, and fulfillment of scope.
Question 212
You are the business analyst for your organization and you're working with your team to define the business problem. As part of this analysis, you've identified the adverse impacts of the problem, the benefits from a potential solution, and how quickly the problem could be solved. What other element should you consider?
Explanation:
When examining a business problem, it's always important to define the underlying source of the problem. This identification can help resolve the matter faster and for less cost. This resolution can also help to prevent the problem from continuing with a new solution that doesn't properly address the problem.
Answer B is incorrect. Competition and their approach may be useful in some instances, but it's not the best answer considering the Question.
Answer A is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer for the Question.
Answer C is incorrect. There's no evidence that a dataflow has been created, or even needs to be created.
Question 213
A business analyst has been assigned the task of developing a model of the current state of an organization. The business analyst doesn't understand why a current state may be needed. All of the following are good reasons to create a current state model of an organization except for which one?
Explanation:
The process of creating a model of the current state isn't needed to assess the positive and negative risks of the organization. This is not a valid statement, so this is the correct answer to the Question.
Answer C is incorrect. Validating the solution scope with businesses and technical stakeholders is a good reason to create a current statement assessment and model.
Answer A is incorrect. Analyzing the current state of the organization to look for opportunities for improvement is a valid reason to develop a current state model.
Answer D is incorrect. Assisting stakeholders to understand the current state is a valid reason to develop a current state model.
Question 214
You are creating the solution scope for an identified problem in your organization. You are working with several stakeholders during this process including the domain subject matter expert, the implementation subject matter expert, the project manager, and the sponsor. Which of these stakeholders will be responsible for writing the project scope?
Explanation:
The project manager is responsible for writing the project scope. The solution scope serves as an input the project charter, which is needed for the project scope.
Answer A is incorrect. The business analyst does not write the project scope.
Answer D is incorrect. The sponsor doesn't write the project scope but she may approve the project scope. Answer C is incorrect. The domain subject matter expert helps to identify the affected organizational units, lines of business, and prioritization of the required capabilities defined in the solution scope.
Question 215
Which one of the following business analysis techniques for analyzing business goals converts the business goals into achievable objectives and measures?
Explanation:
Functional decomposition converts the business goals into achievable objectives and measures.
Answer B is incorrect. Root cause analysis determines the underlying source of the problem.
Answer D is incorrect. Business rules analysis identifies changes in the policies that guide the organization towards achieving its goals and objectives.
Answer A is incorrect. Understanding what competing organizations and peers are doing, Benchmarking allows the organization to remain at a comparable level of service or identify opportunities to increase efficiency.
Question 216
You are the business analyst for your organization. You are working with several IT professionals to determine all of the connected systems in your organization. You are creating a mapping of the servers, workstations, printers, and other connected devices and their purposes for an analysis of how information is input, processed, stored, and output from each system. What business analysis process are you completing?
Explanation:
You are creating a mapping of the servers, workstations, printers, and other connected devices and their purposes for an analysis of how information is input, processed, stored, and output from each system. This is a description of a data flow diagram.
Answer B is incorrect. A data dictionary defines the key terms and data relevant to a business domain. Answer D is incorrect. A network topology does show the connected devices to a network, but it does not show how the information is input, processed, stored, and output from these devices.
Answer C is incorrect. A prototype is a mock-up or working model of a proposed solution.
Question 217
What element of the plan business analysis process affects the business analysis duties that need to be performed?
Explanation:
The type of project or initiative greatly influences which business analysis duties will be selected. Not all business analysis tasks are appropriate for all initiatives.
Answer A is incorrect. The experience of the project manager does not affect which business analysis activities should be completed.
Answer D is incorrect. The experience of the business analyst should not affect which tasks are completed. Answer B is incorrect. While deadlines are constraints, they should not affect which business analysis tasks should be completed. The business analyst should always choose the most appropriate tasks to complete for the project or initiative.
Question 218
There are three inputs to the business analysis planning approach process. Which one of the following is not one of the three inputs?
Explanation:
Risk and rewards analysis is not, of itself, an input to the business analysis planning approach process. Answer B is incorrect. Business need is an input to the business analysis planning approach process. Answer D is incorrect. Expert judgment is an input to the business analysis planning approach process. Answer C is incorrect. Organizational process assets are inputs to the business analysis planning approach process.
Question 219
You are hired as a contract project manager for Dreams Unlimited Inc. The project involves setting up ten servers and fifty client computers on the network. From past experience, you know it takes around fifteen hours to install, test, and finalize a server, while it takes only ten hours for a client. You consider these data for making an estimate of schedule of the task. Which of the following estimation techniques has been used?
Explanation:
According to the Question your estimation is based on the parameters from a previous activity. Such estimation is performed through the analogous estimating technique.
Question 220
You are the business analyst for your organization and you are completing the manage requirements traceability process. You are tracking the requirements to determine how the requirements are interrelated with one another and with the actual delivery of the project scope.
There are actually three reasons why the business analyst should trace requirements. Which one of the following is not one of the three reasons why trace requirements are useful?
Explanation:
Quality control is a project management process that inspects the project deliverables for quality. Its goal is to identify defects so that corrective actions may be implemented.
Answer A is incorrect. Requirements allocation is the process of assigning stakeholder and solution requirements to solution components and releases.
Answer B is incorrect. Requirements coverage allows business objectives to be traced to business rules, data elements, and use cases to determine how they'll be accomplished in the project.
Answer D is incorrect. Impact analysis allows the business analyst and the project manager to determine how a change in requirements can affect the other requirements in the solution scope.
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