IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 22

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

According to the Question your estimation is based on the parameters from a previous activity. Such estimation is performed through the analogous estimating technique.

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.