IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 27

Your manager is asking you to create feasibility study. This study reviews each solution to determine if the solution can meet the business benefit.

Answer B is incorrect. Abbreviated study is a form of feasibility analysis with a focus on changed initiatives with lower initiatives.

Answer C is incorrect. Alternative identification analysis isn't a legitimate business analysis term.

Answer D is incorrect. Quantified analysis is not a valid business analysis term to describe possible solutions for a business need.

Before the requirements can be approved, consensus must be reached among the stakeholders. The conflict must be resolved before moving forward in the endeavor.

Answer D is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement. Answer B is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement.

Answer A is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement.

Benchmarking does allow for the discovery of new approaches that have worked elsewhere. Answer B is incorrect. Benchmarking can be time consuming.

Answer D is incorrect. Benchmarking can restrict new innovations, as the study is based on what's worked elsewhere.

Answer C is incorrect. Benchmarking does require expertise by the person completing the study.

Positive risks are risks that may bring about a positive outcome if the event happens. This is not a concern for Jason in the initial risk assessment in the business case.

Answer D is incorrect. Technical risks evaluate whether the chosen technology and suppliers can deliver the required functionality.

Answer A is incorrect. Financial risks evaluate whether costs may exceed levels that make the solution viable or potential benefits may disappear.

Answer C is incorrect. Organizational risks determine whether the organization will make the changes necessary to benefit from the new solution.

When there are only few criteria involved, it's often easiest and most direct to focus on the differences of the solutions.

Answer B is incorrect. The commonalities of the solutions won't expose the weaknesses, strengths, and values between the solutions.

Answer A is incorrect. The life cycle costs may be considered, but there are other elements that can be considered too.

Answer D is incorrect. The implementation cost of the solution is usually considered, but it's the business value of the solutions that the business analyst should actually focus on.

The relationships and inter-dependencies among the requirements add to the complexity of the requirements. Answer D is incorrect. Stakeholder management can be cumbersome, but the question was asking for a requirements characteristic, so this choice is incorrect.

Answer B is incorrect. Management in the project can add to the project complexity, but realistically management should stay out of the business analyst's duties. In addition, the question was asking about the complexity among the requirements.

Answer C is incorrect. Cost and schedule constraints deal more with the project implementation than with the identified requirements.

The purpose of managing solution scope and requirements is to obtain and maintain consensus among key stakeholders regarding the overall solution scope and the requirements that will be implemented.

Answer A is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer, as the purpose of managing the solution scope and requirements is to gain consensus from the stakeholders, not to complete the business analysis tasks as quickly as possible.

Answer D is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer, as the purpose of managing the solution scope and requirements is to gain consensus from the stakeholders. While there's always a need for accuracy, this isn't the best answer for the Question.

Answer B is incorrect. This isn't a valid answer, as the purpose of managing the solution scope and requirements is to gain consensus from the stakeholders, not from the sponsoring client.

The plan business analysis approach is required to select an approach that will perform business analysis. This approach helps to find out the following:

Which stakeholders need to be involved in the decision?

Who will be consulted regarding and informed of the approach? What is the rationale for using it?

Answer A is incorrect. This task does not address the schedule for the business analysis duties, just the approach the business analyst will be taking. While the task does describe when the tasks will take place, there's not an actual schedule coordinated at this point.

Answer B is incorrect. This task does not address the budget for the business analysis duties, just the approach the business analyst will be taking.

Answer D is incorrect. While this answer does address the business analysis approach, it doesn't qualify as there's not a schedule or budget consideration.

Requirements that are re-used in an organization are ideally kept in a requirements repository. One person should be identified to manage and control the repository.

Answer A is incorrect. Requirements for the current endeavor are kept in the requirements management plan, but not the set of requirements that will be reused.

Answer D is incorrect. The project management plan is not a valid answer, as this plan defines how the project will be planned, executed, monitored and controlled, and closed.

Answer C is incorrect. The solution scope is not a place where requirements that are reused will be kept and maintained.