IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 7

Operative rules are the policies of the organization. Structural rules create categories of things, actions, and departments within an entity.

Answer A is incorrect. This is not a valid statement about structural rules and operative rules. Answer

C is incorrect. This is not a valid statement about structural rules and operative rules. Answer D is incorrect. This is not a valid statement about structural rules and operative rules.

Requirement's verification allows the business analyst and key stakeholders to define any additional information that will allow any additional work to be performed. In other words, once the current requirements are approved, the tasks may continue forward based on what's been analyzed so far.

Answer D is incorrect. Gaining approval of the cost and schedule is not an accurate answer. Answer B is incorrect. Chartering a project isn't the best answer for this Question.

Answer A is incorrect. The requirements comprise the solution scope for the business need, so this isn't the best answer for the Question.

Data modeling is the best answer, as this approach describes the concepts and relationships relevant to the solution or business domain.

Answer A is incorrect. The data flow diagram shows how information flows through a system.

Answer B is incorrect. The business rules analysis examines how business rules may be implemented and managed in an organization.

Answer D is incorrect. Functional decomposition is the process of breaking down the scope into smaller, more manageable deliverables. It ensures that all of the active characteristics of the proposed solution are identified, documented, and capable of being tracked.

The opportunity cost is the total value of the opportunity that can be taken advantage of.

The domain subject matter expert is a person who is steeped in knowledge regarding the project's purpose. Answer A is incorrect. The project manager must ensure that the business analysis approach is compatible with other project activities.

Answer D is incorrect. The regulator approves any tailoring to the business analysis processes or activities. Answer C is incorrect. The sponsor allows the business analysis activities and resources to exist in support of the organization.

The maximum price of $300,000 is a constraint that the solution must be bound to. The solution does not have to cost $300,000, it just cannot exceed this limit.

Answer A is incorrect. A budget is the defined amount of funds to implement a solution. In this instance, the stakeholder will accept a maximum of $300,000 or less for a solution. Because a solution has not been identified the budget is not yet known.

Answer D is incorrect. Requirements are the characteristics of the solution, not the constraint of the price. Answer C is incorrect. A solution has not yet been proposed so the cost of the solution is still unknown.

The change-driven approach looks to create business value in short iterations. The downside of this approach, however, is that there is more risk and uncertainty in the overall direction. The changedriven approach relies on team interaction to define requirements and gather feedback on the solution.

Answer B is incorrect. The plan-driven approach relies on standardized templates, not the changedriven approach.

Answer A is incorrect. This is not a valid description of the change-driven approach.

Answer D is incorrect. Requirements may evolve through the change-driven approach, but they are still identified early in the business analysis work. The requirements must be identified so that the business analysts know what solution would satisfy the requirements.

The methodology that defines the business analysis approach is either plan-driven or change-driven.

Answer A is incorrect. Risk-driven is not a valid approach for planning business analysis activities.

Answer B is incorrect. Cost-driven is not a valid approach for planning the business analysis activities.

Answer D is incorrect. Reward-driven is not a valid approach for planning the business analysis activities.

Decision analysis is used to rate available methodologies against organizational needs and objectives.

Answer D is incorrect. Process modeling is used to define and document the business analysis approach. Answer A is incorrect. Structured walkthrough is used as a means of validating a created, selected, or tailored business analysis approach.

Answer B is incorrect. 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.