IIBA CCBA Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 3

Effective business analysis practices can reduce the amount of change in a project, but it cannot eliminate the amount of changes entirely.

Answer D is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement as business analysis practices cannot eliminate the need for change in requirements.

Answer C is incorrect. While this may be true in some instances, it's not true for all areas of requirements change.

Answer B is incorrect. This isn't a valid statement to the Question. All changes and requirements must be documented.

The plan-driven approach has the most business analysis work at the beginning of the project or during the start of a project phase. This approach has a high amount of formality and detail for all areas of the business analysis duties, requirements gathering, and monitoring.

Answer D is incorrect. This statement is not true about the plan-driven approach. Answer C is incorrect. This statement describes requirements prioritization.

Answer A is incorrect. Plan-driven approaches typically discourage change and they work to refine the requirements over time to prevent errors and omissions.

In this instance it appears that the solution development team is attempting to change the prioritization of the requirements to their benefit by overestimating the complexity of the project work.

One of the best elements available for identifying project activities is a list of deliverables. By understanding what the endeavor is to create, the business analyst can better understand what activities are needed.

Answer B is incorrect. BABOK, A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, isn't a valid selection for this Question.

Answer A is incorrect. You won't use project management input, other than expert judgment in some instances, to help identify activities.

Answer D is incorrect. The work breakdown structure (WBS) isn't a valid input for identifying activities.

Each task in the task list should have a unique number to identify the specific task and it should have a description of what the task is.

Answer B is incorrect. The risk level is not associated with the task list.

Answer D is incorrect. Roles and responsibilities are not included directly in the task list.

Answer A is incorrect. Procurement needs are not included in the task list.

Shelly and Thomas are performing the validate requirements task. This task helps to ensure that the requirements map to the business goals and objectives, resolve the issue, and predict the longevity of the requirements to satisfy business needs.

Answer B is incorrect. There is not a business analysis task called requirements quality assurance. Answer A is incorrect. Acceptance evaluation criteria definition is a task to ensure that the requirements are clear and precise enough to create tests and inspect to know that the work has been completed.

Answer D is incorrect. Stakeholder management is the management of stakeholders' issues, conflicts, queries, concerns, threats, and perceived threats about the requirements.

The waterfall approach, lean, and Six Sigma are the valid answer for business analysis approaches.

Answer A is incorrect. Deming's Quality Circle describes the quality management approach of plan, do, check, and act. This isn't a business analysis approach.

Mitigation is a risk response that seeks to lower the risk's probability and/or impact. It is not one of the three categories of risk tolerance.