IIBA Cetified business analysis professional (CBAP) appliaction - CBAP Exam Practice Test
Question 1
Which of the following phases is the first step towards creating a business continuity plan?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 2
A company wants to develop a product roadmap to guide future development efforts. The product owner asks a business analyst IBA) to lead the analysis effort. Feature suggestions have been compiled from customer support calls. Which of the following should the BA do first?
Correct Answer: A
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Question 3
Which of the following participants have to keep the minutes and details of the conversation during Interviews?
Correct Answer: B
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Question 4
What element of the conduct elicitation activity is tracked to provide a basis for future planning?
Correct Answer: D
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Question 5
As part of defining the business analysis approach for a project, the business analyst (BA) identifies the key stakeholders responsible for upcoming activities for the initial phase. The BA emails each of these stakeholders and asks when they can be finished. One stakeholder does not reply, one angrily comments that it is not their job and is too busy, and two respond saying that they do not understand what is being asked of them.
What competencies can the BA draw on that would best assist with getting agreement from all these stakeholders?
What competencies can the BA draw on that would best assist with getting agreement from all these stakeholders?
Correct Answer: B
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Question 6
A non-profit utility company has 900 employees, a majority of whom are hourly employees and must track their time using a paper based process A few years ago, the Director of Human Resources purchased a software system to eliminate the current paper-based time reporting process. No requirements specific to the utility company were defined prior to the purchase. A team was formed to implement the software During implementation process, the team discovered the software lacked functionality and was not robust enough to support the general ledger requirements The company stopped the effort and incurred a $500,000 USD loss on the cost of the software.
This year, the Director of Finance requested that a team investigate the current paper based time reporting process and recommend solutions. The Director of Finance feels that the Director of Human Resources must be involved as a critical stakeholder. The Director of Human Resources is still bitter about the last effort because the process stopped'.
During a brainstorming session on improvement opportunities, the Director of Human Resources repeatedly interrupts the group and states why the proposed ideas will not work.
Which approach should the business analyst (BA) take to refocus the group?
This year, the Director of Finance requested that a team investigate the current paper based time reporting process and recommend solutions. The Director of Finance feels that the Director of Human Resources must be involved as a critical stakeholder. The Director of Human Resources is still bitter about the last effort because the process stopped'.
During a brainstorming session on improvement opportunities, the Director of Human Resources repeatedly interrupts the group and states why the proposed ideas will not work.
Which approach should the business analyst (BA) take to refocus the group?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 7
An organization Is trying to streamline its current processes to improve performance and reduce costs. A business analyst (BA) conducted a process improvement workshop and identified the following issues as the top three items to be addressed:
1: There are multiple teams to define systems, functionality, and content in many instances, multiple teams are defining the same functionalities while other functionalities are not being defined at all leading to unclear understanding of business requirements
2: Product specification forms are published each year. A comparison tool is used to evaluate specification differences between yearly releases, but does not adequately identify changes between versions and needs to be improved.
3: Training consists of a new team member shadowing a seasoned team member. There are no written training materials or formal training sources therefore training is inconsistent and not meeting the needs of the organization.
Which stakeholders would the BA interview to determine the changes needed to the comparison tool?
1: There are multiple teams to define systems, functionality, and content in many instances, multiple teams are defining the same functionalities while other functionalities are not being defined at all leading to unclear understanding of business requirements
2: Product specification forms are published each year. A comparison tool is used to evaluate specification differences between yearly releases, but does not adequately identify changes between versions and needs to be improved.
3: Training consists of a new team member shadowing a seasoned team member. There are no written training materials or formal training sources therefore training is inconsistent and not meeting the needs of the organization.
Which stakeholders would the BA interview to determine the changes needed to the comparison tool?
Correct Answer: A
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Question 8
A business analyst (BA) has defined a business analysis approach and presented the documents to the sponsors, the senior executives, the domain experts, the project manager and the head of technology, to obtain agreement from all. At this juncture, the prefect manager objected to some of the estimates determined m the budget and refused to agree with the estimates. Which guideline or tool, if followed by the BA. would have helped in avoiding such disagreements?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 9
Contracts are currently managed by more than 20 contract owners across the organization, each happily managing in their own way. A business analyst (BA) is tasked to elicit requirements for centrally managing software maintenance and license contracts.
Which of the following does the BA need to carry out first?
Which of the following does the BA need to carry out first?
Correct Answer: D
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Question 10
Which of the following document is created first after project is awarded and statement of work is handed over to the project manager?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 11
Which of the following processes can start with the source of problems or with the problem itself?
Correct Answer: C
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Question 12
A business analyst (BA) is responsible for analyzing the effectiveness of a railway ticket booting system. The BA prepared a report based on observations of the booking clerk over two days (Monday and Wednesday).
According to the information gathered, the booking clerk is underutilized and spends a lot of die time waiting for customers. What should the BA do next?
According to the information gathered, the booking clerk is underutilized and spends a lot of die time waiting for customers. What should the BA do next?
Correct Answer: A
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