BCS RE18 BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 Exam Practice Test

At Rusty Springs Ltd, a new online order system is being designed for its registered customers. Each customer has an account, allowing them to order from a pre-populated form containing details of their purchases in the previous three months. The customer simply ticks which previous purchases they would like to re-order, confirms delivery details and approves the purchase. A Rusty Springs administrator updates the purchase details on the system on a monthly basis and the sales manager gets an automated order from the system within two hours of the purchase.

A business analyst has written a use case entitled 'Key Customer Purchases Springs', which includes

the following lines:

A) The customer has logged onto the system and wishes to purchase springs.

B) The customer adds a new product code onto the system.

C) Only the registered customer can make an order.

D) The system returns the previous purchases.

Which of the following is correct?

Life Extenders is a not-for-profit organization, which renovates donated furniture to sell in its high street shop; any profit it makes is given to local charities. The operations director is planning a small project to implement a website to support the organization.

The business analyst assigned to work on this project is in the process of identifying stakeholder roles. The following have been suggested:

A) Members of the public could be customers of Life Extenders.

B) Members of the public could be suppliers of Life Extenders.

C) Life Extenders is a partner of other local charities.

D) Life Extenders is a regulator as it is a not-for-profit organization.

Which of these statements are correct?

A zoo is in the process of introducing a new IT system to improve its processes and drive greater efficiency in its operations. It has received permission from the board of directors for a phased approach to introduce new business functionality and to replace manual processes with digital solutions.

The key areas for inclusion in the first phase are a new animal health monitoring system, which will allow the zookeepers to utilize the power of data analytics to monitor and proactively manage the health of the animals. It will also provide them with a way of accurately recording the birth of new animals and record loans of animals to other zoos around the world.

On the public-facing side, the project will provide customers with an adoption scheme, which will raise much-needed funds.

A business analyst has constructed a use case diagram for the zoo:

The following potential statements have been made about the diagram:

A) The diagram is a correct representation of the scenario.

B) There are aspects of the scenario which are incorrectly represented in the diagram.

C) There are aspects of the scenario which are incorrectly omitted from the diagram.

D) The notation used in the diagram is incorrect.

Which of them is/are true?

In order to understand the existing processes, Jools, a new business analyst at the Golden Cup Company, begins her investigation with reviewing the process documents and archived information.

In a discussion with Alan, the project manager, she expresses the view that the processes all seem to be working, which surprises Alan. In his experience, the processes are all failing or not being followed as they should be, due to local interpretation and variation in working practices.

Jools' goal is to gain an independent perspective on the working practices and develop individual relationships with her new colleagues.

Which is the best set of techniques to help her achieve her goal?

A business analyst working on a project has been informed that changes are required in a particular requirement; she has revisited the requirement set and is unable to determine other requirements that might be impacted by such changes.

Which element of requirements management appears to be missing?

In developing requirements, a business analyst has decomposed requirements to reflect defined goals, which will deliver some benefit to the customer: the sales manager of Street-Runner Ltd.

The requirements may mostly be achieved in short periods of project effort (2 to 5 weeks), although some rework and change may be required.

What is the format of these requirements?

A business analyst working on a project has identified:

3 requirements for which there is a workaround and the users can live without;

2 requirements that the users can live without for now;

15 requirements which, if not delivered, will make the solution unworkable or useless.

When these requirements are prioritized using MoSCoW, which of the following categories will not be

used?