IIBA CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional CBAP® Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

The performance of the business analysis team has been reviewed by management to determine areas for improvement. The manager would like to help the business analysts (BAs) develop their skills and address the corrective actions.

What is a technique that may help achieve this goal?



Answer : A

Lessons learned is a technique that involves identifying and documenting the successes, failures, and best practices of a project or initiative, and using them to improve the performance and quality of future work. Lessons learned can help the manager to help the BAs develop their skills and address the corrective actions, because it can provide feedback, insights, and recommendations on how to enhance the business analysis processes, methods, and competencies. Lessons learned can also help to identify the gaps, issues, and opportunities for improvement, and to plan and implement the necessary actions to resolve them. Team restructure, weekly meetings, or team building are not the best options for achieving this goal, because they are either too general, too specific, or not directly related to the business analysis skills and corrective actions.Reference:

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation, page 348

Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide, Version 3, Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation, section 8.5: Assess Enterprise Limitations, page 159

Business Analysis Professional Resources, IIBA Resource Collection, Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Skillsoft Book, Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation, page 348


Question 2

A business analyst (BA) finds that the proposed solution has features used by a small group of stakeholders for business scenarios which may occur up to three times a year Out require a high effort to implement. What should the BA recommend in this cast?



Answer : C

The BA should recommend to assign the feature a lower priority for future release. This means that the feature will not be included in the initial release of the solution, but it may be considered for later releases depending on the availability of resources, the feedback from the stakeholders, and the alignment with the business objectives. This approach can help to balance the value and the effort of the feature, as well as to avoid scope creep and unnecessary complexity in the initial release. The other options are not the best recommendations, as they may either ignore the needs of the stakeholders, disrupt the existing business process, or increase the risk and cost of the project.Reference:

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Chapter 6: Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, Section 6.3: Prioritize Requirements, p. 255-256

A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide), Version 3, Chapter 6: Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, Section 6.3: Prioritize Requirements, p. 155-156


Question 3

A large health care provider has recently purchased and installed a solution that automates some of the activities that coordinate patient recovery activities. A business analyst (BA) is in the process of evaluating this solution and analyzing the performance measures against the value it brings. At this juncture, the BA has uncovered some threats in the solution which could hamper its performance and erode the value it brings.

Which technique will enable the BA to record and handle these on an ongoing basis?



Answer : A

Risk Analysis and Management is a technique that involves identifying, assessing, and treating the uncertainties and potential negative impacts that may affect the solution or the stakeholders. Risk Analysis and Management will enable the BA to record and handle the threats in the solution on an ongoing basis, because it can help the BA to quantify and prioritize the risks, determine the appropriate responses and mitigation strategies, and monitor and control the risk exposure and outcomes. Risk Analysis and Management can also help the BA to communicate and report the risk status and issues to the stakeholders and the organization, and to ensure that the solution delivers the expected value and benefits. Root Cause Analysis, Solution Performance Analysis, or Solution Scope are not the best options for recording and handling the threats in the solution on an ongoing basis, because they are either too specific, too general, or not directly related to the risk management process.Reference:

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation, page 346

Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide, Version 3, Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation, section 8.4: Assess Solution Limitations, page 158

Business Analysis Professional Resources, IIBA Resource Collection, Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Skillsoft Book, Chapter 8: Solution Evaluation, page 346


Question 4

You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements aren't very complex. You agree but add that it's this thing that makes the overall solution complex.

What thing adds to the level of complexity among requirements?



Answer : A

The relationships among the requirements add to the level of complexity of the solution. Requirements can have dependencies, conflicts, overlaps, and gaps that make them more difficult to analyze, prioritize, and implement. The business analyst needs to identify and manage these relationships to ensure the solution meets the stakeholder needs and delivers value.Reference:

A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide), version 3, section 4.2.3

Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification Study Guide, version 3.0, page 131


Question 5

You are the business analyst for THY Organization and you have gathered the requirements. You have presented the requirements to the stakeholders and they have approved your requirements.

You are now working with Francie on recording the dependencies and relationships for each of the requirements.

Why would you want to record the dependencies and relationships for the requirements?



Answer : A

Recording the dependencies and relationships for the requirements is a technique of identifying and documenting how the requirements are linked or influenced by each other or by external factors. Recording the dependencies and relationships can help to determine the sequence in which requirements are to be addressed, by showing which requirements must be implemented before, after, or in parallel with other requirements. This can help to plan and manage the requirements implementation, and to avoid any conflicts or gaps in the requirements.Reference:BABOK Guide v3, page 52;CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, page 160.


Question 6

A health insurance provider undertakes enhancements to its mobile application platform and finalizes the following capabilities as part of the scope of the next release:

I . Ability to integrate online maps and global positioning system (GPS) technology with the mobile application In real time to display location of service providers in the subscriber's vicinity that participate in the subscriber's plan network.

II . Ability for the subscriber to lookup the service providers by specifying either a postal code or a search area radius in miles.

III . Ability for the subscriber to initiate the download of fee information for one or more service providers in a single request.

Through requirements workshops the business analyst elicits the following detailed business requirements:

1. The company's mobile application platform must support real time integrate with the following third party systems:

A GPS System

B . Postal Code Validation

What kind of relationship is used to describe the traceability between requirement 8 and the solutes artifacts that implement it?



Answer : A

The kind of relationship that is used to describe the traceability between requirement 8 and the solution artifacts that implement it is satisfy.According to the BABOK Guide1, a satisfy relationship indicates that a solution component or a solution as a whole fulfills a stakeholder or a solution requirement. In this case, requirement 8 is a solution requirement that specifies the functionality of the mobile application platform. The solution artifacts that implement this requirement, such as the software code, the user interface, or the test cases, satisfy this requirement by providing the expected behavior and outcome.Reference:

A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide), Version 3, Chapter 6: Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, Section 6.5: Verify Requirements, p. 166-167

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Chapter 6: Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, Section 6.5: Verify Requirements, p. 271-272


Question 7

A business analyst (BA) is in the process of allocating requirements to various releases of a solution.

On what should the BA base requirements to maximize the value of the solution?



Answer : A

The BA should base requirements on the priority set by stakeholders to maximize the value of the solution. This is because the stakeholder priority reflects the relative importance, urgency, and benefit of each requirement for the business and the solution. The BA should allocate the highest priority requirements to the earliest releases, and the lower priority requirements to the later releases, to ensure that the solution delivers the most value to the stakeholders as soon as possible. The other options are not the best criteria for allocating requirements, because they do not directly measure the value of the requirements. Available resources, timing of the release, and components in scope are factors that may influence the feasibility and scope of the solution, but they do not determine the value of the solution.Reference:

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Chapter 3: Requirements Life Cycle Management, page 122

Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide, Version 3, Chapter 3: Requirements Life Cycle Management, section 3.5: Prioritize Requirements, page 62

Business Analysis Professional Resources, IIBA Resource Collection, Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide

CBAP / CCBA Certified Business Analysis Study Guide, 2nd Edition, Skillsoft Book, Chapter 3: Requirements Life Cycle Management, page 122


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