CBAP Online Practice Questions and Answers

Nancy has asked you to trace a particular requirement for her.

What does 'to trace a requirement' mean?

A. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links risk, cost, quality, and scope elements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.

B. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to stakeholder and solution requirements to other artifacts created by the team and to solution components.

C. Tracing a requirement means to look at a requirement and the others to which it is related. It links business requirements to components in the project's work breakdown structure.

D. Tracing a requirement means to track a requirements from its first identification all the way to its completion to see what issues, risks, costs, quality, and defects have surrounded the requirement

You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on prioritizing the project requirements. Management has asked you to prioritize the requirements based on the cost-benefit analysis for the requirements' value to the organization.

What basis for prioritization are you using in this instance?

A. Business value

B. Stakeholder agreement

C. Likelihood of success

D. Urgency

You are hosting a collection of stakeholders from across the organization to identify the ideas and attitudes about your company's help desk. You want the stakeholders to honestly share their opinions about the help desk service so you can identify problems, solutions, and take actions to improve the service.

What type of requirements elicitation activity is this?

A. Stakeholder analysis

B. Focus groups

C. Workshop

D. Root cause analysis

When is stakeholder analysis performed?

A. As soon as the project charter is created.

B. As soon as the project sponsor is named.

C. As soon as a business need is identified.

D. As soon as a business solution is identified.

You are the business analyst for the YGT Organization. You have just completed a capabilities gap assessment and have determined that your organization does not have the necessary resources and technology to seize a business opportunity.

What is the most likely course of action for the organization?

A. Hire additional resources.

B. Launch a new project.

C. Hire contractors to complete the project work.

D. Move onto the next opportunity.

After the implementation of a new financial solution, the business analyst (BA) observes that the performance of a solution does not meet the anticipated benefits detailed in the original business case. What is a technique the BA can use to understand the reason for this?

A. Interface analysis

B. Business capability analysis

C. Data flow diagram

D. Fishbone diagram

Which of the following displays the relative importance of the defects?

A. Pareto diagram

B. User Documentation

C. Gantt chart

D. Flowchart

A local manufacturer that serves about 1000 retail stores is experiencing a slow yet steady decrease of its customer base over the last couple of years. Attributing the situation to increased competition, management has hired a team of sales representatives to attract new clients and promote the manufacturer's products. However, after four months there is still no progress. Management has engaged a business analyst (BA) to investigate this issue.

What should the BA do first?

A. Perform market research to identify on which competitive advantages the sales team should focus

B. Create a training program to close potential skill gaps for the sales team

C. Review historic sales and related data to understand what is happening to the customer base

D. Identify appropriate training providers and send out a request for proposal

A business analyst (BA) has been writing requirements for a project that has several stakeholders with varying levels of product expertise. What must the BA take into consideration to meet stakeholder perspectives?

A. The competency of individual stakeholders

B. The format of the requirements

C. The types of diagrams produced

D. The level of decomposition needed

Which of the following is the process of developing a document that formally authorizes a project or a phase?

A. Define Scope

B. Develop Schedule

C. Develop Project Charter

D. Create Work Breakdown Structure