CBAP Sample Questions

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CBAP Sample Questions

These questions are taken from Techcanvass CBAP Exam simulator/ Question bank available at http://techcanvass.com/cbap-testseries.aspx.

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www.techcanvass.com [email protected] Question No-1

“The basis on which requirements are prioritized is agreed upon by relevant stakeholders as defined in the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area. Typical factors that influence prioritization excludes: “

1. The advantage that accrues to stakeholders as a result of requirement implementation, as measured against the goals and objectives for the change.

2. Requirements that must be implemented in order to meet regulatory or policy demands imposed on the organization, which may take precedence over other stakeholder interests. 3. They are the consequences that result from not implementing a given requirement. This includes prioritizing requirements in order to meet regulatory or policy demands imposed on the organization, which may take precedence over other stakeholder interests.

4. Relationship between two requirements, used when a requirement is derived from another requirement.

Correct Answer: Option 4

Justification: First three options are the descriptions of Benefit, Regulatory or Policy Compliance and Penalty and all the three options are the typical factors that influence prioritization.

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www.techcanvass.com [email protected] A Business Analyst considers the processes in which the stakeholder uses the solution, which include inputs a stakeholder provides into the process, how the stakeholder uses the solution to execute the process, and what outputs the stakeholder receives from the

process. He also considers the geographic locations of the stakeholders interacting with the solution and the issues, risks, and overall concerns the stakeholders have with the solution. Which element of the Assess Enterprise Limitations task is described above?

1. Stakeholder Engagement Approach 2. Stakeholder Impact Analysis 3. Operational Assessment 4. Performance Variances

Justification: Stakeholder Engagement Approach and Performance Variances is not an element of the task Assess Enterprise Limitations. When conducting stakeholder impact analysis, business analysts consider Functions, Locations and Concerns.

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Scope models are used to clarify things excluding: 1. Span of control

2. Relevance of elements 3. Where effort will be applied. 4. None of the above

Justification: Scope models are typically used to clarify the: span of control, relevance of elements, and where effort will be applied. Depending on the action or stakeholder needs the model supports, a business analyst determines the types of models to be used and selects boundaries and elements.

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www.techcanvass.com [email protected] “The analysis of resources might indicate that existing resources need to be increased or require increased capabilities or that new resources need to be developed. The assessment of existing and needed resources is considered when performing a feasibility analysis on possible solution approaches for the change strategy.”

Which of the following is the element of Define Future State? 1. Capabilities and Processes

2. Constraints 3. Policies

4. None of the above

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The core concept stakeholders is associated with Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, just like every other knowledge area. What does a Business Analyst do in this case?

1. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand the business need and to develop a change strategy and future state that will meet those needs.

2. Work closely with key stakeholders to maintain understanding, agreement, and approval of requirements and designs

3. Tailor the requirements and designs so that they are understandable and usable by each stakeholder group.

4. Elicit information from the stakeholders about solution performance and value delivery.

Justification: Go through page no-135 of BABOK guide to see how this core concept is connected with this knowledge area.

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www.techcanvass.com [email protected] Which of the following given options describes Business Acumen?

1. It includes an understanding of how the enterprise generates profits, accomplishes its goals, its organizational structure, the relationships that exist between business units, and the persons who occupy key stakeholder positions.

2. The business analyst may leverage knowledge gained from prior experiences to expedite the discovery of potential changes through elicitation or in-depth analysis.

3. It determines the timing (big steps or small increments), the approach, the role of those involved, the accepted risk level, and other aspects of how a change is approached and managed.

4. It is the ability to understand business needs using experience and knowledge obtained from other situations.

Justification: Business Acumen is the ability to understand business needs using experience and knowledge obtained from other situations.

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Which of the following statements is false about Requirements Life Cycle Management? 1. Proposed Change can be identified at any time and impact any aspect of business analysis work or deliverables completed to date.

2. In this knowledge area, Document Analysis is used to facilitate the change assessment process in Assess Requirement Changes task.

3. Business analysts are responsible for ensuring clear communication of requirements, designs, and other business analysis information to the key stakeholders responsible for approving that information.

4. Solution Scope must be considered when approving requirements to accurately assess alignment and completeness.

Justification: In this knowledge area, Decision Analysis is used to facilitate the change assessment process in Assess Requirement Changes task.

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www.techcanvass.com [email protected] Impact Analysis is the element of which of the following given tasks?

1. Maintain Requirements 2. Approve Requirements

3. Assess Requirements Changes 4. Trace Requirements

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Question No - 9

“Business analysts require a thorough understanding of the potential value that stakeholders hope to achieve with the solution. To assist in the analysis, variables such as the goals and objectives of the enterprise, key performance indicators (KPIs), the level of risk of the solution, the risk tolerance of both stakeholders and the enterprise, and other stated targets are considered.”

Which of the following are the elements of the above given description? 1. Risks and Accuracy

2. Identify Internal Solution Component Dependencies and Investigate Solution Problems 3. Organizational Structure Changes and Operational Assessment

4. Validate Performance Measures and Collect Performance Measures

Justification: This is the description of Analyze Performance Measures and Risks, Accuracy, Trends, Performance Variances and Solution Performance versus Desired Value are its elements.

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www.techcanvass.com [email protected] Which of the following can’t be considered as a form of prototyping?

1. Is a model created to validate the design of a system without modeling the appearance, materials used in the creation of work, or processes/workflows ultimately used by the Stakeholders.

2. Is a product model created to test how the end user interacts with the system without including any of the properties.

3. Is a model created to test software functionality, qualities of the system for the user (for example, appearance), and workflow.

4. Is used to visually and textually detail the sequence of activities by summing up different user interactions with the solution or enterprise.