CCBA Practice Questions

During planning, elicitation, and sign-off of requirements, the stakeholders felt that their opinions were not heard and information was not frequently shared. What major competency was lacking in this process?

A change is desired in a project after the requirements are signed off and after technical design has started. The stakeholders want an additional product to be developed as part of the project. What tool can be used by the business analyst (BA) to assess the impact of the change?

A business analyst (BA) has been tasked with examining and analyzing the relationship between a set of requirements by verifying that they are unambiguous. What will the BA be looking for?

The business analyst (BA) is preparing for a requirements review with a group of stakeholders. The BA must determine how best to model the requirements for the review. Which of the following guidelines and tools will the BA use?

Before selecting a design solution, a company wants to ensure that stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements align with the business requirements and also that the design satisfies the requirements. What process is the business analyst (BA) completing?

A key stakeholder has requested an extensive range of performance measures for a replacement workflow system. A business analyst (BA) has decided to work closely with the stakeholder to validate the performance measures requested. The BA will be ensuring that the performance measures:

A business analyst (BA) is logging end-user concerns and resolving these on a priority basis as mandated by the government. This project is a simple application, with no major strategic or financial impact on the organization. The BA strongly enforced end-to-end requirement traceability for this project. Why would the BA recommend this traceability approach?

A business analyst (BA) is managing stakeholder collaboration to ensure positive reactions are capitalized upon. There is uncertainty as to whether the correct stakeholders have been identified. Which technique can be used to correct this situation?

A business analyst (BA) held a formal walkthrough of requirements developed on a project. Stakeholders expressed concerns because they had different interpretations of the requirements. What activity would help ensure a common understanding?

A business analyst (BA) is planning how to present a set of requirements for a project with financial constraints. Which requirements attribute should the BA assign to allow cost implications to be assessed?

A project is being initiated to create new financial reports for the accounting department, and the accountants have a wide range of views as to what would serve them best. What should the business analyst (BA) do to develop the correct set of requirements?

The business analyst (BA) has prepared a requirements package, and it is now ready to present to the stakeholders. What is the purpose of presenting the package?

A general insurance company wants to enter a new market that has the potential for high profit and little competition. The business analyst (BA) was asked to prepare a presentation for key stakeholders to show how the new segment will deliver value for stakeholders. Which of the following is best suited for this purpose?

A business analyst (BA) is given an additional requirement near the end of the development phase that needs to be incorporated into the system as part of the same release. In this situation, the first activity the BA performs to understand the effect of the proposed change is to:

A project team member is confused about why a small change requires the team to look at the different enterprise-level business objectives when a desired state can be achieved easily without this analysis. What can the business analyst (BA) do to help the team member understand?