CBAP: Certified Business Analysis Professional

Question #: 181
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Which of the following models defines the name of the data, data aliases, and description of system data?

A. Class model
B. Entity relationship
C. Data dictionary
D. CRUD matrix

Question #: 182
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You have identified several problems that you need to track as the business analysis duties progress. You want to make certain that the identified activities are resolved.
What document elicitation technique can help in this scenario?

A. Brainstorming
B. Observation
C. Interviews
D. Problem tracking

Question #: 183
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You are the business analyst for your organization and are training Tracy on business analysis duties. You are explaining to Tracy how it’s important for a business analyst to generate new ideas to approaching problems, solving problems, and to generate alternative solutions. You stress that it’s important for the business analyst to generate new ideas and innovative concepts.
What type of analytical thinking are you describing for Tracy?

A. Lateral thinking
B. Brainstorming
C. Creative thinking
D. Decision making

Question #: 184
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What requirements elicitation technique examines the available information, documentation, records, and history of a solution, organization, or cause to identify relevant information to the current business analysis duties?

A. Benchmarking
B. Dataflow diagrams
C. Document analysis
D. Requirements elicitation

Question #: 185
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What type of requirements elicitation technique is the Delphi Technique?

A. Survey
B. Workshop
C. Round table
D. Prototyping

Question #: 186
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Yolanda is the web designer for your company and you are the business analyst. You are working with Yolanda on a new website that your company will host.
You’d like for her to create a mock-up of the website without spending much time on the actual workings behind the web interface. You’d like for her to show the customer how the website will look, some idea of the functionality of the website, and some basic graphics and colors so the customer can see the direction of the project.
What type of prototype are you asking Yolanda to create?

A. Mock-up prototype
B. Vertical prototype
C. Storyboard prototype
D. Horizontal prototype

Question #: 187
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You are the business analyst for your organization and need a method to requirements elicitation from nearly 12,000 stakeholders. You want a method to quickly capture this group’s feelings and thoughts to identify what the majority of this group needs and wants in a new solution your organization may create.
What requirements elicitation technique can be used in this scenario?

A. Interviews
B. Trend analysis
C. Focus groups
D. Surveys

Question #: 188
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Which of the following is a flowchart that shows all the processes and the interfaces that interact with the project processes?

A. Process configuration
B. Pareto chart
C. Control chart
D. Quality baseline
E. RACI chart

Question #: 189
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You are the business analyst for your organization and are leading a presentation about an identified problem. This presentation will help the stakeholders to understand the problem and it will help you when you begin to elicit requirements from the stakeholders.
Which type of learner learns best through the presentation of models?

A. Visual learners
B. Auditory learners
C. Kinesthetic learners
D. Communication model learners

Question #: 190
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What requirements elicitation involves carefully selected stakeholders and subject matter experts for a short, intensive period (usually for one to a few days) to define and document the requirements for a solution?

A. Many-to-many interviews
B. Requirements workshop
C. Focus group
D. Prototyping

Question #: 191
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Mark is the business analyst for his organization. Mark and his business analysis team have used the whiteboard to record the documentation as the result of requirements elicitation.
What must be done with this information if Mark uses a whiteboard?

A. The scribe must include the white board information as part of the minutes.
B. The business analyst must transfer the information to another medium before the whiteboard is erased.
C. The business analyst must document the white board information and get all participants’ approval of the recording.
D. The regulator must approve the writings on the whiteboard.

Question #: 192
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Holly is the business analyst for her organization. Holly encourages teamwork and open communications among the business analysis team and the stakeholders.
She wants stakeholders to drop by her office and freely discuss the requirements, the solution scope, and other concerns about the solution she’s working on.
Holly definitely prefers informal communications.
What is the danger Holly may experience with informal communications?

A. There is no danger; informal communications is a preferred business analysis technique.
B. The stakeholders may address the business analysis team and the project team directly rather than communicate through Holly.
C. Stakeholders may miss information and the requirements could become ambiguous.
D. The stakeholders may not know who’s in charge of the solution.

Question #: 193
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You are the business analyst for a large software development project. There are several issues that must be resolved by certain dates or the problem will prevent the project from advancing.
What technique can you use to track problems with the requirements?

A. Problem tracking
B. Issue tracking
C. RTM
D. Baselining

Question #: 194
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The creative thinking process has three values to determine the effectiveness of the process.
Which one of the following is not a measurement of effective creative thinking?

A. Application of new ideas to resolve existing problems
B. Generation of a pre-determined number of new ideas for a business solution
C. Willingness of stakeholders to accept new approaches
D. The successful generation and productive consideration of new ideas

Question #: 195
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Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of the confirm elicitation results process?

A. Validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholders match the solution the organization has proposed.
B. Validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholders match the stakeholders’ understanding of the problem and the stakeholders’ needs.
C. Validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholders match the documented requirements of the project sponsor.
D. Validate that the stated requirements expressed by the stakeholders match the project scope.

Question #: 198
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Which of the following reports is generated whenever the project is slipping off the project schedule and includes an explanation of the problem?

A. Status report
B. Schedule variance report
C. Delay report
D. Cost variance report

Question #: 199
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You are the business analyst for your organization and are preparing for the conduct elicitation activities. You’ll have six inputs as you prepare for this activity.
Which one of the following is not a valid input for the requirements elicitation activity?

A. Requirements management plan
B. Documented elicitation results
C. Solution scope
D. Business need

Question #: 200
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You are the business analyst for your organization. You want to use a requirements elicitation technique to produce a broad set of options for an identified problem. You want the stakeholders to help you identify options, factors that affect the solution, any possible delays in the solution implementation, and ideas for creating a solution.
Which of the following requirements elicitation activities would best satisfy these requirements?

A. Benchmarking
B. Brainstorming
C. Data flow diagrams
D. Business rules analysis

Question #: 201
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Which of the following models demonstrates the attributes, operations, and relationship to entities within the solution?

A. Entity Relationship
B. Data dictionary
C. Class model
D. CRUD matrix

Question #: 202
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You have identified several stakeholders that you believe are kinesthetic learners.
Which statement best describes the kinesthetic learning approach?

A. The learners learn best by reading and pondering.
B. The learners learn best be experiencing the topic.
C. The learners learn best by seeing the topic in a model or through storyboards.
D. The learners are not interested in the topic unless they can immediately apply it to their lives or jobs.

Question #: 203
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Which of the following documents is described in the statement below?
“It is a type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.”

A. Request for quote
B. Request for information
C. Request for bid
D. Request for proposal

Question #: 204
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Which of the following is a procurement document?

A. Project Work Breakdown Structure
B. Project charter
C. Vision document
D. Invitation for bid

Question #: 205
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You are completing the prepare for elicitation process for an identified problem in your organization. The prepare for elicitation process requires three inputs for this process.
Which one of the following is not an input that will help you prepare for the elicitation activities?

A. Stakeholder list
B. Stakeholder concerns
C. Business need
D. Solution scope

Question #: 206
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Which of the following tasks does not rely on other activities, and no other activities rely on this task completing?

A. Analysis task
B. Independent task
C. Predecessor task
D. Dependent task

Question #: 207
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Which of the following processes can start with the source of problems or with the problem itself?

A. Risk estimation
B. Risk analysis
C. Risk management
D. Risk identification

Question #: 208
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In risk analysis, which of the following can be identified as a consequence of a disaster?

A. Loss of operating capability
B. Loss of goodwill
C. Loss of competitive edge
D. Loss of stockholder confidence

Question #: 209
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____ is a process to determine the completeness of the project work and to gain the customer’s acceptance to move the project forward.

A. Phase gate review
B. Inspection of key results
C. Verify scope
D. Quality control

Question #: 210
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Which of the following phases is the first step towards creating a business continuity plan?

A. Business Continuity Plan Development
B. Scope and Plan Initiation
C. Business Impact Assessment
D. Plan Approval and Implementation

Question #: 211
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Which of the following charts is a quality control tool to show categories of defects?

A. Pareto chart
B. RACI chart
C. Gantt chart
D. RAM chart

Question #: 212
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Which one of the following diagrams when properly laid out is always laid in a left to right display to properly reflect the chronology of all project work?

A. Influence diagram
B. Project schedule network diagram
C. Arrow diagramming method
D. Time-scaled schedule network diagram

Question #: 213
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Which of the following is a visual decomposition of the program scope and the resources needed in order to create the things defined within the program scope?

A. Resource breakdown structure (RBS)
B. product breakdown structure (PBS)
C. Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS)
D. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Question #: 213
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Which of the following is a visual decomposition of the program scope and the resources needed in order to create the things defined within the program scope?

A. Resource breakdown structure (RBS)
B. product breakdown structure (PBS)
C. Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS)
D. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Question #: 215
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Which of the following stages of a project defines the number of risks and opportunities, including intense planning and anticipation of risk events?

A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Initiation
D. Closing

Question #: 217
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Which of the following qualitative techniques involves a disciplined analysis of the event sequences that could transform a potential hazard into an accident?

A. Failure mode and effects criticality analysis
B. HAZOP technique
C. Failure mode and effects analysis
D. Preliminary Risk Analysis

Question #: 218
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Which of the following establishes organizational checks and balances with a proper segregation of front, back, and middle office functions for effective risk management?

A. Risk response plan
B. Risk analysis
C. Risk management plan
D. Risk governance

Question #: 219
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As a program manager, you decided to overlap two phases of your program.
Which of the following terms best describe your act?

A. Lead time
B. Rolling
C. Fast tracking
D. Crashing

Question #: 220
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Which of the following software development life cycles is a methodology that divides the project into phases, and the project manager focuses on control of time, cost, and scope?

A. Spiral
B. Agile
C. Waterfall
D. Incremental

Question #: 221
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Which of the following graphical presentations of a project plan is most appropriate for presenting to upper management?

A. Pie chart
B. Pareto Chat
C. Critical Path Method
D. Scatter chart

Question #: 222
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Which of the following diagrams is used to display sensitivity analysis data?

A. Decision tree
B. Ishikawa
C. Influence
D. Tornado

Question #: 223
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Which of the following is a visual decomposition of the project scope?

A. Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS)
B. Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
C. product breakdown structure (PBS)
D. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Question #: 224
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________ are timeless events that show progress in the project.
These are typically achieved at the end of phase in the project lifecycle.

A. Achievements
B. Millstones
C. Phases
D. Templates

Question #: 225
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Which of the following authorizes the project to exist within the organization?

A. Project charter
B. Project network diagram
C. Project integration management
D. Project boundaries

Question #: 227
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Which of the following roles approves the project scope statement, phase gate reviews, solution validations, scope changes, and project success criteria?

A. Project manager
B. Subject matter expert
C. Solution owner
D. Stakeholder

Question #: 228
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Which of the following processes includes tasks and roles, risk categories, schedules for risk management activities, definitions of probability and impact, and the stakeholders’ tolerances?

A. Risk management plan
B. Risk register
C. Risk analysis
D. Risk response plan

Question #: 229
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Which of the following is the process of identifying and assessing factors that may jeopardize the success of a project or the achievement of a goal?

A. Risk analysis
B. Risk identification
C. Risk retention
D. Risk communication

Question #: 230
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As a milestone is reached, the project is funded for enough capital to reach the next milestone.
This approach is called _________.

A. Step funding
B. Phase funding
C. Stakeholders funding
D. Milestone funding

Question #: 231
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Which of the following roles helps assess the data requirements of a project, identifies data assets, and helps the project team complete data modeling requirements?

A. Database analyst
B. End user
C. Subject matter expert
D. Information architect

Question #: 232
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Which of the following processes is used by organizations to set the risk tolerance, identify the potential risks, and prioritize the tolerance for risk?

A. Risk communication
B. Risk identification
C. Risk analysis
D. Risk management

Question #: 233
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Which of the following terms is used to describe a major deliverable or key even in the project used to measure project progress?

A. Project life cycle
B. Phase
C. Achievement
D. Milestone

Question #: 234
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Which of the following is the process of analyzing the areas of a project that are most affected by risk?

A. Risk Identification
B. Risk Urgency Assessment
C. Risk Categorization
D. Risk Analysis

Question #: 236
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Which of the following quantitative risk analysis techniques relies on experience and past data to compute the probability and impact of risks on project objectives?

A. Probability distribution
B. Sensitivity analysis
C. Modeling and simulation
D. Interviewing

Question #: 237
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Which of the following types of charts shows which resources are needed in the project and allows you to group the resources by project phase or other attributes?

A. Pareto chart
B. Organizational Breakdown Structure
C. Gantt chart
D. Resource Breakdown Structure

Question #: 238
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Which of the following types of elicitation allows each stakeholder to freely discuss their role in a particular process?

A. Focus group
B. Structured interview
C. Quick Interview
D. Unstructured interview

Question #: 239
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Which of the following chart shows the correlation between project team members and the work they’ve been assigned to complete?

A. Pie chart
B. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) chart
C. Gantt chart
D. RACI chart

Question #: 240
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Which of the following participants have to keep the minutes and details of the conversation during Interviews?

A. Stakeholder
B. Scribe
C. Business Analyst
D. End user