50.1（共50题）

Gil has been identified as a key stakeholder in a project. His absence when determining the appropriate method to conduct business analysis activities could be considered a source of risk. The approach taken may also depend on his availability. What type of stakeholder is Gil?

What is traceability considered an enabler of?

A _____ is a means of eliciting information from many people, anonymously, in a relatively short period of time. The close-ended type of this technique is helpful in gathering ____ data for statistical analysis.

Which of the following is NOT a listed strength of developing a Roles and Permission Matrix?

Francine is analyzing data regarding the efficiency of a new process utilized by three different shifts. The data differs markedly and doesn’t point to any conclusions. The people working the three shifts are the same, day in and day out. The work is the same between shifts. What’s Francine’s next step?

The project team has identified several design options. They need to evaluate and compare these options to one another to recommend one option for the solution. The team is using criteria to score each option. Which method is the team employing?

Jay is planning a short survey to elicit requirements for a project that will improve the paperless statement function for a large financial institution. He will survey approximately 8,700 financial advisors at 130 branches, located in five different countries where English is a second language. What advantages and disadvantages might Jay need to consider when conducting this survey?

Which document explains how the enterprise will create or acquire new capabilities?

You have decided to use the PERT estimating method for your BA activities because the sponsor is requiring a 95% confidence level. What is the formula for PERT?

What does the elicitation activity plan include?

Carmen has been hired as the senior business analyst on an ongoing effort. Initial elicitation activities have been done, and she is now determining the best way to transform and represent the elicitation results into requirements in order to define the change. What would Carmen consider when modeling the requirements?

You are a business analyst in Dubai working on a project install enterprise software to a global organization. Your business SMEs work in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Your developers are in India. You want to document requirements so that everyone has the same understanding. Which of the following will provide the best clarity?

You have interviewed key stakeholders to uncover their business needs. You become aware of many factors that the stakeholders think are true, but which have not been verified. You decide to document which of the following:

When requirements require a change, what are the key areas of impact that must be considered during the analysis of the requested change?

As the business analysis activity advances during an initiative, major budgetary constraints suddenly arise. The sponsor asks the team to focus their effort only on the most critical requirements. What should the Business Analyst do?

Your assignment over the past few weeks has been to research off-the-shelf software vendors who might be invited to bid on a request for proposal (RFP). The executive team is very near to making a decision whether to go forward with the project. However, you have recently uncovered a new constraint associated with the technical architecture that precludes an off-the-shelf solution. What deliverable might be most significantly impacted by your discovery at this stage of the project?

Which of these facilitation practices is an effective way to deal with most types of difficult people situations?

 Jake is evaluating an existing solution. He determines that the existing metrics can’t be considered quality indicators and recommends modifications. He adds in his report that he does, however, consider them valid. What could lead Jake to his conclusion?

The project team has identified several design options. They need to evaluate and compare these options to one another to recommend one option for the solution. The team is using criteria to score each option. Which method is the team employing?

Andre is focusing on documenting the needs of the enterprise related to data conversion. What type of requirement is Andre documenting?

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the benchmarking and market analysis technique?

 In which artifact would the proposed approaches to address issues be found?

According to the BABOK, what is business analysis?

Making comparisons or tradeoffs between similar and dissimilar options results is an example of which of the following competencies?

The number of occurrences of one entity in a data model that are linked to a second entity are called what?

The results of stakeholder analysis should be consulted and updated on a regular basis as stakeholders may change or new stakeholders may be identified throughout the project. However, one task should be complete before embarking on this task. Which task should be completed first?

Which of the following is NOT true about a class in a data model?

Which stakeholders are identified for assessing enterprise limitations of an existing solution.

Item tracking is a technique used within all tasks of the business analysis planning and monitoring knowledge area EXCEPT:

What are the inputs to the Solution Evaluation knowledge area?

Perry is generating ideas on new ways to increase sales in the coming quarter. However, he finds it difficult to share his unstructured thoughts with the project team. What technique would be helpful in articulating his ideas?

Which document should you reference to understand the forecasted costs and benefits of the proposed solution as part of the preparation for elicitation?

As the business analysis activity advances during an initiative, major budgetary constraints suddenly arise. The sponsor asks the team to focus their effort only on the most critical requirements. What should the Business Analyst do?

An agile team had estimated to complete 15 story points in a previous iteration, but the team only manages to complete 1 0 story points in that iteration. They estimate the next iteration by adjusting to 1 O story points worth of work. What technique has the team employed to estimate the next iteration?

 Which of the following data models is typically used by implementation subject matter experts to describe how a database is physically organized?

A COO favors the purchase of a new, expensive system to take advantage of the vendor’s year-end sales promotion. The organization isn’t fully utilizing the current system and the BA recommends that the organization instead utilizes those capabilities. The COO isn’t convinced, defers the recommendation, and asks the BA to keep working on it. What is the next logical step for the BA to take?

Francine is analyzing data regarding the efficiency of a new process utilized by three different shifts. The data differs markedly and doesn’t point to any conclusions. The people working the three shifts are the same, day in and day out. The work is the same between shifts. What’s Francine’s next step?

Carl is a new BA who is anxious to align his activities to best practices and is trying to decide if the tasks in Strategy Analysis or Solution Evaluation knowledge area should be used for his current assignment. They appear to be so similar. He asks his BA coach how to discern which to use. Which of the following pieces of guidance is the most straightforward?

An organization purchased a new project management system three years ago. While the system has several bells and whistles, the organization has been using it primarily as a project repository and time tracking system. The CIO golfs with another project management vendor and has learned of a new system that sounds awesome! David has been assigned as the BA to assess the new solution. What might be his recommendation?

Assume you are working on a large, multi-cultural project, and you have a business expert for whom English is not her native language. Some of the business terms you use do not have the same meaning to you both, stalling progress on eliciting her requirements. How could you effectively address this situation?

Which of the following is an invalid statement about the approval of requirements?

 Jennifer who is working on defining design options, identifies that bank managers from various branches have some common needs that can better be met via a single solution, thereby reducing costs. What kind of improvement opportunity is she looking at?

Specifying and Modeling Requirements is a task in which of the following knowledge areas?

What type of question elicits dialogue during elicitation activities?

Two senior business analysts were having a debate around whether data models and concept models were similar or not. Since you have just finished a Watermark Learning training class, what is the answer that you would provide them?

What are the guidelines and tools that are used to support analyzing performance measures?

Susana was attempting to classify the requirements that she had gathered thus far and discovered that she hadn’t yet identified the capabilities that the solution must have for the conversion to the future state from the current state. Which classification was she missing?

Data dictionaries are used to standardize the definitions of data elements within the context of a solution. What data model is oftentimes partnered with a data dictionary?

Gracie owns a small office building. She recently changed cleaning services reduce expenses. During the first week of to the new service, she discovered that the change resulted in a change in the frequency of cleaning the bathrooms, as well as a change in the way tenants handled their trash. Since making the change, Gracie has received more complaints about the new cleaning service than she had the prior three months total. What techniques might have helped Gracie with this change?

The number of occurrences of one entity in a data model that are linked to a second entity are called what?