CBAP – Certified Business Analysis Professional Designation: CBAP Exam
CBAP Questions & Answers
Exam Code: CBAP
Exam Name: CBAP – Certified Business Analysis Professional Designation
Q & A: 305 Q&As
QUESTION 1
One of the processes within requirements analysis is to prioritize requirements. As a business
analyst why would you ever want to prioritize requirements?
A. You may need to determine the cost of each requirement.
B. You may need to determine the schedule for each requirement.
C. You may need to determine which requirements are most critical so the analysis and
implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements.
D. You may need to determine which requirements are most critical so additional risk analysis
can be completed on those requirements.
Answer: C
QUESTION 2
You are the business analyst for your organization and are working with Jennifer to conduct
stakeholder analysis. You would like to create a RACI chart to help with the roles of the people
involved in the stakeholder analysis process. Jennifer is not familiar with this chart and asks what
does RACI mean. Which one of the following best describes the RACI chart in the conduct
stakeholder analysis process?
A. It’s a matrix that uses the Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform tasks as part of the
stakeholder analysis process.
B. It’s a role and responsibility chart that identifies when stakeholders are needed in the business
analyst duties.
C. It’s a matrix that uses Role, Action, Consult, and Inform as part of the conduct stakeholder
analysis process.
D. It’s a rule that the business analyst can use to identify all of the needed stakeholders: roles,
actions, communications, and interest.
Answer: A
QUESTION 3
You are the business analyst for your organization. Management wants you to prioritize the
identified requirements by the requirements that have the highest likelihood of success. Why
would management want you to prioritize the requirements with this factor even though some of
the requirements may be difficult to implement?
A. They want a fast return on investment.
B. They want to show early success in the implementation to the project stakeholders.
C. They don’t understand the requirements.
D. They want to avoid penalties or fines due to a pending law.
Answer: B
QUESTION 4
You are creating the solution scope for an identified problem in your organization. You are working
with several stakeholders during this process including the domain subject matter expert, the
implementation subject matter expert, the project manager, and the sponsor. Which of these
stakeholders will be responsible for writing the project scope?
A. Domain subject matter expert
B. Business analyst
C. Project manager
D. Sponsor
Answer: C
QUESTION 5
You have identified a task in your task list that cannot be completed until the inspector for the
project signs off on the initial deliverables. The inspector’s signoff on the initial deliverables is
called what?
A. Assumption
B. Dependency
C. Milestone
D. Constraint
Answer: B
QUESTION 6
Sally is the business analyst for her organization. Sally and her business analysis team is currently
using a business analysis approach to determine what the competition of her organization is
offering prospective clients. She is trying to identify solutions to increase revenue by remaining
competitive with the competition. What business analysis approach is Sally and her business
analysis team using?
A. Business rules analysis
B. Functional decomposition
C. Focus groups
D. Benchmarking
Answer: D
QUESTION 7
You need to identify assumptions as part of the assessment of capability gaps. Which of the
following is an example of an assumption?
A. The project manager believes that her project team members can program in COBOL.
B. All vendors must have security clearance.
C. The software must be compatible with the current operating system.
D. The risk in the project must be quantified.
Answer: A
QUESTION 8
You are the business analyst for your organization and are to conduct stakeholder analysis. Which
of the following statements best describes the conduct stakeholder analysis task?
A. This task identifies organizations and lines of business that may be affected by a proposed
initiative or who share a common business need.B. This task identifies stakeholders who may be affected by a proposed initiative or who share a
common business need.
C. This task identifies the organizations that are likely affected by a problem that a project must
solve.
D. This task identifies the people who may be affected by a proposed initiative or who share a
common business need.
Answer: B
QUESTION 9
When can changes to requirements occur in a business analysis planning and monitoring
assignment?
A. Change to requirements can occur any time before the project scope statement is created.
B. Changes to requirements can occur at any time.
C. Changes to requirements can occur any time after the project’s change control system has
been enacted.
D. Change to requirements can occur at any time before the key stakeholders approve the
identified requirements.
Answer: B
QUESTION 10
What does the T in SWOT analysis mean?
A. Trial
B. Threats
C. Test
D. Time
Answer: B
QUESTION 11
You are the business analyst for the NGQ Company. Management is concerned that their
company is not able to meet an identified business need with their current existing structure,
people, processes and technology. They’ve asked you to complete an analysis of their
organization’s ability to meet the identified business need. What business analysis process are
you completing for your organization?
A. Determining the solution approach
B. Assessing the capability gaps
C. Requirements elicitation
D. Verifying the requirements
Answer: B
QUESTION 12
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
Answer: A
QUESTION 13
You are the business analyst for your organization and management has asked that you identify
opportunities to improve the operations of the business. You notice that some of the stakeholders
use several pieces of software and several duplicate activities within each software package to
generate data reports for customers. What type of recommendation can you make in regard to this
observation?
A. You can address the automation of how the workers perform.
B. You will need to perform active observation first to understand the processes in more detail.
C. You can address the non-functional requirements of the activities.
D. You will need to perform passive observation first to understand the processes in moredetail.
Answer: A
QUESTION 14
You are the business analyst for your organization and are beginning the requirements analysis
processes. Which one of the following statements best describes the requirements analysis
processes?
A. It ensures that analysis and implementation efforts focus on the most critical requirements .
B. It covers the definition of stakeholder requirements, which describe what a solution must be
capable of doing.
C. It defines all of the work, and only the required work, to complete the project objectives.
D. It is conformity to requirements and a fitness for use.
Answer: B
QUESTION 15
Management has asked you, a business analyst for your organization, to create the solution scope
for an identified problem. In order to complete this task you’ll need three elements. All of the
following are elements you’ll need in order to write the solution scope except for which one?
A. Work breakdown structure
B. Implementation approach
C. Solution scope definition
D. Dependencies
Answer: A
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