IIBA-ECBA Certification Practice Exam #1 (A+ Graded
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Which are the valid knowledge areas of Business Analysis with respect to BABOK Guide V3?
correct answers 1. Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
2. Elicitation & Collaboration
3. Requirements LifeCycle Management
4. Strategy Analysis
5. Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
6. Solution Evaluation
The Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM) can be used to? correct answers 1.
Describe the profession and domain of Business Analysis
2. Communicate about business analysis with a common terminology
3. Evaluate the relationships of key concepts in business analysis
4. Perform better business analysis by holistically evaluating the relationships among these six
concepts
5. Evaluate the impact of these concepts and relationships at any point during a work effort in
order to establish both a foundation and a path forward
6 core concepts of the BACCM: correct answers 1. Change
2. Need
3. Solution
4. Stakeholder
5. Value
6. Context
The activities that Business Analysts perform include: correct answers 1. Understand enterprise
problems and goals
2. analyzing needs and solutions
3. devising strategies
4. driving change
5. facilitating stakeholder collaboration
Functional Requirements correct answers Describe the capabilities that a solution must have (in
terms of the behavior and information that the solution will manage)
Sponsors are responsible for: correct answers initiating the effort to define a business need and
develop a solution that meets that need.
A sketch of a dashboard is an example of: correct answers Design
Competencies that support the practice of Business Analysis: correct answers 1. Analytical
Thinking & Problem Solving
2. Business Knowledge
, 3. Behavioral Characteristics
4. Communication Skills
5. Interaction Skills
6. Tools and Technology
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving core competencies: correct answers 1. Creative
Thinking
2. Decision Making
3. Learning
4. Problem Solving
5. Systems Thinking
6. Conceptual Thinking
7. Visual Thinking
Agile principles and practices are often successfully applied in initiatives where? correct answers
1. There is a clear commitment from the customer and engagement by empowered subject matter
experts (SME's)
2. The business need or proposed solution is complex or complicated
3. Business needs are changing or unknown and are still emerging
Non-Functional Requirements: correct answers do not relate directly to the behavior of
functionality of the solution, but rather describe conditions under which a solution must remain
effective or qualities that a solution must have
The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Knowledge area includes the following tasks:
correct answers 1. Plan Business Analysis Approach
2. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
3. Plan Business Analysis Governance
4. Plan Business Analysis Information Management
5. Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements
Predictive Approaches: correct answers often preferred in situations where:
1. Requirements can effectively be defined ahead of implementation
2. The risk of an incorrect implementation is unacceptably high
3. When engaging stakeholders presents significant challenges.
Adaptive Approaches: correct answers
Business Cases: correct answers technique used in the Plan Business Analysis Approach and
used to understand whether elements of the problem or opportunity are especially time-sensitive,
high-value, or whether there is any particular uncertainty around elements of the possible need or
solution.
The Elicitation and Collaboration knowledge area is composed of the following tasks: correct
answers 1. Prepare for Elicitation
2. Conduct Elicitation
Already)
Which are the valid knowledge areas of Business Analysis with respect to BABOK Guide V3?
correct answers 1. Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
2. Elicitation & Collaboration
3. Requirements LifeCycle Management
4. Strategy Analysis
5. Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
6. Solution Evaluation
The Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM) can be used to? correct answers 1.
Describe the profession and domain of Business Analysis
2. Communicate about business analysis with a common terminology
3. Evaluate the relationships of key concepts in business analysis
4. Perform better business analysis by holistically evaluating the relationships among these six
concepts
5. Evaluate the impact of these concepts and relationships at any point during a work effort in
order to establish both a foundation and a path forward
6 core concepts of the BACCM: correct answers 1. Change
2. Need
3. Solution
4. Stakeholder
5. Value
6. Context
The activities that Business Analysts perform include: correct answers 1. Understand enterprise
problems and goals
2. analyzing needs and solutions
3. devising strategies
4. driving change
5. facilitating stakeholder collaboration
Functional Requirements correct answers Describe the capabilities that a solution must have (in
terms of the behavior and information that the solution will manage)
Sponsors are responsible for: correct answers initiating the effort to define a business need and
develop a solution that meets that need.
A sketch of a dashboard is an example of: correct answers Design
Competencies that support the practice of Business Analysis: correct answers 1. Analytical
Thinking & Problem Solving
2. Business Knowledge
, 3. Behavioral Characteristics
4. Communication Skills
5. Interaction Skills
6. Tools and Technology
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving core competencies: correct answers 1. Creative
Thinking
2. Decision Making
3. Learning
4. Problem Solving
5. Systems Thinking
6. Conceptual Thinking
7. Visual Thinking
Agile principles and practices are often successfully applied in initiatives where? correct answers
1. There is a clear commitment from the customer and engagement by empowered subject matter
experts (SME's)
2. The business need or proposed solution is complex or complicated
3. Business needs are changing or unknown and are still emerging
Non-Functional Requirements: correct answers do not relate directly to the behavior of
functionality of the solution, but rather describe conditions under which a solution must remain
effective or qualities that a solution must have
The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Knowledge area includes the following tasks:
correct answers 1. Plan Business Analysis Approach
2. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
3. Plan Business Analysis Governance
4. Plan Business Analysis Information Management
5. Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements
Predictive Approaches: correct answers often preferred in situations where:
1. Requirements can effectively be defined ahead of implementation
2. The risk of an incorrect implementation is unacceptably high
3. When engaging stakeholders presents significant challenges.
Adaptive Approaches: correct answers
Business Cases: correct answers technique used in the Plan Business Analysis Approach and
used to understand whether elements of the problem or opportunity are especially time-sensitive,
high-value, or whether there is any particular uncertainty around elements of the possible need or
solution.
The Elicitation and Collaboration knowledge area is composed of the following tasks: correct
answers 1. Prepare for Elicitation
2. Conduct Elicitation
