BABOK Requirements Life Cycle Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which BABOK task involves evaluating proposed changes to determine their impact before approving them?
- Trace Requirements
- Assess Requirements Changes (Correct answer)
- Prioritize Requirements
- Specify and Model Requirements
Correct answer: Assess Requirements Changes
Assessing requirements changes involves analyzing the scope, feasibility, and impact of proposed changes before they are approved and incorporated.
Question 2: What is 'forward traceability' in requirements management?
- Tracing requirements back to their business objectives
- Tracing requirements forward to design, code, and test artifacts (Correct answer)
- Reviewing requirements chronologically
- Moving requirements from one phase to the next
Correct answer: Tracing requirements forward to design, code, and test artifacts
Forward traceability links requirements to the downstream artifacts they produce, such as design components, development tasks, and test cases.
Question 3: Which prioritization technique assigns numerical weights to requirements based on multiple criteria?
- MoSCoW Method
- Weighted Ranking (Correct answer)
- Timeboxing
- Kano Model
Correct answer: Weighted Ranking
Weighted ranking assigns scores across multiple criteria (value, cost, risk) and calculates a composite priority score for each requirement.
Question 4: In requirements management, what is the MoSCoW technique used for?
- Documenting requirements in Russian
- Categorizing requirements as Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have (Correct answer)
- Defining the Moscow Rules of negotiation
- Mapping requirements to Moscow, Russia's regulatory standards
Correct answer: Categorizing requirements as Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have
MoSCoW is a prioritization framework that categorizes requirements into four buckets: Must have, Should have, Could have, and Won't have (this time).
Question 5: What type of traceability links a requirement back to its origin, such as a business objective or stakeholder need?
- Forward traceability
- Backward traceability (Correct answer)
- Lateral traceability
- Vertical traceability
Correct answer: Backward traceability
Backward traceability traces requirements back to their source (business goals, stakeholder requests) to ensure all requirements have valid justification.
Question 6: Which factor is NOT typically considered when prioritizing requirements in BABOK?
- Business value
- Implementation risk
- Developer's personal interest in the feature (Correct answer)
- Time sensitivity
Correct answer: Developer's personal interest in the feature
BABOK defines prioritization based on objective business criteria such as value, risk, and urgency — not on subjective personal preferences.
BABOK Requirements Life Cycle Management 2
Which BABOK task involves evaluating proposed changes to determine their impact before approving them?