Certified Business Analysis Professional MCQ Flashcards
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What is 'gold plating' in the context of requirements management?
Answer: Adding features beyond what stakeholders requested
Gold plating refers to adding features or functionality beyond what stakeholders requested, which wastes resources and can introduce risk.
A BA is working on a project to replace a legacy system. Which requirements category BEST captures what users need to do during the transition period?
Answer: Transition requirements
Transition requirements describe temporary capabilities needed to move from the current state to the future state, such as data migration and training.
Which CBAP competency involves understanding how organizational politics and culture affect business analysis work?
Answer: Business knowledge
Business knowledge encompasses understanding the organization's industry, its culture, and its politics, which are critical context for effective business analysis.
When validating requirements, a business analyst is primarily concerned with which of the following?
Answer: Ensuring requirements will deliver value and meet the business need
Validation ensures that requirements will deliver the intended business value and are aligned with the business need, not just that they are well-written.
A business analyst is asked to define the boundary between the solution and its environment. Which modeling technique is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Context Diagram
A Context Diagram (or System Context Diagram) visually defines the boundary of the solution and shows how it interacts with external entities.
Which stakeholder analysis technique assigns each stakeholder to a quadrant based on their level of power and interest?
Answer: Power/Interest Grid
The Power/Interest Grid (also called a stakeholder map) plots stakeholders by their power to influence the project and their interest in the outcome.
In agile business analysis, what artifact is MOST commonly used to capture user needs from the perspective of the end user?
Answer: User Story
User stories capture requirements from the end user's perspective in a simple format: 'As a [user], I want [goal] so that [benefit].'