Certified Business Analysis Professional Trivia 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which BABOK Guide technique involves creating a visual model of all processes, data stores, and data flows within a system?
- Entity Relationship Diagram
- Data Flow Diagram (Correct answer)
- State Diagram
- Use Case Diagram
Correct answer: Data Flow Diagram
A Data Flow Diagram (DFD) visually maps how data moves between processes, external entities, and data stores.
Question 2: In the BABOK framework, 'elicitation' and which other activity are combined in the same knowledge area?
- Requirements life cycle management
- Collaboration (Correct answer)
- Strategy analysis
- Stakeholder engagement
Correct answer: Collaboration
BABOK v3 groups Elicitation and Collaboration together as a single knowledge area to emphasize their interdependence.
Question 3: What is the correct term for a requirement that specifies how a system must perform a function, such as response time or throughput?
- Functional requirement
- Business requirement
- Non-functional requirement (Correct answer)
- Transition requirement
Correct answer: Non-functional requirement
Non-functional requirements (also called quality attributes) specify performance, scalability, security, and other system qualities.
Question 4: Which CBAP exam domain has the highest percentage of questions according to IIBA?
- Strategy Analysis
- Elicitation and Collaboration
- Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (Correct answer)
- Requirements Life Cycle Management
Correct answer: Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
Requirements Analysis and Design Definition carries the largest weight (27%) on the CBAP exam.
Question 5: A business analyst discovers that two stakeholders have conflicting requirements. What is the FIRST step the BA should take?
- Escalate the conflict to the project sponsor
- Remove the lower-priority requirement
- Facilitate a meeting to understand each stakeholder's underlying need (Correct answer)
- Document both requirements and let the development team decide
Correct answer: Facilitate a meeting to understand each stakeholder's underlying need
The first step is to understand the root cause of the conflict by exploring each stakeholder's underlying needs through facilitated discussion.
Question 6: What does 'solution scope' define in business analysis?
- The business problem or opportunity being addressed
- The boundaries of what will and will not be included in a solution (Correct answer)
- The financial budget allocated to a project
- The list of approved requirements for development
Correct answer: The boundaries of what will and will not be included in a solution
Solution scope defines the boundaries of the solution — what is included and explicitly what is excluded.
Question 7: Which model type is MOST appropriate for capturing the business rules that govern when an entity changes from one status to another?
- Data flow diagram
- Use case diagram
- State machine diagram (Correct answer)
- Swimlane diagram
Correct answer: State machine diagram
A state machine diagram (state diagram) models the lifecycle of an entity and the conditions that trigger state transitions.
Certified Business Analysis Professional Trivia 3
Which BABOK Guide technique involves creating a visual model of all processes, data stores, and data flows within a system?