CBAP/CCBA preparation questions – Introduction

When preparing for the CBAP or CCBA exam, there are some basic business analysis information that you should know.

Here are some CBAP/CCBA examination preparation questions and answers on those foundational business analysis information.

Instruction: Read the questions carefully and choose the BEST options.

  1. __ is responsible for validating that a solution meets business needs, goals, or objectives.
    A. Program auditor
    B. Senior manager
    C. Business analyst
    D. Project Manager
  2. Sandra is a business analyst with Wes Inc, she has been assigned to review the Sales process of a key client.The client operates in 10 European countries, 2 In North America,8 in Africa and 6 in Middle East. The Domain of Sandra’s assignment is?
    A. Sales process
    B. Consulting
    C. Business Analysis
    D. Europe
  3. Business analysis involves
    A. Understanding how employees in the organization work together to increase the bottom line
    B. Understanding the structure, policies and operations of the organization in order to appropriately manage projects that will help the organization to achieve its goals
    C. Understanding how the organization interact with its strategic objectives
    D. Understanding the structure, policies and operations of the organization and recommending solutions that will help the organization to achieve its goals
  4. Which of the following types of requirements are always short-lived
    A. Functional Requirements
    B. Non- functional requirements
    C. Stakeholders Requirements
    D. Transition Requirement
  5. Linda has been with Avery Group for 26 years, she started with them as a project expeditor and rose through the ranks to become the Business Process Analyst for the Group. Recently the top management of the company informed her that she will head a crucial project whose aim is to help the group expand into a new line of business; she promptly asked two of the most capable business analysts on her team to gather requirements for the project. The two business analysts requested for a new office, they argued that having a new office will help them to get the work down .The new office is a ——-?
    A. Solution
    B. Work perk
    C. Requirement
    D. Domain
  6. Luke is a business analyst working on a process project with the publicly funded company ; the labour union is opposing the project because of concerns relating to job security. As a compromise between the council and the workers, the labour union asked that their members be trained on how to make use of the new system. The request is an example of
    A. System requirement
    B. Conflict requirement
    C. Stakeholders requirement
    D. Stakeholder request
  7. What best describes a knowledge area?
    A. They express what a practitioner of business analysis needs to know.
    B. They define what a practitioner of business analysis needs to master and sell.
    C. They define what a practitioner of business analysis needs to understand and the tasks that a practitioner must be able to perform.
    D. None of the above
  8. ————- is a stakeholder in all business analysis tasks?
    A. Project manager
    B. Project sponsor
    C. Domain SME
    D. Business analyst
  9. Which of these stakeholders directly interact with the solution?
    A. Customer
    B. End user
    C. Developer
    D. Business analyst
  10. ———— is an individual with in-depth knowledge of a topic relevant to the business need or solution scope?
    A. Business analyst
    B. Project manager
    C. Domain subject matter expert (SME)
    D. Implementation subject matter expert (SME)
  11. ————— is an individual responsible for designing and implementing potentials solutions?
    A. Business analyst
    B. Project manager
    C. Domain subject matter expert (SME)
    D. Implementation subject matter expert (SME)
  12. You are the business analyst for your organization; management has asked you to come up with a list of Implementation subject matter experts you are to work with for a particular project. All of the following might be on your list except?
    A. Release manager
    B. Change manager
    C. Change consultant
    D. Developer
  13. As a business analyst, your job description entails conducting post project implementation review / benefit realization ; which of the following stakeholders is relevant to your post project activities?
    A. Project manager
    B. Sponsor
    C. Tester
    D. Software developer
  14. Which of the following provides additional information on different ways that a task may be performed or different forms the output of the task may take?
    A. Technique
    B. Element
    C. Inputs
    D. Tools
  15. ————— is a key facilitator within an organization, acting as a bridge between the IT/Technology, business and the skills and competencies need of the organization.
    A. Supplier
    B. Business analyst
    C. Human resource manager
    D. Procurement manager

Answers:

  • 1 C
  • 2 A
  • 3 D
  • 4 D
  • 5 C
  • 6 C
  • 7 C
  • 8 D
  • 9 B
  • 10 C
  • 11 D
  • 12 C
  • 13 C
  • 14 A
  • 15 B