121) A structured process which captures the key characteristics of an industry to predict the long-term profitability prospects and to determine the practices of the most significant competitors is called:
a. Organizational analysis
b. Competitive Analysis
c. Systems analysis
d. Solutions design
122) An analysis model that specifies complex business rules or logic concisely in an easy-to-read tabular format, specifying all of the possible conditions and actions that need to be accounted for in business rules is called:
a. Operative rules
b. Decision Tables
c. Solution model
d. Alternative assessment model
123) Which of the below does Enterprise Architecture comprise of?
a. Organization’s business processes
b. IT software and hardware
c. People
d. Operations and projects
124) You prepare a set of user stories, requirements and features. These have been identified as candidates for potential implementation, prioritized, and estimated. This is called:
a. Product backlog
b. Use cases
c. Business requirements
d. Functional requirements
125) Which of the below does benchmarking require of the business analyst?
a. Identify the area to be studied and identify organizations that are leaders in the sector
b. Conduct a survey of selected organizations to understand their practices
c. Arrange for visits to best-in-class organizations
d. Develop a project proposal to implement the best practices
126) Which of the below are commonly used financial valuation techniques?
a. Discounted Cash Flow
b. Net Present Value
c. Internal Rate of Return
d. Average Rate of Return
127) Which of the below are commonly used financial valuation techniques?
a. Internal Rate of Return
b. Average Rate of Return
c. Pay Back Period
d. Cost-Benefit Analysis
128) You are in the requirements gathering phase. You have been told that the stakeholder will not be available for the duration of the elicitation process. Which of the below can you refer to for collecting requirements?
a. Existing guidelines, procedures, training guides
b. Competing product literature, published comparative product reviews
c. Problem reports, customer suggestion logs
d. Existing system specifications
129) You are in the requirements gathering phase. You have been told that the stakeholder is no longer with the company. Which of the below can you refer to for collecting requirements?
a. Market studies
b. Contracts
c. Requests for proposal
d. Statements of work
130) Which of the following is not true about analogous cost estimating?
a. It is a gross value estimating approach
b. It is used to estimate a value when there is a limited amount of detailed information about the project
c. It uses historical information and expert judgment
d. It relies on the actual cost of the current project as the basis to estimate previous, similar projects
131) You conduct a focus group to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product. Which of the following is not true of a focus group?
a. The participants share their impressions, preferences and needs, guided by a moderator
b. It is less structured than brainstorming
c. Individuals with similar characteristics in the focus group may mean that differing perspectives will not be shared
d. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and/or perspectives may mean that individuals may self-censor if not comfortable with others’ backgrounds or opinions, resulting in a lower quality of data collected
132) Which of the below is not true of lessons learned process?
a. The purpose of lessons learned sessions is to identify blame to a specific person or team
b. Lessons learned sessions may take place in formal, facilitated meetings with set agendas and meeting roles, formal or informal working sessions, or informal get-togethers
c. Lessons learned sessions may or may not include a celebration
d. Lessons learned sessions are a waste of time and serve no purpose
133) Your organization wants to measure how satisfied the customers are. But there is no survey of client satisfaction. Instead, the organization has decided to use the proportion of all contracts renewed as an indicator. The proportion of all contracts renewed is called:
a. Proxy
b. Target
c. Measure
d. Indicator
134) Which of the below are non-functional requirement categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
135) “The reporting system shall provide 90% of responses in no more than 2 seconds.” This is a non-functional requirement belonging to which of the below categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
136) “The reporting system shall be up 99.99% of time.” This is a non-functional requirement belonging to which of the below categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
137) “Ninety percent of operators shall be able to use all the functionality of the system after no more than six hours of training.” This is a non-functional requirement belonging to which of the below categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
138) Which of the below are process improvement methods?
a. Value stream mapping
b. Statistical analysis and control
c. Process simulation
d. Benchmarking
139) You would like to change processes to improve them. Which of the below can you do?
a. Analysis of a process to identify and remove activities that do not add value to a stakeholder, where possible
b. Reduction of the time required to complete a process (by reducing the time to perform a task or the wait time between tasks)
c. Improving interfaces or handoffs between roles and organizational units to remove errors
d. Reduction or elimination of bottlenecks and backlogs
140) Your organization knows there is a risk in implementing a solution as a response to a competitor’s action. It still wants to proceed. Your organization is:
a. Risk averse
b. Risk neutral
c. Risk seeking
d. None of the above
a. Organizational analysis
b. Competitive Analysis
c. Systems analysis
d. Solutions design
122) An analysis model that specifies complex business rules or logic concisely in an easy-to-read tabular format, specifying all of the possible conditions and actions that need to be accounted for in business rules is called:
a. Operative rules
b. Decision Tables
c. Solution model
d. Alternative assessment model
123) Which of the below does Enterprise Architecture comprise of?
a. Organization’s business processes
b. IT software and hardware
c. People
d. Operations and projects
124) You prepare a set of user stories, requirements and features. These have been identified as candidates for potential implementation, prioritized, and estimated. This is called:
a. Product backlog
b. Use cases
c. Business requirements
d. Functional requirements
125) Which of the below does benchmarking require of the business analyst?
a. Identify the area to be studied and identify organizations that are leaders in the sector
b. Conduct a survey of selected organizations to understand their practices
c. Arrange for visits to best-in-class organizations
d. Develop a project proposal to implement the best practices
126) Which of the below are commonly used financial valuation techniques?
a. Discounted Cash Flow
b. Net Present Value
c. Internal Rate of Return
d. Average Rate of Return
127) Which of the below are commonly used financial valuation techniques?
a. Internal Rate of Return
b. Average Rate of Return
c. Pay Back Period
d. Cost-Benefit Analysis
128) You are in the requirements gathering phase. You have been told that the stakeholder will not be available for the duration of the elicitation process. Which of the below can you refer to for collecting requirements?
a. Existing guidelines, procedures, training guides
b. Competing product literature, published comparative product reviews
c. Problem reports, customer suggestion logs
d. Existing system specifications
129) You are in the requirements gathering phase. You have been told that the stakeholder is no longer with the company. Which of the below can you refer to for collecting requirements?
a. Market studies
b. Contracts
c. Requests for proposal
d. Statements of work
130) Which of the following is not true about analogous cost estimating?
a. It is a gross value estimating approach
b. It is used to estimate a value when there is a limited amount of detailed information about the project
c. It uses historical information and expert judgment
d. It relies on the actual cost of the current project as the basis to estimate previous, similar projects
131) You conduct a focus group to elicit ideas and attitudes about a specific product. Which of the following is not true of a focus group?
a. The participants share their impressions, preferences and needs, guided by a moderator
b. It is less structured than brainstorming
c. Individuals with similar characteristics in the focus group may mean that differing perspectives will not be shared
d. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and/or perspectives may mean that individuals may self-censor if not comfortable with others’ backgrounds or opinions, resulting in a lower quality of data collected
132) Which of the below is not true of lessons learned process?
a. The purpose of lessons learned sessions is to identify blame to a specific person or team
b. Lessons learned sessions may take place in formal, facilitated meetings with set agendas and meeting roles, formal or informal working sessions, or informal get-togethers
c. Lessons learned sessions may or may not include a celebration
d. Lessons learned sessions are a waste of time and serve no purpose
133) Your organization wants to measure how satisfied the customers are. But there is no survey of client satisfaction. Instead, the organization has decided to use the proportion of all contracts renewed as an indicator. The proportion of all contracts renewed is called:
a. Proxy
b. Target
c. Measure
d. Indicator
134) Which of the below are non-functional requirement categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
135) “The reporting system shall provide 90% of responses in no more than 2 seconds.” This is a non-functional requirement belonging to which of the below categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
136) “The reporting system shall be up 99.99% of time.” This is a non-functional requirement belonging to which of the below categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
137) “Ninety percent of operators shall be able to use all the functionality of the system after no more than six hours of training.” This is a non-functional requirement belonging to which of the below categories?
a. Reliability
b. Performance Efficiency
c. Operability
d. Security
138) Which of the below are process improvement methods?
a. Value stream mapping
b. Statistical analysis and control
c. Process simulation
d. Benchmarking
139) You would like to change processes to improve them. Which of the below can you do?
a. Analysis of a process to identify and remove activities that do not add value to a stakeholder, where possible
b. Reduction of the time required to complete a process (by reducing the time to perform a task or the wait time between tasks)
c. Improving interfaces or handoffs between roles and organizational units to remove errors
d. Reduction or elimination of bottlenecks and backlogs
140) Your organization knows there is a risk in implementing a solution as a response to a competitor’s action. It still wants to proceed. Your organization is:
a. Risk averse
b. Risk neutral
c. Risk seeking
d. None of the above
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