CBAF-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

What is the MoSCoW principle used for?

A. To analyse stakeholders.

B. To determine strategy.

C. To define a root definition.

D. To prioritise requirements.

An organization called Quality Signs' makes display signs for commercial customers. Which of the following are MOST likely to be the Actors in a CATWOE analysis?

A. The Managing Director of Quality Signs.

B. The sign makers of Quality Signs.

C. The competitors of QualitySigns.

D. The customers of Quality Signs.

The Boston Box may be used to analyse the portfolio of businesses owned by an organization. Which of the following animals does it use in its term for businesses that have low market share in a market with low growth?

A. Cow.

B. Cat.

C. Dog.

D. Goat.

In which of the following circumstances is supplier power high?

A. When switching costs are low.

B. When there are relatively few customers.

C. When the supplier brand is powerful.

D. When alternatives are readily available.

Which of the following actions could sustain business change?

A. Develop the coaching skills of selected staff members.

B. Establish clear benefits for selected, powerful stakeholders.

C. Retain the previous system and its associated processes.

D. Ensure that improved staff performance is not rewarded.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The IRR of every project is based on it achieving a Net Present Value of zero.

B. It is preferable for the calculated IRR of a project to be below bank interest rates.

C. Discounted cash flowsdo not usually take into account the time value of money.

D. When comparing two projects, the one with the lower NPV should be preferred.

Which of the following may be used as a basis for scripting acceptance tests?

A. Stepwise refinement.

B. Context diagrams.

C. Mind maps.

D. Scenario analysis.

Which stage of the Requirements Engineering process is concerned with tracking requirements from inception to implementation?

A. Requirements documentation.

B. Requirements management.

C. Requirements validation.

D. Requirements analysis.

The required competencies of a business analyst are classified into three categories. Which of the following is one of these three categories?

A. Management Qualities.

B. Business Knowledge.

C. IT Skills.

D. Project Skills.

The following requirement has been identified; The system must be able to record customer payments. What type of requirement is this?

A. A functional requirement.

B. A non-functional requirement.

C. A general requirement.

D. A technical requirement.

In a particular organization it is common practice to call all managers by their first name. It is part of the culture of the organization. Newcomers are quickly corrected if they do not follow this informal approach. What would knowing about this convention be classified as in Requirements Engineering?

A. Explicit individual knowledge.

B. Tacit individual knowledge.

C. Explicit corporate knowledge.

D. Tacit corporate knowledge.

The Business Activity Model shows the doing activities of a business system. Which element of CATWOE do these activities relate to?

A. Transformation.

B. Actors.

C. Environment.

D. Owner.

As part of an investigation a Business Analyst has devised a form for users of an existing system to use to keep track of the tasks they undertake during their working day. Which of the following describes this investigation technique?

A. Special purpose records.

B. Scenario analysis.

C. Questionnaires.

D. Activity sampling.

What is the business analyst doing when he or she compares the BAM with the current business situation?

A. Conceptual modelling.

B. Analysing perspective.

C. Gap analysis.

D. Defining CATVVOE.

Which of the following would be an appropriate name for a use case that allows a project manager to allocate resources to a project?

A. Assign resources.

B. Resource.

C. Project Manager.

D. Project.