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PMI PMI-PBA - PMI Professional in Business Analysis

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Total 200 questions

Two weeks prior to the delivery date, a customer changes the business requirements. What should the business analyst do?

A.

Deliver the existing product and then begin work on the requested changes.

B.

Trace the requirements and measure the impact of the requested changes on the existing delivery date.

C.

Schedule a review by the change control board (CCB) to determine next steps.

D.

Ask the developers to implement the changes.

The business analyst has been assigned to a project which delivers functionality for a much larger solution. The project has many requirements but has not received adequate funding. In addition, the stakeholders’ views conflict.

Which tools and techniques should the business analyst use to maximize business value while establishing the requirements baseline?

A.

Weighted matrix, process flow, and organizational chart

B.

Stakeholder register, decision tree, and capability matrix

C.

Traceability matrix, context diagrams, and scope document

D.

Decision trees, weighted matrix, and context diagrams

The best way to ensure the integrity of requirements is to:

A.

implement version control, maintain a history of requirements changes, and track the status of each requirement.

B.

use a requirements management tool, measure requirements volatility, and maintain a history of requirements changes.

C.

establish a change control board, track the status of each requirement, and use a requirements management tool.

D.

establish a requirements baseline, establish a change control board, and label each requirement uniquely.

A business analyst is preparing a requirements management plan and needs to define a method to deal with a complex project with stakeholders who find it difficult to articulate their needs. Which method would best minimize requirements risk?

A.

Questionnaires

B.

Group decision making

C.

Stakeholder analysis

D.

Prototyping

The requirements baseline is ready for sign-off when the requirements are:

A.

complete, clear, verified, and adopted.

B.

consistent, analyzed, complete, and validated.

C.

justified, clear, consistent, and verified.

D.

clear, consistent, complete, and validated.

A business analyst is leading a project to implement automated order entry software at a local pizza restaurant. The business analyst has very little information about the project: the ordering process takes too long and often ends in incorrect orders.

What step should the business analyst take next?

A.

Schedule a requirements gathering sessions with the manager of the ordering department.

B.

Request information on the current ordering process and compare it with other companies.

C.

Identify testing resources to support the implementation.

D.

Select the software to implement and start working with the technical resources.

A stakeholder requests to add new critical requirements the day before the scheduled baseline requirements approval meeting. The stakeholder insists that these requirements must be taken into account despite time and budget constraints.

What is the most effective way to manage this situation?

A.

Discuss the change with stakeholders during the baseline approval meeting and ask them to approve the new baseline.

B.

Ask for more resources to manage this change and justify these additional resources with the value the change will give to

the company.

C.

Share the new requirements with all stakeholders and ask them to submit their comments before the meeting.

D.

Postpone the baseline approval meeting, analyze the impact, and schedule a new meeting to discuss dependencies and

priorities with stakeholders.

The client produced a specification for a new product to be developed by Company A. Company A designed and successfully tested the new product against the test plan, yet the client does not agree that it meets the specification.

What could have caused this?

A.

The product was not adequately tested in accordance with the test plan.

B.

The requirements matrix did not adequately track back to client requirements.

C.

Requirement changes were not properly identified in the project charter.

D.

The product design was not properly reviewed by the quality department.

A business analyst is ready to begin requirements elicitation; however, stakeholders are not available to participate for another two weeks. Which elicitation technique should the business analyst use during this time?

A.

Cost-benefit analysis

B.

Benchmarking

C.

Brainstorming

D.

Document analysis

An insurance company embarks on a project to replace its current enrollment and billing software application, which will no longer be supported by the end of the calendar year. The new enrollment and billing application must be implemented before the current vendor contract ends. The business analyst gathers the initial requirements for the new enrollment and billing application. Based on the large

volume of requirements, the business analyst realizes that the requirements will need to be prioritized.

Which requirements prioritization method should the business analyst use for this project?

A.

Time-boxing

B.

Weighted ranking

C.

MoSCoW

D.

Risk analysis