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The BA Is finalizing the definition of the requirements architecture by understanding how requirements relate to each other. A key component that must be apparent in all three diagrams is that none of

The correct answer is A. Unambiguous. This question tests knowledge of requirement quality criteria, specifically the unambiguous criterion, which ensures that requirements and their relationships can only be interpreted in one consistent way across all diagrams.

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Question

The BA Is finalizing the definition of the requirements architecture by understanding how requirements relate to each other. A key component that must be apparent in all three diagrams is that none of the requirements be linked in different or conflicting ways. What relationship quality criterion does this represent?

Options

  • AUnambiguous
  • BCorrect
  • CNecessary
  • DDefined

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    70% (35)
  • B
    18% (9)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    8% (4)

Why each option

This question tests knowledge of requirement quality criteria, specifically the unambiguous criterion, which ensures that requirements and their relationships can only be interpreted in one consistent way across all diagrams.

AUnambiguousCorrect

Unambiguous is the quality criterion requiring that a requirement have only one possible interpretation and that its meaning and relationships to other requirements are clear and non-conflicting. When a BA verifies that no requirement is linked in different or conflicting ways across multiple diagrams, they are confirming that each requirement carries a single, consistent meaning - the defining characteristic of an unambiguous requirement.

BCorrect

Correct refers to the quality criterion that a requirement accurately represents a stakeholder's actual need, not whether requirement relationships are internally consistent across diagrams.

CNecessary

Necessary refers to the criterion that each requirement represents something genuinely required to achieve a business objective, not the consistency of how requirements are linked.

DDefined

Defined is not a recognized standard requirement quality criterion in the BABOK framework - the established criteria include unambiguous, complete, consistent, correct, feasible, and necessary.

Concept tested: Unambiguous requirement quality criterion in requirements architecture

Source: https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/

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