CCBA Exam Questions

The business analyst (BA) is assigned a small project, requiring minor enhancements to an existing system. The BA will meet with the business sponsor and developer next week to gat...

During planning, elicitation, and sign off of requirements, the stakeholders felt that their opinions were not heard and information was not frequently shared. What major competenc...

A business analyst (BA) must model information characteristics across multiple information systems for a project. What type of model captures this information?

A business analyst (BA) is defining a stakeholder approval approach for the requirement deliverables. The project involves implementing new government regulatory requirements with...

The business analyst (BA) has scheduled an informal review of audit requirements with the compliance officer. The BA wants to demonstrate that the requirements collectively support...

A business analyst (BA) is working on a project involving the purchase of a commercial off-the- shelf (COTS) product. All internal risks have been identified and assessed. What is...

A business analyst (BA) working with a large insurance corporation interviewed an industry thought leader who predicted that many of the regulations currently imposed by the govern...

A new payments system was recently implemented to replace an old legacy system. The system users have lodged a complaint that the new system is slower than the old system but syste...

A team of business analysts (BAs) identified policies that dictate how the organization grants paid time off for its employees and the associated business rules. What is this team...

A project aiming at improving an organization's Net Promoter Score is nearing completion. The business analyst (BA) and stakeholders are evaluating ways to measure the performance...

A business analyst (BA) is structuring requirements to ensure they are cohesive and tell the full story. Which of the following requirements is consistent with a stakeholder's need...

The business analyst (BA) has prepared a requirements package and it is now ready to present to the stakeholders. What is the purpose of presenting the package?

Before beginning requirements elicitation, a business analyst (BA) has planned the necessary activities, identified needed stakeholders, and documented this in the Business Analysi...

The business analyst (BA) recommended a new application be rolled out in phases. After reviewing alternatives, the project sponsor agreed. What does the BA expect to achieve by thi...

A senior business analyst (BA) is tasked with verifying a set of requirements written by a junior BA for a system. During this exercise, the junior BA will ensure that the requirem...

A business analyst (BA) is reviewing the elicitation results of several workshops in order to decide which technique to use to model the requirements. The elicitation identified us...

Verification of requirements on the projects have highlighted an issue regarding misunderstanding of design models among key stakeholders. A major reason cited for the misunderstan...

A business analyst (BA) is planning the traceability approach for a project. Why should the BA conduct this planning activity?

A business analyst (BA) begins to suspect that the ongoing elicitation activities with stakeholders are not delivering the quality of business analysis information required due to...

A business analyst (BA) has documented the components of an information technology (IT) library, in preparation for establishing a consolidated catalogue of IT services. When inter...

The business analyst (BA) has completed the verification of a set of requirements, but a change in scope has materialized. Which technique should the BA use to obtain consensus and...

A business analyst (BA) is working on a project to provide a temporary solution that will last for two months. The BA is feeling overwhelmed with the work needed to create the huge...

A business analyst (BA) has completed documenting requirements and to save time, recommends sharing the requirements document with the development team to fast-track development im...

A business analyst (BA) is currently verifying the accuracy and consistency of information obtained from the stakeholders. The BA needs to identify additional information. What sho...

During a project to replace an existing system, requirements for new functionality were elicited. Upon further investigation, additional types of requirements related to other feat...

One of the tasks that the business analyst (BA) needs to complete is to maintain the requirements. As much as the BA values and sees the benefits of maintaining the requirements, t...

A business analyst (BA) is preparing the elicitation activity plan for a project. How will understanding the elicitation scope assist the BA with the elicitation activity?

A business analyst (BA) creates the following diagram as part of current state analysis activities. What does a diagram of this type help users to understand?

A business analyst (BA) is tasked with designing a method of ensuring that the requirements captured during the elicitation sessions satisfy the needs and expectations of the custo...

A business analyst (BA) is eliciting requirements for a pharmaceutical distribution company with an expansion plan across many states, each with their own tools and methods. To mak...

A business analyst (BA) has just started a large project and is collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements. Another BA is joining soon to help with this initiative. Wha...

Performance measures have been collected and analyzed by a business analyst (BA) to evaluate a solution that was launched a few years ago; however, the performance measures do not...

A business analyst (BA) is assessing risks on a project addressing the implementation of a new web portal. Which of the following would the BA classify as a project risk?

A business analyst (BA) identifies a design option that enhances the performance of the business by automating repetitive tasks that require multiple staff touchpoints to complete...

A survey on a new system was conducted after the chief executive officer (CEO), who is also the project sponsor, expressed concerns about the uptake of the new system. The CEO is n...

Several user groups are impacted by a proposed change to their daily work flow. How should the business analyst (BA) convey these changes so that the user groups understand the imp...

A business analyst (BA) has been asked to develop a plan to complete the associated business analysis activities for a project in which an organization is switching from a manual t...

A senior business analyst (BA) must review the requirements specification of a junior BA. The senior BA puts together a list of key evaluation criteria to guide the determination o...

A certain stakeholder requirement has been analyzed and broken down into several solution requirements, each affecting a different IT system. After solution design, the business an...

A business analyst (BA) identified that a stakeholder requirement for an online system led to a functional requirement to provide a user login screen. This is an example of which t...

Two business analysts (BAs) are working on a requirement elicitation activity. One BA comes across a checklist that contains stakeholder details such as who are involved, location,...

A system owner calls the project team to inquire about a recent change in one of the requirements, and insists that the change was never requested. What should the project team do...

A business analyst (BA) is working to identity the business need, specifically the problems with the current state of a process. At which level of the enterprise can the BA identif...

During a requirements elicitation workshop, a stakeholder raises an issue that is outside of the project's scope. The business analyst (BA) facilitating the workshop should:

A business analyst (BA) is supporting an organization in its product launch. The BA wants to identify assumptions about the benefits resulting from the new product. What does ident...

An organization prefers to execute projects using an adaptive approach. However, the new project is much more complex than previously executed projects. What will the business anal...

A business analyst (BA) has been spending the majority of the past week cataloguing the new, removed, and modified components of an upcoming project. What is the main purpose of th...

Requirements have been prioritized in the product backlog for inclusion in the upcoming release. One of the project team members fears that at least one requirement from the priori...

A business analyst (BA) is developing the requirements for an inventory management system. Some current accounting processes are automated but other departments like purchasing, ma...

A business analyst (BA) is informing stakeholders about the importance of quality when eliciting requirements. What characteristic describes a quality requirement?