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CBAP Exam Prep Study Questions and
Answers Graded A 2024
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring, Elicitation, Requirements Management &
Communication, Enterprise Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Solution Assessment &
Validation, Underlying Competencies -Answer- ✔What are the 7 knowledge areas of the
BABOK
Business Requirements, Stakeholder Requirements, Solution Requirements, Transition
Requirements -Answer- ✔What are the classifications used to describe requirements
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring -Answer- ✔The knowledge area that covers
how BAs determine which activities are necessary in order to complete a business
analysis effort.
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring -Answer- ✔This knowledge area covers the
identification of stakeholders, selection of business analysis technique, the process that
will be used to manage requirements and how to assess the progress of the work.
Elicitation -Answer- ✔The knowledge area that describes how the BA will work with
stakeholders to identify and understand their needs and concerns, and understand the
environment in which they work.
elicitation -Answer- ✔The purpose of _______________ is to ensure that a
stakeholder's actual underlying needs are understood, rather than the their stated or
superficial desires.
Requirements Management & Communication -Answer- ✔The knowledge area that
describes how a BA manages conflicts, issues and changes in order to ensure that
stakeholders and the project team remain in agreement on the solution scope, how
requirements are communicated to stakeholders and how knowledge gained by the BA
is maintained for future use.
Enterprise Analysis -Answer- ✔This knowledge area describes how a BA identifies a
business need, refines and clarifies the definition of that need, and defines a solution
scope that can be feasibly implemented by the business.
Enterprise Analysis -Answer- ✔This knowledge area describes the problem definition
and analysis, business case development, feasibility studies and the definition of
solution scope.
Requirements Analysis -Answer- ✔This knowledge area describes how the BA
prioritizes and progressively elaborates stakeholder and solution requirements in order
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to enable the project team to implement a solution that will meet the need of the
sponsoring organization and stakeholders.
Requirements Analysis -Answer- ✔This knowledge area involves analyzing stakeholder
needs to define solutions that meet those needs, assessing the current state of the
business to identify and recommend improvements and the verification and validation of
the resulting requirements.
Solution Assessment & Validation -Answer- ✔This knowledge area describes how the
BA assesses proposed solutions and determines which solution best fits the business
need, identifies gaps and shortcomings to solutions and determines necessary
workarounds or changes to the solution.
Solution Assessment & Validation -Answer- ✔This knowledge describes how BAs
assess a deployed solution to see how well they met the original need so that the
sponsoring organization can assess the performance and effectiveness of the solution.
Underlying Competencies -Answer- ✔This knowledge area describes the behaviors,
knowledge and other characteristics that support the effective performance of a BA.
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving, Behavioral Characteristics, Business
Knowledge, Communication Skills, Interaction Skills, Software Application -Answer-
✔What are the underlying competencies a BA should possess (6)?
Ethics, Trustworthiness, Personal Organization -Answer- ✔What are the Behavioral
Characteristics a BA should exhibit (3)?
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving -Answer- ✔Involves assessing a situation,
understanding it as fully as possible, and making judgments about possible solutions to
the problem.
Business Need, Expert Judgment, Organizational Process Assets -Answer- ✔What are
the inputs to the Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Decision Analysis, Process Modeling, Structured Walkthrough -Answer- ✔What are the
techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Approach?
Plan Business Analysis Approach, Conduct Stakeholder Analysis, Plan Business
Analysis Activities, Plan Business Analysis Communication, Plan Requirements
Management Process, Manage BA Performance -Answer- ✔What are the tasks in
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring?
Business Analysis Approach -Answer- ✔What is the output of the Plan Business
Analysis Approach?
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Business Need, Enterprise Architecture, Organizational Process Assets -Answer-
✔What are the inputs to the task Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Acceptance & Evaluation Criteria Definition, Brainstorming, Interviews, Organizational
Modeling, Process Modeling, Requirements Workshop, Risk Analysis, Scenarios & Use
Cases, User Stories, Scope Modeling, Survey/Questionnaire, RACI Matrix, Stakeholder
Maps -Answer- ✔What are the techniques used in the task Conduct Stakeholder
Analysis?
Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed -Answer- ✔What does RACI stand for?
Stakeholder Matrix, Onion Diagram -Answer- ✔Name the 2 types of Stakeholder maps.
Onion Diagram -Answer- ✔A diagram indicating how involved the stakeholder is with
the solution.
Stakeholder Matrix -Answer- ✔Maps the level of stakeholder influence and interest in a
project.
Stakeholder Lists, Roles & Responsibilities -Answer- ✔What is the output of the task
Conduct Stakeholder Analysis?
Business Analysis Approach, BA Performance Assessment, Organizational Process
Assets, Stakeholder List, Roles & Responsibilities -Answer- ✔What are the inputs for
the task Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) -Answer- ✔An important tool in defining the scope of
work and developing estimates.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) -Answer- ✔Decomposes the project scope into
smaller and smaller pieces, creating a hierarchy of work.
Unique Number, Activity Description, Assumptions, Dependencies, Milestones -Answer-
✔Elements identified for each activity and task.
Activity List -Answer- ✔The decomposition of activities and tasks creates?
Estimation, Functional Decomposition, Risk Analysis -Answer- ✔What are the
techniques used in Plan Business Analysis Activities?
Business Analysis Plan -Answer- ✔What is the output of the task Plan Business
Analysis Activities?
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Business Analysis Approach, Business Analysis Plan, Organizational Process Assets,
Stakeholder Lists, Roles & Responsibilities -Answer- ✔What are the inputs of the task
Plan Business Analysis Communication?
Structured Walkthrough -Answer- ✔What are the techniques used in Plan Business
Analysis Communication?
Relationship to Time, Relationship to Task Completion, Relationship to Contracts,
Relationships to Formal and Informal Authority -Answer- ✔What are the Cultural
diversity issues that should be taken into account when planning communication?
Business Analysis Communication Plan -Answer- ✔What is the output of the task Plan
Business Analysis Communication?
Business Analysis Approach, Business Analysis Plan, Organizational Process Assets -
Answer- ✔What are the inputs to the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Absolute Reference, Author, Complexity, Ownership, Priority, Risks, Source, Stability,
Status, Urgency -Answer- ✔What are some of the commonly used requirement
attributes?
Repository, Traceability, Requirement Attributes, Prioritization Process, Change
Management, Tailoring the Requirements Management Process -Answer- ✔What are
the elements of the task Plan Requirements Management Process?
Determine the Process, Who will Authorize Changes, Impact Analysis, Wording of the
Request, Coordinate Prioritization of Change -Answer- ✔What should be considered
when establishing a Change Management process?
Decision Analysis, Problem Tacking, Risk Analysis -Answer- ✔Techniques used in the
task Plan Requirements Management Process.
Requirements Management Plan -Answer- ✔What is the output of the task Plan
Requirements Management Process?
Business Analysis Performance Metrics, Business Analysis Plan, Organization
Performance Standards, Requirements Management Plan -Answer- ✔What are the
inputs to the task Manage Business Analysis Performance?
Business Analysis Plan -Answer- ✔Corrective or preventative measures uncovered
while performing a Business Analysis Performance Assessment will result in changes to
what plan?
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