BA QUIZ

By defining the profession of business analysis and providing a set of commonly accepted practices, the BABOK® Guide helps practitioners:

• Understand the six Knowledge Areas

• Discuss and define the skills necessary to effectively perform business analysis work

• Develop all the accepted Business Techniques

• Manage the Underlying Competencies: Analytical Problem Solving, Behavioral Characteristics, Business Knowledge, Communication Skills, Interaction Skills, and Tools and Technology

According to the IIBA definition, Business Analysis (BA) is the practice of enabling change in an enterprise by:

• Defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders

• Understanding needs and defining solutions that deliver value to businesses

• Analyzing needs and delivering solutions that deliver value to organizations

• Understanding needs and designing solutions that deliver value to enterprises

Within the Underlying Competency of Behavioral Characteristics is Adaptability. What is its purpose?

• . In rapidly changing environments and with a variety of stakeholders, business analysts need adaptability, which is required a condition of moving from one stakeholder to another to better describe the goals and objectives

• Since business analysts frequently work in rapidly changing environments and with a variety of stakeholders. They are needed to have adaptability which is required to maximize the quality of service delivered and more efficiently help the organization achieve its goals and objectives

• Business analysts are required to comply with business rules in order to more efficiently help the organization achieve its goals and objectives

• Business analysts are required to change roles in order to more efficiently help the organization achieve its goals and objectives

Within the Underlying Competency of Business Knowledge there is Methodology Knowledge. What is required of this competency?

• Organizations adopt or create their own methodologies to create varying levels of culture, maturity, adaptability, risk, uncertainty, and governance

• They determine how a change is managed in regards of timing, approach, role of those involved, accepted risk level, and other aspects

• Knowledge regarding a specific methodology allows the business analyst to quickly adapt and perform in new environments

• Knowledge regarding a variety of methodologies allows the business analyst to quickly set goals for the business. adapt and perform in new environments

The Business Analysis Core Concept Model™ (BACCM™) is a conceptual framework for business analysis, and this model:

• Attends the Changes and Needs expressed by Stakeholders to find a Solution that delivers Value to them.

• Encompasses what business analysis is and what it means to those performing business analysis tasks regardless of perspective, industry, methodology, or level in the organization

• Focuses on delivering Value given a set of Changes and Needs expressed by Stakeholders

• Explains the interactions that occur within a business analysis to offer a Solution to the Stakeholders involved.

Requirements are focused on the need. Designs are focused on the solution. The distinction between requirements and designs is not always clear. Which of the following is an example of a design?

• Reduce amount of time required to pick and pack a customer order.

• Record and access a medical patient's history.

• Develop business strategy, goals, and objectives for a new business.

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In the BACCM the core concept of Change refers to:

• The act of transformation in response to a need. It works to improve the performance of an enterprise.

• The act of transformation in response to a need. Change seeks to fulfill the request of Stakeholders

• The act of transformation in response to a need. It works to improve the performance of an enterprise.

• The act of transformation in response to a need. Change satisfies a Need by resolving a problem in an enterprise.

Acceptance and evaluation criteria define measures of value attributes to be used for assessing and comparing solutions and alternative designs.

• Acceptance criteria describe the minimum set of requirements that must be met for a particular solution to be worth implementing.

• Acceptance criteria are typically used when only one possible solution is being evaluated and are generally expressed in a scale of one to ten.

• Evaluation criteria define a set of measurements which allow for ranking of solutions and are generally expressed as a pass or fail.

• Evaluation criteria define a set of measurements which allow for ranking of solutions by the subject matter expert.

The parts of a Context Diagram are:

• External Agents, Context Process, Input Data, Output Data

• External Agents, Input Process, Input Data, Output Data

• External Agents, Data Process, Input Data, Output Data

• External Agents, Level Process, Input Data, Output Data

Data Flow Diagrams have:

• Equal number of Input Data and Output Data flows

• Greater number Input Data than Output Data flows

• Greater number Output Data than Input Data flows

• All the above.