PMI-PBA practice test

1. Question 1 · 1

   A business analyst is developing a traceability matrix to determine whether or not any gaps exist and to identify any discrepancies. Which critical field is needed to ensure that the traceability matrix is usable?

   Choose one answer.

   

   • Hierarchy
   • Requirements description
   • Status
   • Owner

2. Question 2 · 1

   A company is developing a new e-commerce platform to enter a new market segment. Development is well under way when the government issues a new set of regulations. Which course of action should the business analyst take?

   Choose one answer.

   • Check the traceability matrix to identify affected use cases.
   • Evaluate if the new set of regulations is aligned with the business case.
   • Evaluate the impact of the change on the project schedule.
   • Obtain management sign-off on the new set of regulations.

3. Question 3 · 1

   The business analysts have concluded a requirements elicitation workshop. They now need to define rationale for each requirement. Which of the following pairs of items would be important to include in the rationale?

   Choose one answer.

   • Reasons and assumptions
   • Functional relationships and work breakdown structure code
   • Product vision and operational relationships
   • Stakeholder impact and design decisions

4. Question 4 · 1

   Company A is working on implementing a new platform with multiple stakeholders. The business analyst has gathered the requirements and established a baseline. However, scope creep is a persistent problem. What could the business analyst have established to help manage this situation?

   Choose one answer.

   • Configuration management system
   • Sponsor signoff
   • Change control process
   • Communication plan

5. Question 5 · 1

   Which of the following is the best approach to enable developers and product owners to be in constant communication so that changes or issues that occur during development are exposed and discussed as they develop?

   Choose one answer.

   • Iterative
   • Waterfall
   • Agile
   • Linear

6. Question 6 · 1

   A type of requirements document that would be the most valuable to a database administrator would be:

   Choose one answer.

   • an object diagram.
   • an entity relationship diagram.
   • a business process diagram.
   • a data flow diagram.

7. Question 7 · 1

   Requirements elicitation for a project is occurring. The marketing, acquisition, and production departments want to include specific requirements. The CEO has a requirement to deploy in three months. Which of the following actions will have a greater influence on the project success?

   Choose one answer.

   • Estimate the effort required for each requirement and develop as many functionalities as possible.
   • Prioritize and develop the requirements of the marketing department since the project will impact a greater number of people.
   • Conduct a stakeholder analysis and balance requirements by understanding the relative power associated with each stakeholder group.
   • Explain the situation to the CEO and try to obtain an extension of the contract for the actual time necessary to develop the system.

8. Question 8 · 1

   A company uses a prioritization range of 1–10, in which 10 represents the highest or best. According to the information from the table, which option should the business analyst recommend?

   Choose one answer.

   

   • 3
   • 4
   • 2
   • 1

9. Question 9 · 1

   A company wants to improve the service to its customers by reducing complaint response time by 40%. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to redesign and optimize their internal processes and support it with a new product. The client thinks that disruption and short-term loss of productivity is inevitable. Where can the business analyst best reflect the intangible costs associated with this change?

   Choose one answer.

   • In the requirements specification document
   • In the balanced score card chart
   • In the pay-back analysis
   • In the business case

10. Question 10 · 1

    The document that defines the process for managing requirements revisions is the:

    Choose one answer.

    • project management plan.
    • communications management plan.
    • scope management plan.
    • change management plan.

11. Question 11 · 1

    Which of the following best describes the function of the requirements baseline?

    Choose one answer.

    • Tracks the progress of requirements documentation.
    • Defines how the project will be scheduled.
    • Provides the basis for the development scope.
    • Controls the product development and evolution.

12. Question 12 · 1

    A stakeholder wants to modify an existing feature. Which of the following would be used to determine the scope of the change on the product?

    Choose one answer.

    • Sequence diagram
    • Requirements traceability matrix
    • Requirements attributes table
    • Project schedule and cost baseline

13. Question 13 · 1

    After conducting a brainstorming session with a group of project participants, the business analyst feels that the elicited requirements are biased. Which tool or technique could be used to gain an objective, first-handed insight into tasks and activities that are difficult to describe?

    Choose one answer.

    • Observation
    • Document analysis
    • Traceability matrix
    • Questionnaires and surveys

14. Question 14 · 1

    The quality function deployment is best suited to assist in the process of:

    Choose one answer.

    • quality assurance by structuring the quality audits.
    • relating the product features to customer value.
    • quality control by determining the control charts and the run charts.
    • controlling the effects between the quality functions.

15. Question 15 · 1

    The test team is reviewing requirements that were written for Project A. They are having difficulty determining if the test results meet the project needs. Which project artifact could the test team review to help identify acceptance criteria?

    Choose one answer.

    • Use cases
    • Project scope
    • Delphi outcome
    • RACI chart

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