IIBA ECBA Entry Certificate in Business Analysis Exam Practice Test

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Question 1
Question 2

Which of the following are criteria used to determine quality requirements relationships?



Answer : C

Quality requirements relationships are determined by criteria that ensure the requirements are fundamentally sound. These criteria include:

Necessary: The requirement must be essential to meet the business need or opportunity.

Consistent: The requirement must not conflict with other requirements.

Correct: The requirement must accurately describe the functionality that will meet the business need or opportunity.

These criteria help in ensuring that the quality requirements are aligned with the business objectives and can be effectively implemented and managed.


Question 3

Which behavioural characteristic enables the business analyst (BA) to establish credibility by ensuring that business analysis efforts meet the needs of the business?



Answer : C

The behavioral characteristic that enables a business analyst (BA) to establish credibility by ensuring that business analysis efforts meet the needs of the business is Personal Accountability. Personal accountability involves the BA taking ownership of their work, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to the expectations of colleagues and stakeholders. This characteristic is crucial for establishing credibility, as it demonstrates the BA's commitment to delivering value aligned with business needs. By effectively planning, executing, and following through on business analysis tasks, the BA builds trust and confidence among stakeholders, ensuring that the business analysis efforts are recognized as vital contributors to the organization's success.


Question 4

In the define design options task, which of the following relates to the identify improvement opportunities element?



Answer : C

Identify Improvement OpportunitiesWhen proposing design options, a number of opportunities to improve the operation of the business may occur and are compared.Some common examples of opportunities include:

Increase Efficiencies: automate or simplify the work people perform by re-engineering or sharing processes, changing responsibilities, or outsourcing. Automation may also increase consistency of behaviour, reducing the likelihood of different stakeholders performing the same function in distinctly different fashions.

Improve Access to Information: provide greater amounts of information to staff who interface directly or indirectly with customers, thereby reducing the need for specialists.

Identify Additional Capabilities: highlight capabilities that have the potential to provide future value and can be supported by the solution. These capabilities may not necessarily be of immediate value to the organization (for example, a software application with features the organization anticipates using in the future).


Question 5

Which of the following business analysis activities might be undertaken to verify requirements?



Answer : D

A requirement can be of benefit to a stakeholder and still not be a desirable part of a solution. A requirement that does not deliver benefit to a stakeholder is a strong candidate for elimination. When requirements do not align, either the future state must be re-evaluated and the solution scope changed, or the requirement removed from the solution scope.


Question 6
Question 7

Stakeholders commonly face challenges in prioritizing requirements due to:



Answer : C

Stakeholders often face challenges in prioritizing requirements due to different perceived values. This challenge arises because stakeholders may have varying opinions on what is most important, leading to conflicts and difficulties in reaching a consensus on priority. The diversity in stakeholders' backgrounds, roles, and interests can result in a wide range of perspectives on which requirements should take precedence.


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