Adrian D’Souza – 22929

QUIZ NO 2 MARKS 5
CHOICE THE CORRECT ANSWER
 

 9. Putri is a senior BA at an Indonesian organization, Asian Lions, specializing in

moving North American and European families into and out of Indonesia. They
have been hugely successful and have decided to expand throughout Southeast
Asia. She has defined the business need, looked at the current and future
capabilities, and examined several alternatives. She is about to provide a
roadmap that will allocate functionality to different releases with a
recommendation on outsourcing and an approximate timeline for each release.
Which task and element are Putri performing?
o A. 

Allocate requirements (task) and release planning (element).

o B. 

Define solution scope (task) and implementation approach (element).

o C. 

Determine solution approach (task) and implementation approach (element).

o D. 

Determine solution approach (task) and release planning (element).

 10. While ensuring that solutions meet business needs and facilitating their
successful implementation, a BA will produce which of the following:
o A. 

Organizational readiness assessment, transition requirements, stakeholder

concerns.

o B. 

Allocated requirements, transition requirements, validated solution scope

o C. 

Assessment of proposed solution, allocated requirements, and identified

defects/mitigating actions,
 o D. 

Assessment of proposed solution, assumptions and constraints, and allocated

requirements.

 11. Requirements packages can include all of the following formats EXCEPT:

o A. 

Formal documentation.

o B. 

Informal documentation.

o C. 

Presentation.

o D. 

Models.
 

 12. Bob is a BA who has been working on a process improvement project. He has

completed an assessment in which he has concluded that a great deal of work
needs to be done in order for the stakeholder groups he’s been working with to
effectively follow the new process and produce defect-free outputs. He has found
that the stakeholders have not seen the “to-be” process map, no procedures
have been written, no training has been done, and no new policies have been
issued. What type of assessment did Bob complete?
o A. 

Stakeholder impact analysis.

o B. 

Cultural assessment.

o C. 

Operational assessment.

o D. 

Technical assessment.
  

 13. Julie is a business analyst and has just received her performance appraisal.
Her manager praised her for the confidence her stakeholders have in the process
she uses for helping them select correct solutions on her projects. What
competency is Julie being praised for?
o A. 

Effectiveness of Julie's decision-making abilities.

o B. 

Effectiveness of Julie's problem-solving abilities.

o C. 

Stakeholders include the BA in the decision making process.

o D. 

Effectiveness of Julie's creative thinking abilities.

 14. Ben is defining the business need for his current assignment and completed
the following draft problem statement. How would you assess his problem
statement? Mortgages take an average of 20 days to process, delaying closings
by an average of 5 days each. 25% of the applicants lose their interest rate lock
as a result of the delays, costing $500-1000 for loans on which we extend the
lock, and angry customers when we choose not to extend the lock.
o A. 

It is complete and contains all the needed elements.

o B. 

It is missing who the problem affects.

o C. 

It is missing the impact of the problem.

o D. 

It is missing what a successful solution would produce.

 

 15. Temporal events in a Use Case:

 o A. 

Are shown by an actor connected by a line with an arrowhead.

o B. 

Can be connected to a use case by dotted line.

o C. 

Cannot be shown on a use case diagram.

o D. 

Is indicated with a time actor to trigger the use case.

 16. Riley is a BA in an organization that routinely purchases commercial software.

Part of the process is to gather the requirements and rank them as follows: must-
haves get 10 points; discretionary items are given points ranging from one
through nine. This list of criteria is sent to three vendors. Vendor proposals are
returned and ranked against the criteria list. The vendor with the most points is
selected. The techniques that are used for this process are:
o A. 

Vendor assessment, decision analysis, and key performance indicators.

o B. 

Vendor assessment, key performance indicators, and acceptance/evaluation

criteria definition.

o C. 

Decision analysis, structured walkthrough, and functional decomposition.

o D. 

Decision analysis, acceptance/evaluation criteria, and vendor assessment.