IIBA ECBA Certification Practice Exam 1
Question and Answers
Which are the valid knowledge areas of Business Analysis with respect to BABOK
Guide V3?
~Ans~ 1. Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
2. Elicitation & Collaboration
3. Requirements LifeCycle Management
4. Strategy Analysis
5. Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
6. Solution Evaluation
The Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM) can be used to?
~Ans~ 1. Describe the profession and domain of Business Analysis
2. Communicate about business analysis with a common terminology
3. Evaluate the relationships of key concepts in business analysis
4. Perform better business analysis by holistically evaluating the relationships among
these six concepts
5. Evaluate the impact of these concepts and relationships at any point during a work
effort in order to establish both a foundation and a path forward
6 core concepts of the BACCM:
~Ans~ 1. Change
2. Need
3. Solution
4. Stakeholder
5. Value
6. Context
The activities that Business Analysts perform include:
~Ans~ 1. Understand enterprise problems and goals
2. analyzing needs and solutions
3. devising strategies
4. driving change
5. facilitating stakeholder collaboration
Functional Requirements
~Ans~ Describe the capabilities that a solution must have (in terms of the behavior
and information that the solution will manage)
Sponsors are responsible for:
~Ans~ initiating the effort to define a business need and develop a solution that
meets that need.
, A sketch of a dashboard is an example of:
~Ans~ Design
Competencies that support the practice of Business Analysis:
~Ans~ 1. Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
2. Business Knowledge
3. Behavioral Characteristics
4. Communication Skills
5. Interaction Skills
6. Tools and Technology
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving core competencies:
~Ans~ 1. Creative Thinking
2. Decision Making
3. Learning
4. Problem Solving
5. Systems Thinking
6. Conceptual Thinking
7. Visual Thinking
Agile principles and practices are often successfully applied in initiatives where?
~Ans~ 1. There is a clear commitment from the customer and engagement by
empowered subject matter experts (SME's)
2. The business need or proposed solution is complex or complicated
3. Business needs are changing or unknown and are still emerging
Non-Functional Requirements:
~Ans~ do not relate directly to the behavior of functionality of the solution, but
rather describe conditions under which a solution must remain effective or qualities
that a solution must have
The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Knowledge area includes the
following tasks:
~Ans~ 1. Plan Business Analysis Approach
2. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
3. Plan Business Analysis Governance
4. Plan Business Analysis Information Management
5. Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements
Predictive Approaches:
~Ans~ often preferred in situations where:
1. Requirements can effectively be defined ahead of implementation
2. The risk of an incorrect implementation is unacceptably high
3. When engaging stakeholders presents significant challenges.
Adaptive Approaches:
~Ans~
Business Cases:
Question and Answers
Which are the valid knowledge areas of Business Analysis with respect to BABOK
Guide V3?
~Ans~ 1. Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
2. Elicitation & Collaboration
3. Requirements LifeCycle Management
4. Strategy Analysis
5. Requirements Analysis & Design Definition
6. Solution Evaluation
The Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM) can be used to?
~Ans~ 1. Describe the profession and domain of Business Analysis
2. Communicate about business analysis with a common terminology
3. Evaluate the relationships of key concepts in business analysis
4. Perform better business analysis by holistically evaluating the relationships among
these six concepts
5. Evaluate the impact of these concepts and relationships at any point during a work
effort in order to establish both a foundation and a path forward
6 core concepts of the BACCM:
~Ans~ 1. Change
2. Need
3. Solution
4. Stakeholder
5. Value
6. Context
The activities that Business Analysts perform include:
~Ans~ 1. Understand enterprise problems and goals
2. analyzing needs and solutions
3. devising strategies
4. driving change
5. facilitating stakeholder collaboration
Functional Requirements
~Ans~ Describe the capabilities that a solution must have (in terms of the behavior
and information that the solution will manage)
Sponsors are responsible for:
~Ans~ initiating the effort to define a business need and develop a solution that
meets that need.
, A sketch of a dashboard is an example of:
~Ans~ Design
Competencies that support the practice of Business Analysis:
~Ans~ 1. Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
2. Business Knowledge
3. Behavioral Characteristics
4. Communication Skills
5. Interaction Skills
6. Tools and Technology
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving core competencies:
~Ans~ 1. Creative Thinking
2. Decision Making
3. Learning
4. Problem Solving
5. Systems Thinking
6. Conceptual Thinking
7. Visual Thinking
Agile principles and practices are often successfully applied in initiatives where?
~Ans~ 1. There is a clear commitment from the customer and engagement by
empowered subject matter experts (SME's)
2. The business need or proposed solution is complex or complicated
3. Business needs are changing or unknown and are still emerging
Non-Functional Requirements:
~Ans~ do not relate directly to the behavior of functionality of the solution, but
rather describe conditions under which a solution must remain effective or qualities
that a solution must have
The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Knowledge area includes the
following tasks:
~Ans~ 1. Plan Business Analysis Approach
2. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
3. Plan Business Analysis Governance
4. Plan Business Analysis Information Management
5. Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements
Predictive Approaches:
~Ans~ often preferred in situations where:
1. Requirements can effectively be defined ahead of implementation
2. The risk of an incorrect implementation is unacceptably high
3. When engaging stakeholders presents significant challenges.
Adaptive Approaches:
~Ans~
Business Cases:
