PMI-PBA UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT ANSWERS
acceptance criteria - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A set of conditions that is required to be met
before deliverables are accepted
active listening - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The act of listening completely with all senses
so as to pick up all of the information that is being communicated.
activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during
the course of a project.
adaptive life cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A project life cycle, also known as change-
driven or agile methods, that is intended to facilitate change and requires a high degree of
ongoing stakeholder involvement.
affinity diagram - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A group creativity technique that allows large
numbers of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis.
approved change request - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A change request that has been
processed through the integrated change control process and approved.
architecture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A method to describe an organization by mapping
its essential characteristics, such as people, locations, processes, applications, data, and
technology.
as is process - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A depiction of the current state of a process,
representing how a process is currently performed in the organization.
assumption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A factor that is considered to be true, real, or
certain, without proof or demonstration.
asynchronous interview - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An interview in which the participants
are not engaged in the interview at the same time.
,backlog - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A listing of product requirements and deliverables to
be completed, written as stories, and prioritize by the business to manage and organize the
project's work.
baseline - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The approved version of a work product that can be
changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for
comparison.
benchmarking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The comparison of actual or planned practices,
such as processes and operations, to those of comparable organizations to identify best
practices, generate ideas for improvement, and provide a basis for measuring performance.
brainstorming - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A general data gathering and creativity technique
that is used to identify risks, ideas, or solutions to issues by using a group of team members
or subject matter experts.
burndown - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A visual chart depicting the number of backlog items
remaining at any point in time in a project.
business analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The set of activities performed to identify
business needs; recommend relevant solutions; and elicit, document, and manage
requirements.
business analysis approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A description of how the business
analysis process will be conducted for the project or program.
business analysis center of excellence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an organizational
structure created whereby business analysts are managed centrally or are provided
membership centrally for the purpose of improving the business analysis discipline across the
organization. (aka Center of Business Analysis Practice)
business analysis documentation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The set of business analysis
information produced as an output of the business analysis work conducted on a program or
project. Such output may be comprised of business analysis deliverables, business analysis
work products, or a combination thereof.
, business analysis plan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A subplan of the project management
plan that defines the business analysis approach, including the tasks that will be performed,
the deliverables that will be produced, the roles required to carry out the process, and process
decisions regarding how requirement-related decisions will be made...
business analysis planning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The domain of business analysis
that involves planning all of the business analysis activities and reaching the necessary
process decisions required for running an effective business analysis process for a program or
project.
business architechture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A collection of the business functions,
organizational structures, locations, and processes of an organization, including documents
and depictions of those elements.
business case - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A documented economic feasibility study used to
establish the validity of the benefits of a selected component lacking sufficient definition and
used as a basis for the authorization of further project management activities.
business need - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The impetus for a change in an organization,
based on an existing problem or opportunity
business objective model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A business analysis model that relates
the business problems, business objectives, and top-level features. This model encompasses
the justification for a project.
business requirements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Requirements that describe the higher-
level needs of the organization, such as the business issues or opportunities, and which
provide the rationale for why a project is being undertaken.
business rule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Constraints about how the organization wants to
operate. These constraints are usually enforced by data and/or processes and are under the
jurisdiction of the business.
business rules analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A process for evaluating, designing, and
implementing the rules that govern the organization, its processes, and its data.
