Analysis
Which of the following tools is suitable to quickly visualize the life cycle of an object?
State tables and state diagrams help business analysts specify the life cycle of an object in the solution. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p110
What is the purpose of Value Stream Maps?
Value stream maps are a variation of process flows. In addition to information in a traditional process flow, a value stream map shows any delays, queues, or handoffs that occur during the process. The purpose of a value stream map is to identify any time spent in the process that does not add value so it can be streamlined. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p242
Which options is incorrect about decision tree and decision table?
Both decision models can be employed at any point to further analyze decision logic. Decision trees are usually easier for stakeholders to review than decision tables. Both decision trees and decision tables are useful as a foundation for test case creation, with each combination of decisions and outcomes being a test case. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p233
The business analyst wants to use a set of tools to validate the elicitated requirements. Which tool is redundant?
Inspection is a tool for requirement verification.
Which one helps the project team know that the user story is sufficiently elaborated and ready to be brought into an iteration, designed, constructed, and delivered?
The definition of ready is a series of conditions that the entire team agrees to complete before a user story is considered sufficiently understood so that work can begin to construct it. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p256
Farzaneh is a product owner in a software company. She is discussing with the development team about the three user stories A, B and C which have NPVs of $ 3, $ 4, and $ 4.5 million, respectively. Farzaneh is currently working on which of the typicality of the user story?
User story must be INVEST. When it comes to NPV, we face value.
Which of the following factors is less commonly used to select an analysis model?
Option 3, which deals with sponsor investments, has nothing to do with analyzing their requirements and models.
Which of the next is incorrect about data flow diagram?
A data flow diagram illustrates the relationships between systems, actors, and the data that is exchanged and manipulated over the course of one or many processes. It is a model that can be used after business data diagrams, process flows, and an ecosystem map have been created. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p108
In use case, which one changes in the environment at the end of it?
Post conditions: Everything that has changed in the environment at the end of a use case. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p101
"Which processes are suitable for the following tools? (from left to right) Weighted ranking - Peer Review – Walkthrough "
Weighting factor is a suitable tool for Prioritization, Walkthrough for Validation and Peer review for verification.
Which of the following tools do database designers and professionals use well for database architecture?
Data dictionaries are used to specify very detailed aspects of data and to capture data fields and attributes from the business stakeholder’s perspective. The information captured does not need to explicitly reflect a database design. However, database designers use data dictionaries as an input to create the database architecture.Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p109
CRUD matrices describe who or what has permission to perform each of the CRUD operations on elements, such as data or user interface screens. CRUD stands for what words?
CRUD matrix, defined as create (C), read (R), update (U), and delete (D), represents the operations that can be applied to data or objects. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p241
Which option is incorrect considering the Diagram below?
An ecosystem map is a scope model that shows all the relevant systems, the relationships between systems, and optionally, any data objects passed between them. The systems are logical systems (business view); therefore, they may not match physical systems (implementation view) in architectural diagrams. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p234
The business analyst has scheduled two meetings with the company's compliance manager to review the requirements. What process do these meetings cover?
Verification also involves evaluating whether requirements and other product information comply with a regulation, specification, or imposed condition. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p265
Which fields in Use Case are often branch points from steps in the main flow and will usually terminate a use case?
Exception flows: Errors or disruptions in the normal flow that require an actor or system to perform a different action to respond to the exception. These are often branch points from steps in the main flow and will usually terminate a use case. Exception flows result in failure or nonachievement of the goal. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p101
A … differentiates an inspection from a peer review.
A checklist differentiates an inspection from a peer review. A peer review depends on the knowledge of the reviewers whereas the inspection uses a checklist of known defects for the product being inspected. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p133
If we consider the process flow as human language. Which of the following are the boxes most similar to?
During the process flow, the box represents an action performed and thus an verb similar to human language .
Which of the following cannot be supported by the Business Rules Catalog?
Business rules themselves are not processes or procedures, but rather describe how to constrain or support a behavior. Business rules apply across processes and procedures and guide the organization’s activities. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p104
There are 3 epics in product backlog. They are further detailed with additional information until they are ready for development. What process is going on in this backlog?
The epic must be broken down into a user story because of its complexity. This decomposition is called story slicing
Which category of model seems to start early in a project?
In general, scope models are used to structure and organize the goals, objectives, features, functions, and boundaries of the business domain being analyzed.It seems that the Scope model is done faster than the rest. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p92
Event list belongs to which category models?
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"For a company that is active in Telecom industry, following SMART Goal is written: Increase customer satisfaction by 5 % by 2022. Now in the stakeholder meeting, we want to know what percentage of product requirements meet this goal. The purpose of this meeting is to carefully review which activity? "
When we are in touch with the goals and the objectives and we want to connect the needs with them, we are validating.
Considering the following diagram, which next is incorrect?
The association merely establishes a connection that shows this actor is in some way associated with the use case. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p98
Elham, as a business analyst, after examining a requirement, has specified the status of one of its specifications with the approval and disapproval mark as follows. Which of the following requirements does the checklist indicate?
Which one is not language modeling?
Option 4 is a model and the rest of the options are the modeling language.
Which of the following about event list is incorrect?
event list and event response table are equivalent.
In requirements, measurability is directly related to which other characteristics?
Each requirement needs to be independently measurable. A requirement that is measurable provides the necessary detail to understand the criteria for testing. Measurability is usually a prerequisite to testability; a requirement that is not measurable cannot be tested. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p126
Which is not suitable to further identify gaps, inconsistencies, or redundancies in product information?
The rest of the options are elaboration models and come from the same family.
Product backlog items might be added, adjusted, removed, or reprioritized within a product backlog. This description is reminiscent of which feature of the product requirements?
Emergent. Product backlogs are a constantly changing list of product backlog items. As inputs change, new information is discovered, or priorities change, product backlog items might be added, adjusted, removed, or reprioritized within a product backlog. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p257
Which option is incorrect considering the Diagram below?
Software developers and testers find process flows to be useful to provide context for a set of requirements. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p100
In a software company, requirements are not INVEST, which process is violated?
INVEST is a tool for requirement verification
By implementing a process, we reached the minimum viable product. What is this process called?
MVP is a tool for requirement prioritazation Schemes.
Which category models’ structure and organize the features, functions, and boundaries of the business domain being analyzed?
Models that structure and organize the features, functions, and boundaries of the business domain being analyzed are Scope Models. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p229
Which of the following factors is less commonly used to select an analysis model?
Option 3, which deals with sponsor investments, has nothing to do with analyzing their requirements and models.
Atefeh is training the MoSCoW technique to a team of newly hired stakeholders in the organization. What is the application of this technique?
MoSCoW technique is an important tool for requirement prioritization
Which is in a tabular format and typically includes attributes such as source system, target system, volume of data passed, security or other rules, and the actual data objects passed?
A system interface table is a model of attributes that captures all of the detailed level requirements for a single system interface. The system interface table is in a tabular format and typically includes attributes such as source system, target system, volume of data passed, security or other rules, and the actual data objects passed. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p114
"Classify the following models by category: (from left to right) Wireframes - Use case - Context diagram - Decision tree - User story "
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Which of the next is not correct about behavior driven development?
This approach is a continuation of test- driven development, which suggests that writing tests first will create better products with fewer defects. While this technique is popular in adaptive approaches, it can be applied in any life cycle approach. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p263
In which approach can we product information descriptively, verify, validate and prioritize?
The analysis approach describes how analysis will be performed; how to verify, validate, and prioritize requirements and other product information; how risks will be identified and analyzed; how design options will be assessed; and which techniques and templates are expected to be used to perform any analysis. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p225
What are the characteristics of approved requirements?
Approved=verified+validated+approved and verified=3C such that 3C are correct,complete and consistent. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p266
For epic “As a customer, I want to go to the store and easily buy ingredients needed for a recipe” and its user story “As a customer, I want to be able to find past recipes so I can prepare them again.” Which better one can be an Acceptance Criteria for it?
An acceptance criteria must be written for the user story. The user story is confronted with historical data from the past that is now a concern of search.
Which option is incorrect considering the Diagram below?
There is n to n relationships in the diagram and these has added to the model risk.
Given when then format can be used to formulate which tool?
The behavior-driven development approach includes a commonly accepted syntax to write acceptance criteria for user stories, the given-when-then format. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p263
Javid as a business analyst in Oil and Gas company, is applying one process of ensuring all requirements accurately reflect the intent of the stakeholder; thereby ensuring the requirements meet their expectations. What is the name of that process?
In business analysis, requirements validation is the process of ensuring all requirements accurately reflect the intent of the stakeholder; thereby ensuring the requirements meet their expectations. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p131
Which relationship in entity relationship diagram is most risky?
The n to n relationship in the entity relationship diagram indicates the level of complexity of the database and consequently its risk increases.
Given that a program includes several projects, sub- program and several operations. Which of the following tools can more accurately plot the dependencies between program components?
An ecosystem map is used to understand all of the systems that may be affected by or that will impact the in-scope systems. It is a good model to represent systems that are in scope early in a project. In particular, the model is used to determine where there are possible interface requirements or data requirements. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p94
Roya, as a business analyst in an organization, uses a drawing tool in which a stick figure is used as the organization’s stakeholder and an elliptical is used as a need. Which of the following tools most closely resembles these descriptions?
A use case diagram shows all of the in-scope use cases for a system. In a use case diagram, a use case is represented by an oval with the name of the use case. An actor is shown as a stick figure. Business Analysis for Practitioners- PMI- (2015)-Ebook PDF-p97
What is the full set of end-to-end functionality that the stakeholders require for the solution to be accepted or considered functional?
Minimum viable product (MVP) is a prioritization mechanism used to define the scope of the first release of a solution to customers by identifying the fewest number of features or requirements that would constitute a solution from which the customer would obtain value. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p278
Which one is drawn last?
Entity relationship diagrams, process flows, and ecosystem maps are usually created first to identify the data objects, processes, and systems to show in a data flow diagram. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p232
What is the ultimate goal of imposing WIP limits in Kanban board?
WIP limits specify how many items (typically user stories or tasks) can be in one workflow step at a time. These limits maximize the productivity of the team by ensuring that it never takes on more work than it can handle. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis-PMI-(2017)-Ebook PDF-p277