CCBA V3 Simulation Test Set 01 - Sample 2017

CCBA
Simulation
Test 01
Sample
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Simulation test questions
1. Organization A provides weightages - Must have to get 10
points; discretionary items are given points ranging from one
through nine. Vendor proposals are ranked against the
criteria list. The vendor with the most points is selected.
Techniques used during this process are
a. Stakeholder analysis, decision analysis, and key
performance indicators.
b. Vendor assessment, key performance indicators, and
acceptance/evaluation criteria definition.
c. Decision analysis, structured walkthrough, and functional
decomposition.
d. Data analysis, structured walkthrough, and functional
decomposition.
2. Stakeholder S provided the following requirement, The
system should be able to manage schedule. The project
glossary document does not describe the verb, "Manage". It is
possible that Term manage can be broken down further. The
reason why requirement needs revision is because the
requirement is
a. Not
b. Non
c. Non
d. Not

clear
atomic
testable
understandable

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3. Business analyst A is business analyst for Project P.
Business analyst A's stakeholder has requested for a change
to a baselined requirement. Business analyst A will
a. Reject the change as the requirement is already baselined.
b. A know that the change is not useful, hence keep it on
hold.
c. Follow the change request process as identified in the
requirements management plan.
d. Tell the stakeholder that it is too late to accept any new
change.
4. Business analyst A is developing a context diagram. The
aspect that A does not need to include is ______________.
a. Detailed process logic.
b. Other system interfaces.
c. Users of the system.
d. Standards to be referenced.
5. Business analyst A is a business analyst in telecom domain.
Telecom domain has strict standards to make sure systems can
interconnect and work well. A should look for which one among
following to develop requirement in this domain?
a. Viewpoint
b. Traceability matrix
c. Requirements management plan
d. Business analysis plan

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6. Requirements traceability can be established only at
a. The individual requirement level.
b. The model or package level.
c. The feature level.
d. Level considering costs and benefits.

7. Organization A is embarking on a project to implement an

organization wide resource planning system. It would
a. Identify stakeholders once the implementation consultants
are hired.
b. Identify stakeholders early in the project life cycle.
c. Focus on department heads for implementation.
d. Wait for implementation to progress half-way and then
involve stakeholders.

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8. ABC Software would like to automate its requirements
management process. Following diagram models data structures
and their relationships of the proposed system. Which of the
following statement(s) concerning the diagram is / are true?

a. For every requirement a Status can be added.

b. Requirements have ID, Description, Status, Source and
Category.
c. Any requirement can have several histories stored in the
system.
d. Requirements engineer may create any number of
requirements.

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9. B is business analyst for Project Q. Project Q prioritized
the requirements based on implementation effort. The basis
for prioritization is _________
a. Cost.
b. Benefit.
c. Requestor.
d. Type of the requirement.
10.Business Analyst A wants to design a requirements document in
such a way that it is particularly well suited for the people
who will work with the document in further phases of the
development process. Which of the following is the correct
combination of role and requirements characteristics?
a. For the testers, the requirements have to be realizable.
b. For the developers, the requirements have to be easily
changeable.
c. For all people involved, the requirements have to be
consistent.
d. For the maintenance staff, the requirements have to be
prioritization.

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1. Preface and Introduction

1.1 What is business analysis?

Your notes:

BABOK definition: BA is the practice of

enabling change in an enterprise by defining

needs and recommending solutions that deliver
value to stakeholders.

BA enables an enterprise to articulate its

needs, rationale for change and to design and
describe solutions that can deliver value.

BA can be performed within a project or across

the enterprise. It can be used to understand
the current state, Define future state and
determine activities required for transition.

BA can be performed from various perspectives

like agile, business intelligence, information
technology, business architecture, business
process management etc.

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Who is a Business analyst?
A person who performs BA tasks mentioned in
BABOK is considered a Business analyst
irrespective of his job title or organization
role.

Business analysts elicit

actual needs

of

stakeholders, not simply capture expressed

desires. They are also responsible for
discovering and analysing information from
various sources.

Common job titles for BAs are business

architect, system analyst, requirements
engineer, process analyst, management
consultant, product manager etc.

Business analysts help organizations define

the optimal solutions for their needs, given
the set of constraints (including time,
budget, regulations and others).
Key activities BAs perform are:

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Understand problems and goals of the
enterprise

Analyze needs and solutions

Devise strategies

Drive change

Facilitate stakeholder collaboration

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1.2 What is IIBA?
International Institute of BA (IIBA ) was
founded in Toronto, Canada in October of 2003
to support the BA community by:

Creating and developing awareness and

recognition of the value and contribution
of the business analyst.

Defining the BA body of knowledge

(BABOK).

Providing a forum for knowledge sharing

and contribution to the BA profession.

Publicly recognizing and certifying

qualified practitioners through an
internationally acknowledged certification
program.

What is BABOK?
BABOK contains a description of generally
accepted practices in the field of business
analysis. It gives guidance on the skills and
knowledge that a business analyst must
possess. Contents of BABOK have been verified
thoroughly by practitioners.

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BABOK

does not

mandate that practices

described should be followed under all

circumstances.
Any set of practices MUST be tailored to the
specific BA conditions.
The goal of revising BABOK v2.0 and coming up
with the new version v3.0 are as follows:
Incorporate new concepts and practices
Address the evolving scope of the
profession
Incorporate lessons learnt form
practitioners
Enhance readability and usability of the
guide and consistency and quality of
texts and illustrations
Improve consistency with other generally
accepted BA standards
1.3 What and Why of CCBA
CCBA stands for Certification of Capability
in Business Analysis, 2nd level certification
provided by International Institute of

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Business Analysis (IIBA), Canada (www.IIBA
.org).
Following are some of the benefits of becoming
a CCBA :
Be recognized for your competency in
business analysis.
Business analysis is the fastest growing
career opportunity for IT professionals.
People with domain experience can move into
IT sector by becoming a business analyst.
Better job prospects.
Better salary.
Target Audience for CCBA
CCBA examination targets the following
audience:
Current CCBAs
Level 1s
Those who have fallen into the role
Developing BAs
Hybrid BAs (PMs, testers, QA, change
managers, designers)
Product owners/managers
Non-BA consultants
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Trainers
Eligibility for CCBA
High school (i.e., 12 years of education is
required. In India, this will be higher
secondary school) and above.

Minimum

3750

hours of Business analysis-

related work in the last

Professional development:

years.

21

hours of

verifiable BABOK coursework in the last 4

years. Adaptive Processes is an authorized
EEP of IIBA, its trainings provide desired
PDUs for the CCBA certification
examination.
References: Two references.

Minimum

900

hours in each of the 2

knowledge areas or

500

hrs in each of 4

KAs.
Signed code of conduct is required.

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You can download a BA experience calculator at
no cost from our eStore.
CCBA Question pattern
This will be a scenario based examination.
Situations will be described in 2-4
sentences
Multiple choice answers
130 questions
3 hours
Examination weightage KA wise
Domain

% Distribution

Business Analysis Planning

12%

and Monitoring
Elicitation and

20%

Collaboration
Requirements Life Cycle

18%

Management
Strategy Analysis

12%

Requirements Analysis and

32%

Design Definition
Solution Evaluation

6%

Additional Information
Application expires within 1 year from

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approval
3 exams can be taken within a year without
requiring any waiting time in between
Certification process
Become an IIBA member at www.IIBA .org.
Benefits include free, unlimited access to
the BABOK and 500+ online books, local,
national and international networking
opportunities and ability to influence the
growth and direction of the BA profession.
Take required training from an IIBA EEP,
such as Adaptive Processes
(www.AdaptiveProcesses.com).
Download BABOK and start reading.
Join a study group, or start one.
Begin preparing for the application.

Preparing the application

Begin the application at least 2 weeks
before you plan to apply.
It can take anywhere from 6-10 hours to
complete.
Download and use Adaptive BA experience
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calculator.
Apply within 6 months of when you plan to
write.
You can download the CCBA handbook for a
detailed application process at IIBA website.

Tips for the certification examination

Please keep it in your mind that CCBA is a
test on your knowledge of BABOK, not your
knowledge on BA practice as you may be
following in your workplace.
Answers need to be as per

BABOK,

not

what you may think appropriate.

Questions are pretty much straight forward.
No long descriptive questions. However,
there are questions with diagrams.
No long answers. All questions had single
statement answers.
Avoid answers which are prescriptive.
BABOK does not provide any specific level
of rigor to be adopted in any activity.
Be careful with answers which say something
should be

100% or 0%

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to find such digital options in life.
Avoid terms which are not mentioned in
BABOK. Such a term can be technically
correct, for example a specific company may
have a Wok Breakdown System however
BABOK does not have any such term. BABOK
term is Work breakdown structure.
Multiple options can be technically
correct; choose the

BEST

option.

Do not trust long lists.

Knowledge areas
Knowledge areas represent areas of specific BA
expertise.
There are 6 knowledge area in BABoK:
1. BA planning and monitoring
2. elicitation and collaboration
3. Requirements life cycle management
4. Strategy analysis
5.Requirements analysis and design definition
6. Solution evaluation

Knowledge Areas
BA planning and

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monitoring

efforts of BAs and stakeholders

Elicitation and

Tasks BAs carry out to Prepare for

collaboration

elicitation, Conduct elicitation activities,

confirm results, communicate and collaborate
with stakeholders

Requirements

Tasks BAs perform to manage and maintain

life cycle

requirements and design information from start

management

till end

Strategy

Tasks BAs perform to identify a need of

analysis

strategic or tactical importance, how to

collaborate and enable stakeholders to address
that need etc.

Requirements

Tasks BAs carry out to organize elicited

analysis and

requirements, model them, validate and verify

design

them and identify and estimate Potential value

definition

of solution options

Solution

Tasks BAs perform to assess the performance

evaluation

and value delivered by a solution

Diagram below depicts the relationships between different

knowledge areas:

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Tasks
A task is an essential piece of work to be
performed as part of business analysis. Each
task should be performed

at least once

during most BA initiatives. There is no upper

limit to the number of times any task may be
performed. Tasks may be performed at any
scale from few minutes to few months.
In this book, tasks are structured in the
following manner:

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Purpose: Short description as to why a BA performs a task and
the value derived from it
Inputs

Stakeholders

Outputs

This section lists

This section lists

This section lists

the inputs for a

stakeholders who are

the results produced

task which will

likely to participate by performing a task

lead to outputs

in a task

Guidelines and Tools: This section lists resources which are

required to transform input into output.
Techniques: This section lists the techniques that can be used
to perform the BA task
1.4 Underlying competencies
Underlying competencies are skills, knowledge
and personal characteristics that support
effective performance of business analysis.

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CCBA V3 Study Guide

Table of contents
Copyright notice
Introduction

Feedbacks and suggestions on the book

Unique benefits of working with us

Our key clients

Adaptive workshops catalogue

1.

Preface and Introduction 10

1.1 What is business analysis? 10

1.2 What is IIBA?

13

1.3 What and Why of CCBA 15

1.4 Underlying competencies
2.

24

BA key concepts 25

2.1 Key terms

25

2.2 Requirement Classification 26

2.3 Stakeholders
3.

27

BA planning and monitoring

29

3.1 Plan BA approach 32

3.2 Plan stakeholder engagement
3.3 Plan BA governance

39

45

3.4 Plan BA information management 49

3.5 Identify BA performance improvements 56
4.

Elicitation and collaboration 60

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4.1 Prepare for elicitation
4.2 Conduct elicitation

63

67

4.3 Confirm elicitation result 70

4.4 Communicate BA information 72
4.5 Manage stakeholder collaboration

76

5.

79

Requirements life cycle management

5.1 Trace Requirements

84

5.2 Maintain Requirements 87

5.3 Prioritize Requirements

89

5.4 Assess Requirements Changes

93

5.5 Approve Requirements 96

6.

Strategy analysis

98

6.1 Analyze current state 103

6.2 Define future state
6.3 Assess risks

108

113

6.4 Define change strategy

7.

117

Requirements analysis and design definition

121

7.1 Specify and model requirements 124

7.2 Verify requirements

128

7.3 Validate requirements 130

7.4 Define Requirements architecture

133

7.5 Define Design options 136

7.6 Analyze Potential value and Recommend Solution 139
8.

Solution evaluation 142

8.1 Measure Solution Performance

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8.2 Analyze Performance Measures

147

8.3 Assess Solution limitations

149

8.4 Assess enterprise limitations

152

8.5 Recommend actions to increase solution value

9.

Underlying Competencies

156

159

9.1 Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

159

9.2 Behavioral Characteristics 161

9.3 Business Knowledge

163

9.4 Communication Skills 164

9.5 Interaction Skills

166

9.6 Tools and Technology 167

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About Adaptive Processes Consulting

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Key facts

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Consulting, training,

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engineering capabilities and

for BA and requirements

practices.

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Adaptive workshops catalogue
Category
Business analysis

Course Name
Certified Business Analyst Professional
(CBAP ) (Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)

Business analysis

Certification of Competency in Business

Analysis (CCBA) (Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)

Business analysis

Entry Certificate in Business Analysis

(ECBA) (Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)

Business analysis

Certified Professional in Requirements

Engineering(CPRE) (Endorsed by IREB,
Germany)

Business analysis

Elicitation techniques

Business analysis

Requirements modeling using UML

Business analysis

Behavioral skills for BAs

Business analysis

The ACE BA program

Agile

Certified Agile Practitioner

Agile

Introduction to Agile and Scrum

BSC

Balance Score Card

CMMI

CMMI for Services

CMMI

Introduction to CMMI for Development

CMMI

CMM Implementation Workshop

CoBIT

Introduction to COBIT

Excel

Excel for Executive Managers

ISO 27001

Certified ISO 27001 Implementer

ISO 27001

Certified ISO 27001 Internal Auditor

Project

Introduction to MS-Project

Management
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Project

Project Management Basics

Project
Management
Project
Management

Program Management Professional

Six
Sigma
Management
Project

Six Sigma Green Belt

Software
Management
Software
Engineering

Configuration Management

Software
Engineering
Software
Engineering

Introduction to Software Quality

Software
Engineering
Software
Engineering

Software Engineering Principles

Software
Engineering
Software
Engineering

Software Reviews

Software
Engineering
Software
Engineering

Software Metrics

Software
Engineering

Statistical Process Control

Stakeholder Management
Certified Software Team Lead
Good Programming Practices
Requirements Management
Introduction to Software QA
Software Testing Principles
Statistics for Project managers

Engineering
Please note that we modify course catalog based on changing
business needs. For the latest information, always refer to our
web-site, www.AdaptiveProcesses.com.

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Answers to the test

Question Correct Explanation
number
option
1

Observe the need for vendor assessment

Term manage is non-atomic

This is the correct process to handle change

requests

Since context models are high level diagrams

Viewpoints can help in gathering complete

requirements

Traceability can indeed be established at any

level

Always identify stakeholders early

Observe Status attribute for requirements.

Effort and cost are proportional

10

Requirements must be consistent to be

implemented

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