PMI-PBA Free Practice Test

A business analyst has captured all of the requirements from the various stakeholders within the organization and has compiled them into a complete list. After reviewing the list of requirements with the stakeholders, it is determined that the list of requirements is too large and will exceed the allotted budget.
Which tool or technique should the business analyst use with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements to determine which requirements are approved, deferred, or rejected?

1. A. SMART Goals
2. B. Timeboxing Analysis
3. C. MoSCoW Analysis
4. D. SWOT Analysis

Correct Answer: C

A business analyst is working on a system enhancement project and has completed the requirements according to the requirements management plan. The business analyst is now ready to request approval from the stakeholders.
How should the business analyst obtain approval?

1. A. Provide a defect tracking log for review.
2. B. Conduct a formal or informal review of the requirements.
3. C. Send an email requesting approval of requirements.
4. D. Create and maintain an audit history log of changes to requirements.

Correct Answer: B

The requirements traceability matrix should primarily be used to:

1. A. address the responsibility owner for each requirement.
2. B. identify the risks associated with dependent requirements
3. C. define a convention to map the requirements to their sources.
4. D. ensure that all requirements have been met.

Correct Answer: D

A new project is in the planning phase. The business owner believes that, since the timeline is aggressive, requirements elicitation should begin as soon as possible. Which activity should the business analyst initiate before beginning requirements elicitation?

1. A. Document how the relevant systems interact.
2. B. Draft a high-level data model.
3. C. Prepare the requirements traceability matrix.
4. D. Define how the solution will be evaluated.

Correct Answer: A

A business analyst is assigned to a business process re-engineering project. In addition to planning a workshop to elicit requirements, the business analyst wants to send out a survey to gather data to use in
a statistical analysis on user satisfaction with the current business process.
Which of the following types of surveys would be most appropriate to create and why?

1. A. A closed-ended survey to pose several multiple choice questions and ask the users if the current business process is correct
2. B. An open-ended survey to allow users the opportunity to explain their opinions on the current business process
3. C. An open-ended survey to collect different opinions on the current business process
4. D. A closed-ended survey using the Likert scale to rank specific areas of the current business process

Correct Answer: A