PMI-PBA Free Practice Test

The business analyst has completed the requirements gathering and documentation processes in developing a baseline document. Several signoffs are needed During the joint review process with the key stakeholders, the stakeholders announce that they are still not ready to sign off due to a communication gap.
Which technique should the business analyst have followed to ensure consensus?

1. A. The business analyst should have reviewed the requirements of the project sponsor first before reviewing other requirements.
2. B. The business analyst should have performed a complete review of each requirement with one of the stakeholders' peers before the meeting
3. C. The business analyst should have performed a complete review of each requirement with the key stakeholders prior to the meeting.
4. D. The business analyst should have invited the key stakeholders to the meeting.

Correct Answer: C

Projects have been managed well and completed on schedule and on budget. However, successful completion of the projects has not improved the company's performance and profitability.
Which of the following should have been implemented to ensure that the projects would improve the company's performance and profitability?

1. A. A risk plan
2. B. A review with appropriate stakeholders
3. C. A project management plan
4. D. A strategies and goals analysis

Correct Answer: D

A company has just finished the development work for a new software sales tracking application and is in the process of validating that the new application meets all of the acceptance criteria defined for the business requirements. During the validation process, a stakeholder discovers that the application does not provide the selection criteria needed to produce the sales volume reporting required by the company's financial department. The business analyst for the project determines that the selection criteria needed was not specified in the system requirements or design specifications.
Which of the following tools and/or techniques might be used by the business analyst to determine how the selection criteria requirement was missed?

1. A. Cause and effect diagram, brainstorming, and/or the Five Whys
2. B. Root cause analysis, fishbone diagram, and/or the Five Whys
3. C. Scope modelin
4. D. Ishikawa diagram, and/or the Five Whys
5. E. Root cause analysis, problem tracking, and/or benchmarking

Correct Answer: B

The requirements baseline is ready for sign-off when the requirements are:

1. A. consistent, analyzed, complete, and validated
2. B. justified, clear, consistent, and verified
3. C. complete, clear, verified, and adopted
4. D. clear, consistent, complete, and validated

Correct Answer: B

A project team has completed the system use cases along with accompanying screen mockups. The business analyst schedules a review meeting with the client team to walk through the artifacts.
What is the purpose of this meeting?

1. A. To verify that the system is aligned with the quality requirements
2. B. To validate that the documents are aligned with the solution requirements
3. C. To validate that the system is aligned with the stakeholder requirements
4. D. To verify that the documents are aligned with the transition requirements

Correct Answer: C