PMI-PBA Online Practice Questions and Answers

A sponsor requests a new requirement. The business analyst explains that most of the information needed for this requirement does not exist and that the requirement cannot be implemented. The business analyst recommends deferring the requirement until the needed information is available and then adding it to a subsequent project. The sponsor agrees.

What should the business analyst do next?

A. Mark the requirement as complete so that it is not forgotten.

B. Ask the stakeholder to review the requirement before any other action is taken.

C. Communicate that the status of this requirement has changed.

D. Bring the subsequent project to the change control board (CCB).

When a change request is received, the business analyst is responsible for:

A. analyzing the impact on business and underlying systems.

B. prioritizing and scheduling the changes requested.

C. ensuring that change-related incidents are minimized in production.

D. analyzing the impact to the project schedule and budget.

Last year, a company registered a high number of complaints about its customer service. Which of the following tools or techniques can help to identify the high-priority changes needed to improve that service?

A. A work breakdown structure analysis of the service

B. A cause-and-effect diagram

C. A Pareto analysis

D. A flowchart of the service

A business analyst has been assigned to ProjectY. After a requirements gathering session, the project manager asks the business analyst to identify which requirements would be considered in scope and out of scope, based on the business need.

What document should the business analyst use to determine the relationship of the requirement to the business need?

A. Traceability matrix

B. Requirements package

C. Reliability matrix

D. Requirements management plan

A company is awarded a contract to design and build a custom product. The contract references a detailed technical specification.

What is the best action to take to ensure the design meets customer requirements?

A. Develop a test plan to verify that the product meets the performance requirementsin the technical specification.

B. Generate a design package for the product and ask the customer to verify that the design meets his or her technical needs.

C. Create a system requirements verification matrix to trace the design to the technical requirements and include verification methods.

D. Conduct a one-on-one interview with each member of the technical team to ensure that they understand the customer's specification.

During the project execution phase, the client requests the addition of a new feature. Which of the following would allow the business analyst to determine the impact for the specific requirement change?

A. Requirements management tool

B. Requirements traceability matrix

C. Requirements cards

D. Requirements baseline

After analyzing a set of requirements documents, it is determined that the requirements are not yet ready for peer review. This was most likely caused by:

A. some requirements having not yet been discussed in a work group session.

B. the requirements documents having not yet received sign-off from the sponsor.

C. the requirements not providing all of the information needed to define the work.

D. the requirements' reference codes not tracing to the attribute numbers in the work breakdown structure.

A project affects the marketing unit and procurement unit. The project manager gives the business analyst an overview of the project for the first time. What should the business analyst do immediately after the discussion?

A. Schedule time with the process owners.

B. Develop an issues log.

C. Put the information into a project plan.

D. Assess the risks for the project.

A business analyst from Company A has been assigned a project to document and identify requirements for a new commercial software implementation. The first step is to break down the business analysis deliverables into activities and

tasks. Then, the business analyst will add an estimate of the time needed to complete the work.

Which type of estimation technique is the business analyst using?

A. Analogous

B. Bottom-up

C. Delphi

D. Parametric

A business analyst has elicited, documented, and verified the requirements, discovering that there are not enough resources to deliver all the requirements. Which technique should the business analyst employ to rectify the issue?

A. Hold a brainstorming workshop to build the rationale for the requirements.

B. Perform traceability to find out where the requirements originated.

C. Survey stakeholders on their likes and dislikes about the requirements.

D. Ask stakeholders to vote on the requirements.