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1/10 · What is Business Analysis?
According to the business change lifecycle described in Paul and Cadle's 'Business Analysis', which of the following correctly states the normal sequence of the five stages?
AAlignment, Definition, Design, Implementation, Realisation
BAlignment, Design, Definition, Realisation, Implementation
CDesign, Alignment, Definition, Implementation, Realisation
DDefinition, Alignment, Design, Realisation, Implementation
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2/10 · The Competencies of a Business Analyst
According to the BCS Business Analysis Foundation syllabus, the competencies a business analyst requires are grouped into three broad areas. Which of the following correctly identifies these three areas?
ACommunication skills, leadership skills and negotiation skills
BAnalytical thinking and problem solving, behavioural characteristics and business knowledge
CPersonal qualities, business knowledge and professional techniques
DTechnical IT skills, domain expertise and project management skills
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3/10 · The Strategic Context for Business Analysis
A business analyst conducting an external environment analysis using PESTLE is asked to classify a newly enacted data protection law that requires the organisation to change how it stores and processes customer records. Under which PESTLE category should this factor be classified?
ALegal
BEconomic
CSocial
DTechnological
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4/10 · The Business Analysis Service Framework
A project sponsor asks a business analyst to find out why customer complaints have risen by 30% over the past six months, before any solution options are discussed. Which service within the Business Analysis Service Framework (BASF) is the analyst carrying out?
ASituation investigation and problem analysis
BFeasibility assessment and business case development
CRequirements definition
DBusiness process improvement
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5/10 · Investigating the Business Situation
Which of the following best describes the primary purpose of a discovery workshop when investigating a business situation?
ATo bring together a representative group of stakeholders in a facilitated session to explore and gather information about the business situation collaboratively
BTo present a fully designed solution to stakeholders purely for formal sign-off before development begins
CTo train staff on a new IT system that has already been implemented
DTo conduct a one-to-one, in-depth discussion with a single senior stakeholder
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6/10 · Analysing and Managing Stakeholders
In the power/interest grid, a stakeholder assessed as having high power over a change initiative but low interest in its day-to-day progress is typically managed using which strategy?
AApply minimal effort, monitoring them with no direct engagement
BManage closely, involving them in every decision as a key player
CKeep informed, and use them as a channel of influence towards more powerful stakeholders
DKeep satisfied, providing concise, high-level updates without overwhelming them with detail
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7/10 · Improving Business Services and Processes
The business process hierarchy used in business process modelling is typically described as having three levels. Which level sits at the top and represents the complete set of processes needed to run the whole organisation?
ATask level
BActor-task level
CEnterprise level
DValue chain level
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8/10 · Defining the Solution
In the BCS approach to defining a business solution, the POPIT model is used to ensure that a proposed solution is considered consistently across which set of dimensions?
APeople, Objectives, Process improvement, and Technology
BProcesses, Organisation, People, and Information Technology
CProduct, Objectives, Policy, and Investment total
DPlanning, Operations, Performance, and Implementation timeline
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9/10 · The Competencies of a Business Analyst · hard
Priya has recently moved into a business analyst role in a hospital trust. Colleagues note that she builds rapport quickly with clinical and administrative stakeholders, listens well, and adapts her communication style to different audiences. She also spent several years in NHS finance departments, so she understands healthcare funding processes and terminology well. However, she has never applied a formal requirements engineering approach and is unsure how to structure a requirements catalogue or run a facilitated workshop using recognised techniques. Using the BCS three-area classification of BA competencies, which area is most clearly underdeveloped in Priya's case?
APersonal qualities
BBusiness knowledge
CProfessional techniques
DUnderlying competencies
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10/10 · What is Business Analysis? · hard
An organisation runs three business analysis assignments concurrently: (1) an analyst helping the executive team decide which of the company's business capabilities to invest in over the next three years; (2) an analyst embedded in a Scrum team, prioritising the backlog and clarifying acceptance criteria on behalf of an unavailable business sponsor; (3) an analyst mapping data flows between two legacy systems to inform a technical migration. Which variants of the business analyst role do assignments (1) and (2) respectively represent?
A(1) Project business analyst; (2) Technical/systems business analyst
B(1) Enterprise business analyst; (2) Proxy product owner
C(1) Digital business analyst; (2) Enterprise business analyst
D(1) Technical/systems business analyst; (2) Digital business analyst
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B is correct. The BCS syllabus recognises several variants of the BA role: enterprise business analysts operate at the strategic/capability level; technical or systems business analysts focus on detailed system and data analysis; digital business analysts concentrate on digital products and customer channels; project business analysts work within the scope of a single project; and proxy product owners act on behalf of an unavailable business sponsor within an agile team, making prioritisation and acceptance decisions in their stead. Assignment (3), mapping data flows for a migration, exemplifies the technical/systems variant.
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Entry-level: 40 closed-book questions, 65% pass mark, no prerequisites. The breadth is the challenge — 14 syllabus areas from strategy analysis to benefits realisation.
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The Foundation certificate underpins BCS Practitioner certificates and counts toward the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis, which adds practitioner-level modules and an oral exam.
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