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CAPM® practice questions: Business Analysis Frameworks
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1/5 · Business Analysis Frameworks
During requirements elicitation, a BA discovers that a stakeholder's requested requirement would significantly increase the project's scope and cost. What is the most appropriate next step for the BA?
AImmediately reject the requirement without informing the PM or other stakeholders.
BIndependently approve the change because requirements decisions fall solely within the BA's authority.
CIgnore the finding because scope and cost are exclusively PM concerns unrelated to BA work.
DCommunicate the potential scope and cost impact to the project manager so it can be evaluated through the project's change control process.
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2/5 · Business Analysis Frameworks
What is the primary purpose of a requirements traceability matrix (RTM)?
ATo replace the need for a requirements document by listing only the final approved requirements.
BTo assign responsibility for each requirement to a specific team member for performance evaluation.
CTo record the project's budget variance for each work package in the work breakdown structure.
DTo link each requirement to its origin, such as a business objective, and to the deliverables that satisfy it, supporting tracking throughout the project.
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3/5 · Business Analysis Frameworks · easy
A business analyst wants to understand how customer service representatives actually process refund requests, including informal workarounds they might not mention in an interview. Which elicitation technique is BEST suited to this goal?
AA one-time email survey sent to all representatives
BReading the original system requirements document
CObservation (e.g., job shadowing representatives while they work)
DReviewing the organization's annual financial report
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4/5 · Business Analysis Frameworks · hard
On a predictive (plan-driven, waterfall-style) project, at what point are detailed requirements typically finalized and placed under formal change control?
ARequirements are never finalized; they are continuously re-prioritized in every iteration.
BRequirements are elicited only after the solution has been fully built and deployed.
CRequirements are defined by the development team without stakeholder involvement, then approved retroactively.
DRequirements are baselined early, after elicitation and analysis are largely complete, before design and build phases begin.
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5/5 · Business Analysis Frameworks · easy
A business analyst compares a delivered exception report line-by-line against the approved requirements specification to confirm every specified field and calculation was implemented. Which business analysis activity is being performed?
AValidation — confirming the solution meets the actual business need
BNeeds assessment — confirming a business problem still exists
CVerification — confirming the solution meets the documented requirements
DElicitation — gathering additional requirements from the report's users
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C is correct. Verification answers 'did we build the product right?' by checking a deliverable against its documented specification, while validation answers 'did we build the right product?' by checking against the actual business need. This scenario describes a field-by-field specification check, which is verification, not validation.
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