You are the business analyst for your organization and you're preparing to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. You've gathered several inputs to help with the elicitation process. Which input(s) will be used to ensure that you understand the type of information that should be elicited from the stakeholders?

You are the business analyst for a new project. Part of this project is for the project team to manually install new workstations through the company's campus. Based on your research you have determined that the project team can install 25 new workstations per hour. Since there is a fixed amount of time that these workstations need to be installed you are considering adding additional labor for the implementation. You are also considering to adjust the prioritization of the project requirements based on the amount of workstations the project team can install per hour. What does the 25 workstations per hour represent in this scenario?

Which elicitation activity is best described to ensure that the needed resources are organized and available for the elicitation?

In order to have high quality in requirements, all of the following characteristics should exist in the requirements except for which one?

Brian is the business analyst for his organization and he's hosting a brainstorming session. He is facilitating the session with eight stakeholders. Why is it important for Brian to not set a goal for the number of ideas the group should generate in the session?

Which one of the following business analysis techniques for analyzing business goals converts the business goals into achievable objectives and measures?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're performing the solution assessment process. When you assess a solution, what are you actually looking for?

You are the business analyst for your organization. Management has asked you to create a plan that will define the proposed structure and schedule for communicating the business analysis activities to the appropriate stakeholders. What plan does management want you to create?

Which of the following is used to rate available methodologies against organizational needs?

You are a business analyst for your organization and you're working with Mary. Mary wants to know what you need to complete the process of planning the business analysis approach if you're already the business analyst for your organization. This approach helps to find out the following except for which one?

Some of the requirements in the solution must be completed because of laws and regulations in your industry.

Management would like you, the business analyst, to rank the requirements according to the relevant laws. What type of requirements prioritization is management having you complete?

You are the business analyst for your organization and preparing to plan the business analysis approach. There are three inputs to the business analysis approach. Which one of the following is not an input to this approach?

A business analyst (BA) creates several use case scenarios to specify the requirements for a system. When the beta version of the system is released, there are problems because several important pieces of information are missing. What should the BA have done to avoid this situation?

Stakeholders need a financial report that can be published and distributed to multiple end users. They would also like the report to be developed within a specific time frame and within cost. What must the business analyst (BA) do to achieve this goal?

A new payments system was recently implemented to replace an old legacy system. The system users have lodged a complaint that the new system is slower than the old system but system performance statistics show more efficiency. How does the business analyst (BA) demonstrate to users how the new system is performing?

The business analyst (BA) has completed the verification of a set of requirements, but a change in scope has materialized. Which technique should the BA use to obtain consensus and reach agreement among the stakeholders?

The business analyst (BA) is assigned a small project, requiring minor enhancements to an existing system. The BA will meet with the business sponsor and developer next week to gather information about the change. What should the BA review before the meeting?

What term is given to the collection of notes and diagrams used by the business analyst to develop the requirements during the requirements development process?

You are working with several business analysts to determine the solution approach for an identified problem. All of the following techniques are acceptable for identifying the solution approach except for which one?

In preparation for your business analysis examinations, you should be familiar with the tasks to complete requirements management and communication activities. How many tasks are there in the knowledge area of requirements management and communication?

You are the business analyst for your organization and your requirements for the endeavor have recently been approved. Your organization creates a baseline for the requirements based on the approval of the requirements. What must happen in your business analysis activities if the requirements for your endeavor need to be changed?

You are the business analyst for a large software development project. There are several issues that must be resolved by certain dates or the problem will prevent the project from advancing. What technique can you use to track problems with the requirements?

Kendra is the business analyst for her organization. She's working with the project manager and the project sponsor to discuss the current requirements. Kendra believes it's important for the project manager to first implement the requirements with the highest amount of risks. Is this a good idea?

You are the business analyst for your organization and working with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements. The stakeholders are concerned about the financial impact of the requirements should some of them fail during the implementation. You would like to rank the risk tolerance of the stakeholders based on their comments about the solution and the requirements. The following are the three categories of risk tolerance associated with the stakeholders except for which one?

The task of verifying requirements is used to ensure that the requirements are ready for formal review and validation by the customers and for what other purpose?

What is problem tracking?

You are the project manager of the NGQQ Project for your company. To help you communicate project status to your stakeholders, you are going to create a stakeholder register. All of the following information should be included in the stakeholder register except for which one?

A stakeholder would like to add requirements to an IT project which is in flight. The project manager wants to revisit the traceability repository prior to committing to the addition of any new requests, because it is used for which of the following activities?

You are a business analyst in an organization that has recently embraced business analysis as part of its initiative for new projects. In this organization, there is not an organizational standard for tailoring business analysis duties and expectations. Which one of the following best describes the action you should take to begin business analysis?

As a business analyst, you'll often have to coach stakeholders on the processes, knowledge areas, and tasks

you'll complete for an organization. One of the knowledge areas is enterprise analysis. This knowledge area completes all of the following activities except for which one?

A new product that is tablet-enabled is being considered to replace an older product to process orders. The data captured is sent to existing downstream applications which are not being updated. What is the first thing that a business analyst (BA) should consider?

A business analyst (BA) is compiling information about different approaches that will meet solution

requirements in order to make a recommendation for solution design. To evaluate whether externally available solutions meet the requirements, which of the following will the BA create and distribute?

A business analyst (BA) identifies a design option that enhances the performance of the business by automating repetitive tasks that require multiple staff touchpoints to complete a single task. Which type of improvement opportunity is identified by the BA?

A business analyst (BA) must model information characteristics across multiple information systems for a project. What type of model captures this information?

A business analyst (BA) is assessing risks on a project addressing the implementation of a new web portal. Which of the following would the BA classify as a project risk?

A business analyst (BA) is working on a project to revise the way a company bills its customers. At the onset of the project, the BA creates the following matrix:

A business analyst (BA) is defining a stakeholder approval approach for the requirement deliverables. The project involves implementing new government regulatory requirements with significant risk to the organization in case of non-compliance. According to the BABOK ® GUIDE, what will the BA need to do?

A business analyst (BA) has documented the components of an information technology (IT) library, in preparation for establishing a consolidated catalogue of IT services. When interviewed, several of the IT managers indicated they already have a catalogue, and have no additional information to provide. What activity is necessary to support the project?

A business analyst (BA) is reviewing the elicitation results of several workshops in order to decide which technique to use to model the requirements. The elicitation identified user roles needed in a future solution, the functionality needed by each of these roles, and how the desired interaction with the solution should look.

Which technique allows the BA to model this type of information?

A large online retailer is introducing new technology to upgrade its aging ordering process. The business analyst (BA) has drawn a stakeholder matrix showing information on how to engage with the stakeholders throughout the project.

Using the stakeholder matrix as a guide, how should the BA engage the suppliers?

Before beginning requirements elicitation, a business analyst (BA) has planned the necessary activities, identified needed stakeholders, and documented this in the Business Analysis Plan. Which approach will help the BA ensure that stakeholders are available when required?

An organization's Business Analysis Center of Excellence (BACoE) has deployed several business analysts (BAs) to provide business analysis to a cross-functional initiative. After the first phase of the project, the BACoE seeks to determine the effectiveness of the business analysis work. Which of the following techniques could be used to elicit feedback from all affected stakeholders?

A business analyst (BA) is supporting an organization in its product launch. The BA wants to identify assumptions about the benefits resulting from the new product. What does identifying assumptions help the BA manage?

A business analyst (BA) has been asked to develop a plan to complete the associated business analysis activities for a project in which an organization is switching from a manual to an automated process for receiving payments. As the final step in developing the plan, which technique will the BA use?

Stakeholders initially agreed to an implementation schedule for a set of reports based on the value to business users. The development team provided a detailed estimate of the time required to develop each report based on the business requirements. What should the business analyst (BA) and the stakeholders do with the estimates?

A client wants to rehire a business analysis consulting firm for another project. The assigned business analyst (BA) developed a good rapport with the stakeholders, but delivered documents that contained lots of technical jargon that the client could not fully understand. Based on the feedback, the consulting company should:

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're using a plan-driven approach to business analysis processes. In this environment, what types of communications are most likely required to be used in regard to requirements?

What tool is best described as a spreadsheet to use when there's a relatively low amount of requirements that need to be traced?

Beth is a business analyst for her organization and she's completing the tasks in the requirements management and communication knowledge area. As a result of these tasks, she'll create several things for her organization. Which one of the following, however, is not one of the outputs of the requirements management and communication tasks?

As a candidate for CCBA, you should be able to recognize the activities associated with each knowledge area. Which of the following are business analysis planning and monitoring activities? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

What does the decomposition of activities and tasks based on the work breakdown structure create for the business analyst?

According to the book 'A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge', effective business analysis practices can do what to the amount of change to requirements in a stable business environment?

Which approach is best to take when a business analyst is assessing the solution options for a business need when there are relatively few criteria involved?

A business analyst (BA) is assessing the completeness and coherence of the requirements. The BA has considered a variety of viewpoints and has a collection of views. What has the BA constructed?

The process of defining the business need uses one output. What is it?

Marcy is working with stakeholders to understand the stakeholders' needs as part of the business requirements. The stakeholders are describing their needs for new computers for their designers. The stakeholders have specifications, monitors, and software selected for the business requirements. What are the stakeholders actually defining in this scenario?

What is the purpose of managing the solution scope and requirements from a business analyst's objective?

Complete this sentence in regard to the level of abstraction. Requirements need to say needs to be done, not to do it.

When a business analyst is using alternative generation, what should she always include as an output?

A business analyst (BA) is modelling requirements to assist the stakeholders in visualizing the appearance and capabilities of a planned solution. What technique is the BA using?

A business analyst (BA) has been hired to validate a project's requirements. A series of meetings with stakeholders have been scheduled to walk through each requirement as it relates to the desired future state of the organization. The desired outcome of this exercise is to ensure that all requirements:

Robert is the business analyst for his organization and is preparing to host a workshop for twenty stakeholders. The goal of this workshop is to comprehensively identify the requirements for new software that will be created for Robert's organization. What must first be established in the workshop to ensure that the elicitation process moves smoothly?

Which basis for prioritization allows the project team to work initially with lower-risk requirements first?

You have been assigned as the Project Manager for a new project that involves the development of a new interface for your existing time management system. You would like to plan the communications that need to be made during the project lifecycle. Which of the following would be a critical tool/technique to help in your communications planning?

Which of the following are not appropriate for a plan-driven business analysis approach? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

What does MoSCoW mean when it comes to requirements prioritization?

A business analyst is meeting with the customer of the project. The customer tells the business analyst that she can only allow the budget of $575,000 for the project. This budget is best described as what type of constraint?

Holly's organization uses a plan-driven approach to business analysis. When it comes to communication in Holly's organization what type of communication will likely be required?

You are the business analyst for your organization and are working on organizing the identified requirements for a new solution. Nancy, your assistant in this process, says that these requirements aren't very complex. You agree but add that it's this thing that makes the overall solution complex. What thing adds to the level of complexity among requirements?

You are the business analyst for an organization and you're managing your stakeholders through the requirements validation activities. Your stakeholders are categorized by executives, functional managers, directors, end users, and customers. Which of these stakeholders are involved in the requirements validation

activities?

Mark is the business analyst for his organization. He is working with the solution development team and he believes that the team does not want to implement a certain portion of the requirements. The team is expressing the difficulty of the requirements and how it will be extremely challenging to complete. When Mark asks about a similar project that the team completed, they insist that this is a different type of requirements though Mark believes that it is not. What is the solution development team appearing to do to the requirements?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you've been working with several stakeholders to

gather requirements for approval.

The requirements have been approved with the exception of a conflict on one requirement. What must you and the stakeholders do in regard to this conflict before the business analysis endeavor may continue?

All of the following are inputs to the task assess organizational readiness except for which one?

Which one of the following statements best describes requirements prioritization?

As a business analyst, you need to define when the activities of the business analysis approach will take place. This includes all of the following business analysis approach activities except for which one?

High quality requirements have certain characteristics which distinguish them from low-quality requirements. Which characteristic of requirements demands that all requirements in a set or model support its overall purpose and scope?

A business analyst (BA) has completed an impact analysis of a proposed change, gained approval for the change, and has updated the requirements. The project sponsor wants to be updated with an overview of the results. How should the BA communicate the results?

By which of the following is the performance of all requirements management and communication activities governed?

Bob and Susan are business analysts for their organization. They are examining two materials that could be used in an upcoming project.

They are testing the materials and measuring the results of each test to compare the materials to each other. This process will help Bob and Susan determine which material is best for their upcoming project. What type of process are Bob and Susan completing with these materials?

A business analyst in her organization has identified all of the terminology of the solution, the acronyms the organization will use, and the nomenclature of her department where the endeavor will take place. Where should all of this information actually be stored?

A business analyst (BA) elicits requirements from end users for a new application, and then completes a set of use cases and use case scenarios. What should the BA do next?

A business analyst (BA) has completed multiple workshops involving a number of stakeholders including the project manager however, the elicitation results are inconsistent between the stakeholders. How should the variation in results be resolved?

A business analyst (BA) has elicited non-functional information for a system's replacement. In reviewing the elicitation results, the BA finds the number of concurrent users is a large portion of the target user group, which seems high. How should the BA proceed?

Stakeholders must be able to determine the audit and approval history of requirements and designs. Which of the following provides a means to document traceability and change?

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is concerned about how two client bases are going to be integrated and serviced in the newly formed company after a merger. A project has been initiated to implement a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system for the new company that will contain the client information from both companies. What must the business analyst (BA) do to address the concerns of the CEO?

A business analyst (BA) is developing requirements for a project with a limited budget. The business owner will be prioritizing requirements so that low value requirements can be de-scoped and the project remain within budget. Which of the following should the BA take into account to facilitate prioritization and ensure business objectives are met?

A project team member is confused about why a small change requires the team to look at the different enterprise-level business objectives when a desired state can be achieved easily without this analysis. What can the business analyst (6A) do to help the team member understand?

The business analyst (BA) is preparing for requirements review with a group of stakeholders. The BA must determine how best to model the requirements for the review. Which of the following guidelines and tools will the BA use?

A senior business analyst (BA) must review the requirements specification of a junior BA. The senior BA puts together a list of key evaluation criteria to guide the determination of a requirement's quality. Which of the criteria below is a characteristic of a quality requirement?

A business analyst (BA) is preparing for elicitation activities and needs to determine who should be consulted, who should participate, and what roles each should fill. Which elicitation technique should the BA use?

A newly implemented personal loan financing system has been in operation for one month. The business objective is to reduce the loan processing time from 11 days to 3 days but it is currently occurring in 4.5 days. What must the business analyst (BA) do next?

The business analyst (BA) is investigating techniques that would be appropriate for determining how and who uses data across the identified processes. Which technique should the BA select?

A government agency has initialed a project to implement a customer registry that will be shared across multiple agencies. Early estimates indicate there will be hundreds of requirements. While determining the requirements traceability approach, what factor takes precedence?

A business analyst (BA) has spent the week conducting work sessions with a project's key stakeholders. Together, they have been reviewing user requirements and high-level design flowcharts to ensure that they have been correctly defined and documented. Which of the following describes the purpose of their work?

A business analyst (BA) collected scanned notes, documents, and photos of whiteboards showing the results of a workshop pertaining to an accounting system replacement. What is the BA's next course of action?

A business analyst (BA) is defining relationships between business requirements and solution components. Which guideline will the BA use to accomplish this?

A business analyst (BA) has set up a number of elicitation workshops with key subject matter experts (SMEs) on a new project. All SMEs have accepted the workshop invitations except for the legal SME who has not responded to any invitations. The first workshop is scheduled for next week and the BA has tried unsuccessfully to reach the legal SME by phone. How should the BA proceed?

After a number of requirements elicitation workshops, the business analyst (BA) notices that two business stakeholders did not speak up during any of the discussions. What should the BA do in the next workshop?

A business analyst (BA) asked two stakeholders with approval authority to approve the requirements. The stakeholders are being asked to confirm that:

Which tool will allow a business analyst (BA) to determine how information is input, processed, stored, and extracted from a collection of systems?

The claims intake workflow of an insurance company is being standardized across all branch offices. The business analyst (BA) assigned to this project has interviewed users individually in all the offices and plans to schedule a workshop with all the users. What should the BA do to prepare for the workshop?

A senior manager wants to know at what stage the business analyst (BA) is with the requirements management process. The BA immediately sends a 600-page document with models and business rules to all stakeholders. Which best practice did the BA violate in this situation?

A new contract requires a thorough level of documentation to be developed and maintained with planned phases of reviews and authorized sign offs. Which approach fits this contract?

When a business analyst assists in the planning of the solution implementation, she must always consider the constraints for implementation. Which one of the following cannot be considered as an implementation constraint?

An organization has two different solutions to grow its business. One project is worth $375,000 to the organization. The second project is worth $565,000 to the business. The organization can only do one of the projects and elects to do the second project for $565,000. What is the opportunity cost of this decision?

Wanda is the business analyst for her organization and she is currently working on the specify and model requirements process. One of the elements of this process is the documentation of the textual requirements. Wanda must describe the capabilities of the solution, any conditions that must exist for the requirements to operate, and what third component of the textual requirement?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you're training Marcy, a new business analyst, on how requirements are defined. Which one of the following best describes how requirements are defined?

Which one of the following is not a general technique that a business analyst may use in the requirements verification task?

A lead business analyst (BA) has received negative feedback on the deliverables produced by BAs in the organization. A major concern was ambiguous requirements. What technique will help ensure business analysis information is clear and understandable?

A deployed loan product was funded with the expectation of prepayment risk reduction. Initially key performance indicators would be to take similar loan prepayment rates over the previous 10-year period and compare it with the new product. After implementation, the business analyst (BA) determines that the decade old housing market is vastly different. Which of the following should the BA consider for validity of performance measures?

After a walk-through of the requirements specification with the business users, the group determines that five requirements are now mandatory due to new government regulations. What should the business analyst (BA) do following the meeting?

A business analyst (BA), analyzing requirements, has decomposed information into components. What is the purpose of this exercise?

A business owner has marked certain requirements as high priority for the upcoming release. After performing some analysis, the project team concluded that some of these requirements are not actually high priority and can be implemented in later releases. How should the project team proceed with prioritizing requirements?

System designers are working with a business analyst (BA) during the initial stages of a project to implement a new transaction-based system. The system designers would like to have a visual that illustrates the type of information that will be input in the system, the processes it will support, and the location where it will be stored. What type of diagram meets the designers' needs?

While gathering information during a requirements workshop, a subject matter expert states that it is likely that an organizational restructure will occur in one of the business departments that will be utilizing parts of the new system. As such, the business analyst (BA) should:

The business analyst (BA) has structured information so it is easy to find, does not conflict with other information, and is not duplicated unnecessarily. Which additional factor does the BA need to take into account when deciding how to structure the information?

A business analyst (BA) plans to organize a focus group to bring all the interested parties together and discuss the issues and possible risks for the new initiative. Due to the geographical differences of each participant a videoconferencing service will be used to satisfy stakeholder preferences. Which approach is the BA defining?

The human resources department of an organization needs a new report. The business analyst (BA) assigned to this effort has scheduled a requirements workshop with the users. Users from the legal department have also been invited to the workshop. As the BA sets up the workshop, what can be done in advance to ensure a productive and focused workshop?

A project manager (PM) is planning the project timelines along with a business analyst (BA) and they come across the task of requirement allocation. The PM wants to know what the dependencies are before the requirement allocation task is initiated and seeks the BA's advice. Which of the following is a dependency that the BA will highlight as a predecessor for requirement allocation?

After an initial project kick-off meeting, the business analyst (BA) determined that the project has a short deadline and a regulatory mandate with stiff penalties for non-compliance. The stakeholders do not want to risk missing the deadline, and management is willing to commit any amount of resources to meet the deadline. Which kind of approach is suitable for the initiative?

A business analyst (BA) is working on a project that has a number of stakeholder conflicts and issues. The BA is finding it difficult to resolve the conflicts and issues effectively. What should the BA do to prevent a similar situation in the future?

You are the business analyst for your organization and you've identified a business need. In order to satisfy this business need, you believe that your organization will need to hire three electrical engineers, purchase equipment, and likely provide training to existing resources. What process is being described in this scenario?

Jon is a business analyst for his organization and he's preparing for the process of elicitation. How many inputs are available for Jon to use in the elicitation process?

You are the business analyst for a smaller project where there are few requirements. Management would still like you to create a method to trace the few requirements for this project. What type of matrix would be best in this instance?

You work as a business analyst for u Certify Inc. You have been assigned the task to implement the job

shadowing process. Which of the following statements are true regarding the job shadowing process? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

All of the following are examples of elicitation techniques that are used as part of the business analyst elicitation task except for which one?

What business analysis process is needed to define the solution scope and prepare the business plan for the endeavor?

When a business analyst completes the task of organizing requirements, he is completing two key objectives. What are the two objectives?

You are the business analyst for your organization and are leading a presentation about an identified problem. This presentation will help the stakeholders to understand the problem and it will help you when you begin to elicit requirements from the stakeholders. Which type of learner learns best through the presentation of models?

As a business analyst, you should be able to identify the characteristics of each business analysis task and domain area. Which one of the following statements best describes the characteristics of the business analysis knowledge area of requirements analysis?

A business analyst has just hosted a brainstorming session that has generated 57 ideas for a solution. What should the business analyst do with the ideas now?

Shelly is the business analyst for her organization and she's working with Thomas to review the business requirements. They are discussing the identified requirements, how the requirements will transition to the operations, and the longevity of the solution. Thomas is concerned that the identified requirements may not map to the desired future state of the organization. What business analysis task is Shelly facilitating in this scenario?

Which stakeholder(s) will be involved to determine if the requirements can be implemented?

The initial high-level listing of requirements in a change-driven approach is also known as what?

All of the following are documented approaches to business analysis work except for which one?

You are the business analyst for the NHQ Project. You have identified several stakeholders that need different types of information related to the requirements. Which stakeholder would need detailed technical interface requirements?

A business analyst (BA) begins to suspect that the ongoing elicitation activities with stakeholders are not delivering the quality of business analysis information required due to a lack of stakeholder participation. What type of technique can the BA adopt to resolve this type of issue?

The business analyst (BA) assigned to support a legacy system has developed a customer survey to assess its usability. Before distributing the survey, what should the BA do?

A business analyst (BA) has completed documenting requirements and to save time, recommends sharing the requirements document with the development team to fast-track development immediately. What issue may arise by doing so?

A business analyst (BA) is currently verifying the accuracy and consistency of information obtained from the stakeholders. The BA needs to identify additional information. What should the BA do next?

A business analyst (BA) identified that a stakeholder requirement for an online system led to a functional requirement to provide a user login screen. This is an example of which type of traceability relationship?

A senior business analyst (BA) is tasked with verifying a set of requirements written by a junior BA for a

system. During this exercise, the junior BA will ensure that the requirements exhibit atomic characteristics. The senior BA will be verifying that the requirements:

The business analysis (BA) team is evaluating a new commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) application that will be implemented in the coming months. The company has over 20 legacy systems deployed. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is worried about the need for integration and that some key linkages are missing.

What is the BA team evaluating?

A business analyst (BA) has just started a large project and is collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements. Another BA is joining soon to help with this initiative. What action should the BA take to ensure that the new BA understands the project?

A lead business analyst (BA) analyzed the performance of all BA's within the organization. How should the BA approach communicating the results to stakeholders?

A business analyst (BA) needs approval for the requirements which were elicited, collated, and verified by a peer. The BA needs to understand the approval process and appropriate stakeholders who have the authority to approve the requirements. Which of the following artifacts contains this information?

During the analysis, synthesis, and refinement of elicitation results the business analyst (BA) has discovered that some information is missing. Which course of action would resolve the situation?

A business analyst (BA) is verifying requirements for a software solution. The BA needs to confirm that items determined to be important are included in the final requirements deliverable. Which of the following will help the BA complete this task?

An organization prefers to execute projects using an adaptive approach. However, the new project is much more complex than previously executed projects. What will the business analyst (BA) recommend?

A business analyst (BA) is working on a set of tasks to establish a governance process for the project. The BA intends to identify who has authority and responsibility to propose changes, who should be involved in the change discussions, and how changes will be documented and communicated. Which of the following are the inputs that would help the BA complete the task?

The business analyst (BA) is analyzing the formal relationships between people working in the enterprise. Which technique will the BA use to perform this task?

A business analyst (BA) worked with two stakeholders to finalize the access rights related requirements for an internal software application. According to the first stakeholder “Comments, once entered in the application, should be stored for 365 days and should not allow the users to delete”. According to the second stakeholder, “The users with super administrator privileges should be able to add/delete/modify every page/section in the entire application.” Which characteristic does this pair of requirements fail to meet?

A new regulation is introduced that the project must comply with to remain competitive and industry compliant. Management wants to understand the effect of this new requirement on the project. What will the business analyst (BA) use to evaluate the change?

A business analyst (BA) is determining the current state as part of a new project. What is an internal enterprise asset that the BA must include in the analysis?

One of the tasks that the business analyst (BA) needs to complete is to maintain the requirements. As much as the BA values and sees the benefits of maintaining the requirements, the project manager (PM) does not see the same. In order to help the PM understand the value of this task, which following benefit of maintaining the requirements should the BA communicate to the PM?

A business analyst (BA) has identified the impacts and resolution for a proposed change. Based on the Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, informed (RACI) matrix, who must approve the change before it is implemented?