PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) (PMI-PBA) Free Practice Test

Question 1

The business analyst wants to ensure that requirement changes can be formally tracked after the product is baselined. What will the business analyst need to evaluate the proposed change?

A. Impact analysis

B. Requirements management plan

C. Pareto analysis

D. Scope statement

Correct Answer: A

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Question 2

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?

A. The business analyst should have invited the key stakeholders to the meeting.

B. The business analyst should have performed a complete review of each requirement with one of the stakeholders' peers before the meeting.

C. The business analyst should have performed a complete review of each requirement with the key stakeholders prior to the meeting.

D. The business analyst should have reviewed the requirements of the project sponsor first before reviewing other requirements.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 3

In the middle of a project, a new requirement was added to the scope. The business analyst must determine if any impacts, dependencies, or risks are associated with the addition to the scope.
What task should the business analyst perform in order to identify these impacts?

A. Manage requirements traceability.

B. Manage requirements prioritization.

C. Manage assumptions and constraints.

D. Manage solution scope.

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4

The project manager is beginning to prepare for a test readiness review with the customer. The project manager knows that the customer will want a summary of requirements that have been rejected or deferred.
The project manager has requested that the business analyst provide a list of rejected and deferred requirements.
What should the business analyst have done to complete this request?

A. Limit the number of rejected requirements on the project.

B. Spend more time up-front reviewing the requirements to limit rejections.

C. A Set up a change control board to track the number of rejections.

D. Track rejected requirements in the system requirements verification matrix.

Correct Answer: B

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Question 5

The following requirement was included in a business requirements document: "An API shall be built to send data back and forth from the accounting system to the customer relationship system so that name and address data can be synchronized." What should be done with this business requirement?

A. It should be removed because it does not state how often the data should be synchronized.

B. It should remain because it specifies the type of data and the source system.

C. It should remain because it specifies the reason why the business requirement is needed.

D. It should be revised because it states a solution to the problem rather than the business need.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 6

Which document best provides the boundaries for product development?

A. Scope document

B. Requirements baseline

C. Project plan

D. Scope definition

Correct Answer: B

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Question 7

What is a standardized, effective, and efficient way to manage changes to project documentation?

A. A requirements traceability matrix

B. A configuration verification and audit system

C. A change control board

D. A configuration management system

Correct Answer: D

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Question 8

After completing the requirements, the project manager and business analyst realize that the project scope is not feasible in the projected schedule. The business analyst needs to review the amount of work the team is capable of delivering based on the approved project schedule.
Which prioritization technique should the business analyst use?

A. Time-boxing

B. Weighted ranking

C. SWOT analysis

D. Multivoting

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9

A business analyst is trying to complete the requirement documentation of a project and finds that the developers have started development. The business analyst should first facilitate the:

A. requirements gathering workshops with the stakeholders.

B. requirements acceptance with the customer.

C. requirements validation with the testers.

D. requirements sign-off with the customer.

Correct Answer: D

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Question 10

Which of the following is a method for requirements change control?

A. Requirements management

B. Communication management

C. Scope analysis

D. Baselining

Correct Answer: D

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Question 11

A project that was going well for the last few months has encountered a situation-regulatory authorities have deemed that the project does not meet their requirements. Although regulatory requirements were identified during an earlier phase of the project, there is no substantial evidence to prove that the requirements were formally rejected.
This could have been avoided if:

A. the project team documented customer requests and obtained sign-off.

B. a change control process for requirements and their statuses was followed.

C. the project manager circulated the meeting minutes after the discussions with all the attendees.

D. the customer met with regulatory authorities to verify that their requirements were also considered.

Correct Answer: A

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Question 12

After reviewing a business case, project goals, and objectives, a business analyst determines that the organization prefers taking an exploratory approach to finding the solution that best meets the business need.
Which approach best aligns with the business need for this organization?

A. Waterfall approach

B. Analytical approach

C. Plan-driven approach

D. Change-driven approach

Correct Answer: D

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PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) (PMI-PBA) Free Practice Test