BA-Final Quiz

Which of the following documents contain key domain terms along with their business definitions?

• Requirements analysis plan

• Requirements package

• Glossary

• Data modeling

Which technique is likely to have the LEAST amount of detail regarding requirements?

• Prototyping

• User story

• Scenarios

• Use cases

Reese wants to refine the use cases she's created in order for stakeholders to validate the logic for interactions between the objects in the scenario. Which of the following could she use?

• State diagram

• Stakeholder list, map, or personas

• Sequence diagram

• User stories

Perry is generating ideas on new ways to increase sales in the coming quarter. However, he finds it difficult to share his unstructured thoughts with the project team. What technique would be helpful in articulating his ideas?

• Mind mapping

• A presentation

• A thought matrix

• Fishbone diagram

You have been assigned to write user stories on your next effort. Which of the following approaches is your next effort likely using?

• Waterfall

• Incremental

• Adaptive approach

• Predictive approach

During the requirements elicitation phase of a project, the BA is hearing different requirements for various employee designations such as job candidates, new hires, employee, and retirees. Which technique can the analyst utilize to provide clarity and understanding?

• State modeling

• User stories

• Data Modeling

• Sequence diagram

A senior business analyst didn't have a complete understanding of the state of an organization's capabilities internally and where they stood in the marketplace. Which technique should the BA utilize to quickly gain a more complete perspective about the company?

• Cultural assessment

• Business capability analysis

• Business model canvas

• SWOT analysis

Which of the following statements is NOT true about prototyping?

• Developers may believe that they must provide a user interface that precisely matches the prototype, even if more elegant technology and interface approaches exist.

• Prototypes are used to simulate a new solution so that performance measures can be determined and collected.

• Prototypes facilitate agreement as a basis for, assessing the completeness and impact of solutions, and defining contractual obligations.

• When using throw-away or paper prototyping methods, users may feel more comfortable being critical of the mock-up because it is not polished and release-ready.

The technique of interface analysis is best suited for which of the following?

• Understanding the various states of an entity within a system and how that entity moves from one state to another.

• Coordinating the activities used to elicit interface requirements

• Reaching agreements with stakeholders on how they will directly interact with the solution

• Conducting an online focus group to include members located remotely to participate.

An education institution has hired you, as the lead business analyst, to help them build an online registration solution. The students should to be able to: register for courses, submit admission documents, make payment, and create an account profile online. You have been given the input fields that need to be included in the web form and have designed the form. Upon launching the online system, your stakeholders are very disappointed by the look and arrangement of the web form fields. What would have helped avoid these design issues?

• User stories

• Prototyping

• Data flow diagrams

• Scope modeling