EXIN Business Analysis Foundation Sample Exam

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By taking this sample exam you are about to check your knowledge in business analysis as defined by the British Computer Society and EXIN.

This sample exam is based on the EXIN BCS Foundation in Business Analysis Sample Paper Edition 202402, which is available at the EXIN website.

If you pass this sample test, there is a great chance you will pass the real test. This exam contains 40 questions and you have 60 minutes to answer them. You need to answer 26 question correctly to pass the test.

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Which of the following best describes why a business analyst seeks to understand the strategic context in which a piece of work operates?

As part of the framework of delivery, it is a vital artefact to obtain funding required by the business case

In order to ensure that the organization can define the benefits required as part of the business case for the piece of work

In order to provide relevant challenge to the piece of work and ensure that the task will align with the strategy of the organization

In order to understand the stakeholders in the piece of work and have greater insight into their perspectives

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Which of the following tools would best allow you to explore the internal environment of an organization?

CSFs

PESTLE

VMOST

SWOT

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Which of the following measures whether the organization has in place the critical factors needed to achieve its objectives?

Critical success factors (CSFs)

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

Organization objectives

Value propositions

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Which of the following is the Business Analysis Service Framework (BASF) not intended to support?

Allowing a department of business analysts to show customers what services they offer

Providing a capability framework that can measure the capability of the business analysts in the team

Providing a framework and artefacts for the delivery of business analysis on projects

Providing a library of training material and exemplars for business analysts to improve their deliveries within an organization

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Which of the following best describes the purpose for a requirements elicitation workshop?

To discover and visualize new features

To review a project and understand ways to improve and what went well

To review progress on a project

When there has been a conflict and consensus is needed

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Which of the following is a quantitative investigation technique?

Activity sampling

Observations

Interviewing

Scenarios

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Which of the following investigation techniques will produce a physically representative sample of the solution that can be reviewed by the actors as being suitable for the solution?

Activity sampling

Observations

Prototype

Scenario analysis

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Which of the following statements is true about a rich picture?

A rich picture is an overview of a situation.

A rich picture is the future state.

A rich picture needs to be a realistic view of the whole system.

A rich picture needs to be to consistent notation.

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Which of the following does the stakeholder wheel support?

Deciding the power and interest level of stakeholders

Determining the order in which to contact stakeholders

Identifying stakeholders

Listing external stakeholders

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10.

Within a RACI, which category is assigned the role that is going to deliver the work for the artefact?

Accountable

Consulted

Responsible

Informed

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11.

Which of the following should be considered an internal business event?

A customer placing an order

A manager approving the payment of an invoice to a supplier

A supplier delivering new stock of raw materials

The payroll system creating the monthly credits to bank accounts

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12.

When recording the activity required in a task, which of the following would not be relevant?

The cost of performing the task

The next task to be performed

The outcome of the task

The steps required to undertake the task

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13.

What is the main purpose of recording the emotional state of the persona?

To decide how the process should be delivered

To make sure that the persona is happy

To make sure we have recoded the external perspective

To be aware of how the persona feels during that process

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14.

What is the primary focus of design thinking?

Designing the most efficient systems

Development of a useable solution to a problem

Keeping a customer focus in mind

Prototyping and improvement

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15.

Why does a project have decision gates to review the business case?

To allow new information to be added to the business case

To ensure that the benefit case is still valid

To ensure that the project plan is on track

To give stakeholders the opportunity to request changes to the project outcome

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16.

When creating a business case for a defined total outcome, there are some key differences to consider between using an Agile or Linear delivery approach. Which elements examined within each option are different?

Benefits and costs

Impacts of the change

Investment appraisal technique used

Risk and their mitigating actions

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17.

Which section of the requirements engineering (RE) framework would include applying filters and prioritizing requirements?

Analysis

Elicitation

Management

Validation

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18.

Which of these roles could normally provide acceptance of a requirement as delivered to the acceptance criteria?

Business analyst

Product owner

Project manager

Software tester

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19.

Which element of the requirements engineering (RE) framework follows the requirements analysis step?

Analysis

Documentation

Elicitation

Validation

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20.

Which of the following types of information could contain tacit knowledge?

Customer invoice

Outcome from scenario analysis

Role profile for business analyst

Rules for processing an order

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21.

Which of the following is the correct syntax for a user story?

As a (user role) I want (capability or feature) so that (why is the feature beneficial to the user role)

Given (situation) when (this happens) then (this needs to be the response)

I (user role) need the ability to (use a feature required for the solution)

When (business event) occurs I need (process name) to (objective of the process)

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22.

In a use case diagram, what is the relevance of the eclipse that resides within the system boundary?

They are the actors that will be using the system.

They are the use cases that describe the functions with the system.

They describe how the actors use which functions within the system.

They describe stores of data within the system.

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23.

Where are business rules evident on a class model?

In the associated stakeholders

In the attributes of a class

In the names of the classes

In the relationships between classes

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24.

Which of the following is true for formal validation and false for Agile validation?

Different aspects of the requirement(s) are checked.

The owner of the requirement(s) is present.

The requirement(s) is(are) issued in advance for review.

The set of requirement(s) is accepted or rejected as a whole.

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25.

Which of the following is an advantage of both incremental and iterative lifecycles?

Delivery in phases means that benefit can be obtained sooner.

Development is broken down into smaller chunks.

Frequent project release may cause confusion to users.

Testing takes place in one go, so the whole solution can be seen.

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26.

Which statement best states the purpose of the business change lifecycle?

The business change lifecycle ensures that changes are correctly governed and owned.

The business change lifecycle ensures that deliveries are on time and to quality and agreed budget.

The business change lifecycle ensures that project objectives are met.

The business change lifecycle ensures that the change meets the organization’s needs.

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27.

Business analyst competencies include business knowledge. Which of the following is most likely to be covered in this area of competence?

A detailed knowledge of a role in the Operations team of an organization

How to model the process for 'taking orders' within the organization

Knowledge of the internal framework for project governance

Understanding of the Data Protection Act

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28.

Which of the following is false in relation to user role analysis?

User role analysis can be used to shape personas.

User role analysis includes roles that are inside and outside the organization.

User role analysis may help to identify stakeholders previously undiscovered.

User role analysis will provide owners for user stories.

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29.

On a power/interest grid for a project, why is Watch an appropriate strategy for a high-power, lowinterest stakeholder?

It is clear they will have no interest in any part of project as it progresses.

Other stakeholders inform them of progress.

Their level of interest might change during the project.

They will have set a Watching Brief on the project.

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30.

What technique is most useful to ensure that a holistic view is taken when conducting gap analysis?

Business change lifecycle

Business process modelling

PESTLE

POPIT

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31.

Which project artefact is at the center of the business change lifecycle?

Business case

Project initiation document

Project plan

Requirements document

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32.

Which of the following is a principle of business analysis?

Feasible, contributing requirements, not meeting all requests

Managing requirements, not holistic change

Planning projects, not business analysis activities

Well-documented requirements meeting all requests, not solutions

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33.

Which of the following statements correctly describes a product backlog?

A large user story that eventually needs to be decomposed

A list of outstanding tasks on a project plan

A list of required features, typically in the form of user stories

A piece of software that aids business analysis

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34.

In requirements management, what is the purpose of change control?

To cross reference related requirements and documents

To define and implement a process to manage potential changes

To ensure that requirements do not change once they have been approved

To ensure that the version numbers of deliverables are controlled

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35.

In the waterfall lifecycle, which stage comes immediately after 'analysis'?

Design

Development

Implementation

Testing

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36.

Which of the following is an activity supported by the business analyst in the 'design' and 'development' stage of the business change lifecycle?

Acceptance testing

Benefits realization

External environment analysis

Implementation support

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37.

The management strategy for a stakeholder has been defined as 'keep informed'. Which of the following represents this stakeholder's power/interest levels?

Power/influence = High, Interest = High

Power/influence = Low, Interest = High

Power/influence = Low, Interest = Low

Power/influence = Some, Interest = High

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38.

Which level in the business process hierarchy is used to describe and model a single business process from start to end?

Actor-task level

Enterprise level

Event-response level

Value stream level

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39.

Which framework can be used to build an enterprise view of processes?

Class model

Porter’s five forces model

Swimlane diagram

Value chain analysis

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40.

When following the gap analysis process, which of the following would not be considered to be a gap?

An IT application that may not perform well enough to satisfy the business need in the target state

A process that exists in the current system and is fit for purpose in the future state

A role required in the future that does not currently exist

The requirement to hold more data items in the future situation

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