BAF_SampleQuestions3 April 2017DOORS Quiz25 September 2017 BCS Foundation in Business Change Welcome to the BCS Foundation in Business Change quiz! By taking this quiz you are about to check your knowledge in the business change. This quiz is based on the BCS Foundation in Business Change Sample Paper v 1.4, which is available at the bcs.org website. If you pass this sample test, there is a great chance you will pass the real test. In real life you will get 40 questions and 60 minutes to answer them. In this quiz you are asked to answer 26 questions. Are you ready? Good luck! Tell us your name: Email: 1. ‘Business Strategy’ may be best described as the result of attempts at which one of the following alignments? IT and the External Environment Internal Environment and IT Internal and External Environments Business Processes and IT 2. Businesses are motivated by different targets at different levels within the organisation. Which of the following best represents a top down sequential description of these motivations? Objective, mission, strategy Mission, strategy, objective Strategy, mission, objective Mission, objective, strategy 3. Which of the following reasons best explains why it is strategically important to evaluate organisational capability? To define the hardware resources for an IT-enabled project To allocate responsibility for business change programmes To scope the ability to respond to external opportunities To identify where there are job roles that need to be filled 4. It is important to take a systemic view of business change because: IT systems are usually the key element in driving business change IT professionals understand systems and are the main group interested in business change Organisations are complex and change to one area is likely to impact upon other areas There are often interdependencies and interactions between IT systems 5. In a SWOT analysis which one of the following represents the internal focus? Threats and Weaknesses Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths and Opportunities Opportunities and Threats 6. Which one of the following would not normally be considered to be part of the Business Analyst role? Gathering Requirements Identifying Stakeholders Ensuring Resources are available for the Project Liaising with IT Suppliers 7. Which one of the following is an example of an Enterprise Architecture Framework? TOGAF CobiT Porter’s 5 Forces Value Chain 8. What is the terminology used to describe the process views that need to be mapped in a process redesign? ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ ‘As Is’ and ‘Planned’ ‘Today’ and ‘To Be’ ‘Current’ and ‘Possible’ 9. A Business Actor must be able to: Analyse and model business requirements Represent the interests of the entire group of business users Manage the achievement of the business case Provide information about the business domain 10. Which of the following is the most accurate description of ‘IT Governance’? Setting up roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for decisions affecting the use of IT in the business Sanctioning personnel for breaches of IT usage policy Taking decisions on suitable IT acquisitions and the deployment of IT assets throughout the business Telling personnel how to use their IT in support of their business tasks 11. What is the primary role of a business sponsor in an IT-enabled change programme? To be accountable for the outcomes To appoint the teams including selection of suppliers To ensure that customers understand the change programme To manage the delivery of the outputs against the plan 12. Which of the following most closely represents the relationship that IT could have with business change initiatives? Supplier and Provider Driver and Enabler 13. What is not an example of a risk arising from an IT-enabled business change? Limited training and use of new compliance system Poor response time resulting from moving to on-line order entry Poor Information flows hinder redesigned processes Disaster recovery plan fails due to changes in phone numbers 14. Where would you expect the change Sponsor to be located on a Power/Interest Grid? Low/Low High/Low Low/High High/High 15. IT-enabled business change is concerned with: Improving business performance through the application of Information Technology Ensuring that all functions within the organisation use Information Technology Using new technology developments as quickly as possible Making business changes to match the capabilities of the purchased software packages 16. Taking a ‘holistic’ view of business improvement means: Considering the organisational, process and human dimensions of change Focusing on the ‘soft’ aspects related to any proposed business changes Taking an objective view when examining the range of possibilities for business changes Looking for all of the problems with the current business operations 17. Which of the following Stages in business change will not normally be included within the project lifecycle? Implement Design Define Deliver Benefits 18. Which of the following roles has the responsibility for planning a business change project? Business actor Management consultant Business analyst Programme manager 19. The Senior Responsible Owner/Project Owner (SRO/PO) is the individual responsible for ensuring that a project or programme of change meets its objectives and delivers the projected benefits.Which of the following two managerial roles are accountable to the SRO/PO? IT Manager and Business Change Manager Business Sponsor and Project Manager Programme Manager and Business Change Manager Programme Manager and Programme Office Manager 20. Which of the following ideally represents the role of technology in an IT-enabled enterprise? IT is neither a driver nor an enabler of business strategy IT is both a driver and an enabler of business strategy IT is an enabler for achieving the strategy of an organisation IT is one of the external drivers of business strategy 21. Which one of the following most accurately describes what is meant by the term ‘soft systems’? People acting together intentionally A piece of applications software Network protocols A service business 22. Raising ‘Barriers to Entry’ is a suitable response to which one of the following of Porter’s 5 forces? Power of Suppliers Threat of New Entrants Intensity of Competition Threat of Substitute products and services 23. Which one of the following combinations are all valid risk countermeasures?a. Acceptb. Denialc. Ignored. Insuree. Transferf. Avoid b and d b and c e and f d and b 24. Which of the following provides the most complete definition of a stakeholder? Anyone who holds a senior management position in the organisation An individual member of staff who will use the new IT system A competitor organisation Someone who has an interest in the business change project Thank you for completing this sample quiz based on the BCS Foundation in Business Change exam. Time's up
