EXIN BCS Foundation in Business Analysis Sample Exam3 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. Which one of the following combinations are all valid risk countermeasures?a. Acceptb. Denialc. Ignored. Insuree. Transferf. Avoid d and b e and f b and c b and d None 2. It is important to take a systemic view of business change because: There are often interdependencies and interactions between IT systems IT systems are usually the key element in driving business change Organisations are complex and change to one area is likely to impact upon other areas IT professionals understand systems and are the main group interested in business change None 3. A Business Actor must be able to: Analyse and model business requirements Provide information about the business domain Represent the interests of the entire group of business users Manage the achievement of the business case None 4. Which one of the following is an example of an Enterprise Architecture Framework? TOGAF Porter’s 5 Forces CobiT Value Chain None 5. 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 Programme Manager and Business Change Manager Programme Manager and Programme Office Manager Business Sponsor and Project Manager None 6. Which of the following is the most accurate description of ‘IT Governance’? Sanctioning personnel for breaches of IT usage policy Telling personnel how to use their IT in support of their business tasks Setting up roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for decisions affecting the use of IT in the business Taking decisions on suitable IT acquisitions and the deployment of IT assets throughout the business None 7. Taking a ‘holistic’ view of business improvement means: 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 Considering the organisational, process and human dimensions of change None 8. Which of the following provides the most complete definition of a stakeholder? A competitor organisation An individual member of staff who will use the new IT system Someone who has an interest in the business change project Anyone who holds a senior management position in the organisation None 9. Raising ‘Barriers to Entry’ is a suitable response to which one of the following of Porter’s 5 forces? Threat of Substitute products and services Intensity of Competition Power of Suppliers Threat of New Entrants None 10. Which of the following reasons best explains why it is strategically important to evaluate organisational capability? To identify where there are job roles that need to be filled To scope the ability to respond to external opportunities To define the hardware resources for an IT-enabled project To allocate responsibility for business change programmes None 11. 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? Strategy, mission, objective Mission, strategy, objective Mission, objective, strategy Objective, mission, strategy None 12. Which of the following ideally represents the role of technology in an IT-enabled enterprise? IT is both a driver and an enabler of business strategy IT is neither a driver nor an enabler of business strategy IT is one of the external drivers of business strategy IT is an enabler for achieving the strategy of an organisation None 13. What is the primary role of a business sponsor in an IT-enabled change programme? To appoint the teams including selection of suppliers To manage the delivery of the outputs against the plan To ensure that customers understand the change programme To be accountable for the outcomes None 14. ‘Business Strategy’ may be best described as the result of attempts at which one of the following alignments? Internal and External Environments Internal Environment and IT IT and the External Environment Business Processes and IT None 15. Which of the following roles has the responsibility for planning a business change project? Business actor Business analyst Programme manager Management consultant None 16. Which one of the following would not normally be considered to be part of the Business Analyst role? Identifying Stakeholders Ensuring Resources are available for the Project Gathering Requirements Liaising with IT Suppliers None 17. Which of the following most closely represents the relationship that IT could have with business change initiatives? Driver and Enabler Supplier and Provider None 18. What is the terminology used to describe the process views that need to be mapped in a process redesign? ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ ‘Today’ and ‘To Be’ ‘Current’ and ‘Possible’ ‘As Is’ and ‘Planned’ None 19. Where would you expect the change Sponsor to be located on a Power/Interest Grid? High/Low Low/High High/High Low/Low None 20. What is not an example of a risk arising from an IT-enabled business change? Disaster recovery plan fails due to changes in phone numbers Poor response time resulting from moving to on-line order entry Limited training and use of new compliance system Poor Information flows hinder redesigned processes None 21. Which one of the following most accurately describes what is meant by the term ‘soft systems’? Network protocols People acting together intentionally A service business A piece of applications software None 22. In a SWOT analysis which one of the following represents the internal focus? Opportunities and Threats Strengths and Weaknesses Threats and Weaknesses Strengths and Opportunities None 23. Which of the following Stages in business change will not normally be included within the project lifecycle? Implement Deliver Benefits Design Define None 24. IT-enabled business change is concerned with: 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 Improving business performance through the application of Information Technology None Thank you for completing this sample quiz based on the BCS Foundation in Business Change exam. Time's up Share0
