BCS Foundation in Business Change18 June 2017 EXIN BCS Foundation in Business Analysis Sample Exam Before you start 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. Are you ready? Good luck! Your BA Coach Tell us your name: Email 1. 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 None 2. Which of the following tools would best allow you to explore the internal environment of an organization? CSFs PESTLE VMOST SWOT None 3. 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 None 4. 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 None 5. 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 None 6. Which of the following is a quantitative investigation technique? Activity sampling Observations Interviewing Scenarios None 7. 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 None 8. 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. None 9. 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 None 10. Within a RACI, which category is assigned the role that is going to deliver the work for the artefact? Accountable Consulted Responsible Informed None 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 None 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 None 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 None 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 None 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 None 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 None 17. Which section of the requirements engineering (RE) framework would include applying filters and prioritizing requirements? Analysis Elicitation Management Validation None 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 None 19. Which element of the requirements engineering (RE) framework follows the requirements analysis step? Analysis Documentation Elicitation Validation None 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 None 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) None 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. None 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 None 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. None 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. None 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. None 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 None 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. None 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. None 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 None 31. Which project artefact is at the center of the business change lifecycle? Business case Project initiation document Project plan Requirements document None 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 None 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 None 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 None 35. In the waterfall lifecycle, which stage comes immediately after 'analysis'? Design Development Implementation Testing None 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 None 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 None 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 None 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 None 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 None Thank you for completing this sample exam based on the EXIN BCS Foundation in Business Analysis syllabus. Time's up Share4
