BA15 by BCS Valid Free Exam Practice Test

Question 1

Which of the following only includes explicit corporate knowledge?

A. Skills, values, communities of practice. B. Culture, norms, historical data. C. Job descriptions, tasks, targets. D. Style guides, procedures, processes.

Correct Answer: D

Question 2

What do the arrow headed lines between activities represent on a business activity model?

A. Activity sequence B. Logical dependency. C. Flow of data. D. Functional optionality.

Correct Answer: B

Question 3

Which ONE model is used for planning the training the support that people need as they adapt to change?

A. The Capability Maturity Model. B. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model. C. The Corporate Training Plan. D. The Change Control Process Model.

Correct Answer: B

Question 4

One of Porter's five forces explicitly considers industry competitors. Which of the following is the Key Focus' of this force?

A. Rivalry among existing Competitors. B. The products offered by Competitors. C. The market share of known Competitors. D. A Competitor's external marketing campaign.

Correct Answer: A

Question 5

Which of the following options only includes workshop discovery techniques?

A. Brainstorming, brainwriting, mind maps. B. Stepwise refinement, context diagrams, process models. C. Rich pictures, mind maps, task scenarios. D. Round robin, post-it exercise, brainstorming.

Correct Answer: D

Question 6

The Boston Box may be used to analyse the portfolio of businesses owned by an organisation. Which of the following animals does it use in its term for businesses that have low market share in a market with low growth?

A. Goat. B. Dog. C. Cow. D. Cat.

Correct Answer: B

Question 7

Which of the following is likely to be an input into the Analysing the Needs' stage of the business analysis process model?

A. The business case. B. Validated requirements document, C. Shortlist of business options. D. Agreed business activity model

Correct Answer: D

Question 8

Who should be defined as the owner of a risk?

A. The person who identified the risk in the initial requirements analysis. B. The person responsible for defining the probability of the risk. C. The person who documented the risk in the risk register. D. The person best placed to take the necessary counter-measures to the risk.

Correct Answer: D

Question 9

Business rules define how actions are to be performed. Under which of the following headings are business rules considered?

A. Statutory and internal policies. B. Negotiable and non-negotiable limitations. C. Constraints and operational guidance. D. Explicit or implicit management statements,

Correct Answer: C

Question 10

A stakeholder in a project has been classified as having no interest but high power/influence on the power/interest grid. Which of the following would be an appropriate way of managing this stakeholder?

A. Keep on side. B. Ignore. C. Keep informed. D. Watch.

Correct Answer: D

Question 11

A company provides a help desk facility to support users of their computer software. How would the provision of this facility be classified on their value chain?

A. As a Technology Development activity. B. As a Sales and Marketing activity. C. As a Service activity. D. As an Inbound Logistics activity,

Correct Answer: C

Question 12

What does the M stand for in MoSCoW?

A. Mission. B. Management. C. Must have. D. Mandatory.

Correct Answer: C

Question 13

During which stage of the Business Analysis Process Model would a gap analysis be carried out?

A. Analyse needs. B. Define requirements. C. Evaluate the options. D. Investigate situation.

Correct Answer: A

Question 14

Which of the following BEST describes the cause of a bottleneck in a business process?

A. A number of related steps that are carried out by different actors. B. An unnecessary step or steps in a sequence of process steps. C. A mismatch between the capacities of related process steps. D. A step where one actor passes the process to another actor.

Correct Answer: C

BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis - BA15 Exam Practice Test