FBA15 by BCS Valid Free Exam Practice Test

Question 1

A process model has been produced which includes diamond-shaped symbols. What does this diamond-shaped symbol represent in the model?

A. A document. B. A decision. C. An event. D. A manual process.

Correct Answer: B

Question 2

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 3

A batch program runs every night to raise invoices. The next day these invoices are posted out to customers by a clerk. Customers pay the invoices with cheques. The cheques are then banked by a clerk. In this scenario, which of the following represents a business event?

A. Clerk banks the cheque. B. System prints invoices. C. Clerk sends invoices to customers. D. Customer's cheque is received.

Correct Answer: D

Question 4

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 5

Which of the following would BEST be managed with the "keep satisfied" stakeholder management strategy?

A. Those with some power/influence and some interest in the project. B. Those with some power/influence and high interest in the project. C. Those with high power/influence and no interest in the project. D. Those with high power/influence and some interest in the project.

Correct Answer: D

Question 6

In which of the following circumstances do buyers have high bargaining power?

A. When available sources of supply are available and easy to find. B. When the supplier brand is powerful. C. When the cost of a product or service is low. D. When switching costs are high.

Correct Answer: A

Question 7

What stage of the V model provides the test criteria for user acceptance testing?

A. The requirements. B. The designed solution. C. The business needs. D. The developed solution.

Correct Answer: A

Question 8

Which of the following may be used to document the outcomes of a workshop?

A. Stepwise refinement. B. Brainwriting. C. Mind maps. D. Round robin.

Correct Answer: C

Question 9

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Introducing bottlenecks is an important principle of business process re-design. B. Improving the business process is concerned with removing problems identified in the AS-IS process. C. Processes cannot be improved by changing the sequence of activities alone. D. It is not permissible to show decision diamonds on a swim-lane diagram.

Correct Answer: B

Question 10

A use case Place Order must always invoke a related use case Check Credit. How is the association between the two use cases shown?

A. By a broken, arrowed line stereotyped with the word <<extend>>. B. By a broken, arrowed line stereotyped with the word <<e>iclude>>. C. By a broken, arrowed line stereotyped with the word <<include>>. D. By a solid line with no arrowhead or stereotype.

Correct Answer: C

Question 11

A company holds information about 1000 customers. It receives, on average, 50 orders per day. Each order must be placed by only one customer. Customers must have placed at least one order but may place several.
An analyst has shown an association between the classes Customer and Order. What multiplicities should she show at the Order end of this association?

A. 1.*. B. 0..*. C. 0..50. D. 1..1000.

Correct Answer: A

Question 12

The following is a list of statements concerning investigation techniques.
a. Questionnaires are an effective way of developing rapport with the business users.
b. Workshops are an effective way of obtaining user buy-in and acceptance.
c. Protocol analysis involves following a user for a period to find out what they do.
d. Scenarios can be used as an effective basis for the development of prototypes.
Which of the following is correct?

A. Statements a and d are incorrect, statements b and c are correct B. Statements b and c are incorrect, statements a and d are correct. C. Statements c and d are incorrect, statements a and b are correct. D. Statements a and c are incorrect, statements b and d are correct.

Correct Answer: D

Question 13

"The system should allow a user to enter customer details and select appropriate customers for a mailshot".
What is wrong with this requirement?

A. It contains the word "should" which must not be used in a requirement. B. It should not contain the word "system" in the requirement. C. It should be specific about the user it refers to. D. It consists of two requirements which should be separately defined.

Correct Answer: D

Question 14

During a workshop, it is useful to ask participants to come up with ideas which are listed for later evaluation.
What is this technique called?

A. Mind Mapping. B. Mess Finding. C. Round Robin. D. Brainstorming.

Correct Answer: D

Question 15

The Business Activity Model shows the doing activities' of a business system. Which element of CATWOE do these activities relate to?

A. Transformation. B. Actors. C. Environment. D. Owner.

Correct Answer: A

BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis - FBA15 Exam Practice Test