BAGUILD-CBA-LVL1-100 by Business Architecture Guild Valid Free Exam Practice Test

Question 1

Which statement about business models and business architecture is accurate?

A. Best practices dictate that there should only be one business architecture for a business B. A business model requires a pre-existing business architecture as a starting point C. A business architecture requires a pre-existing business model as a starting point D. Best practices dictate that there should only be one business model for a business

Correct Answer: A

Question 2

Business architecture practitioners should have the basic ability to:

A. Socialize and leverage business blueprints to enable business planning and issue analysis B. Create and leverage service-oriented architecture components to deploy automation solutions C. Drive business process design efforts, prioritization, documentation and optimization D. Craft agile business requirements to address a specific business issue

Correct Answer: A

Question 3

A large retail company has a strong desire to establish a joint venture in a global location to increase
manufacturing and research/development capabilities. Which business architecture practice helps identify
the manner in which the two organizations can combine capabilities to optimize stakeholder value of the
joint venture?

A. Business performance management B. Stakeholder mapping C. Value stream mapping D. Information mapping

Correct Answer: C

Question 4

A company has decided to merge three business units in order to achieve operational cost reduction.
Which business architecture domain is used to identify potential overlaps or discrepancies?

A. Policy B. Strategy C. Value stream D. Process

Correct Answer: C

Question 5

Business architecture practitioners work with:

A. Operations managers to assess resource acquisition B. Business analysts to develop business solution requirements C. Subject matter experts to determine impacts of strategic change D. The strategy team to assess and define business strategy

Correct Answer: C

Question 6

Which business architecture perspective is used for identifying business process role definitions?

A. Stakeholder to business unit relationship mapping B. Stakeholder to value stream stage relationship mapping C. Stakeholder to capability relationship mapping D. Triggering stakeholder to value stream relationship mapping

Correct Answer: B

Question 7

Which scenario describes a situation where multiple, parallel value streams would be used to design a
business solution?

A. An investor wants to invest in a mutual fund that is very similar to other funds they already hold B. After completing setup of a new account, an account holder wants to make a purchase C. A customer wants to restart an application for membership in an insurance plan D. A loan payer, notified that a loan default is proceeding, takes action to pay the loan installment

Correct Answer: D

Question 8

A capability named Credit Risk Rating exists in five business units, each of which applies a variation of
credit risk rating rules during operational processes. While rated as working optimally and assigned
yellow or green on the individual business unit capability heat maps, it might be designated as red,
indicating poorly functioning, on a heat map providing an aggregated view of capabilities because it:

A. Exists in more than one business unit that share other capabilities B. Is implemented using different software systems and manual techniques C. Enables multiple value stream stages, across multiple value streams D. Provides inconsistent results across business units

Correct Answer: D

Question 9

Which business situation should be analyzed using a value stream?

A. Defining a detailed billing and collection process B. Establishing a complete perspective of how to manage an account C. Creating an end-to-end view of how an inventor would obtain a patent D. Understanding all of the business units that have a claims management ability

Correct Answer: C

Question 10

In addition to value streams and capabilities, the domains of business architecture that should be used
when shifting to a customer-centric business model are:

A. Organization and information B. Products and processes C. Processes and application systems D. Application systems and information

Correct Answer: A

Question 11

What is the relationship between business architecture and the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC)?

A. Business architecture provides a separate and independently valuable perspective B. Business architecture is framed within and completed as a step within the SDLC C. The SDLC provides a framework under which business architecture is deployed D. Business architecture and SDLC both focus on providing perspective on a given project

Correct Answer: A

Question 12

Compared to the business analyst role, the scope of the business architecture practitioner role is:

A. Broader, utilizes different mapping techniques, and may help set project priorities B. Broader, utilizes the same mapping techniques, and manages business analysts C. The same, but utilizes different mapping techniques at the beginning of a project D. Broader, represents the IT environment, and may help set project priorities

Correct Answer: A

Question 13

What is the benefit of heat mapping the capability map when conceiving, building and launching a new
product?

A. It identifies if improved or new capabilities are required to enable the product launch B. It provides insight to the capabilities of highest value to the product launch team C. It identifies the resources required to deploy the new product D. It identifies current processes needed to implement the new product

Correct Answer: A

Business Architecture Guild Certified Business Architect (CBA)® Level 1 - BAGUILD-CBA-LVL1-100 Exam Practice Test