Practice Test 2

Which of the following investigation techniques involves following a user for one or two days in order to find out what a particular job entails?

The Boston Box may be used to analyse the portfolio of businesses owned by an organization. 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 convenience food manufacturer has undertaken a strategic analysis study and has identified a threat from groups lobbying against the use of packaging for food products. Which of the PESTLE categories would have helped highlight this threat?

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

An IT department needs to upgrade its hardware to run the new version of an stablished operating system. The cost of this required upgrade Is $2 million. As an alternative, the IT director has suggested that the company should change to a completely different operating system. Although this will cost $6 million, the change will bring many other benefits, including cheaper maintenance costs and increased security. What is the avoided cost in his proposal?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is likely to be shown as a process in a swim-lane diagram of a library book borrowing system? 

Which of the following models shows the driving and resisting forces of change?

As part of an investigation a Business Analyst has devised a form for users of an existing system to use to keep track of the tasks they undertake during their working day. Which of the following describes this investigation technique?

An analyst investigating a finance system wishes to build rapport with individual stakeholders and investigate in detail each stakeholder’s views. Which of the following techniques should the analyst use?

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

What is the business analyst doing when he or she compares the BAM with the current business situation?

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

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?

Which of the following statements about outsourcing of system development is correct?

In which stage of the business analysis process model would the business analyst produce a business case?

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 multlpllcities should she show at the Order end of this association?

Which of the following Is explicitly considered as a force In Porter’s five forces model?

An analyst has asked a user to describe each step in a task as they perform It. Which of the following investigation techniques is the analyst using?

Which of the following stages is immediately after problem-finding in Isaksen and Treffinger’s creative problem-solving model?

An analyst is defining the requirements for an onllne booking system and wishes to show the business managers the look and feel of the system in order to elicit usability requirements. What investigation technique should the analyst use?

In which of the following business analysis areas does the traditional systems analyst role primarily operate?

Which of the following is a primary activity In the value chain?

A software house is developing a software package specifically for hotel management. A business analyst has been employed because of her familiarity with the hotel industry. Which of the following competencies has she been employed to bring to the project.

On a class diagram, what do the multiplicities represent?

It has been suggested that five clerical posts can be abolished when a new computer system is implemented. Under which category of costs or benefits will this be recorded?

A stakeholder has been classified as ‘some’ on both the power/influence and interest axes of a Which of the following would be an appropriate way of managing this stakeholder?

Description, Impact assessment, probability and countermeasure are usually recorded for which of the following?

 Which of the following terms may be used to describe the attitude of a stakeholder who is NOT in favour of the project but is probably not actively opposed to it? 

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

The Business Acitivity Model shows the doing activities’ of a business system. Which elements of CATWOE do these activities relate to?The Business Acitivity Model shows the doing activities’ of a business system. Which elements of CATWOE do these activities relate to?

Style guides, manuals and job descriptions are examples of what type of knowledge?

Which of the following statements about a BAM is correct?

Which of the following describes the objectives in a MOST analysis?

One of the stages of the Business Activity Process Model Is ‘Consider the perspectives’. Which of the following would be particularly relevant in this stage?

The V model Is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following is a primary activity in the value chain?

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