ECBA Online Practice Questions and Answers

A focus group is a form of which type of research?

A. Quantitative

B. Qualitative

C. Statistical

D. Theoretical

What tool can be used to determine the impact of a changed requirement on other requirements?

A. Verification

B. Traceability

C. Interview

D. Workshop

What is the input status of requirements used by business analysts (BAs) for undertaking requirement verification activities?

A. Stated and Unconfirmed

B. Maintained and Reusable

C. Specified and Modeled

D. Validated and Prioritized

When initially assigned work, understanding the scope of elicitation is important in order to:

A. review the project charter.

B. identify the stakeholders.

C. discover the requirements.

D. plan the business analysis approach

What happens when either the number of requirements or level of formality increase?

A. Developing new requirements becomes difficult.

B. More time is required to complete the project.

C. More effort is needed to trace requirements.

D. Rejecting requirements is likely to increase.

Which of the following techniques would a business analyst (BA) use to conduct elicitation?

A. Prioritization

B. Reviews

C. Observation

D. Estimation

When defining the requirements architecture, a business analyst (BA) examines the relationships among requirements to ensure that they satisfy the following quality criteria:

A. prioritized, understandable, familiar, kinesthetic, visual.

B. defined, necessary, correct, unambiguous, consistent.

C. value-add, functional, auditable, edited, approved.

D. atomic, complete, concise, feasible, testable.

What is the purpose of comparing the results collected through elicitation activities?

A. Classify and organize the results

B. Confirm that the information is consistent and accurately represented

C. Ensure that information produced is recorded for later reference use

D. Validate sufficient information was collected

Which of the following tasks is used to ensure that requirements and designs at different levels are aligned to one another?

A. Gather requirements

B. Analyze requirements

C. Verify requirements

D. Trace requirements

In which activity would a business analyst (BA) consider using an organizational Center of Excellence?

A. Defining the limits within which decisions must be made

B. Determining the optimal business analysis approach

C. Providing techniques and procedures to be followed

D. Understanding the stakeholders concerns and interests