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FBA15 BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Questions and Answers

Questions 4

The requirements catalogue documents the business user or users who requested the requirement. Which heading in the requirements catalogue template would this information be recorded?

Options:

A.

Owner.

B.

Justification.

C.

Author.

D.

Source.

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Questions 5

Which stage of Isaksen and Treffinger's creative problem-solving model is concerned with analysing the opinions and concerns to identify how information can be quantified?

Options:

A.

Mess finding.

B.

Data finding.

C.

Problem finding.

D.

Idea finding

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Questions 6

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

Options:

A.

A step where one actor passes the process to another actor.

B.

A mismatch between the capacities of related process steps.

C.

An unnecessary step or steps in a sequence of process steps.

D.

A number of related steps that are carried out by different actors.

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Questions 7

Which of the following diagrams helps the business analyst to document a range of issues that have been uncovered about a business situation?

Options:

A.

The rich picture.

B.

The 'to be' process model.

C.

The business activity model.

D.

The use case diagram.

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Questions 8

Which investigation technique is supported by use case' descriptions?

Options:

A.

Scenario Analysis.

B.

Questionaires.

C.

Document Analysis.

D.

Interviewing.

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Questions 9

Which of the following are steps in the Isaksen and Treffinger's creative problem solving model?

a. Mess Finding.

b. Data Modelling.

c. Process Finding.

d. Problem Finding.

e. Solution Finding.

Options:

A.

a, b, c and d.

B.

b, c and e.

C.

a, d and e.

D.

a, c, d and e.

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Questions 10

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

Options:

A.

A Competitor's external marketing campaign.

B.

The products offered by Competitors.

C.

Rivalry among existing Competitors.

D.

The market share of known Competitors.

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Questions 11

What is the first stage of the waterfall systems development lifecycle?

Options:

A.

Plan.

B.

Analysis.

C.

Feasibility Study.

D.

Strategic Vision.

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Questions 12

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

Options:

A.

Force field analysis.

B.

Five forces model.

C.

Power/impact grid.

D.

Learning cycle.

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Questions 13

Given the cashflows below, which of the following is correct?

FBA15 Question 13

Options:

A.

The project pays back in year 4 of the project.

B.

The project does not pay back within the four year period.

C.

The project pays back in year 2 of the project.

D.

The project pays back in year 3 of the project.

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Questions 14

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?

Options:

A.

System prints invoices.

B.

Clerk sends invoices to customers.

C.

Customer's cheque is received.

D.

Clerk banks the cheque.

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Questions 15

In which of the following categories would return on investment be considered when assessing the feasibility of a project?

Options:

A.

Financial feasibility.

B.

Business feasibility.

C.

Technical feasibility.

D.

Operational feasibility.

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Questions 16

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

Options:

A.

It has meant that it is no longer necessary for analysts to define rigorous, accurate and complete user requirements.

B.

It has eliminated the need for effective contract management between the customer and the supplier of the outsourcing.

C.

It has been a significant catalyst in organisations for the development of a business analysis function.

D.

It has meant that the programming of solutions is usually undertaken in countries where labour costs are high.

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Questions 17

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

Options:

A.

By a solid line with no arrowhead or stereotype.

B.

By a broken, arrowed line stereotyped with the word <>.

C.

By a broken, arrowed line stereotyped with the word <iclude>>.

D.

By a broken, arrowed line stereotyped with the word <>.

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Questions 18

Which of the following types of activity help identify the KPI's of an organisation?

Options:

A.

The doing activities.

B.

The monitoring activities.

C.

The control activities.

D.

The planning activities.

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Questions 19

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?

Options:

A.

Cow.

B.

Cat.

C.

Dog.

D.

Goat.

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Questions 20

Which of the following investigation techniques is the MOST time consuming?

Options:

A.

Questionnaires.

B.

Ethnographic study.

C.

Shadowing.

D.

Activity sampling.

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Questions 21

Cars, trucks and motorbikes are all types of vehicle. What structure could be used on a class model to model this?

Options:

A.

Generalisation

B.

Association class

C.

Exclusivity relationship

D.

The <> construct

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Questions 22

Which of the following is NOT an example of a generic stakeholder group?

Options:

A.

Regulators.

B.

Competitors.

C.

Testers.

D.

Employees.

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Questions 23

An organisation called Quality Signs' makes display signs for commercial customers. Which of the following are MOST likely to be the Actors in a CATWOE analysis?

Options:

A.

The Managing Director of Quality Signs.

B.

The sign makers of Quality Signs.

C.

The competitors of Quality Signs.

D.

The customers of Quality Signs.

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Questions 24

Which of the following statement is TRUE about the process view of an organisation?

Options:

A.

It focuses on the customer of the organisation.

B.

It focuses solely on the internal view of the organisation.

C.

It focuses on the functions of an organisation.

D.

It focuses on the organisational structure.

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Exam Code: FBA15
Exam Name: BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
Last Update: Nov 30, 2023
Questions: 160
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