Free Practice Questions for GAQM CBAF-001 Exam

Question 1

The required competencies of a business analyst are classified into three categories. Which of the following is one of these three categories?

AManagement Qualities.

BBusiness Knowledge.

CIT Skills.

DProject Skills.

Correct Answer: B. Business Knowledge.

Question 2

One of the claimed advantages of buying a software package is that it is possible to predict future maintenance costs with some certainty. How would these costs be classified in a cost-benefit analysis?

AAs an intangible cost.

BAs a tangible benefit.

CAs a tangible cost.

Dan intangible benefit.

Correct Answer: C. As a tangible cost.

Question 3

What type of model is a 'Business Activity Model' (BAM)?

AConceptual

BLogical

CPhysical

DDynamic

Correct Answer: A. Conceptual

Question 4

Which of the following statements about business activity models (BAM) is correct?

AA BAM flowcharts the sequence of business events.

BA BAM will show who carries out business activities.

CA BAM is a model of the organization s processes.

DA BAM will be defined for each business perspective.

Correct Answer: D. A BAM will be defined for each business perspective.

Question 5

Which of the following describes a 'rich picture'?

AAn organization chart showing the most important stakeholders.

BA swim-lane diagram highlighting the most costly processes.

CA free-format drawing of a business situation under investigation.

DA UML class diagram showing both attributes and operations.

Correct Answer: C. A free-format drawing of a business situation under investigation.

Question 6

The following requirement has been identified; The system must be able to record customer payments. What type of requirement is this?

AA functional requirement.

BA non-functional requirement.

CA general requirement.

DA technical requirement.

Correct Answer: A. A functional requirement.

Question 7

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

AMind maps.

BBrainwriting.

CRoundrobin.

DStepwise refinement.

Correct Answer: A. Mind maps.

Question 8

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?

ACow.

BCat.

CDog.

DGoat.

Correct Answer: C. Dog.

Question 9

Which of the following statements about a BAM is correct?

AThe BAM is concerned with who carries out the activities.

BThe BAM is concernedwith where activities are carried out.

CThere will be one BAM for each business perspective.

DThe BAM is an AS-IS model of the real world.

Correct Answer: C. There will be one BAM for each business perspective.

Question 10

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

AA business analysis process model.

BA systems development lifecycle.

CA concerns-based adoption model.

DA soft systems methodology.

Correct Answer: B. A systems development lifecycle.

Question 11

An analyst has discovered that a company wishes to hold information about departments and employees. A department may have many employees in it, but each employee can, at any one time, only work in one department. There is no requirement to store historical information. However, there are currently eight departments and over one hundred employees. How would this relationship be shown on an Entity Relationship diagram?

AAs (8 .. 100) at the Department end of the relationship.

BAs a many-to-many between Department and Employee.

CAs a one-to-one between Department and Employee.

DAs a one-to-many between Departmentand Employee.

Correct Answer: D. As a one-to-many between Departmentand Employee.

Question 12

What does a force-field analysis consider?

AForces for and against business change.

BForces in the competitive environment.

CThe financial strength of the company.

DThe power of external suppliers.

Correct Answer: A. Forces for and against business change.

Question 13

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?

AScenario analysis.

BProtocol analysis.

CShadowing.

DActivity sampling.

Correct Answer: C. Shadowing.

Question 14

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

AIdea-finding.

BSolution-finding.

CData-finding.

DAcceptance-finding.

Correct Answer: A. Idea-finding.

Question 15

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

AActivity sequence

BLogical dependency.

CFunctional optionality.

DFlow of data.

Correct Answer: B. Logical dependency.