BIS MOCK EXAM
The exam contains 30 questions, 15 questions by Prof. Baesens and 15 questions by Prof. Snoeck.
(You have 34 sample questions in this file.)
For the part of Professor Baesens, the questions are approximately spread as follows across the
chapters:
- Chapter 1, 3 or 4 questions,
- Chapters 5 and 6, approx. 6 questions for each.
For the part of Professor Snoeck, the questions are approximately spread as follows across the
chapters:
- Chapter 2, approx. 4 questions:
o 3 theory questions (Business Value of IT, technology acceptance models, Enterprise
Architecture)
o 1 exercise on Zachman where you have to position a statement in the right row.
- Chapter 3, approx. 4 questions:
o one theory question
o 3 BPMN exercises gauging your knowledge of
gateways (split/merge, and/xOR, iOR, event-based)
events (intermediate boundary vs. in-line, interrupting vs. non-interrupting,
different types of end events, ...),
pools, lanes and messages
multi-instance tasks, send versus receive
...
- Chapter 4, approx. 7 questions:
o 3 UML exercises focusing on the ability to read a chain of binary associations,
possibly including inheritance and aggregation, a ternary association.
o 1 or 2 exercises on Logical Data Modelling focusing on understanding a relational
model and the correspondence between a UML class diagram and a relational model
o 1 or 2 SQL exercises, gauging your understanding of different types of joins, the
GROUP BY, HAVING and WHERE clauses.
o 1 question on Practical Skills focusing on your ability to understand the capabilities of
Excel in comparison to databases (SQL), and/or your ability to read and interpret a
description of an Excel function.
The exam copy will contain a formularium as on the following pages and a couple of scrap papers you
can use for calculations.
,BIS Mock Exam-2
,BIS Mock Exam-3
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The exam contains 30 questions, 15 questions by Prof. Baesens and 15 questions by Prof. Snoeck.
(You have 34 sample questions in this file.)
For the part of Professor Baesens, the questions are approximately spread as follows across the
chapters:
- Chapter 1, 3 or 4 questions,
- Chapters 5 and 6, approx. 6 questions for each.
For the part of Professor Snoeck, the questions are approximately spread as follows across the
chapters:
- Chapter 2, approx. 4 questions:
o 3 theory questions (Business Value of IT, technology acceptance models, Enterprise
Architecture)
o 1 exercise on Zachman where you have to position a statement in the right row.
- Chapter 3, approx. 4 questions:
o one theory question
o 3 BPMN exercises gauging your knowledge of
gateways (split/merge, and/xOR, iOR, event-based)
events (intermediate boundary vs. in-line, interrupting vs. non-interrupting,
different types of end events, ...),
pools, lanes and messages
multi-instance tasks, send versus receive
...
- Chapter 4, approx. 7 questions:
o 3 UML exercises focusing on the ability to read a chain of binary associations,
possibly including inheritance and aggregation, a ternary association.
o 1 or 2 exercises on Logical Data Modelling focusing on understanding a relational
model and the correspondence between a UML class diagram and a relational model
o 1 or 2 SQL exercises, gauging your understanding of different types of joins, the
GROUP BY, HAVING and WHERE clauses.
o 1 question on Practical Skills focusing on your ability to understand the capabilities of
Excel in comparison to databases (SQL), and/or your ability to read and interpret a
description of an Excel function.
The exam copy will contain a formularium as on the following pages and a couple of scrap papers you
can use for calculations.
,BIS Mock Exam-2
,BIS Mock Exam-3
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