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BCS FOUNDATION BUSINESS ANALYSIS EXAM
NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {150 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW! | 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
What is protocol analysis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > asks users to carry
out a task and describe each step they perform
What are the soft components of mckinseys 7's? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > skills
Staff
Style
Prototypes are? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > prototypes can be developed
in workshops
a post-it note prototype can be just as valuable as a software
prototype
What are the stages in the business analysis process model? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > investigate situation
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Consider perspectives
Analyse needs
Evaluate options
Define requirements
What is an ethnographic study? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > extended time
in user community gathering data so they get used to you, but
this is v expensive
What is activity sampling? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a quantitative form
of observation and can be used when it is necessary to know
how business users spend their time (time and motion study)
What is document analysis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > this involves
reviewing samples of documents to uncover information about an
organisation, system or process
In a facilitated workshop what are the discovery methods? (6) -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > round robin
Brainstorming
Brain writing
Post-it exercise
Stepwise refinement
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Break-out groups
In a facilitated workshop what are the visualisation methods? (7)
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > process models
Rich pictures
Mind maps
Context diagrams
Use case diagrams
Task scenarios
User stories
Which of the following has been identified as a key skill of a
business analyst working in an organisation that has outsourced
its information technology (it) department? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
business systems thinking has been identified as a key skill in an
organisation that has outsourced its it department (option a)
When is competitive rivalry between firms likely to be high? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > - when the costs of leaving the industry are high,
not low
-when switching supplier is easy, not difficult
-when there are many, not few, competing firms in the industry.
- when the market is growing slowly or not at all
BCS FOUNDATION BUSINESS ANALYSIS EXAM
NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {150 Q & A}
ALREADY GRADED A+ | BRAND NEW! | 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
What is protocol analysis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > asks users to carry
out a task and describe each step they perform
What are the soft components of mckinseys 7's? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > skills
Staff
Style
Prototypes are? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > prototypes can be developed
in workshops
a post-it note prototype can be just as valuable as a software
prototype
What are the stages in the business analysis process model? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > investigate situation
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Consider perspectives
Analyse needs
Evaluate options
Define requirements
What is an ethnographic study? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > extended time
in user community gathering data so they get used to you, but
this is v expensive
What is activity sampling? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a quantitative form
of observation and can be used when it is necessary to know
how business users spend their time (time and motion study)
What is document analysis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > this involves
reviewing samples of documents to uncover information about an
organisation, system or process
In a facilitated workshop what are the discovery methods? (6) -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > round robin
Brainstorming
Brain writing
Post-it exercise
Stepwise refinement
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Break-out groups
In a facilitated workshop what are the visualisation methods? (7)
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > process models
Rich pictures
Mind maps
Context diagrams
Use case diagrams
Task scenarios
User stories
Which of the following has been identified as a key skill of a
business analyst working in an organisation that has outsourced
its information technology (it) department? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
business systems thinking has been identified as a key skill in an
organisation that has outsourced its it department (option a)
When is competitive rivalry between firms likely to be high? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > - when the costs of leaving the industry are high,
not low
-when switching supplier is easy, not difficult
-when there are many, not few, competing firms in the industry.
- when the market is growing slowly or not at all
