BCS BA FOUNDATION UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

BCS BA FOUNDATION UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What is Business Analysis?
Answer:
Identifying business needs and recommending solutions that deliver business value.

Question:
2. Business change lifecycle stages?
Answer:
Alignment • Definition • Design • Implementation • Realisation.

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3. Alignment stage purpose?
Answer:
Align business strategy with business needs.

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4. Definition stage purpose?
Answer:
Investigate the business situation • Assess feasibility • Define requirements.

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5. Design stage purpose?
Answer:
Design the business solution.

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6. Implementation stage purpose?
Answer:
Develop, test and deploy the solution.

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7. Realisation stage purpose?
Answer:
Measure benefits and ensure business value is realised.

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8. Business case supports?
Answer:
Every stage of the business change lifecycle.

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9. Six key principles of Business Analysis?

,Answer:
Root causes not symptoms • Business improvement not IT change • Options not solutions • Feasible
contributing requirements not every request • Entire business change lifecycle • Negotiation not avoidance.

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10. Business Analysis focuses on?
Answer:
Business improvement, not just IT system change.

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11. Business Analysts identify?
Answer:
Root causes, not symptoms.

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12. Business Analysts recommend?
Answer:
Options, not predetermined solutions.

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13. Requirements should be?
Answer:
Feasible and contribute to business objectives.

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14. Business Analysis covers?
Answer:
The entire business change lifecycle.

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15. Negotiation is preferred over?
Answer:
Avoidance.

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16. Business Analyst role variants?
Answer:
Enterprise • Technical/Systems • Digital • Project • Proxy Product Owner.

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17. Enterprise BA?
Answer:
Supports organisation-wide strategy and change.

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18. Technical/Systems BA?

,Answer:
Focuses on systems and technical solutions.

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19. Digital BA?
Answer:
Supports digital products and services.

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20. Project BA?
Answer:
Performs business analysis within projects.

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21. Proxy Product Owner?
Answer:
Represents the Product Owner and helps prioritise work.

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22. T-shaped professional?
Answer:
Deep expertise in one discipline with broad knowledge across many others.

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23. Benefit of a T-shaped professional?
Answer:
Adapts well to new situations and works across disciplines.

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24. Vertical part of the T?
Answer:
Deep specialist expertise.

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25. Horizontal part of the T?
Answer:
Broad knowledge and transferable skills.

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26. Three BA competency areas?
Answer:
Personal qualities • Business knowledge • Professional techniques.

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27. Personal qualities include?

, Answer:
Communication • Critical thinking • Adaptability • Professionalism.

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28. Business knowledge includes?
Answer:
Organisation • Industry • Business domain • Strategy.

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29. Professional techniques include?
Answer:
Investigation • Modelling • Stakeholder analysis • Requirements engineering.

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30. Business Analysts need?
Answer:
A balance of personal qualities, business knowledge and professional techniques.

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31. Purpose of strategic context?
Answer:
Enable Business Analysts to contribute to organisational strategy and business change.

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32. Strategic Business Analyst should?
Answer:
Analyse • Build credibility • Question appropriateness • Analyse effectiveness • Provide leadership and
influence.

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33. PESTLE analyses?
Answer:
The external environment.

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34. PESTLE = ?
Answer:
Political • Economic • Socio-cultural • Technological • Legal • Environmental.

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35. Political factors?
Answer:
Government, taxation, regulation and policy.

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36. Economic factors?