ECBA 2023 Exam Questions With complete solutions

1. Which of the following techniques can be used to model the rationale of a change? A. Roles and Permissions Matrix B. Organizational modelling C. Business capability analysis D. Decision modelling D. Decision modelling Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.1.4.1 - Model Requirements - Paragraph 3 - Point #2 - Rationale: models represent the 'why' of a change. Techniques used to represent the rationale include Decision Modelling; Scope Modelling; Business Model Canvas; Root Cause Analysis; and Business Rules Analysis 2. The main reason for implementing appropriate levels of abstraction is because: A. Not all stakeholders find value in the entire set of requirements B. Requirements do not have necessary attributes C. Requirements have missing components D. Stakeholders don't have interest A. Not all stakeholders find value in the entire set of requirements Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.1.4.4 - Implement the Appropriate Levels of Abstraction - The level of abstraction of a requirement varies based on the type of requirement and audience for the requirement. Not all stakeholders require or find value in the complete set of requirements and models. It may be appropriate to produce different viewpoints of requirements to represent the same need for different stakeholders. Business analysts take special care to maintain the meaning and intent of the requirements over all representations. 3. Which of the following is used to record the meaning of relevant business terms while analyzing requirements? A. Glossary B. Scope model C. State model D. Data dictionary A. Glossary Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.1.6 - Techniques - Glossary: used to record the meaning of relevant business terms while analyzing requirements 4. Which of the following can be used for quality control when verifying requirements and designs? A. Data model B. Templates C. Information management approach D. Checklists D. Checklists Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.2.4.3 - Checklists - Checklists are used for quality control when verifying requirements and designs. 5. Which of the following stakeholders can participate in specify and model requirements task? A. Only Sponsor and PM B. Only developers and implementation SME C. Only technical architect and PM D. Any stakeholders D. Any stakeholders Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.1.7 - Any stakeholder: business analysts may choose to perform this task themselves and then separately package and communicate the requirements to stakeholders for their review and approval; or they might choose to invite some or all stakeholders to participate in this task. 6. A set of conventions that define how requirements will be represented; organized and related is known as: A. Views B. Viewpoints C. Architecture D. Attributes B. Viewpoints Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.4.4.1 - Requirements Viewpoints and Views A viewpoint is a set of conventions that define how requirements will be represented; how these representations will be organized; and how they will be related. Viewpoints provide templates for addressing the concerns of particular stakeholder groups 7. If there are no relationships between requirements that link elements in two different and conflicting ways; then the relationship satisfies which of the following quality criteria? A. Consistent B. Unambiguous C. Necessary D. Defined B. Unambiguous Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.4.4.4 - Relate and Verify Requirements Relationships - Unambiguous: there are no relationships that link elements in two different and conflicting ways. 8. Which of the following describes how all of the business analysis information for a change relates including the relationship between various types of information? A. Business analysis information architecture B. Architectural framework C. Viewpoints D. Views A. Business analysis information architecture Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.4.4.5 - Business Analysis Information Architecture - The structure of the business analysis information is also an information architecture. This type of architecture is defined as part of the task Plan Business Analysis Information Management (p. 42). The information architecture is a component of the requirements architecture because it describes how all of the business analysis information for a change relates. It defines relationships for types of information such as requirements; designs; types of models; and elicitation results. 9. Business analyst A has decomposed BA information into components to further examine constraints or assumptions that impact the components. What is A doing? A. Modelling requirements B. Analyzing requirements C. Implementing requirements D. Representing attributes B. Analyzing requirements Explanation: BABoK V3.0 - Section 7.1.4.2 - Analyze Requirements - Business analysis information is decomposed into components to further examine for: • anything that must change to meet the business need; • anything that should stay the same to meet the business need; • missing components; • unnecessary components; and • any constraints or assumptions that impact the components 10. Which of the following provides a plan to transition from the current state to the future state? A. Business policies B. Change strategy C. Current state description D. BA performance assessment B. Change strategy Explanation: Definition. BABoK V3.0 - Glossary - Change strategy: A plan to move from the current state to the future state to achieve the desired business objectives.