PMI-PBA V.1 EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is Analysis? - ANSWER✔✔-The task, tools, and techniques to elicit requirements, determine
requirements within scope, and ensure the product development team can act to satisfy
What is the goal of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-To have product requirements that are
approved, within scope, and suitable for development
What are the themes of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-- Progressive Elaboration- Scope and
Value- Models
The BA will facilitate recommendations and decisions on product scope requirements that are
needed to satisfy the ___. - ANSWER✔✔-Scope
Which domain will you find all of the requirements modeling techniques? - ANSWER✔✔-Analysis
What do requirements model lead to? - ANSWER✔✔-Better analysis, by providing additional
insights to the requirements
___ facilitate communication by providing a visual representations of the requirements. -
ANSWER✔✔-Models
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,What are the tasks of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-- Elicit Requirements- Analyze,
decompose, and elaborate requirements- Evaluate product options and capabilities- Allocate
Requirements- Get Requirements Sign-off- Write Requirements Specifications- Validate
Requirements- Elaborate and Specify Acceptance Criteria
What is the mnemonic for the tasks of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-EACASSVA
(Everything as calm as singing saints visualizing acceptance)
What is the definition of the task Elicit Requirements"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Elicit or identify
requirements, using individual and group elicitation techniques in order to discover and capture
requirements with support details (e.g. origin, rationale)
What is the definition of the task Analyze, Decompose, and Elaborate Requirements"?" -
ANSWER✔✔-Analyze, decompose, and elaborate requirements using techniques in order to
collaboratively uncover and clarify product options and capabilities
What is the definition of the task Evaluate Product Options and Capabilities"?" - ANSWER✔✔-
Collaborate on the development of project goals and objectives by providing clarification of
business needs and solution scope in order to align the product with the organization's goals and
objectives
What is the definition of the task Allocate Requirements"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Allocate accepted or
deferred requirements by balancing scope, schedule, budget, and resource constraints with the value
proposition in order to create a requirements baseline
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,What is the definition of the task Get Requirements Signoff"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Obtain sign-off on
requirements baseline using decision-making techniques in order to facilitate stakeholder consensus
and achieve stakeholder approval
What is the definition of the task Write Requirements Specifications"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Write
requirements specifications using process, data and interface details in order to communicate
requirements that are measurable and actionable (i.e. suitable for development)
What is the definition of the task Validate Requirements"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Validate requirements
using tools and techniques in order to ensure requirements are complete, accurate and aligned with
goals, objectives, and value proposition
What is the definition of the task Elaborate and Specify Acceptance Criteria"?" - ANSWER✔✔-
Elaborate and specify detailed metrics and acceptance criteria using measurement tools and
techniques for use in evaluating whether the solution meets requirements
True of False: Elicitation means to collect or gather requirements - ANSWER✔✔-FALSE.
Elicitation is the process of calling forth or drawing out requirements
True or False: Stakeholder usually have the actual requirements that you will need - ANSWER✔✔-
FALSE. They often do not, but do they have wants and needs
True or False: Part of a BA's responsibilities is to help stakeholder define the problem or
opportunity - ANSWER✔✔-TRUE. BAs are also responsible for helping to determine what should
be done to address it
Draw Out" is a synonym for what?" - ANSWER✔✔-Elicit
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, What is the process for conducting Elicitation? - ANSWER✔✔-Plan, Prepare, Conduct, Document,
Complete
What is the mnemonic for the iterative process steps of elicitation? - ANSWER✔✔-PPCDC (Plan
politically correct documented comments)
Plans for elicitation are meant to be __ and ___. - ANSWER✔✔-Iterative and adaptive
What are some of the elements to include in an elicitation plan? - ANSWER✔✔-- What information
to elicit- Where to find that information- How to obtain the information- Sequencing the elicitation
activities
What are the benefits of a well thought out elicitation approach? - ANSWER✔✔-- Fewer
unnecessary elicitation activities- More valuable results for each activity- More efficient and
predictable use of stakeholder time for elicitation- Better overall focus on the elicitation process-
Clearer of the necessary information to define a problem, affect an improvement, or produce a
solution
In which document does the documentation of the elicitation plan included? - ANSWER✔✔-
Requirements Management Plan
Preparation for each elicitation event may be __ or __ - ANSWER✔✔-Formal or informal
Preparing for elicitation includes what two things? - ANSWER✔✔-- Organizing and scheduling
resources for conducting requirements elicitation- Detailed schedules for participants, locations, and
other resources
Who typically participates in elicitation? - ANSWER✔✔-Stakeholders, users, SMEs
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is Analysis? - ANSWER✔✔-The task, tools, and techniques to elicit requirements, determine
requirements within scope, and ensure the product development team can act to satisfy
What is the goal of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-To have product requirements that are
approved, within scope, and suitable for development
What are the themes of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-- Progressive Elaboration- Scope and
Value- Models
The BA will facilitate recommendations and decisions on product scope requirements that are
needed to satisfy the ___. - ANSWER✔✔-Scope
Which domain will you find all of the requirements modeling techniques? - ANSWER✔✔-Analysis
What do requirements model lead to? - ANSWER✔✔-Better analysis, by providing additional
insights to the requirements
___ facilitate communication by providing a visual representations of the requirements. -
ANSWER✔✔-Models
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,What are the tasks of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-- Elicit Requirements- Analyze,
decompose, and elaborate requirements- Evaluate product options and capabilities- Allocate
Requirements- Get Requirements Sign-off- Write Requirements Specifications- Validate
Requirements- Elaborate and Specify Acceptance Criteria
What is the mnemonic for the tasks of the Analysis domain? - ANSWER✔✔-EACASSVA
(Everything as calm as singing saints visualizing acceptance)
What is the definition of the task Elicit Requirements"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Elicit or identify
requirements, using individual and group elicitation techniques in order to discover and capture
requirements with support details (e.g. origin, rationale)
What is the definition of the task Analyze, Decompose, and Elaborate Requirements"?" -
ANSWER✔✔-Analyze, decompose, and elaborate requirements using techniques in order to
collaboratively uncover and clarify product options and capabilities
What is the definition of the task Evaluate Product Options and Capabilities"?" - ANSWER✔✔-
Collaborate on the development of project goals and objectives by providing clarification of
business needs and solution scope in order to align the product with the organization's goals and
objectives
What is the definition of the task Allocate Requirements"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Allocate accepted or
deferred requirements by balancing scope, schedule, budget, and resource constraints with the value
proposition in order to create a requirements baseline
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,What is the definition of the task Get Requirements Signoff"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Obtain sign-off on
requirements baseline using decision-making techniques in order to facilitate stakeholder consensus
and achieve stakeholder approval
What is the definition of the task Write Requirements Specifications"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Write
requirements specifications using process, data and interface details in order to communicate
requirements that are measurable and actionable (i.e. suitable for development)
What is the definition of the task Validate Requirements"?" - ANSWER✔✔-Validate requirements
using tools and techniques in order to ensure requirements are complete, accurate and aligned with
goals, objectives, and value proposition
What is the definition of the task Elaborate and Specify Acceptance Criteria"?" - ANSWER✔✔-
Elaborate and specify detailed metrics and acceptance criteria using measurement tools and
techniques for use in evaluating whether the solution meets requirements
True of False: Elicitation means to collect or gather requirements - ANSWER✔✔-FALSE.
Elicitation is the process of calling forth or drawing out requirements
True or False: Stakeholder usually have the actual requirements that you will need - ANSWER✔✔-
FALSE. They often do not, but do they have wants and needs
True or False: Part of a BA's responsibilities is to help stakeholder define the problem or
opportunity - ANSWER✔✔-TRUE. BAs are also responsible for helping to determine what should
be done to address it
Draw Out" is a synonym for what?" - ANSWER✔✔-Elicit
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, What is the process for conducting Elicitation? - ANSWER✔✔-Plan, Prepare, Conduct, Document,
Complete
What is the mnemonic for the iterative process steps of elicitation? - ANSWER✔✔-PPCDC (Plan
politically correct documented comments)
Plans for elicitation are meant to be __ and ___. - ANSWER✔✔-Iterative and adaptive
What are some of the elements to include in an elicitation plan? - ANSWER✔✔-- What information
to elicit- Where to find that information- How to obtain the information- Sequencing the elicitation
activities
What are the benefits of a well thought out elicitation approach? - ANSWER✔✔-- Fewer
unnecessary elicitation activities- More valuable results for each activity- More efficient and
predictable use of stakeholder time for elicitation- Better overall focus on the elicitation process-
Clearer of the necessary information to define a problem, affect an improvement, or produce a
solution
In which document does the documentation of the elicitation plan included? - ANSWER✔✔-
Requirements Management Plan
Preparation for each elicitation event may be __ or __ - ANSWER✔✔-Formal or informal
Preparing for elicitation includes what two things? - ANSWER✔✔-- Organizing and scheduling
resources for conducting requirements elicitation- Detailed schedules for participants, locations, and
other resources
Who typically participates in elicitation? - ANSWER✔✔-Stakeholders, users, SMEs
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