ECBA® V3 Simulation Test – Set 01 - Sample 2017

ECBA®
Simulation
Test 01
Sample

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Simulation test questions

1. Which of the following group of models is used to analyze
business processes
a) Activity Diagrams, Entity-Relationship Diagrams, Workflow
Models.
b) Activity Diagrams, Flowcharts, Context Diagrams.
c) Sequence diagrams, Flowcharts, Workflow Models.
d) Activity Diagrams, Flowcharts, Workflow Models.

2. What is the best modeling technique to capture aspects

affecting a system?
a) Context diagram
b) State chart diagram
c) Data flow diagram
d) Sequence diagram.

3. Which among following is not a quality criterion for

requirements documents?
a) Unambiguity
b) Structured
c) Must use “Use cases”.
d) Complete.

4. Linking requirements to solution components is known as

a) Allocation
b) Derivation
c) Structured
d) Alignment.

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5. Attribute that indicates stability of a requirement is

a) Status
b) Maturity
c) Volatility
d) Value

6. Signoff may best occur in all the following ways

a) Recorded physically or electronically.
b) Verbally.
c) Face-to-face.
d) As decided during planning.

7. Which among following is not a quality criterion for

requirements?
a) Agreed
b) Signed off in a group review
c) Ranked
d) Traceable.

8. What are the outputs of preparing for elicitation?

a) Organizational assets, requirements management plan.
b) Plan, Stakeholder communication plan, risk analysis.
c) Observation, prototype, assigned resources.
d) Supporting materials, scheduled resources.

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9. The elicitation techniques are broadly classified into

types:
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five

10. The ability to understand common business practices is?

a) Behavioural Characteristics
b) Business Knowledge
c) Communication Skills
d) Interaction Skills.

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ECBA® V3
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Tips and Tricks

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1. Preface and Introduction

Your notes:
1.1 What is business analysis?

BABOK® definition: BA is the practice of

enabling change in an enterprise by defining
needs and recommending solutions that deliver
value to stakeholders.

BA enables an enterprise to articulate its

needs, rationale for change and to design and
describe solutions that can deliver value.

BA can be performed within a project or across

the enterprise. It can be used to understand
the current state, Define future state and
determine activities required for transition.

BA can be performed from various perspectives

like agile, business intelligence, information
technology, business architecture, business
process management etc.

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Who is a Business analyst?

A person who performs BA tasks mentioned in

BABOK® is considered a Business analyst
irrespective of his job title or organization
role.

Business analysts elicit actual needs of

stakeholders, not simply capture expressed

desires. They are also responsible for
discovering and analysing information from
various sources.

Common job titles for BAs are business

architect, system analyst, requirements
engineer, process analyst, management
consultant, product manager etc.

Business analysts help organizations define

the optimal solutions for their needs, given
the set of constraints (including time,
budget, regulations and others).

Key activities BAs perform are:

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Understand problems and goals of the

enterprise

Analyze needs and solutions

Devise strategies

Drive change

Facilitate stakeholder collaboration

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1.2 What is IIBA®?

International Institute of BA (IIBA® ) was

founded in Toronto, Canada in October of 2003
to support the BA community by:

 Creating and developing awareness and

recognition of the value and contribution
of the business analyst.

 Defining the BA body of knowledge

(BABOK®).

 Providing a forum for knowledge sharing

and contribution to the BA profession.

 Publicly recognizing and certifying

qualified practitioners through an
internationally acknowledged
certification program.

What is BABOK®?

BABOK® contains a description of generally

accepted practices in the field of business
analysis. It gives a guidance on the skills
and knowledge that a business analyst must
possess. Contents of BABOK® have been
verified thoroughly by practitioners.

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BABOK® does not mandate that practices

described should be followed under all

circumstances.

Any set of practices MUST be tailored to the

specific BA conditions.

The goal of revising BABOK® v2.0 and coming

up with the new version v3.0 are as follows:

 Incorporate new concepts and practices

 Address the evolving scope of the
profession

 Incorporate lessons learnt form

practitioners

 Enhance readability and usability of the

guide and consistency and quality of
texts and illustrations

 Improve consistency with other generally

accepted BA standards

1.3 What and Why of ECBA®

ECBA® stands for Entry Certificate in

Business Analysis, 1st level certification
provided by International Institute of

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Business Analysis (IIBA®), Canada (www.IIBA®

.org).

Following are some of the benefits of

becoming a ECBA® :

Be recognized for your competency in

business analysis. 

Business analysis is the fastest growing

career opportunity for IT professionals. 

People with domain experience can move

into IT sector by becoming a business
analyst. 

Better job prospects. 

Better salary. 
Target Audience for ECBA®
ECBA examination targets the following
audience:
Individuals entering the BA profession: 
Students enrolled in BA academic programs 
New graduates 
Professionals transitioning careers 
Functional managers who are not BAs but
manage them 

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Eligibility for ECBA®

High school (i.e., 12 years of education is

required. In India, this will be higher
secondary school) and above. 

Prior business analysis-related work is

not required. 

Professional development: 21 hours of 

Verifiable BABOK® coursework in the last 4

years. Adaptive Processes is an authorized
EEP of IIBA®, its trainings provide
desired PDUs for the ECBA® certification
examination.

References: Not required. 

Prior knowledge area expertise is not

required. 

 Signed code of conduct is required.

ECBA® Question pattern 

This will be a knowledge based 
examination.
Basic multiple choice questions 
50 questions 
Testing knowledge 
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1.5 hours 

Examination weightage – KA wise

Business Analysis Knowledge

Domain % Distribution

Business Analysis & the BA

Professional 2.5%

Underlying Competencies 5%
Business Analysis Key 5%
Concepts
Techniques 12.5%

BABOK® Guide Knowledge Areas

Domain % Distribution

Business Analysis Planning

5%
and Monitoring

Elicitation and 20%

Collaboration

Requirements Life Cycle 20%

Management

Strategy Analysis 5%

Requirements Analysis and 24%

Design Definition

Solution Evaluation 1%

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Additional Information
Application expires within 1 year from
approval 
3 exams can be taken within a year without
requiring any waiting time in between 

Certification process
 Become an IIBA® member at www.IIBA® .org. 

 Benefits include free, unlimited access to

the BABOK® and 500+ online books, local,
national and international networking
opportunities and ability to influence the
growth and direction of the BA profession. 

 Take required training from an IIBA® EEP,

such as Adaptive Processes
(www.AdaptiveProcesses.com). 

 Download BABOK® and start reading. 

Join a study group, or start one. 
Begin preparing for the application. 

Preparing the application

Begin the application at least 2 weeks

before you plan to apply. 

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It can take anywhere from 6-10 hours to

complete. 

Download and use Adaptive BA experience

calculator. 

Apply within 6 months of when you plan to

write. 

 You can download the CBAP® handbook for a

detailed application process at IIBA® web-
site. 

Tips for the certification examination

 Please keep it in your mind that CBAP® is
a test on your knowledge of BABOK®, not
your knowledge on BA practice as you may
be following in your workplace. 

 Answers need to be as per BABOK®, not 

what you may think appropriate.

Questions are pretty much straight
forward. 

No long descriptive questions. However,

there are questions with diagrams. 

No long answers. All questions had single

statement answers. 

 Avoid answers which are prescriptive.

BABOK® does not provide any specific level 

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of rigor to be adopted in any activity.

 Be careful with answers which say

something should be 100% or 0% - It’s 

very hard to find such digital options in

life.

 Avoid terms which are not mentioned in

BABOK®. Such a term can be technically
correct, for example a specific company
may have a Wok Breakdown System – however
BABOK® does not have any such term. BABOK®
term is Work breakdown structure. 

Multiple options can be technically

correct; choose the BEST option. 

Do not trust long lists. 

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Knowledge areas
Knowledge areas represent areas of specific
BA expertise.

There are 6 knowledge area in BABoK:

1. BA planning and monitoring

2. elicitation and collaboration

3. Requirements life cycle management
4. Strategy analysis

5.Requirements analysis and design definition

6. Solution evaluation

Knowledge Areas Description

BA planning and Tasks BAs perform to organize and coordinate
monitoring efforts of BAs and stakeholders

Elicitation and Tasks BAs carry out to Prepare for

collaboration elicitation, Conduct elicitation activities,
confirm results, communicate and collaborate
with stakeholders

Requirements Tasks BAs perform to manage and maintain

life cycle requirements and design information from start
management till end
Strategy Tasks BAs perform to identify a need of
analysis strategic or tactical importance, how to
collaborate and enable stakeholders to address
that need etc.

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Requirements Tasks BAs carry out to organize elicited
analysis and requirements, model them, validate and verify
design them and identify and estimate Potential value
definition of solution options

Solution Tasks BAs perform to assess the performance

evaluation and value delivered by a solution

Diagram below depicts the relationships between different

knowledge areas:

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Tasks

A task is an essential piece of work to be

performed as part of business analysis. Each

task should be performed at least once

during most BA initiatives. There is no upper
limit to the number of times any task may be
performed. Tasks may be performed at any
scale – from few minutes to few months.

In this book, tasks are structured in the

following manner:

Purpose: Short description as to why a BA performs a task and

the value derived from it

Inputs Stakeholders Outputs

This section lists This section lists This section lists
the inputs for a stakeholders who are the results produced
task which will likely to participate by performing a task
lead to outputs in a task

Guidelines and Tools: This section lists resources which are

required to transform input into output.

Techniques: This section lists the techniques that can be used

to perform the BA task

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1.4 Underlying competencies

Underlying competencies are skills, knowledge

and personal characteristics that support
effective performance of business analysis.
This is discussed in detail in Chapter 8.

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ECBA V3 Study Guide

Table of contents

Copyright notice
Introduction 2
Feedbacks and suggestions on the book 2
Unique benefits of working with us 7
Our key clients 7
Adaptive workshops catalogue 8

1. Preface and Introduction 10

1.1 What is business analysis? 10
1.2 What is IIBA®? 13

What and Why of ECBA® 15

Underlying competencies 24
2. BA key concepts 25

Key terms 25
Requirement Classification 26
2.3 Stakeholders 27

3. BA planning and monitoring 29

3.1 Plan BA approach 32

3.2 Plan stakeholder engagement 39

3.3 Plan BA governance 45

Plan BA information management 49

Identify BA performance improvements 56
4. Elicitation and collaboration 60
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4.1 Prepare for elicitation 63

4.2 Conduct elicitation 67

4.3 Confirm elicitation result 70

4.4 Communicate BA information 72

4.5 Manage stakeholder collaboration 76

5. Requirements life cycle management 79
5.1 Trace Requirements 84

5.2 Maintain Requirements 87

5.3 Prioritize Requirements 89
5.4 Assess Requirements Changes 93
5.5 Approve Requirements 96

6. Strategy analysis 98
6.1 Analyze current state 103
6.2 Define future state 108
6.3 Assess risks 113

6.4 Define change strategy 117

7. Requirements analysis and design definition 121
7.1 Specify and model requirements 124

7.2 Verify requirements 128

7.3 Validate requirements 130

7.4 Define Requirements architecture 133

7.5 Define Design options 136

7.6 Analyze Potential value and Recommend Solution 139

8. Solution evaluation 142

8.1 Measure Solution Performance 144

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8.2 Analyze Performance Measures 147

8.3 Assess Solution limitations 149
8.4 Assess enterprise limitations 152

8.5 Recommend actions to increase solution value 156

9. Underlying Competencies 159

9.1 Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving 159

9.2 Behavioral Characteristics 161

9.3 Business Knowledge 163

9.4 Communication Skills 164
9.5 Interaction Skills 166
9.6 Tools and Technology 167

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Adaptive Processes is a leading Key facts

global player helping its clients  Consulting, training,

improve their BA and requirements staffing and products for

engineering capabilities and BA and requirements

engineering.
practices.
 200+ person-years
consulting experience.

 200+ Clients across the

globe.

 10+ Fortune 500 clients.

 200+ workshops in India,

US, Thailand, Philippines,
Malaysia.

Unique benefits of working with us

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Our key clients

Govern

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Adaptive workshops catalogue

Category Course Name

Business analysis Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP® )

(Endorsed by IIBA® , Canada)

Business analysis Certification of Competency in Business Analysis

(CCBA®) (Endorsed by IIBA® , Canada)

Business analysis Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA®)

(Endorsed by IIBA® , Canada)

Business analysis Certified Professional in Requirements

Engineering(CPRE®) (Endorsed by IREB, Germany)

Business analysis Elicitation techniques

Business analysis Requirements modeling using UML

Business analysis Behavioral skills for BAs

Business analysis The ACE BA program

Agile Certified Agile Practitioner

Agile Introduction to Agile and Scrum

BSC Balance Score Card

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CMMI CMMI for Services

CMMI Introduction to CMMI for Development

CMMI CMM Implementation Workshop

CoBIT Introduction to COBIT

Excel Excel for Executive Managers

ISO 27001 Certified ISO 27001 Implementer

ISO 27001 Certified ISO 27001 Internal Auditor

Project Introduction to MS-Project

Management
Project Project Management Basics
Management
Project Program Management Professional
Management
Project Stakeholder Management
Management
Six Sigma Six Sigma Green Belt

Project Certified Software Team Lead

Management
Software Configuration Management
Engineering

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Software Good Programming Practices

Engineering
Software Introduction to Software Quality
Engineering
Software Requirements Management
Engineering
Software Software Engineering Principles
Engineering
Software Introduction to Software QA
Engineering
Software Software Reviews
Engineering
Software Software Testing Principles
Engineering
Software Software Metrics
Engineering
Software Statistics for Project managers
Engineering
Software Statistical Process Control
Engineering

Please note that we modify course catalog based on changing

business needs. For the latest information, always refer to our
web-site, www.AdaptiveProcesses.com.

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Answers to the test

Question Correct Explanation

number option
1 D These 3 techniques are useful show-casing
activities in a process.
2 A Context diagram provides inputs on environment
that the system is going to operate in
3 C There is no such expectation that requirements
have to be in Use case format
4 A Definition
5 B Definition
6 D Sign-offs should be pre-defined
7 B There is no such expectation that all
requirements have to be group reviewed
8 D Straight from BABoK
9 C Straight from BABoK
10 B Definition

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