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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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Bonus Chapter on
ECBA V3
Certification
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1. Preface and Introduction

1.1 What is business analysis?

Your notes:

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
Eligibility for ECBA

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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

Concepts
Techniques

5%
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
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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 website.

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%

- Its

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.

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
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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.

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
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Outputs
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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
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

Feedbacks and suggestions on the book

Unique benefits of working with us

Our key clients

Adaptive workshops catalogue

1.

Preface and Introduction 10

1.1 What is business analysis? 10

1.2 What is IIBA?

13

1.3 What and Why of ECBA 15

1.4 Underlying competencies
2.

24

BA key concepts 25

2.1 Key terms

25

2.2 Requirement Classification 26

2.3 Stakeholders
3.

27

BA planning and monitoring

29

3.1 Plan BA approach 32

3.2 Plan stakeholder engagement
3.3 Plan BA governance

39

45

3.4 Plan BA information management 49

3.5 Identify BA performance improvements 56
4.

Elicitation and collaboration 60

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4.1 Prepare for elicitation
4.2 Conduct elicitation

63

67

4.3 Confirm elicitation result 70

4.4 Communicate BA information 72
4.5 Manage stakeholder collaboration

76

5.

79

Requirements life cycle management

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
6.3 Assess risks

108

113

6.4 Define change strategy

7.

117

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

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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

9.

Underlying Competencies

156

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

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Consulting, training,

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Our key clients

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Adaptive workshops catalogue
Category

Course Name

Business analysis

Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP )

(Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)

Business analysis

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(CCBA) (Endorsed by IIBA , Canada)

Business analysis

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Business analysis

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Engineering(CPRE) (Endorsed by IREB, Germany)

Business analysis

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Business analysis

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Business analysis

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Agile

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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

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Answers to the test

Question Correct Explanation

number
option
1

These 3 techniques are useful show-casing

activities in a process.

Context diagram provides inputs on environment

that the system is going to operate in

There is no such expectation that requirements

have to be in Use case format

Definition

Definition

Sign-offs should be pre-defined

There is no such expectation that all

requirements have to be group reviewed

Straight from BABoK

Straight from BABoK

10

Definition

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