1. A business analyst is ready to begin requirements elicitation; however, stakeholders are not available to participate for another two weeks. Which elicitation technique should the business analyst use during this time?

A) Benchmarking
B) Cost-benefit analysis
C) Document analysis
D) Brainstorming



2. The business analyst is planning an approach to formally manage updates to requirements that may be requested by stakeholders. What should the business analyst do?

A) Document changes as they occur.
B) Obtain approval from the project sponsor.
C) Hold firm on scope and reject changes.
D) Develop a change control process.



3. A business analyst is working on a highly complex project and has elicited a large number of requirements from stakeholders in several departments. Due to the large number of requirements, the stakeholders have determined that they would like to prioritize them to minimize a potentially large scope. Which technique could the business analyst use to manage requirements?

A) Storyboarding
B) SMART goals
C) MoSCoW
D) RACI models



4. A company has developed a new product for a customer. The customer provided a specification, but the company did not produce the system requirements in the verification matrix. The customer is having difficulty determining if the product is meeting the requirements during the test event because the:

A) customer did not adequately review the test procedure before the test.
B) test engineer is not communicating effectively with the customer.
C) customer cannot make this determination until the entire test is complete.
D) requirements in the technical specification are unclear and ambiguous.



5. A project team has been assembled to reduce production costs. The business analyst is working with the project team to review and approve requirements. A stakeholder from the assembly line area has an issue with one of the requirements since it is dependent on using existing equipment that is set to be retired within the next six months. Which of these techniques would the business analyst use to manage issues identified by stakeholders with requirements to ensure that those issues are resolved?

A) Interviews
B) Estimation
C) Problem tracking
D) Process modeling