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Business Analyst Certification PMI-PBA Questions 2023 - Part 26

Mary Smith

Sun, 07 Jun 2026

1. A project that was ongoing well for the last few months has encountered a situation-regulatory authorities have deemed that the project does not meet their requirements. Although regulatory requirements were identified during an earlier phase of the project, there is no substantial evidence to prove that the requirements were formally rejected. This could have been avoided if:

A) B. a change control process for requirements and their statuses was followed.
B) C. the project manager circulated the meeting minutes after the discussions with all the attendees.
C) D. the project team documented customer requests and obtained sign-off.
D) A. the customer met with regulatory authorities to verify that their requirements were also considered.



2. The business analyst has worked with the stakeholders to capture their views of organizational improvement for the company. It would be best to align these with the:

A) A. work breakdown structure.
B) D. requirements traceability matrix.
C) B. vision/scope document
D) C. project charter.



3. A major stakeholder wants to know how the implementation of new features in the development of a product is progressing. Which of the following should be reported to the stakeholder?

A) A. Number of requirements tested and approved
B) D. Number of requirements approved vs. number of requirements rejected
C) C. Requirements status during the project development cycle
D) B. Distribution of project changes



4. The project manager is beginning to prepare for a test readiness review with the customer. The project manager knows that the customer will want a summary of requirements that have been rejected or deferred. The project manager has requested that the business analyst provide a list of rejected and deferred requirements. What should the business analyst have done to complete this request?

A) C. Track rejected requirements in the system requirements verification matrix.
B) D. Spend more time up-front reviewing the requirements to limit rejections.
C) B. Set up a change control board to track the number of rejections.
D) A. Limit the number of rejected requirements on the project.



5. After implementation of the product, the customer reports defects. What is the best course of action to take?

A) A. Escalate the issue to the project manager since the acceptance was given by the customer.
B) C. Compare reported defects with user acceptance test results.
C) D. Involve the end users and plan a new round of acceptance tests to check the gaps.
D) B. Do nothing since the solution is now the responsibility of the operations manager.



1. Right Answer: C
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2. Right Answer: C
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3. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force-field_analysis#:~:text=Force-field%20analysis%20is%20a,a%20goal%20(hindering%20forces).

4. Right Answer: C
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5. Right Answer: B
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