PC-BA-ABA BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis Practice Questions
Prepare for PC-BA-ABA with more than an answer.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 26/40 (65%)
- Level
- Professional
- Valid for
- Lifetime (no expiration)
Domains covered on the exam 10
- Agile Philosophy5%
- Agile Principles10%
- Agile Methods10%
- Working with Stakeholders and Roles10%
- Modelling the Business Context10%
- Goal Decomposition and Prioritisation10%
- Deciding the Requirements Approach10%
- Modelling Roles, Stories and Scenarios15%
- Organising and Estimating Requirements10%
- Planning and Managing Iterations10%
- 1
A project is adopting the DSDM (Agile PM) method. The team is currently establishing the business rationale, identifying potential solutions, and assessing if an agile approach is viable for this specific initiative. Which phase of the DSDM life cycle are they currently executing?
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Correct answer: D
The Feasibility phase in DSDM involves establishing if the project is technically and commercially viable, and whether an agile approach is appropriate. The Foundations phase follows this to establish a high-level baseline for business, solution, and management.
- 2
A multinational banking corporation with thousands of developers needs to align its agile delivery teams with overarching corporate strategy and portfolio funding. They require a framework that provides structured guidance at the team, program, large solution, and portfolio levels. Which agile method is specifically designed to address this scenario?
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Correct answer: C
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) is an enterprise-scale framework designed to help large organisations align agile teams with strategic objectives, coordinate multiple teams (programs/trains), and manage portfolio investments.
- 3
Within the architecture domain stakeholders, which role is primarily responsible for ensuring that the technical design of a specific system meets the business requirements and integrates correctly within the wider enterprise IT landscape?
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Correct answer: B
The Solution Architect bridges the gap between business problems and technology solutions. They ensure the proposed technical solution fits within the enterprise context and meets business requirements. A Business Architect focuses on enterprise business structures, while a Software Architect focuses on the internal code/application structure.
- 4
A large retail organisation has noticed a sudden shift in consumer behaviour towards mobile shopping. In response, the executive board quickly reallocates budget and resources away from a planned in-store technology upgrade and channels them into developing a new mobile application. According to the four dimensions of business agility, which dimension is the organisation primarily demonstrating?
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Correct answer: D
Portfolio agility is the ability to shift investments and resources quickly across different initiatives in response to changing business conditions. Strategic agility involves changing the overall direction, project agility is about delivering specific projects flexibly, and operational agility focuses on business processes.
- 5
True or False: According to Carol Dweck's theory, an agile business analyst with a fixed mindset believes that their skills and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work, which aligns perfectly with agile principles of continuous learning.
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Correct answer: B
False. The description provided is of a 'growth mindset', not a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset assumes that character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which cannot be changed in any meaningful way.
- 6
An agile team is reviewing their recent iteration and identifying areas of waste according to Lean principles (TIMWOODS). Which TWO of the following scenarios represent specific wastes identified in the TIMWOODS acronym? (Select TWO)
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Correct answer: B, D
This represents 'Waiting', which is one of the 8 wastes of Lean (the 'W' in TIMWOODS).
This represents 'Over-processing' or 'Overproduction' (doing more work than is required or producing before it is needed), which are wastes in TIMWOODS.
