Free Practice Questions for PMI PMI-PBA Exam

Interface analysis is a technique that involves identifying and describing how a system or product interacts with other systems, products, or users. Interface analysis can help the business analyst to analyze the complex, in-house processes that are being converted into the new system by defining the inputs, outputs, functions, features, behaviors, and performance of each interface. Interface analysis can also help to ensure compatibility, interoperability, usability, and security of each interface. References: = PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline (2019), page 12; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (2015), page 69.

Verification is the process of ensuring that the requirements meet a quality checklist and conform to the specified standards, rules, and criteria. Verification can help the business analyst to ensure that all requirements meet a quality checklist before the development and testing phase by checking the completeness, correctness, clarity, consistency, and testability of each requirement. Verification can also help to identify and resolve any defects, errors, or ambiguities in the requirements. References: = PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline (2019), page 10; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide (2015), page 40.

An entity relationship diagram (ERD) is a type of requirements document that would be most valuable to a database administrator. An ERD is a graphical representation of data entities and their relationships in a database. An ERD shows how data is organized, stored, accessed, and manipulated in a database. An ERD can help to design, document, and communicate a database schema. A data flow diagram (DFD) is a graphical representation of how data flows through a system or a process. A DFD shows where data comes from, where it goes, how it is transformed, and what it is used for. A DFD can help to analyze, design, or improve a system or a process. A business process diagram (BPD) is a graphical representation of how activities are performed by actors in a business process. A BPD shows who does what, when, where, why, and how in a business process. A BPD can help to model, document, or optimize a business process. An object diagram is a graphical representation of objects and their relationships in an object-oriented system. An object diagram shows how objects interact with each other through messages or operations. An object diagram can help to illustrate or test an object-oriented design. References: PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline1, page 15; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide2, page 95.

Nonfunctional requirements are the characteristics or qualities of a solution that describe how well it performs or operates. They include aspects such as usability, reliability, availability, scalability, security, performance, etc. The website crashing frequently indicates that the nonfunctional requirements related to availability and performance were not identified and tested properly. Quality attributes are another term for nonfunctional requirements, so option A is equivalent to option C. Critical business requirements and essential product requirements are both functional requirements, which describe what a solution does or provides, not how well it does it. Therefore, options B and D are incorrect. References: PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline, page 18; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, page 114-115.

 According to the PMI Professional in Business Analysis objectives and content, the business analyst should recommend the option with the highest functionality score and the lowest cost score. In this case, option A, 1, Custom solution, has the highest functionality score of 10 and the lowest cost score of 1. Therefore, it should be recommended. References:

PMI Professional in Business Analysis objectives and content: PMI-PBA Certification

PMI Professional in Business Analysis reference list: PBA Reference List

PMI Professional in Business Analysis study guide: PMI.com

A business rule is a statement that defines or constrains some aspect of the business and always resolves to either true or false. Business rules are intended to assert business structure or to control or influence the behavior of the business. Business rules describe the operations, definitions and constraints that apply to an organization. Business rules can apply to people, processes, corporate behavior and computing systems in an organization, and are put in place to help the organization achieve its goals. By documenting a business rule, the business analyst can ensure that the business need can be validated against the criteria that govern the business operations and outcomes. References: PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline1, page 19; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide2, page 97.

 This situation could have been avoided if a change control process for requirements and their statuses was followed. A change control process is a set of procedures and tools that helps the business analyst to manage changes to the requirements, and to document and communicate the impact and approval of the changes. A change control process also helps to maintain the traceability and quality of the requirements, and to ensure that they are aligned with the business needs and the project scope. References: PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline1, page 23; Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide2, page 131.

 A survey is a technique to collect information, opinions, or feedback from a large number of stakeholders, such as customers or users. A survey can help to measure the current level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, and to identify the needs and expectations of the customers for the tool. A survey can provide a basis for analyzing vendor products by comparing their features, benefits, and costs with the customer requirements. The other options are not suitable for this purpose. A storyboard is a technique to visualize the user interface or user experience of a solution using sketches or mockups. A project charter is a document that authorizes the project and defines its objectives, scope, and stakeholders. A business case is a document that provides the justification for initiating a project based on its expected benefits, costs, and risks. References: PMI-PBA® Examination Content Outline, page 11; PMI-PBA® Reference List, page 1, BABOK® Guide v3, page 50.

According to the PMI Professional in Business Analysis objectives and content, a critical design review is a formal review that occurs after the completion of the design phase of a project. The purpose of a critical design review is to verify that the design specification meets the requirements and that the solution is feasible, cost-effective, and acceptable to the customer. A critical design review can help to establish an approved requirements baseline, which is a set of agreed-upon requirements that serves as a reference for further development and testing activities. References:

PMI Professional in Business Analysis objectives and content: PMI-PBA Certification

PMI Professional in Business Analysis reference list: PBA Reference List

PMI Professional in Business Analysis study guide: PMI.com

A modeling tool integrated into a version control feature that ensures that team knowledge is captured is a tool that should be used to improve the communication of product needs with the stakeholders and to improve their understanding. A modeling tool is a tool that allows the business analyst to create visual representations of the product needs, such as diagrams, charts, graphs, or mockups. These models can help the stakeholders to comprehend and verify the requirements more easily than textual descriptions. A version control feature is a tool that allows the business analyst to track and manage changes to the models and ensure that they are consistent and accurate. A version control feature also enables collaboration and knowledge sharing among the team members and stakeholders. A requirements management tool that documents requirements and their properties and relationships is not a tool that should be used to improve the communication of product needs with the stakeholders and to improve their understanding, as it does not provide visual or graphical representations of the product needs. A document management system and a relationship matrix that groups all related documents is not a tool that should be used to improve the communication of product needs with the stakeholders and to improve their understanding, as it does not create or display models of the product needs. A workflow management tool that documents the flow of information is not a tool that should be used to improve the communication of product needs with the stakeholders and to improve their understanding, as it only focuses on one aspect of the product needs and does not capture other dimensions such as functionality, quality, or value. References: Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide 1, page 77-78; PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline 2, page 16.