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Business Analyst Certification PMI-PBA Questions 2023 - Part 17

Mary Smith

Thu, 04 Jun 2026

1. A business analyst has received a test result report that shows evidence of defective functionality. The business analyst checks the test result again and verifies that the functionality behaves according to the requirements. At this point, the business analyst should first:

A) let the users decide if the test result is acceptable.
B) change the requirement according to the test result.
C) verify that the test case is incorrect.
D) ask the tester to perform the test again.



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



3. What can a business analyst use to track requirements documentation?

A) Version control system
B) Affinity diagram
C) Data dictionary
D) Business rules matrix



4. A business analyst in organization Y is assigned to elicit requirements in a project within a defined timeline. The business analyst has identified and invited key stakeholders to a requirements workshop. However, the stakeholders are not giving clear and concise requirements; their opinions about requirements are changing and conflicting with each other in the meeting. In the end, the business analyst could not elicit and define the requirements and therefore adjourned the meeting. Which tool or technique could have been used by business analyst to avoid this situation?

A) Prototyping
B) Surveys
C) Document analysis
D) Decision tree



5. A business analyst has captured all of the requirements from the various stakeholders within the organization and has compiled them into a complete list. After reviewing the list of requirements with the stakeholders, it is determined that the list of requirements is too large and will exceed the allotted budget. Which tool or technique should the business analyst use with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements to determine which requirements are approved, deferred, or rejected?

A) SWOT Analysis
B) SMART Goals
C) Timeboxing Analysis
D) MoSCoW Analysis



1. Right Answer: C
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2. Right Answer: D
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3. Right Answer: A
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4. Right Answer: D
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5. Right Answer: B
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