Business Analyst Flashcards
What’s a proven way to help executives understand how new processes or products can enable change?
A. Thoroughly describe the system configuration detail.
B. Keep the conversation strictly focused on what the existing system can do.
C. Describe how the system can enable business innovation and help customers.
C. Describe how the system can enable business innovation and help customers.
> Framing the discussion around innovating and helping customers is the most likely wat to motivate executives to enable change.
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When a business analyst is creating a journey map, what assumptions are needed to get started?
A. Why you’re doing it and who you’re focusing on.
B. What the project specifications are and who will use it.
C. What you want and what the business needs.
A. Why you’re doing it and who you’re focusing on.
> These assumptions help a BA focus and ensure that the journey map is relevant.
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What is an effective way for a business analyst to learn about a customer’s goals?
A. Review the customer’s tax statement from the last 10 years.
B. Read recent industry reports in trade publications.
C. Survey brand fans on social media.
B. Read recent industry reports in trade publications.
> The customer’s industry challenges may give insight into current and future trends.
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What is Salesforce Optimizer?
A tool that takes a snapshot of a Salesforce org and looks for potential problems in the implementation.
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What are fictionalized characters in which primarily demographic characteristics are represented?
Personas
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What is Salesforce Customer 360?
An integrated CRM platform that unites marketing, sales, commerce, service, and IT teams with a single, shared customer view.
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What is Storyboarding?
A process for mapping out the connection between a customer’s current challenges and goals for the future with realistic next steps.
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To ensure effective collaboration with stakeholders, which technique would help a business analyst maintain their trust?
A. Facilitate workshops to gauge priorities.
B. Be transparent and truthful.
C. Point out lessons learned and mistakes that should be avoided.
B. Be transparent and truthful.
> It is imperative to be fearless and tell the truth, even if it is bad news.
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Why is the scope statement specification the most fundamental deliverable on any project?
A. It clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of every member of the project team.
B. It is the document with the most details.
C. It clearly defines what needs to be achieved and the work that must be done to deliver the project.
C. It clearly defines what needs to be achieved and the work that must be done to deliver the project.
> The scope statement specification defines what needs to be done and what the project will achieve.
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Stakeholders want to enhance the organization’s security by requiring users to identify themselves with additional information besides username and password.
What capability should a business analyst add to the project backlog?
A. Multi-Factor Authentication
B. Real-Time Event Monitoring
C. Shield Platform Encryption
A. Multi-Factor Authentication
> Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a security measure that guards an organization from a multitude of security threats.
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What does a business analyst hope to learn from documenting the current sales processes?
A. How the sales process may differ from other organizations
B. Where the process needs improvement
C. Which personnel are involved in the sales process
B. Where the process needs improvement
> This documentation is developed to reveal where the sales process an be strengthened.
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Who are the individuals who make decisions and who have an important role in determining the requirements for a project?
Stakeholders
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What is the drawing forth or receiving of information from stakeholders or other sources?
Elicitation
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What is Waterfall?
Creates critical paths; a project can’t move forward until a blocking issue is resolved.
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What is Agile?
An iterative approach to development with regular feedback intervals.
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What is a short, time-boxed period when a scrum team works to complete a set amount of work?
Sprint
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When creating a process map, what is the first high-level step?
A. Identify the process to map
B. Gather all necessary information
C. Develop the process map
A. Identify the process to map
> Step 1 in creating a process map is deciding which process you need to start with.
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Which one of these options is a principle of Universal Process Notation (UPN)?
A. Limit of 8-10 activity boxes on a screen
B. Limit of 5 levels
C. No version control
A. Limit of 8-10 activity boxes on a screen
> A principle of UPN is to limit activity boxes to 8-10.
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When assessing a new process, which type of diagram should be used to identify waste within and between processes?
A. Detailed Process Map
B. SIPOC Map
C. Value Stream Map
C. Value Stream Map
> A value stream map is used to visualize the flow of material and information that is needed to bring a product to the customer.
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When a business analyst maps processes, which option is a best practice?
A. Validate maps
B. Purchase mapping software
C. Focus on future state maps
A. Validate maps
> Right after a business analyst draws a process map, they should review it with stakeholders to ensure it is accurate.
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What is a framework used to create visual representations of work processes?
Process Mapping
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This process diagram shows the key elements of a process including Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, and Customers.
A SIPOC map
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What are the visual characteristics of a Universal Process Notation (UPN) diagram?
Activity box, Resource, Line with text, Attachment, Decision, Drill down
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How is a change set used during implementation of a new project?
A. It builds all of the metadata, changed and unchanged, that defines a specific app.
B. It builds all changed metadata, possibly unrelated, to the deployed at the same time.
C. It is a milestone when changes can no longer be made to the build.
B. It builds all changed metadata, possibly unrelated, to the deployed at the same time.
> A change set pushes out all the changes at the same time.
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When using the package development model, which metadata changes need to be tracked manually?
A. Changes made via the Setup UI
B. Changes to components that are unsupported by source tracking
C. All metadata changes for the release.
B. Changes to components that are unsupported by source tracking
> A user cannot consult instructions and work with a floating prompt engaged.
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When using the Agile framework for project management, how should Kanban teams respond to unplanned work and changes.
A. Assess the priority of the new request and start the work when it’s at the top of the backlog.
B. Give the customer/stakeholder daily updates.
C. Place the new request at the bottom of the backlog.
A. Assess the priority of the new request and start the work when it’s at the top of the backlog.
> Kanban best practice is to prioritize a new request and address it when it’s at the top of the backlog.
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