Objective: Business Analysis and Acceptance Testing CT-ACT Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11expert · hard

   A business analyst is defining acceptance criteria for a new e-commerce checkout process. The marketing team wants to minimize the number of steps to reduce cart abandonment, while the finance team requires additional verification steps to prevent fraud. What is the most effective way for the business analyst to proceed?

   • ADefine two separate sets of acceptance criteria, one for each department, without reconciling them.
   • BPrioritize the finance team's requirements because fraud prevention is a legal obligation.
   • CPrioritize the marketing team's requirements because reducing cart abandonment is a key business metric.
   • DFacilitate a workshop to identify a checkout flow that balances fraud prevention with a streamlined user experience, then define measurable criteria for both.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   Which outcome is a direct benefit of maintaining requirements traceability in acceptance testing?

   • AIt makes it easier to assess the impact of a requirement change on the test suite
   • BIt reduces the number of stakeholders needed for sign-off
   • CIt eliminates the need for regression testing
   • DIt guarantees that all defects will be found before release
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4. 13expert · hard

   A business analyst is managing acceptance testing for a system upgrade. The traceability matrix shows that a legacy requirement was removed from the new system, but a test case for that requirement is still in the test plan. The test team is confused about whether to execute it. What should the business analyst do?

   • AAsk the development team to re-implement the legacy requirement to match the test case.
   • BLeave the test case in the plan and let the test team decide whether to execute it.
   • CUpdate the traceability matrix to mark the requirement as removed and remove or archive the obsolete test case.
   • DExecute the test case anyway to ensure the legacy functionality still works.
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5. 14expert · hard

   A business analyst is reviewing the traceability matrix for a large project. The matrix shows that a low-priority requirement has three test cases, while a high-priority requirement has only one test case that is also failing. The project is nearing its deadline. What is the most appropriate action for the business analyst?

   • ALeave the matrix as is because the low-priority requirement has more tests, indicating it is more important.
   • BRecommend reallocating testing effort from the low-priority requirement to investigate and resolve the high-priority failure.
   • CRemove the failing test case from the matrix to avoid reporting a failure.
   • DAdd more test cases to the high-priority requirement to improve coverage.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   What is the primary purpose of tracing business requirements to acceptance tests?

   • ATo record the names of testers who executed each test
   • BTo document the test execution schedule
   • CTo ensure that every business requirement has at least one acceptance test verifying it
   • DTo assign a unique identifier to each acceptance test
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