Task 3 PMI-PBA Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–29

1. 26application · medium

   A BA is monitoring the quality of requirements by tracking the number of defects found during design reviews. The defect rate is below the established threshold, but the BA notices that the design team is spending an unusually long time reviewing each requirement. What should the BA conclude from this variance?

   • AThe requirements are of high quality, so no action is needed
   • BThe review process is inefficient and should be shortened
   • CThe low defect rate may be misleading because the review time is unusually high
   • DThe requirements are incomplete because the reviewers are taking too long
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2. 27application · medium

   During a project, the BA tracks the number of requirements that are changed after sign-off. The metric is trending upward, and the BA suspects that requirements are not being fully understood during elicitation. According to the performance monitoring process, what should the BA do first?

   • AReport the trend to the sponsor and ask for more budget
   • BUpdate the performance standard to allow more changes
   • CImmediately implement a new requirements management tool
   • DAnalyze the variance to identify the root cause of the increasing changes
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4. 28expert · hard

   A BA is monitoring the performance of the requirements elicitation process. The metric 'number of requirements approved per week' is below target, but the 'number of stakeholder interviews conducted' is above target. The BA suspects that the interviews are not yielding quality requirements. What is the most appropriate next step?

   • AIncrease the number of interviews to gather more requirements
   • BReplace interviews with surveys to speed up the process
   • CAnalyze the interview transcripts to identify gaps in elicitation techniques
   • DLower the target for approved requirements to reflect the current pace
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5. 29foundation · easy

   Which technique is commonly used to monitor business analysis performance against established metrics?

   • AForce field analysis
   • BVariance analysis
   • CSWOT analysis
   • DRoot cause analysis
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