RE18 Practice Questions

ChemCo Ltd has initiated a project to consider changes in its pension scheme. Paul works in the marketing department and is enrolled in the pension scheme. He has been invited to attend a pension scheme project session designed to elicit requirements, understand opinions on the level of service, and consider how it could be improved in the future. On arrival at the session, Paul recognizes people from other departments, who are all customers of the pension scheme. In which type of session is Paul about to participate?

In a requirements catalogue, a distinction is often made between business level and solution level requirements. Why is this distinction made?

At Rusty Springs Ltd, a new online order system is being designed for its registered customers. Each customer has an account, allowing them to order from a pre-populated form containing details of their purchases in the previous three months. The customer simply ticks which previous purchases they would like to re-order, confirms delivery details and approves the purchase. A Rusty Springs administrator updates the purchase details on the system on a monthly basis and the sales manager gets an automated order from the system within two hours of the purchase. A business analyst has written a use case entitled 'Key Customer Purchases Springs', which includes the following lines: A) The customer has logged onto the system and wishes to purchase springs. B) The customer adds a new product code onto the system. C) Only the registered customer can make an order. D) The system returns the previous purchases. Which of the following is correct?

An international travel operator has a customer services department responsible for investigating complaints made by holidaymakers. The department has five members of staff based in its head office. A business analyst is working on a project to replace the existing holiday management system and has compiled the following requirements from a range of elicitation activities: 1. The solution should be fully accessible in the English, French and German languages. 2. Users should be able to retrieve holiday details by booking reference number. 3. Holiday providers shall be able to add the details, date and prices of their tours directly onto the system. 4 The solution will be able to support up to 2000 concurrent active users. 5. The solution will be restorable from back-up within 4 hours. 6. The solution should be able to retrieve holiday details within 10 seconds Which of the following represents the correct categorization of the requirements?

An inexperienced business analyst has been asked to conduct scenario analysis. The notes he made about the topic during his training course are rather disorganized, with correct and incorrect assumptions grouped together. Which of the following notes he made about scenario analysis is incorrect?

A project manager has stated that he wants 'secure and controlled access to documentation, as well as support for impact analysis and traceability in terms of version history'. What element of requirements management will offer this?

Peter is analyzing requirements elicited for a sales order system. He is looking at the following requirement to see if it is fit for purpose: 'The system shall calculate the total volume of orders received per salesman on Fridays, except when the end of year reports are being run.' During requirements analysis, requirements are checked for: A) Ambiguity B) Relevance C) Clarity D) Whether the requirement is a solution On which of these checks would this requirement fail?

Isamu is a business analyst working on a project. Unfortunately, it is not progressing as hoped or planned. He has identified that the main issues with the users on the project are: 1) They manage complex processes and they do not seem to be able to articulate their needs. 2) They claim they cannot engage in requirements elicitation as they simply do not know what is possible. Which elicitation technique would best address both these issues?

A business analyst has been asked to ensure that all requirements are robust. The following are potential characteristics of a requirement: A) Consistent B) Functional C) Tacit D) Technical E) Owned F) Relevant Which of them are characteristics of a requirement that is robust?

A business analyst is categorizing requirements in a requirements catalogue. Which of the following would be classed as a non-functional requirement?