CERTIFIED BUSINESS ANALYSIS PROFESSIONAL CBAP - MOCK EXAM

The CERTIFIED BUSINESS ANALYSIS PROFESSIONAL - CBAP® designation is ideal for experienced business analysts with more than five years of practical experience. In the context of a general business analysis career, this certification is the most advanced level that you can achieve in terms of professional certifications offered by the IIBA®. Applicants who want to take the CBAP® certification exam must meet specific experience and education requirements. During the application process, you must demonstrate your competencies across the breadth of business analysis knowledge and practical skills. After your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will be eligible to take the exam.

The CBAP® certification exam is 3.5 hours in duration and consists of 120 multiple-choice questions.

CBAP Exam Blueprint

1. Business analysis planning and monitoring 14%

This area of the CBAP exam syllabus concentrates on the responsibilities linked to organizing and overseeing the business analysis tasks throughout a project. It involves recognizing stakeholders, outlining business analysis activities, setting up business analysis governance, strategizing business analysis information management, and pinpointing enhancements in business analysis performance. The main subjects encompass:

• Planning the approach to business analysis

• Stakeholder analysis and engagement

• Governance over business analysis activities

• Information management and requirements traceability

• Performance improvement for business analysis processes.

2. Elicitation and collaboration 12%

Engaging in elicitation and collaboration entails collaborating with individuals involved to collect needs and confirming that these needs are comprehended, recorded, and endorsed. This area encompasses:

• Preparing for and conducting elicitation activities

• Documenting and confirming elicitation results

• Collaboration and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle

• Techniques for Effective Stakeholder Engagement.

3. Requirements life cycle management 15%

This section deals with managing requirement statuses from the beginning to the execution stage throughout the project's lifespan. Activities consist of tracking, sustaining, ranking, and evaluating modifications to the requirements. The subjects encompass:

• Traceability and monitoring of requirements

• Requirements prioritization and management of changes

• Ensuring requirements are adequately maintained throughout the project

• Assessment of changes and their impact on the project.

4. Strategy analysis 15%

In the Strategy Analysis portion of the CBAP exam syllabus, the main goal is to pinpoint the business requirements that steer a project, evaluate any skill gaps, and decide on the approach for a solution. This area covers:

• Analysis of the current state and definition of the future state

• Assessment of risks and definition of the change strategy

• Identification and evaluation of potential solutions to fulfill business needs.

5. Requirements analysis and design definition 30%

In this field, the focus is on translating business and stakeholder needs into details that can be put into action through IT systems or business process enhancements. Important areas to consider are;

• Specification and modeling of requirements

• Verification and validation of requirements

• Definition of requirements architecture

• Determination of solution options that meet business needs.

6. Solution evaluation 14%

When evaluating solutions, it's important to assess whether they meet the criteria and provide the anticipated benefits to the company. This area includes:

• Assessment of solution performance against desired outcomes

• Identification and management of solution limitations

• Evaluation of potential enhancements to increase solution value.