BCS Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis Practice Test

Skills this practice test covers

• Build business capability models and break epics into user stories for an agile team.
• Map benefits to business drivers with a benefits dependency network and name each benefits owner.
• Build a business case with cost-benefit, cash flow and break-even analysis.
• Plan stakeholder engagement and handle conflict with de-escalation techniques.
• Lead a business analysis team with delegation, coaching and constructive feedback.
• Show evidence for each stage of the Business Analysis Process Model.

4 domains · 12 topics · 100 questions

Requirements

• Required: the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.
• Required: four BCS Professional-level certificates in business analysis, covering the analytical, business and people specialisms.
• Required: five or more years of business analysis at a senior level, working at SFIA Level 5 and partly at Level 6.
• Recommended: practical experience across all five stages of the Business Analysis Process Model.

About the AIDBA exam

How to earn the certification

Earns

BCS Advanced International Diploma in Business AnalysisConsultant (SFIAplus Level 6)

The diploma does not expire.

Before

• IDBA BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis

  Required. Candidates must hold this diploma before they apply for AIDBA.

• PC-BA-ARE BCS Professional Certificate in Advanced Requirements Engineering

  A Professional-level certificate that counts toward the analytical skills specialism.

• PC-BA-ABA BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis

  Another Professional-level certificate for the analytical skills specialism.

How to prepare for AIDBA

1. 1

   Plan the four certificates

   Choose four Professional certificates so that the analytical, business and people specialisms are all covered. Check which ones are already held, and book the rest in an order that fits current work.

2. 2

   Start a portfolio log now

   Keep notes from current projects for each stage of the Business Analysis Process Model, with dates, roles and results. The strongest evidence comes from real work at SFIA Level 5 and Level 6.

3. 3

   Record community work and CPD

   Log mentoring, talks, articles and professional body work, together with CPD records and a development plan. Part B asks for both.

4. 4

   Go deep on one people skill

   Pick stakeholder engagement or team leadership, and collect specific examples of it in practice. The portfolio asks for one of the two, and the people specialism tests the theory behind it.

5. 5

   Test each specialism before booking

   Work through the AIDBA practice test one specialism at a time in Study Mode, then take a Timed Mode run before each certificate exam. Ask Brainy AI Assistant about any finance or benefits answer that went wrong.

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Who AIDBA is for

• Senior business analysts who work at consultant level on complex change.
• Holders of the International Diploma in Business Analysis who want BCS's next business analysis award.
• Lead analysts who manage business analysis teams or engage senior stakeholders.
• Analysts who mentor others and contribute to the business analysis community.

Typical job titles: Senior business analyst · Lead business analyst · Business analysis consultant · Head of business analysis · Business architect

AIDBA glossary

17 terms from the exam objectives and the vendor's official material, each defined in a sentence.

ADKAR model

A change model with five goals for each person: awareness, desire, knowledge, ability and reinforcement.

ArchiMate

An open modelling language for describing enterprise and business architecture.

Backlog refinement

Regular work to split, clarify and order the items in a product backlog before the team builds them.

BATNA

Best alternative to a negotiated agreement: what a party will do if the negotiation fails.

Belbin team roles

Nine roles that people tend to take in a team, such as coordinator, implementer or completer finisher.

Benefits dependency network

A diagram that links business drivers and objectives to benefits, to the changes that deliver them, and to their enablers.

Benefits owner

The person responsible for making sure that a planned benefit is realised and measured.

Break-even analysis

Working out the point at which the savings or income from a change equal its costs.

Business Analysis Process Model

BCS's five-stage model of analysis work: investigate situation, consider perspectives, analyse needs, evaluate options and define requirements.

Business Model Canvas

A one-page model of how an organisation creates value, with blocks such as customer segments and value propositions.

Capability models

Models of what an organisation is able to do, kept separate from who does the work or how it is done.

CATWOE analysis

A checklist for understanding a business system: customers, actors, transformation, world view, owner and environment.

CPD records

Records of continuing professional development, which the portfolio uses as evidence of ongoing learning.

Cynefin framework

A framework that sorts situations as clear, complicated, complex or chaotic, so that the response fits the situation.

Dis-benefits

Results of a change that some stakeholders see as negative, which a business case must count as well.

Embedded analyst model

A way to organise business analysts in which each one works inside a business area instead of in a central team.

SFIA

The Skills Framework for the Information Age, which describes skills at seven levels of responsibility.