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BCS Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis Free Sample Questions

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Covers analytical business analysis skills, business skills specialism, people skills specialism, and a portfolio assessment applying the business analysis process model and community contribution.

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AIDBA Sample Questions

  1. Question 1

    Beginner

    Analytical Skills Specialism · Business Architecture

    A lead business architect at a global manufacturing firm is initiating a digital transformation program. The executives want to understand what the business currently does and what it needs to do in the future to achieve strategic alignment, without getting bogged down in how the work is performed. Which architectural artifact is the MOST appropriate to develop first?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    A Business Capability Map focuses on 'what' a business does (its capabilities) rather than 'how' it does it (its processes). This provides a stable, high-level view that is ideal for executive alignment and gap analysis during a transformation. Process models (BPMN) focus on the 'how', which is too detailed for this initial strategic alignment.

  2. Question 2

    Intermediate

    Analytical Skills Specialism · Advanced Requirements Engineering

    A FinTech startup is pivoting its strategy from a B2C mobile payment app to a B2B payment gateway API for e-commerce merchants. The senior business analyst is facilitating a workshop to map out how the company will now create, deliver, and capture value.

    During the workshop, the team identifies that they will need to establish new partnerships with major banking networks to support the API infrastructure, and their primary revenue will shift from transaction fees to a monthly subscription model based on API call volume.

    Using the Business Model Canvas, which two building blocks are PRIMARILY being addressed by these specific changes?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    The scenario explicitly mentions establishing new relationships with banking networks (Key Partnerships) and shifting from transaction fees to a monthly subscription model (Revenue Streams). The Business Model Canvas uses these exact blocks to map out the partner ecosystem and the pricing/revenue models.

  3. Question 3

    IntermediateMultiple answers

    Analytical Skills Specialism · Agile Business Analysis

    A business analyst is evaluating the suitability of an agile approach for a new artificial intelligence project. According to the Cynefin framework, the project is characterized by unpredictable outcomes, emergent practices, and a need for a 'probe-sense-respond' approach. Which domain of the Cynefin framework does this project fall into, and is agile suitable? (Select TWO)

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answers: B, C

    The Cynefin framework categorizes problems into Clear, Complicated, Complex, and Chaotic. The Complex domain is defined by unknown unknowns, emergent practices, and a 'probe-sense-respond' approach. Agile methodologies are highly suitable for the Complex domain because they allow for iterative learning, adaptation, and safe-to-fail experiments.

  4. Question 4

    Intermediate

    Analytical Skills Specialism · Data Analysis

    During a data rationalization exercise, a business analyst notices that a 'Customer' table contains a column for 'Store_Manager_Name'. The store manager is entirely dependent on the 'Store_ID' column, not the primary key ('Customer_ID'). To resolve this transitive dependency, which normal form must the analyst achieve?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    Third Normal Form (3NF) requires that a table is in 2NF and has no transitive functional dependencies. This means every non-key attribute must depend strictly on the primary key, not on another non-key attribute. Moving 'Store_Manager_Name' to a separate 'Store' table achieves 3NF.

  5. Question 5

    Intermediate

    Analytical Skills Specialism · Business Architecture

    When developing a Business Motivation View, an architect identifies a new regulatory requirement forcing data localization. In the motivation model, how should this regulatory requirement be classified?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    In Business Motivation modeling (like BMM or ArchiMate Motivation extension), regulations, market shifts, and competitor actions are classified as 'Drivers' (specifically external drivers). Drivers create assessments (e.g., 'we are non-compliant'), which in turn lead to Goals and Requirements.

    flowchart LR D[Driver: Data Regulation] --> A[Assessment: Non-compliant] A --> G[Goal: Ensure local data residency] G --> R[Requirement: Migrate to local cloud]

  6. Question 6

    Beginner

    Analytical Skills Specialism · Advanced Requirements Engineering

    True or False: According to the FURPS+ framework for non-functional requirements, a requirement stating 'The system must support 10,000 concurrent users without degrading response time below 2 seconds' falls under the 'Reliability' category.

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    False. In the FURPS+ model (Functionality, Usability, Reliability, Performance, Supportability), requirements relating to response times, throughput, and concurrent user capacity fall under 'Performance', not 'Reliability'. Reliability refers to availability, fault tolerance, and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures).

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