Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Practice Exam
Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Practice Exam
Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Practice Exam
The Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis is an entry-level certification designed to equip individuals with the fundamental knowledge and practices of business analysis. The exam will help you acquire a comprehensive grasp of business analysis, encompassing:
Understanding the role and competencies expected of a business analyst
Identifying and assessing options for enhancing business operations
Utilizing investigative techniques such as interviews, workshops, prototyping, and scenario analysis
Categorizing, analyzing, and effectively managing stakeholders
Crafting a business case and evaluating feasibility
Documenting, managing, and validating requirements
Who should take the exam?
The foundation certificate is for individuals seeking to gain insight into business analysis, aid in change management, and enhance business operations. It is suitable for business analysts, business managers, team members, business change managers, and project managers.
Exam Details
Exam Name: Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
Exam Languages: English
Exam Questions: 40 Questions
Time: One hour
Passing Score: 65%
Course Outline
The Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Exam covers the given topics -
Domain 1: Overview of Business Analysis (5%)
Describe the business change lifecycle.
List the key principles of business analysis.
Describe the variants of the business analyst role.
Domain 2: The Competencies of a Business Analyst (2.5%)
Explain the concept of the T-shaped Professional
Identify the three areas of business analysis competency
Domain 3: Understand Strategy Analysis (7.5%)
The context for strategy
Define the factors assessed using PESTLE to analyse an external environment.
Idenitfy the elements of the VMOST technique used to analyse an internal environment.
Describe the following elements of performance measurement.
Describe the structure of a SWOT analysis
Domain 4; Understand The Business Analysis Service Framework (2.5%)
Identify the activities in the Business Analysis Service Framework (BASF).
Domain 5: Investigation Business Situation (12.5%)
Interviews
Observation
Workshops
Scenarios
Prototyping
Quantitative approaches
Domain 6: Stakeholder Analysis and Management (10%)
Stakeholder categories and identification
Analyzing stakeholders
Stakeholder management strategies
Managing stakeholders
Understanding stakeholder perspectives
Business activity models
Domain 7: Improving Business Processes (12.5%)
Explain the business process hierarchy
List the following techniques used to model the enterprise level processes.
Describe the following aspects of the event-response level
Describe the following aspects of the actor-task level
Identify generic approaches to improving business processes
Define the purpose of customer journey maps.
Domain 8: Defining the solution (7.5%)
Gap analysis
Introduction to Business Architecture
Definition of Business Architecture
Business Architecture techniques
Domain 9: Making a Business Case (5%)
The business case in the project lifecycle
Identifying options
Assessing project feasibility
Structure of a business case
Investment appraisal
Domain 10: Establishing the Requirements (10%)
A framework for requirements engineering
Actors in requirements engineering
Requirements elicitation
Requirements analysis
Requirements validation
Domain 11: Documenting and Modelling Requirements (10%)
Identify the following documentation styles.
List the elements of a requirements catalogue.
Describe the format of user stories.
Describe the elements of the use case diagram used to model functional requirements.