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Elicitation & Collaboration Quiz

Which of the following lists contain the three
common types of elicitation?

a. Collaborative; document analysis; observation.

b. Collaborative; observation; research.
c. Collaborative; research; experiments.
d. Observation; interviews; focus groups.
Answer: C
During a workshop, participants are constructing a container
for the product as if it was being sold in a retail store. They
are being asked to identify what future users of the product
would find beneficial?

In the above scenario, what is the purpose of the game?

a. Used as an input to the marketing plan by product

management.
b. Used to identify hidden assumptions or perspectives.
c. Used to help identify features of the product being
described.
d. Used to help identify related or similar features or themes
Answer: C
Collaborative Games are used to develop a joint
understanding of a problem or a solution.
When does the task of manage stakeholder
collaboration begin?

a. Whenever it would add value to business analysis

activities.
b. Once requirements have been confirmed.
c. Once stakeholders have been identified and analyzed.
d. Once requirements have been elicited.
Answer: C.
A BA cannot begin collaborating with
stakeholders until they've been identified and
analyzed to understand their preferences for
effective collaboration
You are the business analyst for your organization and you
are preparing to elicit the requirements for a new business
opportunity. What is the prerequisite for conducting an
elicitation process?

a. You need to ensure that all needed resources are

organized and scheduled for conducting the elicitation
activities.
b. You need to receive permission from functional
management to interview and elicit requirements for the
stakeholders.
c. You need authority granted to you from the sponsor to
utilize resources for the elicit requirements process.
d. You need to determine which elicitation techniques are
needed for the requirements gathering task.
Answer: A.
The prerequisite for elicitation process includes
gathering of all resources needed, and
scheduling the resources for conducting the
selected elicitation activities.
Which of the following activities is NOT suitable for
eliciting information using the observation technique?

a. Eliciting information when there is no written

documentation.
b. Informal tasks and workaround identification.
c. Recommendations for improvement supported by
objective and quantitative evidence.
d. Evaluating knowledge-based activities.
Answer: D.
Not suitable for evaluating knowledge-based
activities since these are not directly observable