IIBA CBAP: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)

Last checked November 10, 2026 against the official IIBA exam page.

1. Question 1Requirements analysis and design definition

   A BA reviews a set of requirements and checks each one for ambiguity, conflicts, missing measurable criteria and unclear wording before the set is passed to the design team. Which task is the BA performing?

   1. AValidating requirements with stakeholders to confirm they meet business needs
   2. BAssessing solution limitations after the requirements have been implemented
   3. CDefining design options to compare alternative ways of meeting requirements
   4. DVerifying requirements for clarity, consistency and testability
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   Correct answer: D

   Verification checks that each requirement is well formed, such as clear, consistent and testable. Validation asks whether requirements meet business needs, design options compare ways to meet them, and assessing solution limitations happens after implementation.

2. Question 2Requirements life cycle management

   Which artifact records the links between stakeholder requirements, solution requirements, and the design or test items that realize them, so that the impact of a change can be seen?

   1. ARequirements traceability matrix
   2. BDecision table mapping business rules to outcomes
   3. CGlossary of business terms
   4. DStakeholder power and interest grid
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   Correct answer: A

   A requirements traceability matrix records relationships between requirements and related items, supporting impact analysis and coverage checks. A glossary, a decision table and a stakeholder grid each serve different purposes and do not record these links.

3. Question 3Strategy Analysis

   A grocery chain is considering a self-checkout feature. The business analyst is documenting how returns, price overrides and loyalty discounts are handled at the existing tills before proposing any change. Which strategy analysis task is the analyst performing?

   1. AAssess the risks of introducing self-checkout
   2. BDefine the future state of the checkout service
   3. CAnalyze the current state of the checkout process
   4. DDefine the change strategy for the rollout across stores
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   Correct answer: C

   Documenting how work is done today is analysis of the current state, which provides the baseline for later decisions. Defining the future state, assessing risks and defining the change strategy all come after the baseline is understood.

4. Question 4Business analysis planning and monitoring

   A business analyst joins a loan-origination project that is already two weeks old. The sponsor wants elicitation to begin tomorrow, but no one has agreed how requirements will be prioritized, how formal reviews will be, or which deliverables the BA team must produce. What should the BA do first?

   1. AValidate draft requirements with the steering committee
   2. BStart elicitation sessions with end users in each branch
   3. CPlan the business analysis approach for the initiative
   4. DDefine the future state of the lending process across every branch
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   Correct answer: C

   Planning the business analysis approach sets how prioritization, reviews, deliverables and governance will work before elicitation starts. Starting elicitation, validating draft requirements or defining the future state without that approach skips the decisions that shape all later BA work.

5. Question 5Solution Evaluation

   Which solution evaluation task identifies where the delivered solution does not fully meet its requirements or the value it was expected to provide?

   1. AMeasure solution performance
   2. BAssess solution limitations
   3. CRecommend actions to increase solution value
   4. DAssess enterprise limitations
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   Correct answer: B

   Assessing solution limitations finds where the solution falls short of its requirements or stakeholder needs. Measuring performance collects data, recommending actions proposes improvements, and assessing enterprise limitations looks at constraints in the wider organization.