Free BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 Exam RE18 Exam Practice Test

In developing requirements, a business analyst has decomposed requirements to reflect defined goals, which will deliver some benefit to the customer: the sales manager of Street-Runner Ltd.The requirements may mostly be achieved in short periods of project effort (2 to 5 weeks), although some rework and change may be required.What is the format of these requirements?

• Business activity models
  
• Process models
  
• Use cases
  
• User stories
  

One of the requirements of a new accounts management system is that it must allow users to scale the size of text on the screen. The requirement states that the text can be reduced to 10% of normal size and increased up to 500% of normal size, depending on on the preference of the user.What would this requirement be classified as?

• Functional requirement
  
• General requirement
  
• Non-functional requirement
  
• Technical requirement
  

A business analyst is allocating elicited requirements to an appropriate category in a requirements catalogue. Here are five of the captured requirements:A) A sales person must be able to confirm a sales order.B) Only customers with a 'normal' status should be permitted to place orders.C) The order management system should hold the data for 'barred' customers for five years.<D) A stock picker must be able to mark an order as 'picked'.E) The order management team should be able to view sales orders by time range and status.Which of these requirements will be classified as functional requirements in the requirementscatalogue?

• A, B and C
  
• A, D and E
  
• B, C and D
  
• C, D and E
  

In a requirements catalogue, a distinction is often made between business level and solution level requirements.Why is this distinction made?

• To allow the high-level goals of the solution to be expressed as solution requirements
  
• To highlight the technical constraints in which the solution requirements must operate
  
• To reduce the number of functional requirements in the requirements catalogue
  
• To separate strategic requirements from those that only provide value to the project
  

A business analyst has interviewed project stakeholders and has a robust list of requirements.At which stages in the requirements engineering framework would he check that these requirements support the business objectives defined at the start of the project?

• Analysis and validation
  
• Elicitation and analysis
  
• Elicitation and documentation
  
• Validation and documentation
  

An automated software tool is being used to manage requirements, including changes to those requirements.What information in a data catalogue is mandatory if requirements are to be managed using such a tool?

• Acceptance criteria
  
• Owner
  
• Priority
  
• RequirementID
  

A business analyst has collected the following legal requirement in support of a project seeking to improve the services provided by a children's charity:The system must record all the details of the children and young people we interact with.The project is in the early phases of requirements elicitation. At this stage, the business analyst is trying to ensure that they have captured the broad requirements.Which style of requirements document is the business analyst constructing, and what additional (essential) attribute will they need to record?

• Requirements catalogue; owner
  
• Requirements catalogue; requirement ID
  
• Requirements list; business area
  
• Requirements list; source
  

Poppy Pet Care Kennels offers short-term accommodation for dogs whilst their owners are on holiday. The managing director of the company has initiated a project to create a new website that will allow owners to view kennel availability, book kennel accommodation and allow them to monitor their dogs whilst they are away, via a webcam.The system will also allow kennel assistants to plan the dogs' feeding times and schedule kennel maintenance.Customers will be able to leave feedback on the website, which will be reviewed by the quality manager who may respond to comments made by the customer.The following are potential actors:A) Poppy Pet Care KennelsB) Kennel assistantsC) The managing directorD) CustomersE) Quality managerWhich of these would be drawn as actors on the use case diagram?

• A, B and C
  
• A, D and E
  
• B, C and E
  
• B, D and E
  

A practice guide for requirements elicitation offers the following information:Disadvantage: Likely to be particularly time-consuming to conduct.Disadvantage: Difficult to separate fact from opinion.Advantage: Provides an opportunity to build rapport.Advantage: Provides an opportunity to experience the business environment.To which elicitation method does this extract refer?

• Focus group
  
• Interviews
  
• Observation
  
• Workshop
  

A set of requirements for a new online health information portal have been prioritized usingMoSCoW:REQ#1: (S)REQ#2: (C)REQ#3: (S)REQ#4: (M)REQ#5: (M)REQ#6: (C)REQ#7: (W)Only the minimum usable subset was approved for inclusion in the first iteration of the project. After the build for the first iteration began, it was estimated there was enough time to add two additional requirements, without negative impact on the project schedule.Which two requirements will now be added to the first iteration build?

• REQ#1 and REQ#3
  
• REQ#2 and REQ#6
  
• REQ#4 and REQ#5
  
• REQ#6 and REQ#7