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Exam CBAP topic 1 question 413 discussion

Actual exam question from IIBA's CBAP
Question #: 413
Topic #: 1
[All CBAP Questions]

An insurance company wants to implement a business intelligence solution to consolidate data from various different internal systems to provide a better understanding of their customer base.
A business analyst (BA) is engaged to put together a tender (bid) to be sent to various business intelligence providers and implementation partners. Among other information, the business analyst requests the following:
✑ Licensing costs for Year 0 based on meeting 1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) license
✑ Licensing costs for specific user types such as Report Creators. Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) users and Power uses Predicted licensing costs for renewing in Years 1 ad 2
✑ Full implementation costs
After reviewing the received vendor responses the project team shortlists the candidates to 3 and the BA structures the received information as follows:

The BA also conducts a sensitivity analysis to compare the expected costs should the company's needs grow based on the following information:
Scenario 1: Ten extra report creator, 1 extra OLAP user and 1 extra power user licenses and 2 extra CPU licenses
Scenario 2: Twenty five extra report creator, 1 extra OLAP user and 1 extra power user licenses and 3 extra CPU licenses

The insurance company has a maximum budget of $810,000 for the entire implementation and operation over the first three years. Which vendor or vendors meet that criteria?

  • A. Company A
  • B. Company B
  • C. Both companies B and C
  • D. Both companies A and C
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

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rupakarthik
Highly Voted 3 years, 4 months ago
Ans-A. budget under $810000
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siliconvalleykam
Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago
Ans A 808550
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Farooq_95
Most Recent 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Selected Answer: A
Company A implementation costs a total of $808,550, company B implementation costs total of $810,441 and company C implementation costs total of $838,990. As only cost of company A comes under the specified budget of $810,000, hence Company A is correct answer
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Jules_Cmrfrd
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: A
Answer A 808<810
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HSinghM
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: A
808,550 A , 810,441 B, 838,990 C, A is in budget
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raf79
10 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: A
only Company A,s cost is below 810,000
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TheBusBus
1 year, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: A
Only Company A's total cost falls below $810,000. Company A - 323458 + 270092 + (28500+55000+121500) + 10000 = 808,550 Company B - 373355 + 202086 + (150*1500) + 10000 = 810,441 Company C - 400244 + 214096 + (159*1350) + 10000 = 838,990
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Wolfedale
2 years, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: A
A - 323458 + 270092 + (28500+55000+121500) + 10000 = 808,550 B - 373355 + 202086 + (150*1500) + 10000 = 810,441 C - 400244 + 214096 + (159*1350) + 10000 = 838,990
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786NB786
2 years, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: A
A as the total cost for the company A comes up to $808,550. We would not consider the other costs in the second table as we are over already. Why is the answer shown as C - can we please update with accurate answers! thanks!
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cc2104
2 years, 8 months ago
Ans A this is the only option that fits the budget given
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