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Exam CBAP topic 1 question 457 discussion

Actual exam question from IIBA's CBAP
Question #: 457
Topic #: 1
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A service provider has seen significant erosion of its profit margin so engages an external consultancy firm to assess its business operations and recommend options to improve profitability. What is the first step that the business analyst (BA) will perform as part of this engagement?

  • A. Hold a strategy session to understand how best to achieve increased profitability
  • B. Organize a requirements elicitation meeting to determine the desired increase in the profit margin
  • C. Perform a brainstorming session to determine the desired profit margins for the future state of operations
  • D. Conduct activities to understand the reasons behind the erosion of profitability in the current state
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️
by siliconvalleykam at Jan. 10, 2021, 9:32 p.m.

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Highly Voted 2 years, 10 months ago
Ans D. Pg 105. Although it isn’t necessary to fully detail all aspects of the current state before further developing the change strategy, this exploration will often uncover deeper underlying causes of the problem or the opportunity that triggered the investigation (which then become additional business needs).
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km_45
Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago
Answer D actually looks like Analyze Current State task from SA -> where Elicitation Results are the input -> answer B should come first... No?
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Rabbitsfoot
Most Recent 1 month ago
Selected Answer: D
D. Conduct activities to understand the reasons behind the erosion of profitability in the current state
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Idberry
2 years, 4 months ago
Ans is B. Organize a requirements elicitation meeting to determine the desired increase in the profit margin. Babok 6.1.3
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rupakarthik
3 years ago
Ans-D Solution Evaluation - . Enterprise limitations may include factors such as culture, operations, technical components, stakeholder interests, or reporting structures. Assessing enterprise limitations identifies root causes and describes how enterprise factors limit value realization.
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siliconvalleykam
3 years, 3 months ago
Knowledge Area is RADD, Task Analyze Potential value and recommend solution. The current state description is the Guideline/tool stated there
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