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The Ultimate Preparation Guide for IIBA Agile Analysis Certification


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IIBA Agile Analysis Certification questions and exam summary help you to get focused on the exam. This guide also helps you to be on the AAC exam track to get certified with good scores in the final exam.

IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC) Certification Summary

Exam Name

IIBA Agile Analysis Certification

Exam Code

AAC

Exam Fee

Exam Fee: Member - $250, Non-Member - $400


Retake Fee: Member - $195, Non-Member - $350


Recertification Fee: Member - $30 USD, Non-Member - $50 USD

Exam Duration

120 Minutes

Number of Questions

85

Passing Score

70%

Format

Multiple Choice Questions

Books / Trainings

Schedule Exam

Sample Questions

Practice Exam

IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC) Practice Test

IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC) Certification Exam Syllabus

Topic

Weights

Agile Mindset

30%

Strategy Horizon

10%

Initiative Horizon

25%

Delivery Horizon

35%

IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC) Certification Questions


Question: 01. The team has been given a large group of user stories in a domain with which they are only slightly familiar. To begin their planning work, they actively discuss each item, and place them into the following categories:


“Large, Medium, and Small” based on work effort. What technique did the team demonstrate?

a) Relative estimation

b) Story valuation

c) Silent sizing

d) Prioritized backlog


Question: 02. During a retrospective where the delivery team is about to discuss process and components delivered, the facilitator says the following at the start of the meeting:


“Remember that during this session we are discussing things that happened and not placing blame on anyone. Everyone did the best they could with the situation at hand.”


Why did the facilitator do this?


a) To set expectations and avoid old frustrations

b) To focus the team on root cause analysis

c) To encourage the team to think like a customer

d) To perform a safety check and promote trust


Question: 03. While discussing the initiative, the team is reviewing a solution component that was delivered and realizes it doesn’t contribute to the desired outcome. They discuss strategies to determine how best to avoid this in the future.


After some discussion, they realize applying the following agile business analysis principle would have helped avoid this situation:


a) Analyze to determine what is valuable

b) Analyze to establish scope

c) Establish product vision and roadmap

d) Customer collaboration over contract negotiations


Question: 04. The team receives feedback from potential customers of an interim product increment. At a subsequent team meeting, this feedback results in important new stories being defined. Rather than becoming frustrated, the team adds these to the backlog for near-term delivery. This shows the team values:


a) Customer collaboration

b) Responding to change

c) Following a plan

d) Process and tools


Question: 05. During a project to improve efficiency at a customer service center, the product owner has established that a 15% improvement from the start on each of a specific set of 5 measures is the target for an initiative. After achieving this goal on 3 of 5 measures and finding the others are unchanged, the product owner decides to keep spending time on the effort to achieve the remaining 2 measures.


What is the product owner doing?


a) Allocating resources

b) Thinking as a customer

c) Determining if the need is satisfied

d) Maintaining initiative integrity


Question: 06. The newly formed delivery team is struggling with how to best maintain the product backlog. Specifically, they are discussing how to ensure a smooth flow of work for the team so as little time is wasted during an iteration. After some discussion, they decide to adopt the following two criteria:


a) Ensure all stories have cost estimates and plans for achieving the desired value delivery

b) Ensure backlog items are prioritized and there are enough items to support near term solution development

c) Ensure constraints for each story have workarounds and management support for these workarounds

d) Ensure backlog items are detailed and resource needs for each item are identified upfront


Question: 07. A team discussion focuses on the experience that stakeholders will have while using the proposed solution. It leads to changes in the design of the solution component that the team is currently working on. This team is demonstrating the agile business analysis principle of:


a) Begin with the end in mind

b) Understand what to do

c) Think as a customer

d) Demonstrate customer empathy


Question: 08. Which of the following is true about the Strategy Horizon?


a) The agile mindset is the same, but we operate under a specific set of Strategic Principles

b) The principles are identical to the other horizons, but the agile mindset is different

c) The principles are identical, but we use only a prescribed set of techniques

d) The principles and agile mindset are the same as those at other horizons


Question: 09. Rather than completing the work as described on the initial product backlog, a team is meeting regularly to assess and prioritize the work to be done. They also commit to do this throughout the initiative. This is an example of a team that is:


a) Introducing wasted effort that could be avoided

b) Assessing what is doable within the skills of the team

c) Determining what is valuable to be delivered

d) Reviewing backlog items for greater clarity


Question: 10. The team working at the strategy horizon needs to communicate complex, extensive and detailed information to key stakeholders. This is information that will help with decision making and influence the outcomes the team produces.


Wanting to provide this information so it can be easily understood, the team decides to:


a) Create models to reduce complexity

b) Provide detailed costs for solution components

c) Fully describe each desired outcome

d) Identify resources required for each component


Answers:

Question: 01 Answer: a

Question: 02 Answer: d

Question: 03 Answer: a

Question: 04 Answer: b

Question: 05 Answer: c

Question: 06 Answer: b

Question: 07 Answer: c

Question: 08 Answer: d

Question: 09 Answer: c

Question: 10 Answer: a

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