BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice v5.0 : BAPv5

A local bakery, "Sweet Delights," is assessing its current situation using a SWOT analysis. After careful examination, the bakery has identified the following:
Ingredients are high quality and sourced locally.
The bakery has been asked to collaborate with local businesses on distribution.
There is a large chain bakery looking to move into the area next year.
The bakery employs locals but morale is lower than usual.
Which of the following indicates an external threat to the bakery?

• A. There is a large chain bakery looking to move into the area next year.
• B. The bakery employs locals but morale is lower than usual.
• C. Ingredients are high quality and sourced locally.
• D. The bakery has been asked to collaborate with local businesses on distribution.

Why would a Business Analyst use a consensus Business Activity Model (BAM) in gap analysis?

• A. To assess how tar the organisation's current activities support the desired situation
• B. To determine which activities in the desired situation are not financially feasible
• C. To establish which stakeholder views will not be reflected in the desired situation
• D. To identify how the organisation should structure itself to support the desired situation

The board of Jackson Holding wants to save money on its purchases by introducing a new procurements system Before preparing the business case, what activity would it be BEST to undertake?

• A. Select a procurement solution
• B. Prepare a Feasibility Study
• C. Prepare a Benefits Realisation Report
• D. Approve the budget for the new system

Maria is a business analyst working for a large supermarket chain, where she has been asked to work on a project exploring the potential opportunities of wearable technology This work has led her to visit parts of the organisation that she has never come into contact with before and whilst observing and interviewing staff working in various stores and warehouses, she has identified a number of concerns, including noticeable gaps in staff training, stores and warehouses that seem to require extensive repair, and store management worries about cash flow Maria is aware that these concerns are not directly related to the project she has been assigned to However, she feels she has a responsibility to make her management team aware of these issues As a way of enabling her organisation to fully explore these concerns and understand if any further intervention is required, which of the following would be the MOST valuable?

• A. Resource audit
• B. PESTLE
• C. SWOT.
• D. Porter's Five Forces model

EuroCoach is a holiday coach company that Is reviewing its internal business processes. The following requirement for improvement has been logged as a business rule:
'EuroCoach Is now legally responsible for ensuring that passengers taking cross-border journeys have valid passports and visas (If applicable) tor the countries to which, and through which, they will travel' Which type of business rule is this?

• A. External constraint.
• B. External requirement.
• C. Internal policy.
• D. Internal processed