Mel is a business analyst who has returned to a project she first worked on two years ago. This time, she is going to be helping with the benefits management aspects of the project.
As part of her re-familiarisation with the project, she is keen to understand how some of the requirements she elicited were finally implemented.
Which type of traceability is Mel seeking?

• A. Horizontal 'forwards to'.
• B. Vertical 'upwards'.
• C. Horizontal 'backwards from'.
• D. Vertical 'downwards'.

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 the preference of the user.
What would this requirement be classified as?

• A. Technical requirement
• B. Functional requirement
• C. General requirement
• D. Non-functional requirement

A business analyst is in the process of validating a set of requirements produced for a new business initiative and the following needs agreement:
That the requirements...
1) Are within the scope of the project.
2) Can be verified when they have been implemented.
3) Express business needs clearly and correctly.
Who is responsible for this agreement?

• A. Testers, business owners, business analyst.
• B. Developers, testers, business sponsor.
• C. Developers, business owners, business analyst.
• D. Testers, business owners, business sponsor.

Isamu is a business analyst working on a project. Unfortunately, it is not progressing as hoped or planned.
He has identified that the main issues with the users on the project are:
1) They manage complex processes and they do not seem to be able to
articulate their needs.
2) They claim they cannot engage in requirements elicitation as they
simply do not know what is possible.
Which elicitation technique would best address both these issues?

• A. Scenario analysis
• B. Activity sampling
• C. Prototyping
• D. Focus group

A project has been running at the Wield Engineering Company for six months. The requirements have been signed off and development is underway; however, the development team has hit a problem and cannot implement an approved requirement. The business analyst has been asked to discuss this with the requirement owner.
Before booking a meeting with the owner, the business analyst decides to check whether there are more requirements affected by this technical limitation.
What will help the business analyst discover other affected requirements?

• A. Configuration control
• B. Horizontal traceability
• C. Change control
• D. Vertical traceability