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BAP18 – BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice 2018

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Question 1

A Business Analyst and a project Manager are producing a business case for an initiative, which aims to improve the cyber defense of a large financial services provider.

They met recently to review progress, and made the following notes for the next draft:

The benefits of cyber will be describes in quantitative terms, so we will need to describe these

Qualitatively.

We need to make it clear that we have fully explored the solution market, and we have considered a range of approaches to meeting the objectives of this project.

The threat posed to the organization from cyber attack, and therefore the justification for the project, needs to be clearly articulated.

Which of the following sets of elements of a business case will cover ALL of these points?

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    Description of the current situation. analysis of costs and benefits, options considered
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    Impact assessment, analysis of costs and benefits, recommendations
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    Recommendations, risk assessment, options considered
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    Description of the current situation, impact assessment, risk assessment
Question 2

Paula is a business analyst working for a small bespoke furniture manufacturing company. The newly appointed chief executive, Beverly, has asked Paula to lead an initiative to refresh and restate (where necessary) the organization’s plan for the next financial year. Paula recently led a planning worksope with senior managers and has made the following notes about issues raised in the worshop:

The company….

a) Aims to supply 10% of the local bespoke furniture market by the end of the financial year.

b) Will Invest In local radio advertising and appoint a creative team to develop an appropriate advertisement

c) Will await the final draft of the annual accounts before considering investing in a new range of high-tech chairs.

d) Will adopt new 3D printing technologies to gain an advantage when quoting for bespoke furniture designs

e) Recognises that bespoke furniture will always be more expensive than mass-produced, standard furniture

Which of these notes will go into her MOST analysis?

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    a, b and d.

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    a, b and c.

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    b, c and e.
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    a, d and e
Question 3

An overseas bank is currently undertaking a feasibility study looking into the possible launch of a new bank in the UK.

Preliminary findings suggest that the market is saturated, customers have a lot of choice and UK legislation makes It easy for them to from one bank to another.

In which area of Porter's Five Forces model would these preliminary findings be documented?

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    Threat of now entrants.

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    Bargaining power of customers

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    Bargaining power of suppliers.

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    Threat of substitute products or services