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The IIBA AAC exam is a computer-based test consisting of 85 multiple-choice questions. You have 2 hours to complete the exam. The questions are randomly generated from a pool of questions. The questions are mix of knowledge-based and scenario based questions. You need to choose the best possible answer.

The Agile Analysis Guide from IIBA is the primary source of information for the IIBA AAC exam. Study the guide thoroughly and understand the key concepts and techniques.

The AAC exam covers 3 horizons : The IIBA®-AAC exam is weighted across four domains. It consists of 85 multiple-choice, scenario-based questions to be completed within 2 hours. It is competency-based and aligned with the Agile Extension to BABOK guide.

Agile Mindset – 30% (25 questions)
Strategy Horizon – 10% (9 questions)
Initiative Horizon – 25% (21 questions)
Delivery Horizon – 35% (30 questions)

The above study areas also include about 30 questions on techniques as part of knowledge areas. One should score 52 points in the test to successfully complete the test. You should have a good understanding of the concepts, tools, and techniques in each of these horizons. 

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AAC Mock Questions (Answers after the questions section)

Q1. The delivery team is constantly verifying the outputs that it is delivering and making necessary changes. Which element of the Agile mindset are they applying?

  1. Collaborate courageously
  2. Reflect on feedback and adapt both product and process
  3. Simplify to avoid waste
  4. Consider the context and adapt to realities

Q2. The initiative project team is discussing the collection of specific practices and ideas that have been proven useful in a specific context. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Model
  2. Practice set
  3. Framework
  4. Parameter

Q3. The initiative project team is discussing the problem or opportunity to be addressed. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Requirement
  2. Need
  3. Solution
  4. Design

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Q4. The initiative project team is discussing the technique to estimate story points for a team. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Story poker
  2. Play poker
  3. Planning Poker
  4. Scrum poker

Q5. What is the typical time frame that business analysis practitioners at the delivery horizon look at?

  1. one to three months
  2. three months to 6 months
  3. three months to several years
  4. one to four weeks

Q6. The initiative project team is discussing the visual representation of how a team plans to implement their product strategy over progressively longer time horizons. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Product roadmap
  2. Project roadmap
  3. Profit roadmap
  4. Process roadmap

Q7. The purpose of analysis at which of the following horizons is to inform decisions regarding the organization's business goals?

  1. Organization horizon
  2. Project horizon
  3. Strategy Horizon
  4. Iteration horizon

Q8. The initiative project team is discussing the technique where the team agrees on, and prominently displays, a list of criteria which must be met before a backlog item is considered ready for the team to start delivery work. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Definition of ready
  2. Definition of begin
  3. Definition of start
  4. Definition of prepared

Q9. The cross-functional team of skilled individuals who bring a variety of expertise to bear on the process of building a software product is called

  1. Development team
  2. Delivery team
  3. Programming team
  4. Software team

Q10. The initiative project team is discussing the collaboration framework where a team and customers design a box for their product to determine the characteristics of a product that customers want to buy. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Portfolio box
  2. Planning box
  3. Project box
  4. Product box

Q11. The initiative project team is preparing the high-level plan addressing number and duration of releases, iterations, team size, the number of releases, the value delivered in each release, and ship date for the releases. What is it that they are doing?

  1. Retrospective planning
  2. Release planning
  3. Delivery planning
  4. Demand planning

Q12. Organization A is trying to automate its HR processes to reduce operational cost. Which of the following techniques provides a virtual and textual description of what A is trying to achieve?

  1. Mission roadmap
  2. Goal decomposition
  3. Visioning
  4. Objective mapping

Q13. The initiative project team is discussing the element on a backlog that represents a potential change to a product. It can be user stories, spikes, defects, infrastructure work, refactors, documents or other item types that a team finds useful in their context. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Change request
  2. Backlog item
  3. Feature request
  4. Service request

Q14. The initiative project team is discussing the ordered list of options that represent changes to a solution. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Backlog
  2. Requirements
  3. Issues
  4. Defects

Q15. A is the business analysis practitioner in a Learning Management System development project. A is refining user stories even before they are needed. What is the impact of this activity?

  1. This may cause rework and waste
  2. This is the best practice - To be prepared well ahead of time.
  3. This will help in finalizing solution components
  4. This will help in determining what is valuable

Q16. The purpose of which one among the following techniques is to avoid cost and risk associated with developing the wrong product by testing a hypothesis, reducing waste, or increasing speed to customers for feedback and adoption?

  1. Minimal Viable Product
  2. Product Roadmap
  3. Purpose Alignment Model
  4. Kano Analysis

 

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Q17. The purpose of which one among the following techniques is to convey a customer requirement for the delivery team?

  1. Job Stories
  2. User Stories
  3. Story Mapping
  4. Story Elaboration

Q18. The team wants to focus on the motivation of the stakeholder and provide as much context as possible for the motivations, anxieties, and struggles of the stakeholder. Which one among the following would help them the most?

  1. Job Stories
  2. User Stories
  3. Storyboarding
  4. Behavior Driven Development

Q19. The team wants to demonstrate a working solution in order to obtain feedback from their clients. Which one among the following will help them best?

  1. Reviews
  2. Planning Workshops
  3. Retrospectives
  4. Backlog Refinement

Q20. A large story was broken down into pieces of work and assigned to respective team members. Which one among the following was used here?

  1. Story Decomposition
  2. Story Mapping
  3. User Stories
  4. Story Elaboration

Q21. The team wants to make customer needs clear, discover information about the customer and enhance collaboration between all stakeholders. Which one among the following techniques would help them the most?

  1. Activity Driven Development
  2. Action Oriented Development
  3. Behavior Driven Development
  4. Product Behavior Characteristics

Q22. The team has gathered to reflect on the past iteration and identify ways to adapt. What is the team doing?

  1. Thinking Hats
  2. Adaptation
  3. Rationalization
  4. Retrospectives

Q23. The initiative project team is discussing the statement of the values that underpin agile software development. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Absolute manifesto
  2. Agility manifesto
  3. Adaptive manifesto
  4. Agile manifesto

Q24. The initiative project team is discussing the planning approach where long-term plans are constantly reviewed and revised based on new information learned. What is it that they are discussing about?

  1. Absolute planning
  2. Adaptive planning
  3. Change driven planning Agile planning
  4. Agile planning

Q25. The project team decides not to include a particular feature because some key inputs are not available at this point in time. This is an example of which aspect of avoiding waste?

  1. Pay continuous attention to technical excellence
  2. Ensure clear and effective communication
  3. Avoid producing documentation before it is needed
  4. Avoid rework by making commitments at the last responsible moment

 

Answers to Questions

 

Question 1

Correct Option: B. Reflect on feedback and adapt both product and process

Explanation: The delivery team is reflecting on the feedback and making necessary changes to its product/process.

Question 2

Correct Option: C. Framework

Explanation: Framework is the collection of specific practices and ideas that have been proven useful in a specific context.

Question 3

Correct Option: B. Need

Explanation: Need is the problem or opportunity to be addressed.

Question 4

Correct Option: C. Planning Poker

Explanation: Planning Poker is the technique to estimate story points for a team.

Question 5

Correct Option: D. three months to several years

Explanation: As a general reference, the Delivery Horizon guides analysis and action over the period of the upcoming one to four weeks to as long as six to eight weeks.

Question 6

Correct Option: A. Product roadmap

Explanation: Product roadmap is the visual representation of how a team plans to implement their product strategy over progressively longer time horizons.

Question 7

Correct Option: C. Strategy Horizon

Explanation: The purpose of analysis at the strategy horizon is to inform decisions regarding the Organization's business goals

Question 8

Correct Option: A. Definition of ready

Explanation: Definition of ready is the technique where the team agrees on, and prominently displays, a list of criteria which must be met before a backlog item is considered ready for the team to start delivery work.

Question 9

Correct Option: B. Delivery team

Explanation: Delivery team is the cross-functional team of skilled individuals who bring a variety of expertise to bear on the process of building a software product.

Question 10

Correct Option: D. Product box

Explanation: Product box is the collaboration framework where a team and customers design a box for their product to determine the characteristics of a product that customers want to buy.

Question 11

Correct Option: B. Release planning

Explanation: Release planning is the high-level plan addressing number and duration of releases, iterations, team size, the number of releases, the value delivered in each release, and ship date for the releases.

Question 12

Correct Option: C. Visioning

Explanation: The vision consists of a simple statement represented visually with images or words which conveys the goal and scope for the initiative.

Question 13

Correct Option: B. Backlog item

Explanation: Backlog item is the element on a backlog that represents a potential change to a product. It can be user stories, spikes, defects, infrastructure work, refactors, documents or other item types that a team finds useful in their context.

Question 14

Correct Option: A. Backlog

Explanation: Backlog is the ordered list of options that represent changes to a solution.

Question 15

Correct Option: A. This may cause rework and waste

Explanation: Refining user stories before they are needed may cause rework and waste because the conditions

around the story may change based on ongoing feedback and learning.

Question 16

Correct Option: A. Minimal Viable Product

Explanation: The purpose of Minimal Viable Product is to avoid cost and risk associated with developing the wrong product by testing a hypothesis, reducing waste, or increasing speed to customers for feedback and adoption

Question 17

Correct Option: B. User Stories

Explanation: The purpose of User Stories is to convey a customer requirement for the delivery team

Question 18

Correct Option: A. Job Stories

Explanation: Job Stories serve as a communication tool for stakeholders. They facilitate interaction and collaboration among individuals and focus the delivery team on the customer need.

Question 19

Correct Option: A. Reviews

Explanation: Reviews showcase or demonstrate a working solution in order to solicit feedback. This can be done formally or informally with stakeholders.

Question 20

Correct Option: D. Story Elaboration

Explanation: Story Elaboration is the lowest level of Story Decomposition and the process by which the story is broken down into pieces of work.

Question 21

Correct Option: C. Behavior Driven Development

Explanation: Behavior Driven Development is a technique used to make needs clear and is designed to improve communication and understanding across all stakeholders.

Question 22

Correct Option: D. Retrospectives

Explanation: The retrospective provides an opportunity for all members of the team to reflect on the most recent deliveries and identify ways to adapt.

Question 23

Correct Option: D. Agile manifesto

Explanation: Agile manifesto is the statement of the values that underpin agile software development.

Question 24

Correct Option: B. Adaptive planning

Explanation: Adaptive planning is the planning approach where long-term plans are constantly reviewed and revised based on new information learned.

Question 25

Correct Option: D. Avoid rework by making commitments at the last responsible moment

Explanation: When avoiding waste, agile business analysis practitioners consider this aspect

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