Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA) — Question 479

A senior business analyst (BA) is tasked with verifying a set of requirements written by a junior BA for a system. During this exercise, the junior BA will ensure that the requirements exhibit atomic characteristics. The senior BA will be verifying that the requirements:

Answer options

• A. can be understood independently of other requirements.
• B. are written using terminology common for the audience.
• C. contain no extraneous and unnecessary content.
• D. are aligned with the identified need of the stakeholders.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because atomic requirements must stand alone and be easily understood without relying on context from other requirements. Options B, C, and D focus on different aspects of requirement quality but do not specifically address the atomicity aspect that the senior BA is verifying.