Exam Structure and Outline
The PMI-PBA test consists of 200 questions, and only 175 of them are scored. The remaining 25 items are known as pre-test and they don't affect your final result. The duration of the computer-based exam is four hours. During this period, there's no scheduled break. You can still take it if needed but note that the exam clock will continue ticking.
Reference: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/business-analysis-pba
The PMI-PBA exam covers five domains that are as follows:
1) Needs assessment: this section covers about 18% of the questions. It is about the understanding of the business issues and finding sustainable solutions to them. There are five types of tasks under this domain that are focused on problem and opportunity analysis methods, identifying the company’s needs, elicitation techniques, etc.
2) Planning: this domain constitutes about 22% and it is majorly about the preparation required to manage the business analysis within a project effectively. To fully understand this section, you need to master six areas such as choosing the right strategy, working with requirements, document control, business metrics, and others.
3) Analysis: this module covers about 35% of the test. It is dedicated to the requirements needed to manage a project or a product effectively. Main topics to become aware of involve dependency and interface analysis, decision-making techniques, writing the requirements specifications, etc.
4) Traceability and monitoring: this module takes about 15% of the questions expected in the exam. It emphasizes the activities connected to the management of the life cycle of the needed requirements. The topics one has to grasp here are the use of the traceability artifact, monitoring requirements and updating their statuses, the knowledge of communication methods, and others.
5) Evaluation: this involves the deliverability of the solutions offered towards a business problem. The domain takes about 10% of the exam and covers defining the gaps in using the solution, checking if it meets the requirements, and obtaining a sign-off, among the rest.
There are also knowledge and skills that will come handy during the exam. These include analytic tools and techniques, communication skills, political and cultural awareness, systems thinking, quality management, backlog management and many others.
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