IIBA CBDA Certification in Business Data Analytics (IIBA – CBDA) Online Training
IIBA CBDA Online Training
The questions for CBDA were last updated at Nov 19,2024.
- Exam Code: CBDA
- Exam Name: Certification in Business Data Analytics (IIBA - CBDA)
- Certification Provider: IIBA
- Latest update: Nov 19,2024
The analytics team has been asked to determine if the organization should launch their highest revenue generating product into the North American market. To date, this has only been available in Eastern Europe. To answer this, the team formulates several research questions, including:
- A . What product launch related costs can we expect?
- B . How much revenue does the product generate in Eastern Europe?
- C . Why does management need to know this?
- D . Do existing customers really like the product?
An analyst has just completed building a data model that shows the table structures including table names, table relationships with primary and foreign keys and column names with respective data types.
What type of data model has the analyst just built?
- A . Physical
- B . Hierarchical
- C . Conceptual
- D . Logical
The analytics team is identifying research questions to address a business problem. The business analysis professional reminds the team that the most important dimension to consider is the:
- A . Sources of data
- B . Quality of the data
- C . Timeframe of analysis
- D . Measurement scale
An analyst at a supermarket chain has been asked to extract data from multiple data sources to complete a study on customer spending habits. The analyst is going to query data from various databases.
Which statement is true about database querying?
- A . Querying can be used to create predictive data models
- B . Irrespective of the querying language used, data results retrieved are always in a tabular format
- C . A querying language is independent of the type of database being used
- D . Querying is a structured way of searching, manipulating and managing data
A lab is conducting a study on protein interactions. They have used the data to create a graph visualization.
In graph visualization, what would a layout be?
- A . A single data point
- B . A link between two data points
- C . A dedicated algorithm that calculates the node positions
- D . A collection of data points and links
An analyst at a bank is trying to identify research questions for an analytical study on top customer issues across branches.
During an interview with a branch manager, the analyst asks the manager what their top customer concerns are relating to this branch?
After the manager’s reply, the analyst asks a follow up question on how their top customer concerns compare against the top customer concerns across all branches? Was the analyst’s follow-up question valid?
- A . No, there is no value comparing the results of a single branch with results across all branches
- B . Yes, it builds on the previous question and allows the analyst to identify branch-specific concerns
- C . No, the question is not valid in this particular scenario
- D . Yes, only for the purpose of ensuring that the manager is aware of the company-wide reports
Interested in experimenting with analytics, a manufacturing company hires an analyst to see how the capability can be developed within its organization. The analyst is getting started and recognizes the need to show value from the onset of their work to gain upper management’s trust and future funding.
What action will accomplish these objectives?
- A . Solve the biggest problem the organization has first to quickly grab the support and attention of senior management
- B . Develop a question that can be answered quickly regardless of alignment to strategy, just
to get started - C . Develop a meaningful question that can be answered with data the company already has in its possession
- D . Perform a market analysis to understand how competitors are using analytics and then launch a similar initiative
A large car manufacturer is interested in comparing the number of sales for a specific model of electric car across all 50 US states.
The data analytics team sourced and acquired the data, and the business analyst created the model to compare sales across states.
In a meeting to review the results, the feedback received included several complaints concerning an inability to distinguish the number of sales per state.
What model would result in such confusion?
- A . Bullet chart
- B . Dual axis chart
- C . Bar chart
- D . Pie chart
The definition of data elements is different across various data sources. The organization is looking to improve the usability of data across the organization.
Which practice would help address this problem?
- A . Data governance
- B . Data quality
- C . Data architecture
- D . Data ethics
Insights based on the data collected indicate that a multi-national company could increase its sales of a mature product by reducing its price by 20% which would result in increased revenues of 2% over a 6-month period. The team recommends this as an appropriate goal for its organization. This is considered a good goal because:
- A . It meets all the criteria for a well-defined objective
- B . The organization can derive additional revenue from the product
- C . It indicates that the company does not have to incur costs associated with retiring this product
- D . Management will be pleased that the mature product can still contribute to revenue