BCS BAPv5 問題集 : BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice v5.0

A PESTLE analysis is being conducted for a small manufacturing company The following has been discovered.
The company's electricity provider is planning changes to the way in which electricity usage is calculated, it is likely that this will lead to increased electricity costs.
An amendment to the Data Protection Act has recently been introduced It states that information held about employees' payroll can now be held for more than six years, as long as the individual remains an employee How will this information be categorised in the PESTLE analysis? Select the TWO that apply

• A. Legal
• B. Economic
• C. Environmental.
• D. Technological
• E. Political

A business case features a management summary, from which the following extract is taken:
"This proposal aims to consolidate our workforce into a single location with a fixed rental rate of £1600 per calendar month. This will be a phased move over three months to minimise disruption to our business, although it is accepted that there will be some loss of productivity in this period. On completion, it is expected that the staff will feel that they are in a stable environment, allowing greater flexibility in the way they work, and having more opportunities to communicate with each other." Which category of costs or benefits are not described in this extract?

• A. Tangible benefits.
• B. Intangible costs.
• C. Intangible benefits.
• D. Tangible costs.

The following planning activity has been identified in a consensus BAM for a company that makes clothes:
'P4 - Define marketing strategy'
Which of the following is an enabling activity linked to this planning activity?

• A. Sell clothes
• B. Advertise clothes
• C. Monitor sales.
• D. Define sales targets

Bessant Co.manufactures and sells clothing. The company is every profitable and the IT director would like to invest some of these profits into improving the technical infrastructure of the company, which would help the organic growth of the company. However, the finance director would like to use the profits to acquire one of its competitors.
Shelly is the business analyst on this project and she recognises that the IT and finance director do not agree on the future direction of the business. Once prefers organic growth and the other, growth by acquisition.
What technique COULD Shelly use to improve her understating ot these two different perspectives?

• A. SWOT analysis
• B. CATWOE.
• C. The power/ interest grid
• D. POPIT model.

A business case is being created for a new. automated auditing system that will improve the IT department's ability to record and monitor all the computing devices used across the organisation The sponsor of the project is keen to get a better idea of the financial implications of the project and has asked for the simplest calculation possible This calculation should consider the tangible costs and tangible benefits of the project, as well as showing when it will have saved the department as much money as it has cost.
Which of the following investment appraisal calculations has the sponsor asked for?

• A. Payback calculation
• B. Discounted cash flow
• C. Net present value
• D. Internal rate of return