IIBA Exam CBAP Topic 1 Question 105 Discussion

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Question #: 105
Topic #: 1

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Several commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software packages exist that would enable the business analyst (BA) to meet the needs of the business. For the potential deign options, the Ba included one of the COTS packages as a solution approach What kind of solution approach is this?

AOutsource

BExploit

CCreate

DPurchase

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Suggested Answer: C

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Shay

1 months ago

D) Purchase, no doubt. Although if the BA is feeling really creative, they could always 'exploit' the COTS package by using it in ways the developers never intended. That's what they call thinking outside the box, right?

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Roxane

1 months ago

D) Purchase is the way to go. The 'off-the-shelf' part of COTS kind of gives it away, doesn't it? Unless the BA is planning to grow their own software in the backyard, it's gotta be a purchase.

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Peggy

4 days ago

C) Create

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Michal

5 days ago

B) Exploit

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Katie

19 days ago

A) Outsource

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Glory

2 months ago

I'm going with D) Purchase. I mean, who outsources a COTS package, right? That would be like buying a car and then hiring someone else to drive it for you.

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Yasuko

1 months ago

Yeah, outsourcing a COTS package doesn't really make sense. It's better to just buy it.

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Owen

1 months ago

I agree, purchasing the COTS package seems like the most logical choice.

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Carylon

2 months ago

D) Purchase, definitely. COTS packages are off-the-shelf software solutions that you buy, not something you create or outsource.

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Wilson

26 days ago

D) Purchase

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Delsie

29 days ago

C) Create

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Lindsey

1 months ago

B) Exploit

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Tyra

2 months ago

A) Outsource

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Merrilee

2 months ago

I believe creating a custom solution would be too time-consuming, so purchasing the COTS package is the way to go.

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Ashley

2 months ago

I agree with Glory, purchasing the COTS package seems like the most efficient option.

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Ashton

2 months ago

I think the correct answer is D) Purchase. The question clearly states that the BA included a COTS package as a solution approach, which sounds like a purchase to me.

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