IIBA CBDA Exam - Topic 1 Question 9 Discussion

Actual exam question for IIBA's CBDA exam

Question #: 9
Topic #: 1

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A job satisfaction survey is being developed. Half of the employees will be asked the question "Do you enjoy working in your workplace?" The other half will be asked "Do you like the current work benefits?". The business analyst raises concern over the survey. What is concerning to the business analyst?

APrecision

BReproducibility

CReliability

DValidity

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Suggested Answer: C

Covariance measures the directional relationship between the returns on two assets. A positive covariance means that asset returns move together while a negative covariance means they move inversely. Zero covariance indicates that the returns on the two assets move independently of each other. In the context of a scatter plot, zero covariance is represented by a plot where the points do not show any upward or downward trend but are rather scattered randomly on the graph with no discernible pattern.

Graph 4 displays such a pattern where there is no apparent relationship between the variables on the x and y axes, indicating that there is zero covariance between them.

by Milly at Apr 19, 2024, 12:28 PM

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Theresia

3 months ago

I feel like reliability might be a concern too, honestly.

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Van

3 months ago

Wait, are they really asking about benefits vs enjoyment? Seems off.

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Kyoko

3 months ago

But aren't both questions related to job satisfaction?

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Jani

4 months ago

Totally agree, the questions aren't measuring the same thing!

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Ceola

4 months ago

I think it's about validity. Different questions could skew results.

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Alberta

4 months ago

Validity seems like the most likely concern to me, especially since the questions don't really relate to each other.

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Truman

4 months ago

I practiced a similar question about survey design, and I feel like reliability could be an issue if the questions aren't consistent in what they measure.

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Precious

4 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about reproducibility being important in surveys. Could that be a concern here?

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Dannie

5 months ago

I think the business analyst might be worried about validity since the two questions are measuring different aspects of job satisfaction.

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Lennie

5 months ago

Ah, I see what the problem is - the survey lacks reproducibility since the questions are different for the two groups.

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Maryrose

5 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think the issue might be with the reliability of the survey. If the questions are different, the responses may not be comparable.

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Amie

5 months ago

Hmm, this seems like a tricky one. I'll need to think carefully about the potential issues with the survey design.

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Devorah

5 months ago

The business analyst is probably concerned about the validity of the survey results since the questions are different for the two groups.

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Markus

5 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. I'll need to think it through carefully. Maybe I should review my notes on the traversal subzone first.

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Onita

5 months ago

Hmm, the lack of VM encryption and key management system really limits the options here. I'll have to focus on the server-level encryption capabilities.

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Vallie

5 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully read through the requirements and think about how to configure the form to accept the data parameter.

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Edelmira

9 months ago

Well, at least the business analyst is getting their money's worth out of that thesaurus! Synonyms galore, but only one correct answer.

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Annelle

10 months ago

This sounds like a problem with the precision of the survey. Asking different questions to different employees could lead to imprecise and inaccurate results.

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Salina

8 months ago

C: Yeah, that would definitely help with the reliability of the survey.

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Martha

8 months ago

B: Maybe they should stick to asking the same question to all employees for more accurate results.

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Evette

9 months ago

A: The business analyst is concerned about the precision of the survey.

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Katheryn

10 months ago

Hmm, I'd say the issue here is the reproducibility. If the survey is done again, the results might not be the same due to the different questions.

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Gregg

10 months ago

I think the business analyst is concerned about the reliability of the survey. If the questions are different, the responses may not be consistent or reliable.

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Yuette

8 months ago

C: So, the reliability of the survey is important for accurate results.

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Rory

8 months ago

B: Yeah, if the questions are different, the responses may not be consistent.

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Linette

8 months ago

A: The business analyst is concerned about the reliability of the survey.

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Cordelia

11 months ago

So, we need to make sure the questions actually measure what they are supposed to measure.

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Pedro

11 months ago

Yeah, if the questions are not valid, then the survey results won't be accurate.

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Malcolm

11 months ago

This question is asking about the validity of the survey. If the employees are asked different questions, the results may not be comparable across the entire workforce.

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