Salesforce Certified Business Analyst Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: Certified Business Analyst
- Exam Name: Salesforce Certified Business Analyst Exam
- Certification Provider: Salesforce
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
The delivery team at Cloud Kicks has Just conducted a successful sprint demo showcasing a new sales dashboard. However, the marketing team Is unhappy because the new lead automation they requested was missing from the deliverables and an Important new marketing campaign is starting the next day.
What did the business analyst fall to do during sprint planning’?
- A . Prioritize the sprint backlog with stakeholders
- B . Calculate the sprint capacity correctly
- C . Create a burndown list of sprint tasks
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Which best practice was ignored?
- A . The "who" of the user story is well-defined.
- B . The "why’’ of the user story is focused on user needs.
- C . The ‘’what’’ of the acceptance criteria is negotiable.
Northern Trail Outfitters has a large Salesforce org with sales, marketing, and billing teams pushing for the development of a large number of items in the backlog.
Which management process should the business analyst suggest to help the teams align on their competing priorities?
- A . Integrated Definition for Process Description Capture Method (IDEF3)
- B . Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles, and Measures (V2MOM)
- C . Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
Universal Containers has several independent Salesforce projects this quarter involving shared objects and a complex deployment process managed by a DevOps team. While smoke testing the shared user acceptance testing (UAT) environment, the business analyst (BA) noticed that one of the minor changes to the Account to the Account page layout for the project is missing. The client is eager to begin its UAT.
What should the BA do to address the issue?
- A . Make the page layout change directly in UAT so the client can begin testing.
- B . Log a defect for the page layout change and discuss it with the DevOps team.
- C . Ask the project manager to reschedule UAT until after the defect is resolved
Cloud Kicks has assembled a new product team to launch a brand ambassador partner portal in Experience Cloud. The team is debating various ways to document the requirements. The business analyst recommends writing user stories within the Agile methodology.
What is the benefit of creating user stories when documenting project requirements?
- A . User stories provide specific details about a product early in the development lifecycle.
- B . User stones decrease the need for collaboration within a product team throughout the project.
- C . User stones translate requirements in a way that shows a product’s value to the end user.
A business analyst at Universal Containers has begun user acceptance testing for a new Experience Cloud implementation with the project team. A major gap for one of the personas was identified in the documented scenarios.
What went wrong?
- A . Failure to include all stakeholders in the requirements gathering process
- B . Failure to perform thorough unit testing during the development process
- C . Failure to validate the application against the functional requirements
The Salesforce project team at Cloud Kicks is about to start a project that crosses sales and service teams. The business analyst (BA) has been tasked with writing user stories with the teams in a workshop.
What should the BA keep in mind during the process?
- A . User stories encourage iterative development.
- B . User stories specify which technical components are impacted.
- C . User stories are fixed upon stakeholder approval.
Northern Trail Outfitters launched a new feature on its Experience Cloud site to allow customers to compare features of similar products ahead of the major promotional event of the year. The user acceptance testing (UAT) passed successfully; however, many customers complained of issues when accessing the site.
What did the business analyst overlook before recommending that the release go live?
- A . The AT should have been performed with enough time to resolve bugs in the new feature,
- B . The UAT should have been performed with both peak load and average load simulation.
- C . The UAT should have been performed by customers who are familiar with the products.
During a project kick off for a multi-year transformational Sales Cloud project at Universal Containers, the business analyst (BA) heard the executive team discuss the challenges that the sales team Is having with their legacy solution: opportunity funnel, data hygiene, and forecasting Issues. However, the level of detail shared about the challenges was very limited.
What should the BA do next?
- A . Clone the features of the legacy solution within the new Sales Cloud org.
- B . Start writing epics and user stories that discuss the challenges mentioned.
- C . Schedule a ride-along with the sales team to learn more about their goals.
Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) has noticed that many customers are posting to social media about issues they are having with a new product. The services team is looking for easy ways to engage with these customers and resolve their complaints. During the first discovery meeting of the project, the business analyst (BA) hears that the VP of services and support wants to implement Omni-Channel for NTO’s Service Cloud.
What should the BA do first to ensure the ongoing success of the project?
- A . Configure a proof-of-concept demo within a sandbox environment to show the pros and cons of the requested solution.
- B . Produce a gap analysis document that will show the ways the requested solution can solve the limitations of NTO’s current system.
- C . Encourage the project stakeholders to think of various ways to solve cases different before deciding on a specific solution.