Business analyst

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for business analyst selection in the business, consulting, management, and operations sector with 5 skill areas: verbal reasoning, situational judgment, critical thinking, diagrammatic reasoning and problem solving. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Diagrammatic reasoning — Following transformations, flows, processes, systems, and rule diagrams.
• Problem solving — Selecting methods, combining information, troubleshooting, and reaching practical solutions.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. A well-formed business requirement primarily states:

   • A. The exact UI pixel layout for every screen
   • B. Which vendor the BA prefers
   • C. The project manager’s vacation dates
   • D. The business need, constraints, and measurable acceptance criteria — not a pre-chosen solution

2. Two stakeholders give conflicting definitions of ‘complete’ for the same process change. Best BA first move?

   • A. Pick the louder stakeholder and document only their version
   • B. Hide the conflict until UAT
   • C. Facilitate a clarification workshop: definitions, examples, and agreed acceptance criteria
   • D. Rewrite the process silently without stakeholders

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.