BCS Exam BAPv5 Topic 4 Question 20 Discussion

Actual exam question for BCS's BAPv5 exam

Question #: 20
Topic #: 4

A local council has decided to completely redesign the way it provides library lending services it plans to stop lending books and move towards an entirely online e-book lending model

Four activities to be included in the Business Activity Model (BAM) are given below

a) Lend books

b) Establish licensing arrangements with publishers

c) Define lending policies

d) Monitor lending usage

What will be the dependencies between these activities on the BAM?

Ac->b->a->d

Bd->c->a->b

Cc->d->a->b

Dc->a->b->d

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Suggested Answer: C

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Jodi

2 months ago

I'm going with A. It just feels right to have the lending policies as the foundation, then work your way down to the actual lending and monitoring.

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Terry

15 days ago

After that, lending books and monitoring lending usage would follow.

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Cruz

16 days ago

Then establishing licensing arrangements with publishers would come next.

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Jame

1 months ago

I agree, starting with defining lending policies makes sense.

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Noel

2 months ago

Haha, I bet the council is having a field day coming up with these e-book lending policies. Hopefully, they don't accidentally lend out the mayor's library card!

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Desmond

12 days ago

Yeah, that sounds like a logical order for establishing the e-book lending model.

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Gerald

1 months ago

I think the dependencies between the activities on the BAM will be c->a->b->d.

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Pa

1 months ago

I can only imagine the chaos if they accidentally lend out the mayor's library card!

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Brock

1 months ago

I know right, it must be quite the challenge to switch to an entirely online lending system.

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Cathrine

2 months ago

This is a tricky one, but I'm leaning towards D. It just seems more intuitive to start with the core activity of lending books, then build out the supporting processes.

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Lyda

1 months ago

I agree, it seems like a logical flow to first define policies before actually starting the lending process.

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Erasmo

2 months ago

I think D makes sense too. Start with defining lending policies, then move on to lending books and establishing licensing arrangements.

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Kris

2 months ago

Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. I think the activities should flow logically, so B makes the most sense to me. Monitoring lending usage should come first to inform the policies.

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Marguerita

2 months ago

Wow, this question is really testing our understanding of business process dependencies! I'd say the correct answer is C, since defining lending policies is the foundation for everything else.

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Ronna

2 months ago

That's an interesting point, but I still think defining lending policies should come first to set the foundation for the rest of the activities.

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Audry

3 months ago

I disagree, I believe the dependencies should be d->c->a->b because monitoring lending usage is crucial before defining lending policies.

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Ronna

3 months ago

I think the dependencies should be c->a->b->d because defining lending policies should come before establishing licensing arrangements with publishers.

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