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BCS Exam BAPv5 Topic 4 Question 20 Discussion

Actual exam question for BCS's BAPv5 exam
Question #: 20
Topic #: 4
[All BAPv5 Questions]

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?

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Suggested Answer: C

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Contribute your Thoughts:

Cathrine
4 hours 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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Kris
5 days 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
6 days 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
8 days 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
15 days 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
16 days 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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