OMG-OCEB2-FUND100 OMG-Certified Expert in BPM 2 - Fundamental Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

The requirement:

“If step C is not completed within 3 days of thestart of the process, immediately end the process with a failure notification.”

The clean BPMN way is to place A, B, and C inside aSub-Processand attach aninterrupting Timer Boundary Eventto that Sub-Process:

The timer (3 days) starts when the Sub-Process (and thus step A) begins.

If C is completed in time, the normal flow continues to D.

If the timer fires first, itinterruptsthe Sub-Process and flows to a “Notify failure” task and then to an End Event.

OptionDshows exactly this structure: a Sub-Process containing A–B–C with a timer boundary event labeled “3 days” leading to “Notify failure.” The other options place the timer in positions that either start timing from C only or use gateways incorrectly, so they do not satisfy “3 days from start of the process.”

Therefore,Dis correct.

In theBusiness Motivation Model (BMM), aGoalis a high-level, long-term, qualitative statement of a desired future state of the enterprise.

“A large energy company is striving to be a process-driven organization and support lean and efficient operations.”

This describes afuture state the organization wants to achieve(process-driven, lean, efficient), not a specific short-term target, policy, or evaluation. That is exactly what BMM calls aGoal: an overarching desired condition the organization aims for.

It isnotaTactic(B), because tactics are concrete, actionable ways to implement strategies.

It isnotaDirective(C), which would be policies or rules governing behavior.

It isnotanAssessment(D), which is an evaluation of influencers (e.g., “current operations are inefficient”).

So, the description is modeled in BMM as aGoal.

TheBalanced Scorecard(Kaplan & Norton) has four recognized perspectives:

Financial

Customer

Internal Business Processes

Learning and Growth

Therefore, the only recognized perspective in the answer choices isB. financial.

In BPMN,Data Objectsare artifacts that show what data isusedorproducedby activities. They are connected usingData Associations, which are drawn asdashed/dotted lines with arrowheads:

Arrowfrom Data Object to Activity= the data is aninputto that activity.

Arrowfrom Activity to Data Object= the data is anoutputproduced by that activity.

Looking at the options:

Option AshowsTask Awith:

A dashed association arrow fromData Object 1 to Task A(Data Object 1 is input).

A dashed association arrow fromTask A to Data Object 2(Data Object 2 is output).This matches BPMN rules exactly and is a canonical textbook example of input and output data objects for a task.

Option Bshows both data objects associated as outputs only (arrows from Task A to both), which would not reflect the typical input–output pattern and is generally not the intended “correct” example for demonstrating BPMN data object usage.

Options C and Dinvolve attaching a data object to a sequence flow. While BPMN allows associating a data object to a sequence flow as shorthand, the official specification states that when associating an artifact with asequence or message flow, the association is normallynon-directional(no arrowheads), because the flow itself already shows direction. One of these options uses directional arrows incorrectly, and thus these are not preferred as the “correct” representation in a strict exam context.

Given the OMG specification and common BPMN teaching examples,Option Ais the clearly correct and standards-compliant diagram for data objects and data associations.

In cost accounting, expenses likeelectricity, water, heating, rent, and factory insuranceare typically categorized asoverhead costs(often calledindirect costsorindirect manufacturing costs).

From aBusiness Process Management (BPM)andOMG value-chainview:

These costssupportcore operational processes (production, service delivery) butcannot bedirectly tracedto a single product, unit, or customer.

In process modeling (e.g., usingBPMN), they are part of theresourcesandenvironmentneeded to perform activities, not attributed to one specific activity output.

Why the other options are incorrect:

A. Labor costs– Labor can bedirect(e.g., assembly worker) orindirect(e.g., supervisor), but electricity and water are not labor.

B. Variable costs– Electricity and water canbehavevariably with activity level, but in cost accounting terminology they are classified asoverhead, not as primary variable costs like direct materials.

D. Indirect materials costs– Indirect materials are items like lubricants, cleaning supplies, small tools. Electricity and water areutilities, not materials.

So in standard cost accounting and in how OMG-aligned enterprise models group resource costs,electricity and water are treated as overhead costs.

In the first diagram:

TheRequestorprocess sends a request message tomultiple switches(Switch 1, Switch 2, Switch 3), typically modeled using aparallel gatewayto broadcast the request.

EachSwitchlane has a process that:

Receivesthe request

Evaluates “Switch X available”

Sends areplymessage back to the Requestor if it is available

In the Requestor lane, anevent-based gateway(or similar construct) waits for thefirst replyindicating availability. Once one switch responds as available, the process assigns the work to that switch, and the other potential selections are effectively ignored or cancelled.

This structure—parallel requests out, first acceptable reply wins—is a classic“race for the first available resource”pattern in BPMN, where the goal is toroute the incoming request to whichever resource (switch) indicates availability first.

Evaluating the choices:

A.“Designate the unassigned switch…” – too vague and not specific to “first available”.

B.Emphasizes planning workloads, which is not modeled here.

C.Talks about a switch “allocated to a pending project,” which is not shown.

E.Focuses on status reporting back to the office, not on assigning work.

OnlyDcorrectly captures the intent of the process:assigning the incoming message to the first available switch.