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BCS RE18 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering (RE18) |
| Exam Number: | RE18 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 65% (26/40) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice |
| Exam Price: | Varies by region (approx. £200–£300 GBP) |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40 |
| Exam Duration: | 60 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | BCS Foundation Certificate in Requirements Engineering |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Lifetime |
| Recommended Training: | BCS Official Training Courses |
| Exam Registration: | BCS Official Certification Page Pearson VUE Registration Portal |
| Sample Questions: | DOWNLOAD DEMO |
| Exam Way: | Computer-based exam (online proctored or test centre via Pearson VUE) |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; BCS Foundation Certificate in Requirements Engineering is recommended |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.bcs.org |
BCS RE18 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Tools and Techniques | - Requirements management tools - Support for modelling and documentation |
| Requirements Validation and Verification | - Review techniques and validation methods - Ensuring correctness and completeness |
| Requirements Specification and Documentation | - Quality of requirements (clarity, consistency, testability) - Software Requirements Specification (SRS) structure |
| Requirements Elicitation | - Stakeholder identification and analysis - Elicitation techniques (interviews, workshops, observation) |
| Requirements Analysis and Modelling | - Modelling techniques (use cases, scenarios, UML basics) - Structuring and prioritisation of requirements |
| Requirements Management | - Change control and version management - Traceability throughout the lifecycle |
| Introduction to Requirements Engineering | - Requirements engineering lifecycle overview - Role and importance of requirements engineering |
BCS RE18 Certification Exam Q&A
BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 is an official BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT exam, registered under the code RE18. A passing score earns you the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering certification, positioned at the Practitioner level. The credential also connects to BCS Foundation Certificate in Requirements Engineering, so it can anchor a broader certification path. Because BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT designs its exams around real job tasks, holding this certification signals practical skill rather than memorized theory.
Candidates face 40 questions inside a 60 minutes window on the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 exam. That ratio leaves little slack, which is why pacing deserves as much practice as the content itself. Learn to budget your minutes, park stubborn questions instead of wrestling them, and rehearse under a real clock: a few timed runs in the ActualCollection test engine will make the official time limit feel routine rather than threatening.
The passing bar for BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 is set at 65% (26/40), and registering for the exam officially costs Varies by region (approx. £200–£300 GBP). There is no reduced price for a second try: fail, and you pay Varies by region (approx. £200–£300 GBP) in full again. That makes honest self-testing the cheapest insurance available, so hold off on booking until your ActualCollection practice scores sit clearly above the passing line, attempt after attempt.
No mandatory prerequisites; BCS Foundation Certificate in Requirements Engineering is recommended
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BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 is divided into 7 official domains. Among the headline areas are Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Analysis and Modelling, and Requirements Validation and Verification. Scroll up to the exam topics section for the full breakdown, and use it as a checklist: any line you cannot confidently explain deserves another round of practice.
BCS Practitioner Certificate in Requirements Engineering 2018 Sample Questions:
Question 1
A business analyst is categorizing requirements in a requirements catalogue.
Which of the following would be classed as a non-functional requirement?
A. Customer order entry screens must include the company logo.
B. A customer order can be cancelled up to the point of order despatch.
C. Customer orders can be placed in English, Spanish or German.
D. Customer order details must be kept for seven years.
Question 2
A business analyst wishes to organise a requirements catalogue. He is aware of four kinds of requirements, those which:
(a) Describe the level of service required by the system.
(b) Are constraints placed on the system in terms of general rules of
operation.
(c) Refer to specific features to be delivered by the system.
(d) Are derived from software policies that reflect the company's IT
infrastructure.
Which of the following is the CORRECT allocation of categories of these four kinds of requirements?
A. (a) Technical; (b) Functional; (c) General; (d) Non-Functional.
B. (a) General; (b) Technical; (c) Non-Functional; (d) Functional.
C. (a) Non-Functional; (b) General; (c) Functional; (d) Technical.
D. (a) Functional; (b) Non-Functional; (c) Technical; (d) General.
Question 3
During his yearly appraisal, a member of the sales team is given the following feedback:
'Your approach to your sales target has been successful, but you have not applied the approach widely enough. Your target for next year is to use your recent experience to double your sales- this will ensure your contribution is in line with the team's increased target'.
After discussion, this target is agreed on and is added to his written appraisal.
The organization recognizes four facets of knowledge:
(A) Individual
(B) Corporate
(C) Explicit
(D) Tacit
Which combination describes the appraisal target given above?
A. B and C
B. A and D
C. A and C
D. B and D
Question 4
The following two requirements have been captured during elicitation:
REQ#1: The system will operate during standard working hours, 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) | Priority = S(houl(d). Source = Operations assistant.
REQ#2: The system will operate during extended working hours, 6 days a week (Monday to Saturday) | Priority = S(houl(d). Source = Operations supervisor.
The owner of these requirements (the operations director) is content that REQ#1 and REQ#2 should be replaced by:
REQ#99 - The system must operate from 06:00 to 20:00, Monday to Saturday.
What update to the requirements catalogue is needed to reflect this change?
A. Resolution fields of REQ#1 and REQ#2 with the decision of the operations director.
B. Rationale field of REQ#1 and REQ#2 to indicate merged requirements.
C. Source of REQ#1 and REQ#2 to Operations Director.
D. Priority of REQ#99 to M(ust) to reflect the merger of two S(houl(d) requirements.
Question 5
Hollybush Pet Food Company has initiated a project to introduce more efficient processes into its finance function, supported by a new IT system. It is now time to sign-off the requirements of the project and move into design and Philip, the business analyst, would like to hold a formal review of requirements. He has been asked to explain to the project sponsor why this is a good idea.
Which of the following reasons will he give for wanting to hold a formal review?
(a) Allows requirements to be considered from different perspectives.
(b) Reduces the amount of time needed to review the requirements.
(c) Allows defects in requirements to be identified before they are
moved into design.
(d) Means that requirements do not have to be documented in detail.
A. c and d only.
B. a and c only.
C. b and c only.
D. a and d only.
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: D | Question 2 Answer: C | Question 3 Answer: D | Question 4 Answer: A | Question 5 Answer: B |





