TOGAF 40

The Architecture Continuum consists of which types of architecture

Foundation Architectures, Solutions Architectures, Industry Architectures and Organisation Specific Architectures

Baseline Architectures, Solution Architectures, Industry Architecture and Business Specific Architectures

Baseline Architectures, Common Systems Architecture, Industry Architectures and Organisation Specific Architectures

Foundation Architectures, Common Systems Architecture, Industry Architectures and Business Specific Architectures

Foundation Architectures, Common Systems Architecture, Industry Architectures and Organisation Specific Architectures

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of enterprise architecture?

To provide a set of standards that all actors must adhere to within an enterprise

To allow an enterprise to exploit the latest trends in technology

To enable the CIO to take effective control of the business units across an enterprise

To ensure compliance in an enterprise to corporate auditing standards

To optimise an enterprise into an environment that is responsive to business needs

Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of Architecture Board?

Identification of risk and subsequent risk mitigation

Ensuring consistency between sub-architectures

Providing the basis for all decision-making with regard to changes to the architectures

Improving the maturity level of architecture discipline within the organization

Identifying re-usable components

Which of the following is defined as the risk categorization after the implementation of mitigating actions?

Strategic Level of Risk

Actual Level of Risk

Initial Level of Risk

Residual Level of Risk

What does the Architecture Requirements Specification provide?

A quantitative view of the solution stating measurable criteria

An aspirational view of the end architecture product

A qualitative view of the solution and aims to communicate the intent of the architects

List of individual increments of change

Context for architecture work by describing the needs

The major components within an Architecture Repository are:

Architecture Metamodel, Reference Library, Architecture Landscape, Standards Information Base, Governance Log, Architecture Capability and the Enterprise Continuum

Architecture Metamodel, Reference Library, Architecture Landscape, Standards Information Base, Governance Log and Architecture Capability

Architecture Metamodel, Reference Library, Architecture Landscape, Standards Information Base, Architecture Board and Architecture Capability

Architecture Metamodel, Reference Library, Architecture Landscape, Standards Information Base, Architecture Board, Architecture Capability, External Reference Models, External Standards and Architecture Board

Architecture Metamodel, Reference Library, Architecture Landscape, Standards Information Base, Architecture Board and Governance Log

Which of the following statements is not correct in context of the Business Architecture?

Business Architecture looks at the Enterprise in abstraction and does not look at the relationship between people and process

A knowledge of the Business Architecture is a prerequisite for architecture work in any other domain

Business Architecture should demonstrate how stakeholder concerns are addressed

Business Architecture is often necessary as a means of demonstrating the business value of subsequent architecture work

Business Architecture should support the agreed Architecture Vision

Which of the following statements best describes how Architecture Principles are used within the ADM?

They are used to define the framework and detailed methodologies

They are used to guide decision making within the enterprise

They are used to define stakeholders and their concerns

They are used to determine the readiness factors impacting the organization

They are used to resolve and dispose of requirements

According to TOGAF, the recommended dimensions used to define the scope of an architecture include all the following, except:

Architecture Domains

Subject Matter

Depth

Breadth

Subject Matter

TOGAF defines a set of terms to describe Architecture Compliance. Which one of the following applies to the case where an implementation has no features in common with the architecture specification?

Irrelevant

Conformant

Compliant

Non-conformant

Which of the following best describes capability based planning?

A business planning technique that focuses on business outcomes

A business planning technique that focuses on horizontal capabilities

A business planning technique that focuses on vertical capabilities

A human resource planning technique that focuses on capable architects

Which of the following is Phase F?

Migration Planning

Architecture Change Management

Implementation Governance

Oppurtunities and Solutions

Technology Architecture

Complete the sentence: According to TOGAF, Capability-Based Planning is ____

a tactical planning technique that enhances system performance

focused on technical capabilities

focused on business outcomes

focused on staffing and human resource management issues

relevant to IT architecture

Which of the following classes of architectural information within the Architecture Repository defines processes that support governance of the Architecture Repository?

Governance Log

Architecture Capability

Reference Library

Architecture Metamodel

Architecture Landscape

Which of the following is not true of Principles in TOGAF?

Architecture Principles maybe established at one or all three levels of enterprise, Information Technology and Architecture

Principles must be Understandable, Robust, Complete, Consistent and Stable

Principles are developed by the lead enterprise architect in conjunction with the CIO, Architecture Board and other key stakeholders

Principles are inter-related and need to be applied as a set. Principles will sometimes compete.

The Components of Architecture Principles are Name, Statement, Rationale, Implications and Risks and Issues.

The objectives for Phase F: Migration Planning does not include which of the following:

To generate and gain consensus on an outline Implementation and Migration Strategy

To prioritize all work packages, projects and building blocks

To confirm the Transition Architectures defined in Phase E

To create evolve and monitor the detailed Implementation and Migration plan

To finalise the Architecture Vision and Architecture Definition Document

Which of the following is not described by a Business Scenario in TOGAF?

The desired outcome of proper execution

The underlying business vision

The business and technology environment

A business process, application, or set of applications

The people and computing components who execute the scenario

Where the process of creating a Business Scenario does starts?

Roles and responsibilities

Human participants

Problem statements

Business and Technical environments

Desired objectives

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Corporate Strategic Plan manages and creates Capabilities

Architecture and Solution Building Blocks are the basis for Capability Increment Solutions

Capability is documented in Architecture Vision

Capability consists of Capability Increment

Capability Increment is documented by Transition Architecture

Which of the following is NOT a key ADM Deliverable?

Architecture Repository

Integrated Information Infrastructure

Architecture Principles

Change Request

Architecture Contract

What are the levels of granularity the Architecture Landscape is divided into?

Enterprise Architectures, Segment Architectures and Capability Architectures

Enterprise Architectures, Segment Architectures and Transition Architectures

Strategic Architectures, Segment Architectures and Capability Architectures

Strategic Architectures, Segment Architectures and Transition Architectures

Which of the following is not true of the Architecture Development Method?

The ADM allows organisations to transform their enterprise in response to business goals and opportunities

The ADM has ten phases

The ADM is iterative

The ADM provides a tested process for developing architectures

The ADM explains how generic solutions can be specialized to support an organisation

Which of the following is defined by TOGAF as a representation of a system from the perspective of a related set of concerns?

Viewpoint

Architecture Building Block

View

Statement of Work

Capability Architecture

Which among the following statements about Architecture Continuum is NOT true?

It is a useful tool to discover commonality and eliminate unnecessary redundancy You answered

It offers a consistent way to define and understand the generic rules, representations, and relationships in an architecture, including traceability and derivation relationships

Every artifact in the Solutions Continuum has a one to one relationship with a corresponding artifact in the Architecture Continuum

It represents a structuring of Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs) which are re-usable architecture assets

It shows the relationships among foundational frameworks, common system architectures, industry architectures, and enterprise architectures

Which Phase of the ADM describes the defining scope and identification of stakeholders?

Opportunities and Solutions

Requirements management

This activity occurs outside of the ADM

Preliminary Phase

Architecture Vision

Complete the sentence. According to the TOGAF standard, a good business scenario should be “SMART”. The letter “S” stands for ______________.

Stakeholder-oriented

Solution-oriented

Specific

Segmented

Strategic

Which technique can be used to discover the need for a Capability?

Business Scenario

Gap Analysis

Business Transformation Readiness Assessment

Interoperability Requirements

Architecture Patterns

Which of the following is H?

Migration Planning

Implementation Governance

Requirement Management

Oppurtunities and Solutions

Architecture Change Management

Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the Communications Plan?

To support Boundaryless Information Flow

To evangelize the architecture to the end user community

To ensure that architecture information is communicated to the right stakeholders at the right time

To keep the Architecture Review Board appraised of changes to the architecture

To ensure that the outcomes of a Compliance Assessment are distributed to the members of the

Which one of the following statements does not come from TOGAF Risk Management?

Risk Management is an integral part of enterprise architecture

Residual risks have to be approved by the IT governance framework

The activities in risk management are Risk Identification, Risk Quantification, Risk Response Development and Risk Response Control

Initial Level of Risk is the risk categorisation prior to determining and implementing mitigating actions

Risk mitigation refers to the identification, planning, and conduct of actions that will reduce the risk to an acceptable level

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of the Architecture Requirements Specification?

A document that triggers the start of an architecture development cycle

A qualitative view of the solution to communicate the intent of the architect

A record of deviations from the planned architectural approach to identify changes to be made

A quantitative view of the solution to measure the implementation

Which architecture domain describes logical software and hardware capabilities?

Technology Architecture

Application Architecture

Information Systems Architecture

Data Architecture

Business Architecture

Which of the following statements is not correct in the context of TOGAF?

The Solutions Continuum is a population of the architecture with reference building blocks – either purchased products or built components – that represent a solution to the enterprise’s business needs

The Architecture Repository defines six classes for architectural information held in the repository

Enterprise Continuum is a virtual repository where as the Architecture Repository is a physical repository

TOGAF recognizes the need to manage the content of the Enterprise Continuum using tools but does not provide any guidance on tool selection

Enterprise Continuum can be thought of as a view of the Architecture Repository

Which of the following is not listed as a Technique for Architecture Development in TOGAF?

Architecture Patterns

Gap Analysis

Risk Management

Architecture Change Management

Capability Based Planning

Which of the following item is not a part of Architecture Repository?

Architecture Metamodel

Architecture Capability

Architecture Landscape

Standards Information Base

Compliance Log

Which section of the TOGAF document describes the purpose of deliverables produced as outputs from the ADM cycle?

TOGAF Reference Models

Architecture Content Framework

ADM Guidelines and Techniques

Architecture Capability Framework

Architecture Governance Framework

Complete the sentence. To promote effective architectural activity within the enterprise, TOGAF 9 recommends the establishment of a(n) _____

IT Governing Board

Quality Assurance department

Program Management Office

Enterprise Architecture Capability

Program Management Office

In Phase G, what document establishes the connection between the architecture organization and the implementation organization?

Requirements Impact Statement

Transition Architecture

Architecture Landscape

Architecture Contract

Architecture Roadmap

Which of these is not in the scope of governance of Architecture Contract?

Ensuring accountability, responsibility, and discipline

Adherence to the principles and standards

Facilitate re-usablility

Identification of risks

Continuous monitoring to check integrity

The Implementation and Migration Plan deliverable has the following content, except:

Work Package Portfolio

Interactions with other management frameworks

Project Charters

Implementation Plan

Implementation and Migration Strategy

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