TOGAF 40

According to TOGAF, in which ADM phase does the initial implementation planning occur?

Phase A: Architecture Vision

Phase C: Information Systems Architectures

Phase B: Business Architecture

Phase D: Technology Architecture

Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

The TOGAF Document categorisation Model consists of four categories. Which one is not a TOGAF Document category?

TOGAF Recommended

TOGAF Mandated

TOGAF Supplemental

TOGAF Core

TOGAF Supporting

Which of the following is not a part of Architecture Governance phase?

Implementing a system of controls over the creation and monitoring of all architectural components and activities

Establishing processes that support effective management of the above processes within agreed parameters

Developing practices that ensure accountability to a clearly identified stakeholder community You answered

Implementing a system to ensure compliance with internal and external standards and regulatory obligations

Improving the maturity level of architecture discipline within the organization

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

Architecture Patterns

Architecture Change Management

Risk Management

Capability Based Planning

Gap Analysis

Which of the following statements is not correct about Enterprise Continuum?

It is an important aid to communication and understanding, both within individual enterprises, and between customer enterprises and vendor organizations

It also represents an aid to organizing re-usable architecture and solution assets

It is a view of the Architecture Repository that provides methods for classifying architecture and solution artifacts, both internal and external to the Architecture Repository

It is a physical repository of all architecture assets models, patterns, architecture descriptions, and other artifacts produced during application of the ADM

It represents an aid to communication

Which of the following is NOT an objective of the Preliminary phase?

Articulate an Architecture Vision and value proposition

Ensure high-level management commitment and obtain agreement on scope

Understand the business environment

Agree architecture method to be adopted

Establish principles and establish governance structure

Which phase of the ADM is an on-going activity that is visited throughout a TOGAF architecture project?

Implementation governance

Preliminary Phase

Requirements Management

Migration planning

Architecture Change Management

What first-cut, high-level description does Architecture Vision provide?

Baseline Architectures, Target Architectures and Gap Analysis

Enterprise Architectures, Solution Architectures and Transition Architectures

Architecture Definition, Architecture Specification and Architecture Roadmap

Business Architectures, Data Architectures, Application Architectures and Technology Architectures

Strategic Architectures, Segment Architectures and Capability Architectures

Which of the following is NOT a key ADM Deliverable?

Integrated Information Infrastructure

Change Request

Architecture Principles

Architecture Contract

Architecture Repository

The relationship between the Architecture Continuum and the Solutions Continuum is one of ___ (complete the sentence).

Governance, direction and support

Guidance, derivation and support

Guidance, direction and supplementing

Governance, derivation and supplementing

Guidance, direction and support

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

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

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

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 part of the TOGAF document provides a number of architecture development phases, together with narratives for each phase?

Part IV: Architecture Content Framework

Part II: Architecture Development Method (ADM)

Part I: Introduction

Part V: Enterprise Continuum and Tools

Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques

In which phase of the TOGAF ADM do activities include assessing the dependencies, costs, and benefits of the migration projects?

Phase G

Phase H

Phase E

Requirements Management

Phase F

Which of the following is not a Core Metamodel Entity?

Platform Service

Function

Data Entity

Standards

Organisation

Complete the sentence: All of the following are technology-related drivers for architecture Change Requests, except __________

asset management cost reductions

standards initiatives

strategic change

technology withdrawal

new technology reports

Which of the following is a Key Point of the ADM Cycle?

The main guideline is to focus on what creates value to the enterprise, and to select horizontal and vertical scope, and project schedules, accordingly

Decisions taken should be based on the value accruing to the enterprise only

Where necessary, use of the ADM should be tailored to meet the needs of the organization but phases cannot be omitted

Though ADM is iterative, the decisions regarding enterprise coverage, level of detail, time period and architecture asset re-use needs to be take upfront

ADM provides a recommended the scope of activity which can be tailored by the organization itself

Which of the following statements is NOT true for ADM?

ADM defines a recommended sequence for the various phases and steps involved in developing an organization-wide enterprise architecture

The ADM has ten phases

An output in an early ADM phase may be modified in a later phase

The numbering scheme provided in the TOGAF ADM for its outputs is a mandated practice

ADM does not determine the scope for an enterprise architecture activity; this must be determined by the organization itself

‘All the features in the architecture specification are implemented in accordance with the specification, but some more features are implemented that are not in accordance with it.’ This text describes which level of architecture compliance?

Non-conformant

Conformant

Compliant

Irrelevant

Consistent

Which of the following is not part of the description of the Enterprise Continuum?

The Enterprise Continuum comprises two complementary concepts: the Architecture Continuum and the Solutions Continuum

The Enterprise Continuum uses the structure in the architecture Repository for the classification of assets

The Enterprise Continuum provides a view of the Architecture Repository

The Enterprise Continuum explains how generic solutions can be specialised to support a particular organisation

The Enterprise Continuum contains Architecture Context and Requirements, the Architecture Continuum, the Solutions Continuum and Deployed Solutions

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

The desired outcome of proper execution

The business and technology environment

The people and computing components who execute the scenario

A business process, application, or set of applications

The underlying business vision

In which phase of the ADM, the Capability Assessment is carried out?

It is first carried out in Phase A and updated in Phase B to E

It is first carried out in Preliminary Phase, updated in Phase A to E and finalized in Phase F

It is first carried out in Phase A, updated in Phase E and finalized in Phase F

It is first carried out in Phase A and updated in Phase E

It is first carried out in Preliminary Phase and updated in Phase A to E

Which one of the following statements best describes the ADM Guidelines and Techniques?

Guidelines address different usage scenarios including different process styles and specialist architectures that can be adapted in the ADM

Guidelines address different usage scenarios that cannot be adapted directly into the ADM iteration process

Techniques support different usage scenarios that can be adapted directly into the ADM iteration process

Which of the following statements about TOGAF Building Blocks and their use in the ADM cycle is correct?

Building Blocks should be identified in abstract form as part of the Preliminary Phase

Building Blocks become more implementation-specific in Phase E

Building Blocks in phases D, E and F are evolved to a common pattern of steps

Building Blocks should be first selected in Phase D

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 finalise the Architecture Vision and Architecture Definition Document

To confirm the Transition Architectures defined in Phase E

To create evolve and monitor the detailed Implementation and Migration plan

To prioritize all work packages, projects and building blocks

Which one of the statements about Architecture Principles is not correct?

A principle is a general rule or guideline.

A principle is transient and updated frequently.

A principle statement should be succinct and unambiguous.

A good set of principles is complete.

They are described in a standard way.

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

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

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

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

Risk Management is an integral part of enterprise architecture

‘The Architectural Representation of assets deployed within the operating enterprise’ Is the TOGAF definition of which term?

Artifact

View

Solution Architecture

Architecture view

Architecture Landscape

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

To ensure compliance in an enterprise to corporate auditing standards

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

To allow an enterprise to exploit the latest trends in technology

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

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

The approach of the Preliminary Phase is about defining “where, what, why, who, and how we do architecture” in the enterprise concerned. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

“Where” can be seen as scoping the enterprise concerned

“Who” can be seen as defining the sponsor responsible for performing the architectural work

“Why” can be seen as the key drivers and elements in the context of the organization

“How” is determined by the frameworks selected and the methodologies that are going to be used

Which of the following reasons best describes why the ADM numbering scheme for versioning output is an example and not mandatory?

To show the evolution of deliverables

To enable use with the Architecture Content Framework

To permit adaptation as required

To support change management

Views and viewpoints are used by an architect to capture or model the design of a system architecture. Which one of the following statements is true?

Different stakeholders always share the same viewpoints

Different stakeholders always share the same views

A view is the perspective of an individual stakeholder

A viewpoint is the perspective of an individual stakeholder

Which of the TOGAF architecture development phases includes the development of Data and Application Architectures?

Phase B

Phase D

Phase C

Phase A

Phase E

Which of the following statement is NOT a reason for suitability of TOGAF as a Framework for Enterprise Architecture?

It plays an important role in helping to “de-mystify” and de-risk the architecture development process

It has been developed through the collaborative efforts of more than 300 Architecture Forum member companies from some of the world’s leading IT customers and vendors and represents best practice in architecture development

It provides a platform for adding value, and enables users to build genuinely open systems-based solutions to address their business issues and needs

It will allow architectures to be developed that are consistent, reflect the needs of stakeholders, employ best practice, and give due consideration both to current requirements and to the likely future needs of the business

It provides an immediate return on investment

In context of ADM, how is the Transition Architecture formulated?

It is first formulated in phase E and gets refined in phase F and G

In Phase E major implementation projects grouped into Transition Architectures and they are confirmed with relevant stakeholders in phase F

It emerges through phase B to D and is finalized in phase E

It is formulated in phase E and then split into implementation projects

Based on the implementation projects selected in phase E, Transition Architectures is arrived at in phase F

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

View

Viewpoint

Architecture Building Block

Capability Architecture

Statement of Work

Which of the following statements about Requirements Management phase is correct?

TOGAF has a recommend process for requirements management

It does not dispose of, address, or prioritize any requirements; this is done within the relevant phase of the ADM

This phase is executed at the beginning

It focuses on minimizing changes to requirement

Prioritizing requirement is an activity of this phase

For which phases is the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment a key technique?

Phases E and F

Phases A, E and F

Phases E only

Phases from A to F

Phases E, F and G

The Architecture Governance Framework contain?

Process, Content, Repository and Process Flow Control

Compliance, Business Control , Monitoring and Reporting

Content, Context, Process and Reporting

Business Control, Content, Monitoring and Reporting

Process, Content, Monitoring and Reporting

TOGAF classifies risk in response to their likely effect and frequency. Which of the following answers does not come from the suggested classification system in TOGAF?

Risks with a Likely frequency and Marginal effect are classified with an impact of Moderate Risk

Frequency can be classified as ‘Frequent, Likely, Occasional, Seldom and Unlikely’

The Impact of a risk, that is the combination of Effect and Frequency can be classified as ‘High Risk, Moderate Risk and Low Risk’

Risks with an Unlikely frequency and Negligible effect are classified with an impact of Low Risk

Effect can be classified as ‘Catastrophic, Crucial, Marginal and Negligible’

Which of the following best describes capability based planning?

A business planning technique that focuses on vertical capabilities

A business planning technique that focuses on horizontal capabilities

A business planning technique that focuses on business outcomes

A human resource planning technique that focuses on capable architects

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