TOGAF 40

Which of the following statements is NOT true for ADM?

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

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

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

The ADM has ten phases

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

Under Architectural Capability as an Operational Entity TOGAF states several benefits of architecture governance. Which of the following is not stated as a benefit of Architecture Governance in TOGAF?

Protection of the existing asset base through reuse

Managing compliance

Greater shareholder value

Value creation through monitoring, measuring, evaluation and feedback

Controlled risk management

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

A Foundation Architecture supports the complete enterprise operating environment

Organization-Specific Architectures describe and guide the final deployment of user-written or third-party components that constitute effective solutions for particular enterprises

Industry Architectures guide the integration of common systems components with industry specific components

Common Systems Architectures guide the creation of an architecture useful for building common solutions across a wide number of relevant domains

The Architecture Continuum provides a consistent way to describe and understand the implementation of the assets

Which of the following best describes the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment technique?

A technique used to identify and understand the business requirements an architecture must address

A technique used to understand the readiness of an organization to accept change

A technique to define the degree to which information and services are to be shared

A technique used to validate an architecture

A technique used to develop general rules and guidelines for the architecture being developed

Which of the following is NOT a stated reason for using a tool for Enterprise Continuum?

Ensure common terminology is used

Promote re-use

Enable sharing of architecture information within an organization

Provide stakeholders with relevant models

Facilitate easier maintenance of the software assets

What TOGAF deliverable identifies changes that are needed to the current architecture requirements and specification, and also documents the implications of change?

Requirements Impact Assessment

Architecture Vision

Architecture Landscape

Gap Analysis Results

Architecture Roadmap

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Architecture Capability Framework?

Techniques for evaluating and quantifying an organization’s maturity in enterprise architecture

Framework and guidelines for Architecture Governance

A set of role, skill, and experience norms for staff undertaking enterprise architecture work

Guidelines for establishing an Architecture Capability within an organization

Standards with which new architectures must comply

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

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

To support Boundaryless Information Flow

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

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

To evangelize the architecture to the end user community

Which of the following is NOT a correct reason for limiting the scope of the Architecture Activity?

The realities of resource and time constraints often mean there is not enough time, funding, or resources to build a top-down, all-inclusive architecture description encompassing all four architecture domains

The objectives and stakeholder concerns to be addressed within the architecture You answered

The organizational authority of the team producing the architecture

The inflexibility of the baseline IT technical architecture

To ensure an appropriate demarcation between the architecture effort and other, related activities (system design, system engineering, system development)

According to TOGAF, where should architecture governance artifacts be stored?

In the Standards Information Base

In the Architecture Repository

In the Integrated Infrastructure Reference Model

In the Requirements Repository

In the Foundation Architecture

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

Part V: Enterprise Continuum and Tools

Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques

Part II: Architecture Development Method (ADM)

Part I: Introduction

Part IV: Architecture Content Framework

Which one of the following is documented in TOGAF Part VII as a guideline for how to establish an Enterprise Architecture Capability?

Develop an Architecture Roadmap

Use the Implementation Governance Phase

Use the Architecture Development Method

Use the Implementation Governance Phase

Populate the Enterprise Continuum

Populate the Architecture Repository

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a building block?

Building blocks can consist just of name or an outline description

Building blocks can be combined with other building blocks to deliver architectures and solutions

Building blocks can be defined at various levels of detail

Building blocks are potentially reusable component of business, IT or architectural capability

Building blocks cannot be decomposed into smaller supporting building blocks

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

To prioritize all work packages, projects and building blocks

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

To finalise the Architecture Vision and Architecture Definition Document

To create evolve and monitor the detailed Implementation and Migration plan

To confirm the Transition Architectures defined in Phase E

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

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 an immediate return on investment

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

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

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

Work Package Portfolio

Interactions with other management frameworks

Implementation Plan

Implementation and Migration Strategy

Project Charters

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

Opportunities and Solutions

Requirements management

Architecture Vision

Preliminary Phase

This activity occurs outside of the ADM

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

focused on business outcomes

relevant to IT architecture

focused on staffing and human resource management issues

focused on technical capabilities

a tactical planning technique that enhances system performance

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

Phases E only

Phases from A to F

Phases E, F and G

Phases E and F

Phases A, E and F

Where the process of creating a Business Scenario does starts?

Human participants

Desired objectives

Problem statements

Business and Technical environments

Roles and responsibilities

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

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

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

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

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

According to TOGAF Document Categorization Model, which are the four categories of content?

Central, Mandated, Recommended and Supplemental

Central, Mandated, Reference and Supplemental

Core, Mandated, Recommended and Supporting

Core, Mandated, Reference and Supplemental

Central, Mandated, Recommended and Supporting

Within Phase C: Information Systems Architectures of the ADM which of the following is not a step stated by TOGAF

Document dependencies and assumptions

Develop Target Application Architecture Description

Create Architecture Definition Document

Finalise the application architecture

Conduct formal stakeholder review

Complete the sentence. The statement, "Getting information to the right people at the right time in a secure, reliable manner in order to support the operations that are core to the extended enterprise" describes the concept of _____

Portability

Interoperability

Service Oriented Architecture

Boundaryless Information Flow

Semantic Web

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

Part V: Enterprise Continuum and Tools

Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques

Part I: Introduction

Part II: Architecture Development Method (ADM)

Part IV: Architecture Content Framework

According to TOGAF, which of the following best describes why an Architecture Board should be established?

To conduct source code design reviews

To ensure that new systems are introduced in a managed change process

To oversee the implementation of the governance strategy

To facilitate the adoption of advanced technologies

To conduct performance appraisals on the enterprise architecture team

According to TOGAF, which one of the following is described as a view of the Architecture Repository and provides methods for classifying architecture and solution artifacts as they evolve?

Governance Log

Architecture Governance Repository

Enterprise Continuum

Architecture Landscape

Standards Information Base

Which of the following statement is correct in the context of ADM iteration?

No, ADM is not iterative

Yes, you can cycle around any combination of phases

Yes, you can only cycle around the ADM

Yes, you can cycle around ADM, iterate across specific phases or cycle through some of the phases

Yes, you can cycle around all single individual phase

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

Phase C: Information Systems Architectures

Phase D: Technology Architecture

Phase B: Business Architecture

Phase A: Architecture Vision

Phase E: Opportunities and Solutions

Which section of the TOGAF document describes the processes, skills and roles to establish and operate an architecture function within an enterprise?

Part II: Architecture Development Method

Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques

Part VII: Architecture Capability Framework

Part IV: Architecture Content Framework

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

Quality Assurance department

Program Management Office

Enterprise Architecture Capability

IT Governing Board

Program Management Office

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

This phase is executed at the beginning

It focuses on minimizing changes to requirement

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

TOGAF has a recommend process for requirements management

Prioritizing requirement is an activity of this phase

Complete the sentence: The architectures that address the detailed enterprise needs and business requirements within the Architecture Continuum are known as_______

Foundation Architectures

Common Systems Architectures

Industry Architectures

Organization-Specific Architectures

Strategic Architectures

What does the Architecture Requirements Specification provide?

Context for architecture work by describing the needs

A quantitative view of the solution stating measurable criteria

An aspirational view of the end architecture product

List of individual increments of change

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

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

Strategic Architectures, Segment Architectures and Transition Architectures

Enterprise Architectures, Segment Architectures and Capability Architectures

Strategic Architectures, Segment Architectures and Capability Architectures

Enterprise Architectures, Segment Architectures and Transition Architectures

Which one of the following best describes the content of an Architecture Building Block?

Specific functionality

Products and components used to implement the functionality

Product or vendor-aware

Fundamental functionality

Defined implementation

Which of the following statements is true about risk management in the ADM?

The only risks that are within the scope of enterprise architecture are technological risks You answered

Risk analysis should be carried out first in the Migration Planning phase

Risk is pervasive in all enterprise architecture activity and should be managed in all phases of the ADM

Risk analysis is best conducted in the Architecture Vision phase so that the risk is eliminated in subsequent phases

Risk analysis is outside the scope of enterprise architecture projects

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

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

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.

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

In which ADM phase are the business principles, business goals and strategic drivers validated?

Phase H, Architecture Change Management

Preliminary Phase

Requirements Management Phase

Phase B, Business Architecture

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

Ensure high-level management commitment and obtain agreement on scope

Agree architecture method to be adopted

Establish principles and establish governance structure

Articulate an Architecture Vision and value proposition

Understand the business environment

TOGAF - 40 Questions