TOGAF 40

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

Phase D

Phase E

Phase C

Phase A

Phase B

Which one of the following is defined as describing the state of an architecture at an architecturally significant point in time during the progression from the Baseline to the Target Architecture?

Solution Architecture

Foundation Architecture

Transition Architecture

Capability Architecture

Segment Architecture

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

The ADM is iterative

The ADM provides a tested process for developing architectures

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

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

The ADM has ten phases

Which of the following is an objective of Phase B, Business Architecture?

To finalize the Architecture Vision and Architecture Definition documents.

To maximize the business value from the architecture

To demonstrate how stakeholder concerns are addressed in the Business Architecture

To develop a Target Technology Architecture to support the business

To confirm the ability of the enterprise to undergo change

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

Conduct formal stakeholder review

Finalise the application architecture

Create Architecture Definition Document

Document dependencies and assumptions

Develop Target Application Architecture Description

TOGAF recommends running the enterprise architecture practice like any other operational unit within a business. For that, which of the following processes capability needs to be established?

Risk Management, Resource Management and IT Management

Financial Management, Performance Management and Service Management

Communications and Stakeholder Management, Quality Management and Presentation Management

Configuration Management, Release Management and Change management

Environment Management, Supplier Management and Network Management

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

Implementation Plan

Interactions with other management frameworks

Work Package Portfolio

Implementation and Migration Strategy

Project Charters

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

A principle is a general rule or guideline.

A good set of principles is complete.

A principle is transient and updated frequently.

A principle statement should be succinct and unambiguous.

They are described in a standard way.

In which ADM phases, does Architecture Governance performed and operated?

It is established in Preliminary Phase, refined in Phase A and operated on Phase F to H

It is established in Phase A and operated on Phase E to G

It is established in Preliminary Phase and operated on all subsequent phases

It is established in Preliminary Phase and operated on Phase G and H

It is established in Phase A and operated on Phase F to H

Which phase of the ADM is used to finalize a set of transition architectures that will support implementation?

Phase G

Phase F

Phase D

Phase E

Phase F

Which of the following best describes how TOGAF defines an enterprise?

Any organization involved in commerce

Any set of organizations based at the same geographic location

Any corporation with more than 10,000 employees

Any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals

Any organization whose stock is traded

Which of these is not the characteristic of a building block?

Ideally, a building block is re-usable and replaceable, and well specified with stable interfaces

It may be a subassembly of other building blocks

It considers implementation and usage, and evolves to exploit technology and standards

It may specify implementation details

It may be assembled from other building blocks

The Architecture Governance Framework contain?

Compliance, Business Control , Monitoring and Reporting

Process, Content, Monitoring and Reporting

Process, Content, Repository and Process Flow Control

Content, Context, Process and Reporting

Business Control, Content, Monitoring and Reporting

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

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

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

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

The Enterprise Continuum provides a view of the Architecture Repository

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

When applying a cycle of the ADM with the Architecture Vision to establish an Architecture Capability, which phase does TOGAF Part VII recommend defines the structure of the organization’s Architecture Repository?

Business Architecture

Data Architecture

Application Architecture

Preliminary Phase

Technology Architecture

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

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

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

It represents an aid to communication

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

Enable sharing of architecture information within an organization

Promote re-use

Facilitate easier maintenance of the software assets

Ensure common terminology is used

Provide stakeholders with relevant models

Which of these is not a recommended step to create the required views for a particular architecture?

Select key stakeholders

Analyze their requirement and document them

Refer to any existing libraries of viewpoints

Generate views of the system using the selected viewpoints as templates

Select appropriate viewpoints

Which of the following answers does not follow the TOGAF definition?

A viewpoint is where you are looking from – the vantage point or perspective that determines what you see

A system is a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole

An architectural description is a collection of artefacts that document an architecture

Concerns are the key interests that are crucially important to the stakeholders in the system and determine the acceptability of the system.

A view is a representation of a whole system from the perspective of a related set of concerns

Which one of the following represents the detailed construction of the architectures defined in the Architecture Continuum?

Architecture Building Blocks

Foundation Architectures

Conceptual Models

Solution Building Blocks

Reference Models

Which of the TOGAF ADM phases is considered to be the initial phase of an Architecture Development Cycle?

Phase B

Preliminary Phase

Phase E

Phase G

Phase A

What does the Architecture Requirements Specification provide?

Context for architecture work by describing the needs

An aspirational view of the end architecture product

List of individual increments of change

A quantitative view of the solution stating measurable criteria

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

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

Core, Mandated, Recommended and Supporting

Core, Mandated, Reference and Supplemental

Central, Mandated, Recommended and Supporting

Central, Mandated, Recommended and Supplemental

Central, Mandated, Reference and Supplemental

Which of the following statements is NOT true for ADM?

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 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

Where the process of creating a Business Scenario does starts?

Business and Technical environments

Desired objectives

Problem statements

Roles and responsibilities

Human participants

In which phase are the Architecture Contracts prepared?

Phase E

Phase A

Preliminary Phase

Phase G

Phase F

Which one of the following best describes TOGAF

A method for developing Technology Architectures

A business model

A method for IT Governance

A framework and method for architecture development

An architecture pattern

In Phase D, which of the following resources from the Architecture Repository should be considered in the development of the Technology Architecture?

Stakeholder Map

Implementation and Migration Plan

Architecture Vision

Business rules, job descriptions

TOGAF Technical Reference Model

Complete the sentence: In Phase C, when an existing application is to be replaced, the Data Architecture should______________

include the application interoperability requirements

stimate the effort required to overcome any issues

identify the data migration requirements

be re-factored to align with the technology infrastructure

describe how this change impacts other projects

What is the (TRF) Technical Reference Model?

It points to rules and standards to assist in leveraging solutions and products within the value chain

It is fundamentally an Application Architecture reference model – a model of the application components and application services software essential for an integrated information infrastructure

It describes a fundamental architecture upon which other, more specific, architectures can be based

It is a reference model that focuses on the Application Software space

It enables each individual department to operate at maximum efficiency was for a long time accepted as the best approach to managing a large enterprise

Gap analysis is a key step in validating the architecture in Phase B: Business Architecture. Which one of the following statements is true?

Gap analysis highlights the impacts of change

Gap analysis identifies areas where the Data Architecture needs to change

Gap analysis highlights services that are yet to be procured

Gap analysis can be used to resolve conflicts amongst different viewpoints

Gap analysis highlights services that are available

Which of the following lists the components within the Architecture Repository?

Architecture Metamodel, Organizational Capability Model, Application Landscape, SIB, Reference Library, Governance Model

Business Metamodel, Architecture Capability, Architecture Landscape, SIB, Reference Library, Governance Log

Organizational Metamodel, Architecture Capability, Architecture Landscape, Best Practices, Reference Library, Compliance Strategy

Architecture Metamodel, Architecture Capability, Architecture Landscape, SIB, Reference Library, Governance Log

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is not the purpose of Architecture Compliance Review exercise?

To identify where the standards themselves may require modification

To document strategies for collaboration, resource sharing, and other synergies across multiple architecture teams

To take advantage of advances in technology

To identify services that are currently application-specific but might be provided as part of the enterprise infrastructure

To improve the maturity level of architecture discipline within the organization

Which of the following is not one of the domain architectures produced by the TOGAF ADM process?

Data Architecture

Technology Architecture

Pattern Architecture

Application Architecture

Business Architecture

TOGAF defines levels of architecture conformance. Which of the following describes a situation where some features in an architecture specification have not been implemented, but those that have are in accordance with the specification?

Non-conformant

Conformant

Compliant

Irrelevant

Consistent

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

Compliance Log

Architecture Landscape

Standards Information Base

Architecture Metamodel

Architecture Capability

Which one of the following best describes an Architecture Contract?

An agreement between the lead architect and the development partners on the enforcement of Architecture Compliance for an architecture

An agreement between development partners and sponsors on the deliverables, quality, and fitness-for-purpose of an architecture

An agreement between the development partners and stakeholders on the acceptable risks and mitigating actions for an architecture

An agreement between development partners and sponsors on how best to monitor implementation of the architecture

What phase of the ADM does the cost/benefit analysis?

Phase F

Phase E

Preliminary Phase

Phase A

Phase B

Which among the following statements is NOT correct?

TOGAF recommends the way in which functionality, products, and custom developments are assembled into building blocks

Every organization must decide for itself what arrangement of building blocks works best for it

An architecture is a composition of a set of building blocks and the specification of how those building blocks are connected

Various building blocks in an architecture specify the services required in an enterprise specific system

A good choice of building blocks can lead to improvements in legacy system integration, interoperability, and flexibility in the creation of new systems and applications

TOGAF - 40 Questions