TOGAF 40

The TOGAF defined process for Risk Management consists of which activities?

Risk Identification, Risk Quantification, Risk Response Development and Risk Response Control

Risk classification, Risk identification, Initial Risk Assessment, Risk Response Development and Risk Response Control

Risk Identification, Initial Risk Quantification, Risk Mitigation and residual risk assessment, and Risk Response Control

Risk Classification, Risk identification, Initial Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation and residual risk assessment, and Risk Monitoring

Risk Classification, Risk Quantification, Initial Risk Assessment, Risk Response Development and residual risk assessment, and Risk Monitoring

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?

Technology Architecture

Preliminary Phase

Application Architecture

Business Architecture

Data Architecture

Which of the following relationship between view, viewpoint, stakeholder and architecture is correct?

A Viewpoint conforms to a view

Viewpoint library contains multiple views

Stakeholder concern is address by one or more viewpoints

One of more viewpoint can be used to cover a concern

An architecture consists of multiple viewpoints

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

TOGAF Mandated

TOGAF Core

TOGAF Supplemental

TOGAF Supporting

TOGAF Recommended

Which of the following best describes capability based planning?

A human resource planning technique that focuses on capable architects

A business planning technique that focuses on business outcomes

A business planning technique that focuses on vertical capabilities

A business planning technique that focuses on horizontal capabilities

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

Preliminary Phase

Requirements management

Architecture Vision

Opportunities and Solutions

This activity occurs outside of the ADM

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

A viewpoint is the perspective of an individual stakeholder

Different stakeholders always share the same views

A view is the perspective of an individual stakeholder

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

A technique used to validate an architecture

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

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

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

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

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

It may be assembled from other building blocks

It may specify implementation details

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

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

It may be a subassembly of other building blocks

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?

Controlled risk management

Managing compliance

Protection of the existing asset base through reuse

Greater shareholder value

Value creation through monitoring, measuring, evaluation and feedback

What is a Standards Information Base (SIB) in context of TOGAF?

It holds a set of specifications, to which architectures must conform

It holds view of the building blocks that are in use within the organization today

It holds guidelines, templates, patterns

It describes the organizationally tailored application of an architecture framework

It defines the parameters, structures, and processes that support governance

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

stimate the effort required to overcome any issues

be re-factored to align with the technology infrastructure

identify the data migration requirements

describe how this change impacts other projects

include the application interoperability requirements

What according to TOGAF is an Enterprise?

Catalog

Entire business group or corporation comprising of all local and international main and sub offices, divisions, subsidiaries, and departments

A large corporation or government agency, but it may also refer to a company of any size with many systems and users to manage

Any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals

Any large organization

An enterprise is an organization that uses computers

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

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

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

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?

Compliant

Irrelevant

Non-conformant

Conformant

TOGAF defines four iteration cycles around the ADM phases. Which of the following answers correctly defines these four cycles?

Architecture Definition, Architecture Delivery, Architecture Planning and Architecture Governance

Architecture Context, Architecture Definition, Transition Planning and Architecture Requirements Management

Architecture Context, Architecture Definition, Architecture Planning and Architecture Requirements Management

Architecture Scope, Architecture Design, Transition Planning and Architecture Governance

Architecture Context, Architecture Definition, Transition Planning and Architecture Governance

According to TOGAF, all of the following are suggested characteristics of an architecture framework, except __________

A method for designing a target state of the enterprise in terms of building blocks

A common vocabulary

A list of recommended standards

A set of structures which can be used to develop a broad range of architectures

A software development lifecycle method

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 can be used to resolve conflicts amongst different viewpoints

Gap analysis highlights the impacts of change

Gap analysis highlights services that are yet to be procured

Gap analysis highlights services that are available

Gap analysis identifies areas where the Data Architecture needs to change

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

Provide stakeholders with relevant models

Facilitate easier maintenance of the software assets

Ensure common terminology is used

Enable sharing of architecture information within an organization

Promote re-use

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

Business Architecture should demonstrate how stakeholder concerns are addressed

Business Architecture should support the agreed Architecture Vision

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

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

Complete the sentence. TOGAF 9 Part III provides a set of resources that can be used to adapt and modify the ____________.

Architecture Repository

Architecture Capability

Enterprise Continuum

Architecture Development Method

Architecture Landscape

Which are the six characteristics used in TOGAF to highlight both the value and necessity for governance?

Independence, Accountability, Responsibility, Fairness, Compliance and Discipline

Transparency, Independence, Accountability, Responsibility, Fairness and Compliance

Accountability, Responsibility, Fairness, Compliance, Discipline and Transparency

Responsibility, Fairness, Compliance, Discipline, Transparency and Independence

Discipline, Transparency, Independence, Accountability, Responsibility and Fairness

Which are the Key Considerations for the Data Architecture?

Data Analysis, Data Migration and Data Governance

Data Analysis, Data Integrity and Data Governance

Data Management, Data Migration and Data Governance

Data Analysis, Data Integrity and Data Security

Data Management, Data Integrity and Data Governance

In which phases is the Gap Analysis technique used?

Phases B, C, and D

Phases A, B, C, D, and E

Phases B, C, D, and E

Phases C, D, and E

Phases A, B, C and D

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

Governance, direction and support

Guidance, direction and support

Guidance, direction and supplementing

Governance, derivation and supplementing

Guidance, derivation and support

Which are the three main categories of architectural work product does Architecture Content Framework specify?

Building Block, Artifact and Deliverable

Architecture Vision, Architecture Design Document and Transition Architecture

Architecture Vision, Architecture Requirements Specification and Architecture Roadmap

Source Architecture, Target Architecture and Gap Analysis

Request for Architecture Work, Statement of Architecture Work and Architecture Contract

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

Generate views of the system using the selected viewpoints as templates

Select appropriate viewpoints

Refer to any existing libraries of viewpoints

Select key stakeholders

Analyze their requirement and document them

In which phase of the ADM, the nature and security considerations of information and service exchanges determined?

Phase D

Phase C

Preliminary Phase

Phase B

Phase A

Which of these is not the reason for wanting to tailor the ADM to the circumstances of an individual enterprise?

The ADM is being mandated for use by a prime or lead contractor in an outsourcing situation, and needs to be tailored to achieve a suitable compromise between the contractor’s existing practices and the contracting enterprise’s equirements

The enterprise is a small-to-medium enterprise, and wishes to use a “cut-down” version of the ADM

An enterprise may wish to use or tailor the ADM in conjunction with the security best practices in use in the enterprise

The ADM is one of many corporate processes that make up the corporate governance model for an enterprise

An important consideration is that the order of the phases in the ADM is to some extent dependent on the maturity of the architecture discipline within the enterprise concerned

In which phase of the ADM are the gap analysis results from the four architecture domains taken into account?

Phase H

Phase E

Phase G

Phase F

Requirements Management

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

To demonstrate how stakeholder concerns are addressed in the Business Architecture

To confirm the ability of the enterprise to undergo change

To maximize the business value from the architecture

To develop a Target Technology Architecture to support the business

To finalize the Architecture Vision and Architecture Definition documents.

Which answer is not an accurate statement about TOGAF Business Scenarios?

Business Scenarios are principally used during the Architecture Vision and Business Architecture phases of the ADM.

Business Scenarios describe a business process and application, the business and technology environment, the actors and the desired outcome of proper execution

Business Scenarios define requirements for sharing information and services within an organisation

A good business scenario is Specific, Measureable, Actionable, Realistic and Time-bound

Business Scenarios describe a method for deriving business requirements for architecture and the implied technical requirements

An organization has bought a large enterprise application. As a result, which of the following could be included in the organization’s Solutions Continuum?

A reference implementation of the Foundation Architecture

Architecture Building Blocks for the organizations’ Industry-Specific Architecture

A reference implementation of the Technical Reference Model for the organization

Detailed pricing information about the purchased products

Product information for purchased products

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?

“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

“Where” can be seen as scoping the enterprise concerned

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

What question should the architect answer to ensure the completeness of the architecture?

Can the conflicting concerns be reconciled?

What trade-offs have been made?

Does it address all the concerns of its stakeholders?

Can the views be connected to each other?

Is the architecture implementable?

Which one of the following best describes a primary use of the Architecture Vision document?

A checklist for compliance reviews

To describe the benefits of the proposed capability to stakeholders

To project plan the implementation activities

To calculate detailed cost estimates

An evaluation tool to select vendors to conduct a proof of concept demonstration

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 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)

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

Which of the following is not a correct statement about the stakeholder concern?

Concerns are represented in the architecture by these requirements

Concerns are the root of the process of decomposition into requirements

The terms “concern” and “requirement” are synonymous

Each stakeholder typically has interests in, or concerns relative to, that system

Concerns determine the acceptability of the system

Which of the following could be considered for potential use in Phase C, Application Architecture?

The STEP framework

The Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model

The Resource-Event-Agent model

The ARTS data model

The TOGAF Technical Reference Model

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

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

Yes, you can only cycle around the ADM

Yes, you can cycle around all single individual phase

Yes, you can cycle around any combination of phases

No, ADM is not iterative

TOGAF - 40 Questions