TOGAF 20

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

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

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

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

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?

Capability Architecture

Segment Architecture

Solution Architecture

Transition Architecture

Foundation Architecture

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

Capability Architecture

Viewpoint

View

Statement of Work

Architecture Building Block

Which of the following ADM phases is where SBBs first appear in the ADM cycle?

Phase D

Phase B

Phase A

Phase G

Phase E

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

Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques

Part VII: Architecture Capability Framework

Part II: Architecture Development Method

Part IV: Architecture Content Framework

Part III: ADM Guidelines and Techniques

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

Building blocks can be defined at various levels of detail

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

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 cannot be decomposed into smaller supporting building blocks

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

Architecture Vision, Architecture Requirements Specification and Architecture Roadmap

Building Block, Artifact and Deliverable

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

Architecture Vision, Architecture Design Document and Transition Architecture

Source Architecture, Target Architecture and Gap Analysis

Which one of the following best describes TOGAF

A framework and method for architecture development

A business model

A method for developing Technology Architectures

A method for IT Governance

An architecture pattern

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 _____

Boundaryless Information Flow

Portability

Service Oriented Architecture

Semantic Web

Interoperability

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

In the Integrated Infrastructure Reference Model

In the Foundation Architecture

In the Architecture Repository

In the Standards Information Base

In the Requirements Repository

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

Concerns determine the acceptability of the system

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

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

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

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 identify and understand the business requirements an architecture must address

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

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?

Irrelevant

Compliant

Consistent

Conformant

Non-conformant

In which Phase of the ADM, the risk identification and mitigation assessment worksheets are maintained as governance artifacts and are kept up-to-date?

Phase A

Phase F

Phase H

Phase E

Phase G

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

Program Management Office

Quality Assurance department

Program Management Office

Enterprise Architecture Capability

IT Governing Board

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Effective governance ensures that problems are identified early and that subsequent changes to the environment occur in a controlled manner

Architecture Governance typically operates within a hierarchy of governance structures

Architecture Governance is the practice by which enterprise architectures and other architectures are managed and controlled at an enterprise-wide level

Architecture Governance helps creating organizational structures that enabled each individual department to operate at maximum efficiency

Corporate Governance is a broad topic and outside the scope of the TOGAF framework

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

View

Architecture view

Architecture Landscape

Solution Architecture

Artifact

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is H?

Oppurtunities and Solutions

Implementation Governance

Architecture Change Management

Requirement Management

Migration Planning

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

Initial Level of Risk

Residual Level of Risk

Strategic Level of Risk

Actual Level of Risk

TOGAF - 20 Questions