The Open Group TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Combined Part 1 and Part 2 Sample Questions:

1. What is the purpose of the Preliminary Phase?

A) Identifying the stakeholders and their requirements.
B) Describing the target architecture.
C) Developing an Enterprise Architecture Capability.
D) Defining the Enterprise Strategy.

2. Consider the following chart:
Which important concept for Enterprise Architecture Practitioners does it illustrate?

A) ADM phases must be run simultaneously until the relevant information has been produced.
B) An Enterprise Architecture must be developed in phases with a limited fixed duration.
C) ADM phases must be run in a sequenced approach to produce the Architecture.
D) Enterprise Architects must use Gantt charts to communicate with Stakeholders.

3. What are the three levels of the Architecture Landscape?

A) Segment, Enterprise Strategic, and Capability Architectures
B) Baseline, Transition, and To-Be Architectures
C) Transitional, Complete, and Incremental Architectures
D) Gaps, Plateaus, and Target Architectures

4. Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You are serving as the Lead Architect for an Enterprise Architecture team within a leading multinational biotechnology company. The company works in three major industries, including healthcare, crop production, and agriculture. Your team works within the healthcare division.
The healthcare division is developing a new vaccine, and has to demonstrate its effectiveness and safety in a set of clinical trials that satisfy the regulatory requirements of the relevant health authorities. The clinical trials are undertaken by its research laboratories at multiple facilities worldwide. In addition to internal research and development activities, the healthcare division is also involved in publicly funded collaborative research projects with industrial and academic partners.
The Enterprise Architecture team has been engaged in an architecture project to develop a secure system that will allow the healthcare researchers to share information more easily about their clinical trials, and work more collaboratively across the organization and also with its partners. This system will also connect with external partners.
The Enterprise Architecture team uses the TOGAF ADM with extensions required to support healthcare manufacturing practices and laboratory practices. Due to the highly sensitive nature ofthe information that is managed, special care has been taken to ensure that each architecture domain considers the security and privacy issues that are relevant.
The Vice President for Worldwide Clinical Research is the sponsor of the Enterprise Architecture activity.
She has stated that disruptions must be minimized for the clinical trials, and that the rollout must be undertaken incrementally.
Refer to the scenario
You have been asked to recommend the approach to identify the work packages for an incremental rollout meeting the requirements.
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?

A) You recommend that the Solution Building Blocks from a Consolidated Gaps, Solutions and Dependencies Matrix be grouped into a set of work packages. Using the matrix as a planning tool, regroup the work packages to account for dependencies. Sequence the work packages into the Capability Increments needed to achieve the Target Architecture, so that the implementation team can schedule the rollout one region at a time to minimize disruption. Document the work packages for the Enterprise Architecture using a Transition Architecture State Evolution Table.
B) You recommend that a Consolidated Gaps. Solutions and Dependencies Matrix is used as a planning tool for creating work packages. For each gap classify whether the solution is either a new development, purchased solution, or based on an existing product. Group the similar solutions together to define the work packages. Regroup the work packages into a set of Capability Increments to transition to the Target Architecture considering the schedule for clinical trials, and document in an Architecture Definition Increments Table.
C) You recommend that an Implementation Factor Catalog is drawn up to indicate actions and constraints.
A Consolidated Gaps. Solutions and Dependencies Matrix should also be created. For each gap.
identify a proposed solution and classify it as new development, purchased solution, or based on an existing product. Group similar activities together to form work packages. Identify dependencies between work packages factoring in the clinical trial schedules. Regroup the work packages into a set of Capability Increments scheduled into a series of Transition Architectures.
D) You recommend that the set of required Solution Building Blocks be determined by identifying those which need to be developed and which need to be procured. Eliminate any duplicates. Group the remaining Solution Building Blocks together to create the work packages using a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) matrix. Rank the work packages and select the most cost-effective options for inclusion in a series of Transition Architectures. Schedule the roll out of the work packages to be sequential across the geographic regions.

5. Full Scenario
You are employed as an Enterprise Architect working at a company that creates and sells products targeted at the end-user market. These products are sold worldwide through retail outlets.
You are part of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) team reporting to the EA team leader. The Enterprise Architecture practice at the company is sponsored by the Chief Technology Officer. The EA team has operated successfully for several years and has well developed processes based on the TOGAF standard. The EA team's responsibilities include architecting product development processes and customer experience.
The company uses Agile product management techniques and Agile development practices. The EA team works with the product management teams, supporting and enabling the Agile development teams.
The company is in the middle of a digital transformation where it will extend its product range from physical products to also include digital products and digital services. This includes each of its product lines making the change to offer direct-to-consumer digital products and services associated with their existing physical products.
You are working with the EA team leader to develop a plan for the overall digital transformation project. You have been asked to work on a specific product line, which is experimenting with new direct-to-consumer digital products using a third-party platform. This project took a Minimum Viable Architecture approach, including a shallow architecture development iteration with a focus on the Application Architecture, followed by a quick and minimal implementation.
The initial feedback from customers shows low engagement and limited interest, suggesting that the new offerings may not align with customer needs. Looking at the data, it is clear that the products are not reaching the target audience that they were designed for, leading to a failure to meet the revenue target.
Question:
How will you gather information to address the low customer engagement and missed revenue target?
Based on the TOGAF standard which of the following is the best answer?

A) You would review the baseline architecture for ADM Phase B to determine what gaps in functionality have been missed in the target architecture that would meet the customer's needs and attract the target audience. You would research and draw up a list of alternatives that would increase the value proposition for the target audience. You would then define candidate roadmap components from the alternatives and develop a proposed schedule for deployment using a just-in-time approach.
B) You would start with the target Application Architecture, revising it to better align with the overall digital transformation plan. You would prepare a new Statement of Architecture Work, including a detailed project description and work plan, and submit that for review by the EA team leader. Once approved by the EA team leader, you would conduct a full ADM cycle to gather all the necessary information to address the issues raised.
C) You would revise the target Business Architecture and develop new architecture models to address the issues raised. The new models should identify different groups of customers, what their interests are, how much it costs to serve them, and the resulting revenue. You would use value stream mapping to help understand customer value for the direct-to-consumer products. You would investigate different target Business Architecture alternatives.
D) You would perform another iteration of ADM Phases B-C. This would include development of a description in the Architecture Definition Document of how the product architecture needs to operate to achieve the business goals, and how the application will support the needs of the business as well as the customers. The Data Architecture should identify tools for data capture that would help with analysis of the concerns raised by the product manager.

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