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TOGAF 9 Level 1 and 2 Webinar Exercises
Exercise 5
Enterprise Architecture Development
Business Architecture
Data Architecture
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Webinar Exercises Ground Rules
Each exercise will comprise 10 multi-choice questions
You will have 1 minute per question to decide on your answer
Do not refer to course materials or the TOGAF specification
After 50 seconds you should enter your answer, A, B, C or D via the
webinar chat window
When you have answered all 10 questions, the correct answers will be
presented
Time will be allowed for discussion of any questions where wrong answers
were submitted
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All participants are expected to submit answers to the exercises.
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Question 5-1
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A
The steps must be executed in the order shown
Which of the following statements best characterises the standard
steps associated with the Enterprise Architecture Development phases
of the ADM?
B
Steps that do not seem relevant to the situation at hand
may be omitted
C
The order and timing of steps should be adapted to the
situation at hand.
D
All activities initiated in these steps must be closed during
the Create Architecture Definition Document step
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-2
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A
The overall modelling process
On what basis should relevant Architecture models and patterns be
chosen?
B
The capabilities of the chosen enterprise architecture tool
C
The granularity of services
D
Business drivers and stakeholder concerns
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-3
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A
A self-contained unit of resources with goals, objectives
and measures
What is an organisation unit?
B
A unit of resources that delivers business capabilities
C
The usual or expected function of an actor
D
A unit of resources that supports business capabilities
through an explicitly governed interface
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-4
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A
An external or internal condition that motivates the
organisation to define its goals
Which of the following statements best describes an objective?
B
An indicator or factor that can be tracked
C
A high-level statement of intent for an organisation
D
A time-bounded milestone for an organisation used to
demonstrate progress towards a goal
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-5
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A
Data driven
Which approach does TOGAF recommend for Phase C?
B
TOGAF does not make any recommendation
C
Application driven
D
Data and application architecture developed in parallel
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-6
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A
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, logical data assets, physical data assets and data management
resources
How does TOGAF define Data Architecture?
B
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, physical data assets and data management resources
C
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, logical data assets and data management resources
D
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, logical data assets, physical data assets and data migration
activities
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-7
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A
Business Service/Function Catalog
Which Business Architecture artifact describes the links between
business goals, organizational units, business services and functions?
B
Business Footprint Diagram
C
Business Interaction Matrix
D
Goal/Objective/Service Diagram
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-8
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A
The links between actor, roles and location
What does a Business Use-Case Diagram display?
B
The information needed to support one or more business
services
C
The ways in which a service contributes to the business
vision or strategy
D
The relationship between consumers and providers of
business services
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-9
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A
Conceptual Data Diagram and Data Dissemination
Diagram
Which Data Architecture Artifacts may be used in communication with
business users?
B
Data Entity/Business Function Matrix and Class Hierarchy
Diagram
C
Application/Data Matrix and Conceptual Data Diagram
D
Data Entity/Business Function Matrix and Conceptual
Data Diagram
Submit your
answer now.
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Question 5-10
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Propose the creation of an Enterprise Data Model for ZExpress resulting in agreed semantics for all
business entities and attributes. Consider an Integration Framework to enable interoperability
between current systems using the Enterprise Data Model as a Common Language.
A
Get the Logistics Industry to change from EDI to XML standards and use these standards both
within the organisation and for information exchange with external partners.
B
Create an internal Data Quality team to track the meaning and value of each data item as it is
transferred from system to system.
C
Look for an Industry Standard Data Model for the Logistics Industry, adopt it and map all data entity
and attribute names to the Industry Standard. Use XML Standards for information exchange.
Implement an ESB to enable exchange of information between systems.
D
The Customer Care Director of ZExpress has recently come across the terms single view of the
customer, single source of the truth and master data management and has asked the
Enterprise Architecture Group to explain how these ideas could help with the problem of data
duplication.
Place the following in order of correctness (most correct first).
Submit your
answer now.
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That is the end of the questions
Now we will show and where necessary explain the correct answers
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Question 5-1
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A
The steps must be executed in the order shown
Which of the following statements best characterises the standard
steps associated with the Enterprise Architecture Development phases
of the ADM?
B
Steps that do not seem relevant to the situation at hand
may be omitted
C
The order and timing of steps should be adapted to the
situation at hand.
D
All activities initiated in these steps must be closed during
the Create Architecture Definition Document step
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Question 5-2
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A
The overall modelling process
On what basis should relevant Architecture models and patterns be
chosen?
B
The capabilities of the chosen enterprise architecture tool
C
The granularity of services
D
Business drivers and stakeholder concerns
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Question 5-3
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A
A self-contained unit of resources with goals, objectives
and measures
What is an organisation unit?
B
A unit of resources that delivers business capabilities
C
The usual or expected function of an actor
D
A unit of resources that supports business capabilities
through an explicitly governed interface
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Question 5-4
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A
An external or internal condition that motivates the
organisation to define its goals
Which of the following statements best describes an objective?
B
An indicator or factor that can be tracked
C
A high-level statement of intent for an organisation
D
A time-bounded milestone for an organisation used to
demonstrate progress towards a goal
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Question 5-5
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A
Data driven
Which approach does TOGAF recommend for Phase C?
B
TOGAF does not make any recommendation
C
Application driven
D
Data and application architecture developed in parallel
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Question 5-6
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A
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, logical data assets, physical data assets and data management
resources
How does TOGAF define Data Architecture?
B
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, physical data assets and data management resources
C
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, logical data assets and data management resources
D
The structure and interaction of the enterprises major types and sources
of data, logical data assets, physical data assets and data migration
activities
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Question 5-7
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A
Business Service/Function Catalog
Which Business Architecture artifact describes the links between
business goals, organizational units, business services and functions?
B
Business Footprint Diagram
C
Business Interaction Matrix
D
Goal/Objective/Service Diagram
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Question 5-8
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A
The links between actor, roles and location
What does a Business Use-Case Diagram display?
B
The information needed to support one or more business
services
C
The ways in which a service contributes to the business
vision or strategy
D
The relationship between consumers and providers of
business services
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Question 5-9
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A
Conceptual Data Diagram and Data Dissemination
Diagram
Which Data Architecture Artifacts may be used in communication with
business users?
B
Data Entity/Business Function Matrix and Class Hierarchy
Diagram
C
Application/Data Matrix and Conceptual Data Diagram
D
Data Entity/Business Function Matrix and Conceptual
Data Diagram
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Question 5-10
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Propose the creation of an Enterprise Data Model for ZExpress resulting in agreed semantics for all
business entities and attributes. Consider an Integration Framework to enable interoperability
between current systems using the Enterprise Data Model as a Common Language.
A
Get the Logistics Industry to change from EDI to XML standards and use these standards both
within the organisation and for information exchange with external partners.
B
Create an internal Data Quality team to track the meaning and value of each data item as it is
transferred from system to system.
C
Look for an Industry Standard Data Model for the Logistics Industry, adopt it and map all data entity
and attribute names to the Industry Standard. Use XML Standards for information exchange.
Implement an ESB to enable exchange of information between systems.
D
The Customer Care Director of ZExpress has recently come across the terms single view of the
customer, single source of the truth and master data management and has asked the
Enterprise Architecture Group to explain how these ideas could help with the problem of data
duplication.
Place the following in order of correctness (most correct first).
2
3
1
4
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