TOGAF Architecture 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the role of 'Architecture Contracts' in TOGAF?
- Legal agreements between vendors and the enterprise for technology procurement
- Joint agreements between development partners defining architecture deliverables and quality (Correct answer)
- Employment contracts for enterprise architects
- Service-level agreements between IT and business units
Correct answer: Joint agreements between development partners defining architecture deliverables and quality
Architecture Contracts are joint agreements between development partners and sponsors on the deliverables, quality, and fitness-for-purpose of an architecture.
Question 2: In TOGAF, which view is specifically used to represent security considerations across all architecture domains?
- The Risk View
- The Security Architecture View
- There is no specific mandated view; security spans all views (Correct answer)
- The Governance View
Correct answer: There is no specific mandated view; security spans all views
TOGAF does not mandate a single security view; instead, security considerations are addressed across all architecture domains and their respective views.
Question 3: What is a 'Concern' in TOGAF's approach to stakeholder management?
- A complaint filed by a stakeholder against a project
- An interest that a stakeholder has in the architecture (Correct answer)
- A risk identified during the ADM process
- A technical issue flagged during architecture review
Correct answer: An interest that a stakeholder has in the architecture
A Concern is defined as any interest that a stakeholder has in the system, covering its development, operation, or any other aspect of the system.
Question 4: Which TOGAF standard defines a set of Architecture Viewpoints organized by stakeholder concerns?
- ISO/IEC 42010 (Correct answer)
- COBIT 5
- ITIL v4
- IEEE 1471
Correct answer: ISO/IEC 42010
ISO/IEC 42010 (formerly IEEE 1471) is the international standard for architecture description that TOGAF references for its approach to viewpoints and views.
Question 5: In TOGAF, what does 'Architecture Compliance' mean in the context of IT project governance?
- Ensuring IT projects adhere to external regulatory requirements
- Verifying that IT projects conform to the approved enterprise architecture (Correct answer)
- Checking that architecture documents follow the correct template
- Auditing vendor contracts for architectural requirements
Correct answer: Verifying that IT projects conform to the approved enterprise architecture
Architecture Compliance reviews ensure that IT projects are being implemented in conformance with the approved enterprise architecture and standards.
Question 6: Which of the following describes the concept of 'Architecture Debt' risk in a TOGAF-governed enterprise?
- It always results in immediate project failure if not addressed
- It accumulates when projects deviate from the target architecture to meet short-term needs (Correct answer)
- It only occurs in legacy system migrations
- It is measured solely in financial cost overruns
Correct answer: It accumulates when projects deviate from the target architecture to meet short-term needs
Architecture Debt accumulates when short-term compromises cause deviations from the target architecture, creating future complexity and rework that must eventually be resolved.
Question 7: In the TOGAF ADM, what is the primary purpose of Phase H (Architecture Change Management)?
- To formally close the architecture engagement and archive deliverables
- To establish processes for managing changes to the architecture throughout its lifecycle (Correct answer)
- To conduct post-implementation reviews of deployed solutions
- To transition the architecture team to the next project
Correct answer: To establish processes for managing changes to the architecture throughout its lifecycle
Phase H ensures that the architecture achieves its original target business value by establishing processes for managing architecture changes and monitoring the architecture's continued relevance.
