ArchiMate 3.1 Test Questions For Day 1

The evolution of the ArchiMate language is closely linked to the development of the TOGAF framework.

• True

• False

TOGAF defines _________ as any collection of organizations that has a common set of goals

• Enterprise

• Architecture

• Framework

• All of the above

The structure of components, their inter-relationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time is the definition of

• An architecture

• An enterprise

• A skyscraper

• A framework

Which of the following is the correct answer to what an enterprise architecture is?

• The organizing logic for business processes and IT infrastructure reflecting the integration and standardization requirements of the firm’s operating model.

• A conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of an organization.

• The process of translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change by creating, communicating, and improving the key requirements, principles, and models that describe the enterprise's future state and enable its evolution.

• All of the above

An extended enterprise can include partners, suppliers, customers and internal business units.

• True

• False

EA makes a more efficient IT operation by

• Increased bulk to applications

• Increased separation between application and business processes

• Easier upgrade and exchange of system components

• Increased expenditure of software development

The ArchiMate modeling language provides a notation to enable enterprise architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an ambiguous way.

• True

• False

ArchiMate, an Open Group Standard, is an open and independent ____________for enterprise architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms.

• Support structure

• Modeling language

• Framework

• Container system

ArchiMate’s target for modeling is in which layer of this pyramid?

• Generic concepts

• Enterprise architecture concepts

• Enterprise architecture concepts and generic concepts

• Enterprise architecture concepts and domain- and company-specific concepts

While ArchiMate and UML can be useful counterparts in design development, they cannot be used to link the former’s conceptual and latter’s specialized modeling.

• True

• False