Sample Questions
Question 1
Patterns & Co. is introducing a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Market Analytics solution
in order to improve its new delivery service.
Patterns & Co. has a mature enterprise architecture capability and the CIO is the sponsor
of the enterprise architecture team. The business vision and requirements for the new
system are defined. It includes a detailed business process analysis. The supplier has
proposed a solution but the Architecture Board identified some of the project requirements
not consistent with the adopted infrastructure standards. The CIO considered the risks and
approved the implementation.
The CIO has asked the EA team to execute the Phase G ensuring that the system
performance KPIs are respected, the project remains within budget and security guidelines
are met.
Refer to the scenario above
As Lead Enterprise Architect you have to recommend a plan to implement the CIO
decision. Choose the best answer according to TOGAF 9.
Choose one of the following answers
A. You ask the supplier to modify the web server hardware and software components so
they can meet the current infrastructure standards. You advise to execute a proof of
concept to anticipate any coding issue. Then, after the agreement with the development
leads for supporting the development, you will provide the project plan to the project
manager and develop an Architecture Contract. A set of frequent operational reviews to
monitor the solution's performance is then scheduled after the implementation is
completed.
B. You recommend the co-existence of a second web server standard and modify the
company Standards Information Base adding this new technology.You ask the project
architects to create an Architecture Contract with the development teams. You identify the
need of a performance testing and a compliance review You agree with the business on
SLA and delivery dates. You identify re-usable procedures and objects.
C. You eliminate the non-standard web server from the solution as recommended by the
Architecture Board. You create a revised plan and Architecture Contract for the
development stressing the re-use of standard technologies. You share the budget
implication of this solution with a finance committee and inform the CIO of the long term
cost benefits of this choice. You define periodical project management meetings to monitor
compliance.
D. You execute a risk analysis and set deliverables and timing requirements with the
development team. You implement a detailed impact analysis of the chosen solution. You
create an Architecture Contract and ask for the CIO's approval before implementing it. You
test the solution just prior to implementation and deliver the project artifacts and store after
the completion of the implementation.
ANSWER : B
Question 2
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
Worldwide Mobile is a mobile telecommunications company formed through a series of
mergers and acquisitions. They are yet to fully integrate the customer service systems for
the most recent acquisitions, and as result, customer service has been a major concern for
the Chief Technology Officer.
Results for the last two quarters have shown that Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and
the customer retention (Churn) rate have fallen below the industry average. The Corporate
Marketing group has published some new finding about customer satisfaction. The
customers appear to be switching to Air Light, a competitor, because of superior customer
service. WorldwideMobile actually has better coverage in nearly all markets than Air Light,
and good roaming agreement that keep rates low for business travellers. But customer
satisfaction has remained low.
The Business Strategy group and the Enterprise Architecture group have conducted a
high-level project to develop the enterprise-wide strategic plan. They have developed a
business scenario which contains a good conceptual model of what needs to be done and
also identifies the key requirements. This was used in preparing the proposal presented to
the Executive Council and the Corporate Board.
The planning for the program has been underway for several months. WorldwideMobile
has selected TOGAF 9 as the basis for its Enterprise Architecture.
The Corporate Board has approved funding for a multi-million Euro conversion to transition
to a packaged Customer Service System. It is anticipated that the overall program will take
five years to complete, but there are some tactical projects that can commence
immediately to address the situation. The Executive Council has stated that the program
should define specific initiatives to enable each regional business units to create an
implementation of the Customer Service System. The implementation must meet the needs
of the business unit and still provide the information needed to enable major improvements
to the customer.
Refer to WorldwideMobile-2 Scenario
You are serving as the Lead Architect for the Performance and Integrity project of the
Customer Service System program.
The project has been chartered to address the architecture(s) required to support the
Customer Service System from an infrastructure perspective. At present time, the project
team is conducting an architecture development project that is focused on the customer
self service capability, which was defined as part of the earlier strategic planning activities.
This capability will enable customers to access their accounts, pay bills, request account
reviews, and provision services from any web-enabled device.
The project team has gathered information about the self-service capability, developed a
business scenario, and used the results to define an Architecture Vision for achieving the
capability.
You have been asked to recommend the course of action to complete the project.
Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is best answer?
A. In the remaining architecture definition phases, the project team should map out the
capability in the Technology domain. In the Phases E and F, the capability should be
broken down into a set of Solution Building Blocks that define the Target Architecture.
Where possible, the Solution Building Blocks should be drawn from the Architecture
Repository. The completed Architecture Definition Document and the Implementation and
Migration Plan will be submitted for approval. Upon approval, the architecture team will
conduct Compliance Assessments to ensure that the Target Architecture is properly
implemented.
B. In the remaining architecture definition phases, the project team should map out the
capability across the Business, Information System and Technology domains. In the
Phases E and F, the capability should be broken down into a set of increments that are
sequenced into Transition Architectures that will lead to the realization of the Target
Architecture. The resulting Solution Building Blocks will then provide the basis for the
capability increment solutions. The complete Architecture Definition Document and the
Implementation and Migration Plan will be submitted for approval. Upon approval, the
architecture team will oversee the implementation process through monitoring Architecture
Contracts and by conduction Compliance Assessments.
C. In the remaining architecture definition phases, the project team should map out the
capability across the Business, Information System and Technology domains. In the
Phases E and F, the capability should be broken down into a set of increments that defines
the Target Architecture. The Solution Building Blocks will provide the basis for the
capability increment solutions. The complete Architecture Definition Document and the
Implementation and Migration Plan will be submitted for approval. Upon approval, the
architecture team will oversee the implementation process through monitoring Architecture
Contracts and by conducting Compliance Assessments.
D. The remaining architecture definition work should be focused on mapping out the
technology and infrastructure capability in the Technology domain. In Phases E and F, the
capability should be broken down into a set of Solution Building Blocks that will be
implemented to realize the Target Architecture. The Solution Building Blocks will provide
the basis for the completed Architecture Definition Document that will be submitted for
approval. Upon approval, the implementation team will conduct Compliance Assessments
to ensure that the self-service capability is compliant with the overall Enterprise
Architecture.
ANSWER : B
Question 3
Scenario: Marona Inc.
Marona Inc is a Fortune 500 Enterprise in the retail industry with retail store components
manufacturing units and marketing outlets spanning the globe and having an annual
turnover of 20 billion$ with more than 100, 000 employees world wide.
The CEO, CIO and the stakeholders of the ongoing EA projects are concerned about rising
costs and as one measure want to do an investigation into the operational aspects of the
realized Enterprise Architecture using TOGAF9.
The CIO approaches you as the Lead Enterprise Architect to carry out this exercise the
stakeholder had voiced to him the following concerns:
They want to analyze the roles of the top management for each revenue earning service.
Moreover, many of the HR related critical Search application component have become
extremely slow. This needs to be diagnosed and rectified. Moreover there is no proper
tracking of revenue from retail store component products over time. There has also been a
lot of unauthorized or unwanted access to many of the critical information.
Hence the mode of access needs to be strengthened and made much more secure.
Another additional concern is the new launches and the progress of each of the launches
over time.
Determine which of the following set of viewpoints are most appropriate to analyze and
view in order to address this concern of the stakeholders.
A. (i) System/Functions Matrix(ii) Actor/Role Matrix(iii) Data Entity/Business Function
Matrix(iv) Technology Portfolio Catalog(v) Data Security Diagram
B. (i) Goal/Objective/Service Diagram(ii) Contract Measure Catalog(iii) Data Dissemination
Diagram(iv) Application Communication Diagram(v) Data Life Cycle Diagram
C. (i) Location Catalog(ii) Service/Function Catalog(iii) Data Entity/Business Function Matrix(iv) Application Communication Diagram
D. (i) System/Functions Catalog(ii) System/Technology Matrix(iii) Goal/Objective/Service
Diagram(iv) Product Life Cycle Diagram(v) Data Security Diagram
ANSWER : D
Question 4
Scenario
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
You have been assigned the role of Lead Enterprise Architect for a firm that produces
components and replacement parts for the automobile, electronics, and
telecommunications industries. The firm has been established for over 70 years. North
America has been the primary market for its products, with just 20% of its output being
exported to Europe. The firm is planning to expand its exports to Europe and also to
establish sales in South America and the Asia Pacific region.
The firm is organized into business units that each focus on the different industry sectors.
Each business unit has acquired other producers to expand its manufacturing capacity.
This has resulted in a complex environment with a high diversity of business and
manufacturing systems.
The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program within the firm has been functioning for several
years.
It has made significant progress in consolidating the technology portfolio and establishing
key standards. The CIO and the COO are joint sponsors of the EA program. The EA
program is mature, with an active Architecture Board and a well-defined architecture
process and standard content templates based on the TOGAF 9 Architecture Content
Framework. The EA process framework is well coordinated with the PMO, Systems
Development, and Operations functions.
The firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales & Marketing organization
according to the target geographic markets. One of the goals of this reorganization is to
improve the ability of Marketing to collect more meaningful market analytics that will enable
each sector to better address market needs with effective marketing campaigns and global
product presence.
A Request for Architecture Work to address the goals of the reorganization has been
approved. As the architecture team commences its work, the CIO has expressed concerns
about whether the firm will be able to adapt to the proposed change and how to manage
the associated risks.
Refer to the Scenario
You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
A. In Phase B, the team should create a set of views that will enable them to identify the
factors that will influence the reorganization. There should then be an assessment of each
factor on a maturity scale that will allow the team to gauge the urgency, readiness, and
degree of difficulty to fix. These factors can then be used to assess the initial risks
associated with the proposed project.
B. In Phase A, the team should analyze their risk by completing an Implementation Factor
Assessment and Deduction Matrix to identify the particular risks associated with the
implementation and deployment. The matrix should include a list of factors to be
considered, their descriptions, and constraints that should be taken into account. These
factors can then used to assess the initial risks associated with the proposed project.
C. In Phase A, the team should use the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment
technique to identify the factors that will influence the reorganization. The assessment
should include determining the readiness rating for each factor based on a maturity scale
that will allow the team to gauge the urgency, readiness, and degree of difficulty to fix.
These factors can then used to assess the initial risks associated with the proposed
project.
D. In Phase A, the team should conduct a Business Scenario to identify the stakeholders1
concerns and the resulting requirements. Once the requirements have been identified, they
can be assessed in terms of their risks. The risks should be evaluated in terms of how they
could be avoided, transferred, or mitigated. Any risks that cannot be resolved should be
identified as residual risks and their disposition should be decided by the Architecture
Board.
ANSWER : C
Question 5
UTrack Transports is a strong UK logistics company. The head of the strategic marketing
division engaged the Principal Architect issuing a Request for architectural work to design
an enhancement of the current Enterprise Data Warehouse system. An enhancement is
needed to support the change in the business model; UTrack wants to leverage on
customer data collected during business as usual activities and anonymize them to offer
marketing agencies a fresh and accessible source of analytics data, this will increase the
company revenues.
TOGAF 9 is the architectural framework in use.
Refer to the scenario above The Principal Architect has decided to ask you as Business
Intelligence Subject Matter Expert to design the Data Architecture. The Chief Architect
shared with you the Architecture Definition Document including the Business Architecture
design. You now need to choose the artifacts you want to produce as part of the Data
Architecture design. Identify the best answer accordingly to the TOGAF 9.
Choose one of the following answers
A. You first list the data used across the enterprise using a Data Entity/Data Component
Catalog, including data entities and also the data components where data entities are
stored. You then classify what the data source are and the relationship with the data
entities via a System/Data Matrix. You finally identify common data requirements using a
Data Lifecycle Diagram.
B. You first list the data used across the enterprise using a Data Entity/Data Component
Matrix, including data entities and also the data components where data entities are stored.
You then classify what the data source are and the relationship with the data entities via a
Role/System Catalog. You finally identify common data requirements using a Data Use
Case Diagram.
C. You first list the data used across the enterprise using a Data Entity/Data Component
Catalog, including data entities and also the data components where data entities are
stored. You then classify what the data source are and the relationship with the data
entities via a System/Data Matrix.
D. You first list the data used across the enterprise using a Data Entity/Data Component
Catalog, including data entities and also the data components where data entities are
stored. You then assign ownership of data entities to the organization via a System/Data
Matrix.
ANSWER : A
EXAM CODE : OG0-092
