OG0-093 Online Practice Questions and Answers

Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question You are serving as the Lead Architect for a chain of convenience stores. The stores operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and use cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology to manage their sales and inventory. Cloud-based POS systems store all user data, including sales and inventory in a remote server. The cloud-based systems collect real-time data to support ordering and product selection decisions including the tailoring of product assortment based on sales history, customer demographics as well as the next day's weather forecast. In many cases, several stores are located in neighboring areas. This strategy makes distribution to each store cheaper, as well as making multiple deliveries per day possible. The stores also act as self-service delivery locations for a large online retailer which further increases the number of potential customers entering the stores.

An Enterprise Architecture practice exists within the company, with the CEO and CIO as joint sponsors. They have decided to adopt TOGAF standard within the practice and the first project is to restructure the Enterprise Architecture so that it can better support the existing environment and accommodate future changes of strategy within the company.

The CIO has stated that the following issues need to be addressed in the restructuring:

1.

They need to address problems with data quality and inconsistent data in order to support better decision making and analysis.

2.

The architecture should focus on the needs of the business, not technology

3.

To remain competitive, new products and promotions must undergo market trials and if these are successful, deployed across the retail chain. Information systems must be able to manage changes and updates without undue delays.

Refer to the Scenario [Note: You should assume that the company has adopted the example set of principles that are listed and defined in TOGAF, Section 23.6. You may need to refer to Chapter 23 of the reference text in order to answer this question.]

You have been asked to identify the most relevant architecture principles for the current situation.

Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer? [Note: The ordering of the principles listed in each answer is not significant.]

A. Interoperability, Data is Accessible, Data is Shared, Requirements Based Change, Control Technical Diversity

B. Requirements Based Change, Business Continuity, Common Vocabulary and Data Definitions, Data Trustee, Responsive Change Management

C. IT Responsibility, Data Security, Ease of Use, Service Orientation, Common Use Applications

D. Interoperability, Maximize Benefit to the Enterprise, Data Trustee, Data is an Asset, Responsive Change Management

Which of the following does the TOGAF standard classify as catalogs, matrices and diagrams?

A. Building Blocks

B. Frameworks

C. Application Platform Interfaces

D. Deliverables

E. Artifacts

Scenario Please read this scenario prior to answering the Question You are serving as an Enterprise Architect at a large aerospace company. It designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aviation products worldwide and manufactures in multiple countries both inside and outside of the European Union. The company has grown rapidly by acquisition and has inherited numerous different procurement processes and related IT systems. Recently, several procurement processes, within the civil aviation business, have had problems related to the timing of purchases, which has led to excess inventory. The Vice President in charge of Supply Chain Management has made the decision to consolidate and reduce redundant procurement processes and systems. He has committed to the CEO that the business will move to a "Just-in-time" procurement system so as to keep inventory costs low.

The TOGAF standard is used for internal Enterprise Architecture activities. At present, there are no architectural assets in the Architecture Repository related to this initiative. All assets will need to be acquired, customized, or created from scratch. The company prefers to implement commercial off the shelf package applications with little customization. The CIO, who is the project sponsor, has stated that she is not concerned about preserving the existing procurement processes or systems.

This project is using an iterative approach for executing the Architecture Development Method (ADM). The architecture development project has completed the Architecture Vision Phase and has started a number of iteration cycles to develop the Architecture. As a packaged application is being considered, the next iteration will include both the Business and Application Architectures. Stakeholder concerns that should be addressed by these architectures include:

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What groups of people should be involved in procurement-related business processes?

2.

What applications will these groups use once the architecture development is complete?

3.

What non-procurement applications will need to be integrated with the new procurement applications?

4.

What are the dependences between the non-procurement and the new procurement applications?

Refer to the Scenario [Note: You may need to refer to the Architectural Artifacts chapter, section 31.6 (located in Part IV) within the reference text in order to answer this question.] You have been asked to identify the most appropriate catalogs, matrices, and diagrams to support the next iteration of Architecture development. Based on the TOGAF standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

A. You would describe the Baseline Business Architecture with a Baseline Business Process catalog, and

an Object lifecycle catalog. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an Interface

catalog and a Technology Portfolio catalog.

B. You would describe the Baseline Business Architecture with an Organization/Actor catalog, a Business Service/Function catalog, and a Data Entity/Business Function matrix. You would describe the Baseline Application Architecture with an Application Portfolio catalog and an Application/Function matrix.

C. You would describe the Target Business Architecture with a Business Interaction matrix, and a Business Service/Function catalog. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with an Application Communication diagram, an Application/Organization matrix, an Application Interaction matrix and an Interface catalog.

D. You would describe the Target Business Architecture with a Business Service/Function catalog, an Organization/Actor catalog, and Data Lifecycle diagrams. You would describe the Target Application Architecture with Application Communication diagrams, an Application Interaction matrix, and an Application Portfolio catalog.

Scenario

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Your role is consultant to the Lead Architect within a company that manufactures electromechanical

devices. The company is organized as independent operational divisions.

The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF standard for the

basis of its architecture framework. In addition to the EA program, the company has a number of

management frameworks in use, including business planning, portfolio/project management, and

operations management. The EA program is sponsored by the CIO.

A strategic architecture has been approved that includes consolidation of multiple Enterprise Resource

Planning (ERP) applications that have been operating in several of the divisions' production facilities. The

goal is to replace the functionality of the existing applications with a new ERP product running as a single

instance in the company's primary data center.

Each division has completed the Architecture Definition documentation required to tailor and configure the

environment to meet its own specific manufacturing requirements.

The enterprise architects have analyzed the key corporate change attributes and implementation

constraints. A consolidated gap analysis has been completed which has identified the gaps across the

Business, Data, Application, and Technology domains.

Using the results of the gap analysis, the architects have reviewed the requirements, dependencies and

interoperability requirements needed to integrate the new ERP environment into the existing environment.

The architects have completed the Business Transformation Readiness Assessment started in Phase A.

Based on all of these factors they have produced a risk assessment.

The implementation process is estimated to take four years. Because of the risks posed by the complexity

of the current environment, a phased approach is needed to implement the target architectures. The

Implementation and Migration Plan v0.1, the draft Architecture Roadmap, and the Capability Assessment

deliverables are now complete.

Refer to the Scenario.

You have been asked to recommend the next steps to prepare the final Implementation and Migration

Plan.

Based on the TOGAF standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?

A. You would assess how the plan impacts the other frameworks in use in the organization. The plan should be coordinated with the business planning, portfolio/project management and operations management frameworks. You would then assign a business value to each project, considering available resources and priorities for the projects. Finally, you would generate the Implementation and Migration Plan.

B. You would apply the Business Value Assessment Technique to prioritize the implementation projects and project increments. The assessment should focus on return on investment and performance evaluation criteria that can be used to monitor the progress of the architecture transformation. You would confirm the Transition Architecture phases using an Architecture Definition Increments Table to list the projects. You would then document the lessons learned and generate the final plan.

C. You would place the strategic Architecture Definition and Transition Architectures under configuration control as part of the ongoing architecture development cycle. This will ensure that the architecture remains relevant and responsive to the needs of the enterprise. You would then produce an Implementation Governance Model to manage the lessons learned prior to finalizing the plan. You recommend that lessons learned be accepted by the Architecture Board as changes to the architecture without review.

D. You would conduct a series of Compliance Assessments to ensure that the implementation team is implementing the architecture according to the contract. The Compliance Assessment should verify that the implementation team is using the proper development methodology. It should include deployment of monitoring tools and ensure that performance targets are being met. If they are not met, then changes to performance requirements should be identified and updated in the Implementation and Migration Plan.

Scenario:

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The ABC company is a major supplier in the automotive industry, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with

manufacturing plants in Chicago, Sao Paulo, Stuttgart, Yokohama, and Seoul. Each of these plants has

been operating its own planning and production scheduling systems, as well as custom developed

applications that drive the automated production equipment at each plant.

The company is implementing lean manufacturing principles to minimize waste and improve the efficiency

of all of its production operations. During a recent exercise held for internal quality improvement, it was

determined that a significant reduction in process waste could be achieved by replacing the current

planning and scheduling systems with a common Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system located in

the Cleveland data center. This central system would provide support to each of the plants replacing the

functionality in the existing systems. It would also eliminate the need for full data centers at each of the

plant facilities. A reduced number of IT staff could support the remaining applications. In some cases, a

third-party contractor could provide those staff.

The company Enterprise Architecture department has been operating for several years and has mature,

well-developed architecture governance and development processes that are strongly based on TOGAF 9.

At a recent meeting, the Architecture Review Board approved a Request for Architecture Work from the

Chief Engineer of Global Manufacturing Operations who is the project sponsor. The request covered the

initial architectural investigations and the development of a comprehensive architecture to plan the

transformation.

The Common ERP Deployment architecture project team has now been formed, and the project team has

been asked to develop an Architecture Vision that will achieve the desired outcomes and benefits. Some

of the plant managers have expressed concern about the security and reliability of driving their planning

and production scheduling from a central system located in Cleveland. The Chief Engineer wants to know

how these concerns can be addressed.

Refer to the Scenario

You are serving as the Lead Enterprise Architect of the newly-formed Common ERP Deployment

architecture project team.

As the Common ERP Deployment architecture project team assembles for its initial meeting, many of the

participants have voiced concerns about the sweeping scope of the initiative. Others are confident that

they know a solution that will work. During the meeting, a number of alternative recommendations for how

to proceed are put forward by members of the team.

You have been asked to select the most appropriate recommendation to ensure that the team evaluates

different approaches to the problem and clarifies the requirements for the architecture.

Based on TOGAF 9, which of the following is the best answer?

A. The team should hold a series of interviews at each of the manufacturing plants using the business scenario technique. This will then enable them to identify and document the characteristics of the architecture from the business requirements.

B. The team should exercise due diligence and carefully research vendor literature and conduct a series of briefings with vendors that are on the current approved supplier list. Based on the findings from the research, the team should define a preliminary target Architecture Vision. The team should then use that model to build consensus among the key stakeholders.

C. The team should create Baseline and Target Architectures for each of the manufacturing plants. A gap analysis between the architectures will then validate the approach, and determine the Transition Architecture needed to achieve the target state.

D. The team should conduct a pilot project that will enable vendors on the short list to demonstrate potential solutions that will address the concerns of the stakeholders. Based on the findings of that pilot project, a complete set of requirements can be developed that will drive the evolution of the architecture.

Which one of the following is the most generic artifact in the Architecture Continuum?

A. Common Systems Architecture

B. Foundation Architecture

C. Industry Architecture

D. Organization Specific Architecture

E. Product Line Architecture

In which phase of the ADM cycle do building blocks become implementation-specific?

A. Phase A

B. Phase B

C. Phase C

D. Phase D

E. Phase E

Which of the following does TOGAF provide as a set of reference materials for establishing an architecture function within an organization?

A. Architecture Content Framework

B. Technical Reference Model

C. Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model

D. Architecture Development Method

E. Architecture Capability Framework

Which of the following is described by the TOGAF document as "a detailed plan of the system at component level to guide its implementation"?

A. Architecture

B. Artifact

C. Deliverable

D. Model

E. View

Which of the following architectures in the Architecture Continuum contains the most re-usable architecture elements?

A. Common Systems Architectures

B. Foundation Architectures

C. Industry Architectures

D. Organization-Specific Architectures