In Phase D of the ADM cycle, if you are following the order of the steps defined and the current step is to perform gap analysis, what is the next step?
Complete the sentence. Two of the four architecture domains that are subsets of an overall Enterprise Architecture are Business and Technology, the other two are Application and _________
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question
Your role is that of an Enterprise Architect for a firm that is a major OEM parts supplier to the auto
industry. Europe has been the primary market for its products, with just 20% of its output being
exported to North America. The firm is planning to expand its exports to North America and to
establish sales in other regions.
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 Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Chief Operating Officer (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
Architecture Content Framework. The EA program is well coordinated with the Project Management
Office, Systems Development, and Operations functions.
The firm is organized into business units with each addressing different auto 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 firm has completed a strategic plan to reorganize its Sales and 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.
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You have been asked how to address the concerns of the CIO.
Based on the TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2, which of the following is the best answer?
Complete the sentence.
A good set of architecture principles that cover every situation perceived throughput the enterprise meet the recommended criteria of____
You are an Enterprise Architect at a food production and distribution company. The primary goal of the company is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for its products. Its customers are demanding food that is produced sustainably, safely, and transparently while reducing environmental impact.
The business is highly mechanized, and this mechanization has caused a decrease in the number of workers needed, together with a focus on agricultural engineering to improve the efficiency of its farms, its processing facilities, and the overall enterprise. As part of this, the company has established an Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice based on the TOGAF standard, using it as the method and guiding framework. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the sponsor of EA practice. The introduction of EA has enabled the decision-makers to have valuable insights into the different aspects of the business.
Global warming has caused a lot of poor harvests, and the company is producing fewer crops than before. This combined with an increase in costs for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer has led to a significant decrease in profits. The rising costs and reduced profits mean that the company is unable to take as much planned action on climate measures as it would like, such as reducing its carbon footprint. In response to the situation, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has decided that big changes are needed that will lead both to improved crop production and profitability. They must look to all aspects of the business. This includes looking at the mix of crops to mitigate for the change in climate.
The company will also cease to process its own crops and will sell off its processing facilities. Thus, the target market will change, and the end-products will be different and more varied. A formal request for architecture change has been approved. At this stage, there is no fixed scope, shared vision, or objectives.
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You have been asked to propose the best approach for architecture development to realize the CEO ' s change in direction for the company.
Scenario
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You are serving as the Lead Architect for an insurance company, which has been formed through the merger of three previously independent companies. The company now consists of three divisions with the same names and division headquarters as their predecessors.
The lack of integration between the three divisions has increasingly caused problems in the handling of customer and financial information. The inability to share information has resulted in lost opportunities to leverage the synergies that should have been possible as a result of the merger. At present, each division maintains its own applications. Despite an earlier initiative to install a common application to manage customer, products, and claims information, each division has different ways of defining these core elements and has customized the common application to the point where the ability to exchange information is difficult, costly, and error-prone.
As a result, the company has made the decision to introduce a common web portal, contact center software suite, and document management system. Also the company has selected a single enterprise-wide customer relationship management (CRM) application to consolidate information from several applications that exist across the divisions. The application will be used by each of the divisions and accessed by third party partners through well defined interfaces.
The Corporate Board is concerned that the new application must be able to manage and safeguard confidential customer information in a secure manner that meets or exceeds the legal requirements of the countries in which the company operates. This will be an increasingly important capability as the company expands its online services in cooperation with its partners.
The CIO has formed an Enterprise Architecture department, and one of the primary goals in its charter is to coordinate efforts between the implementation team and the migration teams in each division. The CIO has also formed a cross-functional Architecture Board to oversee and govern the architecture. The company has an existing team of security architects.
TOGAF 9 has been selected as the core framework for use for the Enterprise Architecture program. The CIO has endorsed this choice with the full support of top management.
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As part of the process for establishing the Enterprise Architecture department, you are developing a set of architecture principles to guide the activities.
You need to recommend the best approach for this work.
Based on TOGAF, which of the following is the best answer?
Please read this scenario prior to answering the question.
You are employed as an Enterprise Architect working within the Enterprise Architecture team at an electric vehicle manufacturer. The company focuses on designing, manufacturing, and advancing battery technology for sustainable transportation. The goal of the company is to build the best technology and software platform to support self-driving cars.
An architecture to support strategy has been completed, defining a long-term Target Architecture with a roadmap over five years. This has identified the need for a portfolio of projects over the next two years. The portfolio includes development of an advanced driver assistance system using data gathered from multiple vehicles on the road.
The design of the presentation and accessibility of different types of data that the company plans to offer through its platform is challenging. It is important for the application portfolio to work securely with third-party cloud services and V2X Vehicle-to-Everything service providers across many countries in order to effectively manage large amounts of data. Stakeholders are particularly concerned about the security of V2X. Regulations in various markets mandate that user privacy must always be safeguarded to prevent tracking and compiling of data that could reveal the drivers’ journeys.
The company follows the TOGAF standard as the basis for its Enterprise Architecture practice and uses the purpose-based EA Capability model as described in the TOGAF Series Guide: A Practitioners’ Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF ADM . The EA team reports to the Chief Information Officer, who is the sponsor of the EA program.
You have been assigned to lead the architecture development effort for the driver assistance system. A security resource plan and a vision for a security-specific architecture design have been completed. You have a meeting with the EA team leader to talk about the progress of your work.
Refer to the scenario.
You have been asked how you will address risk and security at this stage of the architecture project.
Based on the TOGAF standard, which of the following is the best answer?
Which of the following statements about TOGAF Building Blocks and their use in the ADM cycle is correct?
Which one of the following best describes the next step in an Architecture Compliance Review once the scope of the review has been determined?
TESTED 28 May 2026
