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Your organization has just completed Phase A and is moving into Phase B. The CIO asks who should formally approve the Architecture Vision document and Statement of Architecture Work before Phase B starts. As Lead Architect, what is the correct TOGAF guidance?
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A regional bank is starting a new architecture engagement to consolidate three legacy core-banking platforms after a merger. The CFO is most concerned about cost; the CISO is most concerned about regulatory exposure; the CTO wants cloud-first. The architecture team must capture each of their priorities so that views can be developed to address them. Which TOGAF artifact records this mapping?
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Chapter 1: Exam Mechanics & Foundation Overview
1.1 OGEA-103 Exam Structure, Gradient Scoring & Open-Book Strategy
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You are tailoring the ADM for an enterprise that already has a mature Business Architecture but limited Data and Application architecture. Senior management wants to skip Phase B entirely on the next iteration to save time. What is the most appropriate TOGAF Practitioner response?
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During Phase E of an enterprise transformation programme, the architecture team has identified 27 work packages across Business, Data, Application, and Technology architectures. The Sponsor wants to know which to do first and how to group them into deliverable releases. Which TOGAF technique should be applied?
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A retail enterprise is in Phase F. The Implementation and Migration Plan shows three Transition Architectures over 18 months. Mid-way, the IT delivery team reports that a planned SaaS provider (chosen in Phase D) will not be available for 9 months. As Lead Architect what is the correct TOGAF response?
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Which document is the formal contract between the architecture function and the development/delivery organization that obligates the implementation to conform to the Target Architecture?
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1.2 The TOGAF Standard 10th Edition Structure & Core Concepts
An Architecture Compliance Review during Phase G has identified that a delivered application diverges from the approved Target Architecture in two ways: (1) a different database engine was used, and (2) one mandated security control was omitted. Each finding must be classified per TOGAF. What are the appropriate dispositions?
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Your enterprise has just adopted TOGAF and is establishing the EA Capability for the first time in the Preliminary Phase. Which set of outputs is most directly produced in this phase?
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A government agency is preparing for a major digital transformation. The Chief Architect wants the team to perform business scenario development as input to the Architecture Vision. Which of the following best describes a TOGAF Business Scenario?
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A multinational utility company has acquired two competitors, each with their own architecture repository. The Lead Architect must integrate them into one Architecture Repository. Which structural element of the Architecture Repository should be used to keep the in-flight project artifacts of each former company separate while enabling reuse?
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1.3 Enterprise Architecture in Practice: Context, Scope, and Architecture Domains
In Phase B (Business Architecture), the team is producing a value stream map and a business capability map for the order-to-cash process. Which best describes how these two artifacts complement each other?
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Phase H (Architecture Change Management) has classified a proposed change to the deployed architecture as 'simplification'. Per TOGAF, which path should be followed?
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A pharmaceutical company is in Phase D (Technology Architecture). The CTO insists that all decisions must reference the Standards Library. The Lead Architect needs to explain what the Standards Library contains. Which is correct?
A logistics enterprise is sequencing four Transition Architectures (TA1 through TA4) on the way to the Target. TA2 includes deploying a new warehouse-management SaaS that depends on TA1 having migrated 200 servers to a new cloud region. The Programme Manager proposes starting TA2 in parallel. As Lead Architect, what is your recommendation?
1.4 The Context for Enterprise Architecture: Purpose, Capability, Security, and the Digital Enterprise
What is the primary purpose of the Requirements Management process at the centre of the ADM diagram?
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An Architecture Principle in your enterprise reads: 'Common Use Applications — Development of applications used across the enterprise is preferred over the development of similar or duplicative applications which are only provided to a particular organization.' Which TOGAF principle template section does this text occupy?
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A bank's Architecture Board is reviewing a project. They notice the project's Architecture Definition Document references three different Solution Building Blocks for the same Architecture Building Block 'Customer Identity Service'. The board asks the Lead Architect to explain. Which TOGAF concept resolves this apparent inconsistency?
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Your enterprise architecture engagement involves 12 business divisions. The Sponsor wants 'one architecture' covering all of them. As Lead Architect you decide to partition the work. Which TOGAF guidance best explains why and how to partition?
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Chapter 2: Preliminary Phase & Establishing the EA Capability
2.1 Preliminary Phase Objectives, Inputs, and Activities
A healthcare provider is in Phase A. The Lead Architect performs a Capability Assessment. What is being assessed?
Your team has produced Baseline and Target architectures in Phase B. You now need to identify gaps. What does TOGAF gap analysis specifically compare?
A telecoms operator is launching a new line of business. The Sponsor has provided high-level business goals but no specific requirements. As Lead Architect, which Phase A activity is most appropriate to elicit testable requirements before any domain architecture is started?
A federated multinational has 7 lines of business, each with its own architecture team. The Group CIO wants to know how the Architecture Board structure should be set up under TOGAF. Which structure is most consistent with TOGAF guidance?
2.2 Scope of the Enterprise and Defining the Architecture Footprint
A new project is proposed and the EA team must decide whether it is in scope. Which document should the Project Management Office consult to see what the architecture engagement will and will not deliver?
Phase C of an engagement is split into Data Architecture and Application Architecture. The Sponsor asks which order to do them. What does TOGAF guidance say?
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An insurance enterprise is in Phase G. The compliance review identifies that a delivered application does not match the Target Architecture, but the deviation is necessary because of a vendor product change late in delivery. What is the most appropriate disposition?
Your enterprise is performing its first ADM iteration in a brand-new domain (autonomous logistics). Architectural maturity in this domain is low. Which iteration approach is most appropriate per TOGAF?
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2.3 Establishing Architecture Governance, Frameworks, and Tools
An EA programme has just been chartered. Senior leadership wants to know how to measure that the EA is working. Which TOGAF artifact captures the metrics, KPIs, and assessment criteria for the EA Capability itself?
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A retail enterprise's Phase A produced a Risk Register with 14 risks, two rated 'Catastrophic' on initial assessment. Per TOGAF, what is the next step?
When does a Statement of Architecture Work get formally signed?
A manufacturer's architecture team is working on Phase D. They identify three viable Solution Building Blocks for a manufacturing execution system: an in-house build, a SaaS, and a hybrid. Which TOGAF technique helps them choose, given trade-offs of cost, time-to-market, and capability fit?
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Chapter 3: Architecture Vision & Stakeholder Management (Phase A)
3.1 Phase A Objectives, Request for Architecture Work, and Scope Definition
Which of the following is a viewpoint in TOGAF terms?
An enterprise's TOGAF engagement is in Phase F. The team must produce the Implementation and Migration Plan. Which inputs are most directly required?
A government department's Architecture Vision document has been approved. A new business priority emerges that significantly shifts the scope. As Lead Architect, what should you do per TOGAF?
An energy utility's architecture team produces views including a Process Flow diagram, a Data Lifecycle diagram, and an Application Communication diagram. Which TOGAF artifact category do these belong to?
3.2 Stakeholder Management: Identification, Classification, the Power/Interest Grid, and the Stakeholder Map
A telco is using the Architecture Repository's Reference Library. Which content is appropriate for the Reference Library?
Your architecture engagement uses an iteration approach where Phase B-D are performed once then E-G are performed once before returning to B for the next cycle. Which type of TOGAF iteration is this?
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