TOGAF EA Found. practice questions: Definitions

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1/5 · Definitions · easy

According to the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition, how are Artifacts classified within the Architecture Content Framework?

AAs catalogs (lists of things), matrices (relationships between things), and diagrams (pictures of things).

BAs baseline artifacts and target artifacts, depending on which state of the architecture they describe.

CAs mandatory artifacts and optional artifacts, depending on whether Level 1 conformance requires them.

DAs deliverables, work packages, and building blocks, depending on their level of formality.

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A is correct. TOGAF's Architecture Content Framework organizes Artifacts into three types — catalogs, matrices, and diagrams — to help structure how architecture information is captured and presented. The distractors confuse this classification with unrelated groupings such as deliverable formality or baseline/target state.
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2/5 · Definitions

Which TOGAF term is defined as a representation of the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value within an ecosystem of internal and external relationships and interactions?

ABusiness Architecture

BBusiness Capability

CBusiness Model

DValue Stream

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C is correct. TOGAF distinguishes Business Model from the broader Business Architecture: the Business Model captures the value-creation rationale, while Business Architecture provides the holistic view spanning capabilities, value streams, information, and organizational structure. Business Capability and Value Stream are related but narrower business-domain concepts.
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3/5 · Definitions

During an engagement, the same senior architect acts at different times as the lead solution architect in a design workshop and as the governance chair in an architecture board meeting. In TOGAF terms, 'lead solution architect' and 'governance chair' are best described as the person's:

AStakeholders

BWork Packages

CDeliverables

DRoles

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D is correct. TOGAF explicitly allows a single actor to hold multiple Roles, defined as the expected function performed in a particular action or event. The distractors substitute unrelated terms — Stakeholder, Work Package, and Deliverable — that describe interest, action sets, and work products respectively, not functional roles.
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4/5 · Definitions

Which term describes the subset of the Architecture Repository that shows the enterprise's contextualized architectures relevant to the organization at a particular point in time, typically organized across strategic, segment, and capability levels?

AArchitecture Repository

BArchitecture Continuum

CSolutions Continuum

DArchitecture Landscape

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D is correct. The Architecture Landscape is a specific subset of the Architecture Repository, capturing the enterprise's current contextualized architectures at strategic, segment, and capability levels. The other options name related but distinct repository or continuum concepts that hold different kinds of content.
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5/5 · Definitions · hard

An enterprise architecture team produces a detailed, formal description of one particular business unit's operations, used at the program or portfolio level to organize and align change activity for that unit only, rather than for the entire enterprise or for a single business capability. Which TOGAF term names this description?

ASegment Architecture

BCapability Architecture

CTransition Architecture

DStrategic Architecture

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A is correct. TOGAF distinguishes three levels of architecture scope — Strategic (enterprise-wide, long-term), Segment (a single business unit or area, program/portfolio level), and Capability (a specific business capability) — while Transition Architecture instead describes a temporal intermediate state rather than a scope level. The scenario's focus on one business unit at program/portfolio level identifies Segment Architecture.
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