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1/5 · The ADM · easy
In the TOGAF ADM cycle diagram, which activity sits at the center (hub) of the cycle and interacts continuously with every surrounding phase?
ARequirements Management
BArchitecture Vision
CArchitecture Change Management
DPreliminary Phase
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A is correct. Requirements Management is not a sequential phase but a continuous process shown at the center of the ADM diagram, ensuring architecture requirements identified in any phase are captured and fed to/from all relevant phases throughout the cycle.
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2/5 · The ADM
Phase C of the ADM addresses which two architecture domains, typically as sub-phases or separate iterations?
ABusiness Architecture and Technology Architecture
BData Architecture and Application Architecture
CApplication Architecture and Business Architecture
DData Architecture and Technology Architecture
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B is correct. Phase C, Information Systems Architectures, is generally split into Data Architecture and Application Architecture sub-phases, developing Target Architectures for how data and applications will support the business.
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3/5 · The ADM · hard
The Architecture Vision produced in Phase A is refined into detailed Target Architectures in Phases B, C, and D, and the resulting gap analyses feed into Phase E's roadmap work. This describes which characteristic of the ADM?
AThe replacement of business requirements with technical constraints as the cycle progresses
BThe requirement to complete all phases in a single pass with no iteration
CThe separation of governance from architecture development
DThe flow of architecture information between ADM phases, where the outputs of one phase become inputs to subsequent phases
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D is correct. The ADM phases are interconnected: each phase consumes inputs, including outputs from earlier phases, and produces outputs/deliverables that feed forward into later phases, ensuring traceability from vision through governance.
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4/5 · The ADM
What is the purpose of Phase D: Technology Architecture within the ADM?
ATo ensure that implementation projects conform to the defined architecture
BTo manage architecture requirements as they arise throughout the ADM cycle
CTo evaluate and select among alternative implementation approaches based on trade-offs such as cost and risk
DTo develop the Target Technology Architecture that enables the logical and physical application and data components and the Architecture Vision, addressing the Statement of Architecture Work
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D is correct. Phase D develops the Target Technology Architecture, providing the infrastructure needed to support the Data and Application Architectures defined in Phase C, aligned with the Architecture Vision and Statement of Architecture Work.
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5/5 · The ADM · hard
An architecture team has produced an updated version of the Architecture Definition Document during Phase C, capturing the Target Data and Application Architectures. The document has not yet been reviewed by the Architecture Board or formally signed off by stakeholders. Which best describes this deliverable's status under TOGAF's distinction between draft and approved work products?
AIt automatically becomes an Approved deliverable once it is checked into the Architecture Repository
BIt is an Approved deliverable, because it was produced by the accountable architecture team and therefore needs no governance review
CIt is neither Draft nor Approved, because the Architecture Definition Document is only ever finalized once, at the very end of Phase H
DIt is a Draft deliverable, since it has not yet passed through architecture governance review and stakeholder sign-off
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D is correct. Deliverables such as the Architecture Definition Document are typically produced and refined as Draft outputs across successive phases and only attain Approved status once reviewed and formally signed off through the enterprise's architecture governance, such as the Architecture Board.
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