OGEA-102 Practice Questions

Scenario:

You are working as an Enterprise Architect within an Enterprise Architecture (EA) team at an electric vehicle manufacturer. The company produces electric cars and battery systems. The goal of the company is to build the best technology and software platform for electric vehicles.

The company has decided to introduce a major change to its vehicle design over a five-year period. This will be a cross-functional effort between hardware and software teams, delivering significant new features in the vehicles they manufacture. It is planned to be developed in phases.

An architecture to support strategy has been completed with a roadmap for a set of projects.

The EA team has inherited the architecture for the hardware and software automotive platform used by current vehicles, some of which can be carried over to the new vehicle design. The EA team has started to define which parts of the architecture to carry forward.

The presentation and access to different variations of data that the company plans to offer through its vehicles creates an architecture challenge. The application portfolio and supportinginfrastructure must connect with multiple cloud services and data repositories in different countries to be able to handle large-scale data.

Enough of the Business Architecture has been defined, so that work can commence on the Information Systems and Technology Architectures. These architectures need to be defined to support the primary business services that the company plans to provide. These services will manage and process the data created by vehicles, paving the way for self-driving vehicles in the future.

The company uses the TOGAF Standard as the basis for its Enterprise Architecture framework.

The EA team reports to the Chief Technical Officer (CTO), who is the sponsor of the EA program.

The CTO requires that the EA team follow the purpose-based EA Capability model as described in:

The TOGAF Series Guide: A Practitioners’ Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF® ADM.

Refer to the scenario:

You have been asked how to decide and organize the work to deliver the requested architectures.

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

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are employed as an Enterprise Architect in a team at a large company. The

company sells luxury food and drinks in more than 10,000 stores worldwide. The

company is a leader in using technology to connect with its customers. This includes

online ordering, mobile apps, and rewards programs. The company is also famous for

bringing new ideas to the market, like ordering through apps, using Al to suggest

personalized options, self-service pickup stations, and changing prices based on

demand.

The stores are open every day. They send timely sales data to a central system that

manages inventory. This system can predict what products are needed, adjust how

much stock there is, and order more stock automatically. The stores and the main

inventory system work directly with the mobile apps, allowing orders to be made

online. The central inventory system is located at the company's main data center.

The company will merge with a major competitor. This competitor has a synergistic

business. Leaders from both companies have told shareholders that the merger will

happen fast. There will be minimal impact for customers. All stores will keep the

current brand names. They will combine their systems, choosing the best ones to use.

This means their store management and back-office systems will become one. They

will stop using duplicate systems and use one main system to manage the stores.

They will also cut down on the number of back-office applications they use.

The Request for Architecture Work to oversee the merger has been approved.

Stakeholders, concerns, and business requirements have been identified. The

stakeholders have made it clear that they expect to continue to be able to innovate

quickly, and that changes should not restrict that capability. The scope of what is

inside and what is outside the architecture efforts has been confirmed. The next step

is to revisit and review the Architecture Principles, as they form part of the constraints

on architecture work.

Business Continuity is essential given that the business depends on real-time

ordering and automated inventory management. During the systems integration,

maintaining service for customers and inventory operations must be prioritized

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You have been asked to identify the most relevant Architecture Principles for the

merger besides Business Continuity.

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

[Note: You should assume that the company follows the example set of Architecture

Principles provided in the TOGAF standard, ADM Techniques, Architecture Principles

chapter.]

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are employed as an Enterprise Architect within a clinical research and health

technologies company. The company is dedicated to transforming healthcare with

new ideas and advancements. The company has multiple divisions that cover different

aspects of the business.

The company's Enterprise Architecture (EA) department has mature, well-developed

architecture governance and development processes following the TOGAF standard.

In addition to the EA program, the company has a number of management

frameworks in use. The Architecture Board includes representatives from each

division of the company. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the sponsor of the

Enterprise Architecture program. The CIO has actively encouraged architecting with

agility within the EA department as the preferred approach for projects.

Many of the company's rivals have begun using Artificial Intelligence (Al) in their

operations, and the indications are that this will be transformative for healthcare

delivery. This is something the EA department has been interested in for a while, and

they had recently submitted an architecture Change Request which was approved. As

a result, the CIO has approved a Request for Architecture Work to investigate the

implementation of Al in the company.

Areas for evaluation include:

How can staff use Al daily in their current roles?

How can Al enhance access to care for patients, and how to make that experience

seamless?

How can Al offer new workplace platforms and tools to increase efficiency?

Some of the top managers are worried about a change in the way of working, and if it

will achieve the goals. Many are not confident that the company's risk management

processes are adequate for a company-wide integration of generative Al. There are

also questions from staff about whether enough specific guidelines and polices have

been put in place for responsible use of Al.

Refer to the scenario

You have been assigned to the architecture development and asked how to address

the concerns and manage risk for the project. How do you begin?

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

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are employed as an Enterprise Architect at a company. The company manages

large-scale farming operations with food production, processing, and distribution. The

goal of the company is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for

its products. Its customers demand food that is produced sustainably, safely, and

transparently, while reducing environmental impact.

The business is highly mechanized, and this mechanization has brought about 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 practice has adopted an iterative approach for its architecture development. This

has enabled the decision makers to have valuable insights into the different aspects

of the business.

In recent years there have been a series of bad harvests, and a major reduction in

yields of the main crop produced by the company. This combined with an increase in

costs for energy, feed, fuel, and fertilizer, had led to a significant decrease in profits.

The rising costs and lower 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. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has stated that big changes are needed

to improve yields and profitability.

The outline strategy for change, includes new products, and new markets. The

company will switch to a mix of crops rather than depend on a main crop and will

allow use of its processing facilities by third parties. This is a major decision, and the

CEO has stated a desire to repurpose and reuse rather than replace so as to manage

the risks and limit the costs.

The CIO has assigned the EA team to manage this project. The CIO has stated that

although the overall objective is known, the EA team are expected to define the

scope, a shared vision, and the requirements.

Refer to the scenario

You have been asked to recommend the best approach for architecture development

to realize the CEO's change in direction for the company.

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

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You have been appointed as Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA). reporting to the Chief Technical Officer (CTO), of a company established as a separate operating entity by a major automotive manufacturer. The mission of the company is to build a new industry leading unified technology and software platform for electric vehicles.

The company uses the TOGAF Standard as the basis for its Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework, and architecture development follows the purpose-based EA Capability model as described in the TOGAF Series Guide: A Practitioners'Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF® ADM.

An end-to-end Target Architecture has been completed with a roadmap for change over a five-year period. The new platform will be a cross-functional effort between hardware and software teams, with significant changes over the old platform. It is expected to be developed in several stages over three years. The EA team has inherited the architecture for the previous generation hardware and software automotive platform, some of which can be carried over to the new unified platform. The EA team has started to define the new platform, including defining which parts of the architecture to carry forward.

Enough of the Business Architecture has been defined, so that work can commence on the Information Systems and Technology Architectures. Those need to be defined to support the core business services that the company plans to provide. The core services will feature an innovative approach with swarm data generated by vehicles, paving the way for autonomous driving in the future.

The presentation and access to different variations of data that the company plans to offer through its platform pose an architecture challenge. The application portfolio and supporting infrastructure need to interact with various existing cloud services and data-

Refer to the scenario

You have been asked what approach should be taken to determine and organize the work to deliver the requested architectures?

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

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

Your role is consultant to the Lead Architect within a multinational company that manufactures electronic components. The company has several manufacturing divisions located worldwide and a complex supply chain. After a recent study, senior management have stated a concern about business efficiency considering the company's multiple data centers and duplication of applications.

The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice and uses the TOGAF architecture development method in its EA practice. In addition to the EA program, the company has several management frameworks in use, including business planning, project/portfolio management, and operations management. The EA program is sponsored by the CIO.

A strategic architecture has been defined to improve the ability to meet customer demand and improve management of the supply chain. The strategic architecture includes the consolidation of multiple Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications that have been operating independently in the divisions' production facilities.

Each division has completed the Architecture Definition documentation to meet its own specific manufacturing requirements. The enterprise architects have defined a set of work packages that address the gaps identified. They have identified the value produced, effort required, and dependencies between work packages to reach a farget architecture that would integrate a new ERP environment into the company.

Because of the risks posed by change from the current environment, the architects have recommended that a phased approach occurs to implement the target architecture with several transition states. The overall implementation process is estimated to take several years.

Refer to the scenario

You have been asked what the next steps are for the migration planning.

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

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

You are the Chief Enterprise Architect at a large food service company specializing in sales to trade and

wholesale, for example, restaurants and other food retailers.

One of your company's competitors has launched a revolutionary product range and is running a very

aggressive marketing campaign. Your company's resellers are successively announcing that they are not

interested in your company's products and will sell your competitor's.

The CEO has stated there must be significant change to address the situation. He has made it clear that

new markets must be found for the company's products, and that the business needs to pivot, and address the retail market as well as the existing wholesale market.

A consideration is the company's ability and willingness to change its business model, and if it is a temporary or permanent change. An additional risk factor is one of culture. The company has been used to a stable business with a reasonably well known and settled client base - all with its own local understandings and practices.

The CEO is the sponsor of the EA program within the company. You have been engaged with the sales,

logistics, production, and marketing teams, enabling the architecture activity to start. An Architecture Vision, Architecture Principles, and Requirements have all been agreed. As you move forward to develop a possible Target Architecture you have identified that some of the key stakeholders' preferences are incompatible. The incompatibilities are focused primarily on time-to-market, cost savings, and the need to bring out a fully featured product range, but there are additional factors.

Refer to the scenario

You have been asked how you will address the incompatibilities between key stakeholder preferences.

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

Please read this scenario prior to answering the question

Your role is that of a consultant to the Lead Enterprise Architect in a multinational automotive manufacturer.

The company has a corporate strategy that focuses on electrification of its portfolio, and it has invested

heavily in a new shared car platform to use across all its brands. The company has four manufacturing

facilities, one in North America, two in Europe, and one in Asia.

A challenge that the company is facing is to scale up the number of vehicles coming off the production line to meet customer demand, while maintaining quality. There are significant supply chain shortages for electronic components, which are impacting production. In response to this the company has taken on new suppliers and has also taken design and production of the battery pack in-house.

The company has a mature Enterprise Architecture practice. The TOGAF standard is used for developing

the process and systems used to design, manufacture, and test the battery pack. The Chief Information

Officer and the Chief Operating Officer co-sponsor the Enterprise Architecture program.

As part of putting the new battery pack into production, adjustments to the assembly processes need to be made. A pilot project has been completed at a single location. The Chief Engineer, sponsor of the activity, and the Architecture Board have approved the plan for implementation and migration at each plant.

Draft Architecture Contracts have been developed that detail the work needed to implement and deploy the new processes for each location. The company mixes internal teams with a few third-party contractors at the locations. The Chief Engineer has expressed concern that the deployment will not be consistent and of acceptable quality.

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The Lead Enterprise Architect has asked you to review the draft Architecture Contracts and recommend the best approach to address the Chief Engineer's concern.

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

Scenario

You are working as an Enterprise Architect within an Enterprise Architecture (EA) team at a large government agency. The agency has multiple divisions.

The agency has a well-established EA practice and follows the TOGAF standard as its method for architecture development. Along with the EA program, the agency also uses various management frameworks, including business planning, project/portfolio management, and operations management. The EA program is sponsored by the Chief Information Officer (CIO), who has actively promoted architecting with agility within the EA department as her preferred approach for projects.

The government has mandated that the agency prepare themselves for an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-first world, which they have called their “AI-first” plan. As a result, the agency is looking to determine the impact and role that AI will play moving forward. The CIO has approved a Request for Architecture Work to look at how AI can be used for services across the agency. She has noted that digital platforms will be a priority for investment in order to scale the AI applications planned. Using AI to automate tasks and make things run smoother is seen as a big advantage. Process automation and improved efficiency from manual, repetitive activities have been identified as the key benefits of applying generative AI to their agency’s business. This will include back-office automation, for example, for help center agents who receive hundreds of email inquiries. This should also improve services for citizens by making them more efficient and personalized, tailored to each individual’s needs.

Many of the agency leaders are worried about relying too much on AI. Some leaders think their employees will need to learn new skills. Some employees are worried they might lose their jobs to AI. Other leaders worry about security and cyber resilience in the digital platforms needed for AI to be successful.

The leader of the Enterprise Architecture team has asked for your suggestions on how to address the concerns, and how to manage the risks of a new architecture for the AI-first project.

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