02 - Enterprise Architecture Framework

Question 1

He introduced this framework in 1987.

Answer 1

John Zachman

Question 2

This framework was introduced in 1987 by John Zachman.

Answer 2

The Zachman Framework

Question 3

It was previously called “Framework for Information Systems Architecture.”

Answer 3

The Zachman Framework

Question 4

It was recognized as the first comprehensive framework for enterprise architecture.

Answer 4

The Zachman Framework

Question 5

It is a logical structure for classifying and organizing the descriptive representations of an enterprise system development.

Answer 5

The Zachman Framework

Question 6

Enumerate the six (6) basic interrogatives in The Zachman Framework.

Answer 6

1. What
2. How
3. Where
4. Who
5. When
6. Why

Question 7

This framework addresses an enterprise as a whole wherein issues can be easily mapped to understand its nature, implications, and possible solutions.

Answer 7

The Zachman Framework

Question 8

The framework is an ontology and not a methodology.

Answer 8

The Zachman Framework

Question 9

It originated as a generic framework and a methodology for developing technical architectures, which evolved into an enterprise architecture framework and method.

Answer 9

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Question 10

It is the latest version which provides guidance, error correction, improved document structure, updated business architecture and content meta-model.

Answer 10

TOGAF Standard Version 9.2

Question 11

This addresses the organization, processes, skills, roles, and responsibilities required to establish and operate an architecture within an enterprise.

Answer 11

Architecture Capability Framework

Question 12

This provides the “way of working” for architects.

Answer 12

Architecture Development Method

Question 13

It is considered as the core of TOGAF, which consists of the stepwise cycle approach for the overall enterprise development and centers requirements management.

Answer 13

Architecture Development Method

Question 14

Enumerate the eight (8) processes involved in the stepwise cycle appraoch.

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1. Architecture Vision
2. Business Architecture
3. Information Systems Architectures
4. Technology Architecture
5. Migration Planning
6. Opportunities and Solutions
7. Implementation Governance
8. Architecture Change Management

Question 15

This considers four closely related architectural structures in an enterprise.

Answer 15

Architecture Content Framework

Question 16

Enumerate the four (4) architectural structures in an enterprise.

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1. Business Architecture
2. Data Architecture
3. Application Architecture
4. Information Technology (IT) Architecture

Question 17

This comprises various reference models that illustrate how architectures are developed across a wide variety of foundational architectures such as common system architecture, industry-specific architecture, and individually-owned enterprise.

Answer 17

Enterprise Continuum

Question 18

Enumerate the three (3) reference models in an enterprise continuum.

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1. Technical Reference Model
2. Building Blocks Information Base
3. Open Group’s Standard Information Base (SIB)

Question 19

Enumerate the four (4) main components of TOGAF.

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1. Architecture Capability Framework
2. Architecture Development Method
3. Architecture Content Framework
4. Enterprise Continuum

Question 20

Aims to provide an open and vendor-neutral approach to interoperability and raises the level of abstraction in enterprise architecture.

Answer 20

Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)

Question 21

It provides guidelines for structuring software specifications that are expressed as models.

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Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)

Question 22

It separates the business and application logic from the underlying platform technology.

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Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)

Question 23

It provides a standard repository of MDA model and defines structures that help multiple groups work with a model while having a standard view.

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Meta-Object Facility (MOF)

Question 24

It is an established industry standard for for data repository integration, standardized database model representation, schema transformation models, and data mining models.

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Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM)

Question 25

This mapping expresses Unified Modeling Language (UML) models in Extensible Markup Language (XML) and allows it to be moved around an enterprise as it progresses from analysis to modelling and to application.

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XML Metadata Interchange (XMI)

Question 26

Enumerate the three (3) key modeling technologies that MDA was based upon.

Answer 26

1. Meta-Object Facility (MOF)
2. Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM)
3. XML Metadata Interchange (XMI)

Question 27

It is a key feature of MDA.

Answer 27

Mapping

Question 28

It is a set of rules and techniques used to modify one (1) model to come up with a new model.

Answer 28

Mapping

Question 29

This includes the business requirements and business model or domain model that describes the state of the enterprise where the system will be integrated.

Answer 29

Computation Independent Model (CIM)

Question 30

This abstracts the automated data processing system.

Answer 30

Computation Independent Model (CIM)

Question 31

This describes the internal structure of an operating system while abstracting specific details for a particular platform.

Answer 31

Platform-Independent Model (PIM)

Question 32

This shows that a certain part of a complete set of specifications does not change from one platform to another.

Answer 32

Platform-Independent Model (PIM)

Question 33

This combines the specifications in the PIM and the details on how a system uses a particular type of platform.

Answer 33

Platform-Specific Model (PSM)