Unit 2/Chapter 3 - Language Structure

Question 1

A model that describes in a structured way how and with what the architecture will be described.

Answer 1

Metamodel

Question 2

The most important design ____ on the ArchiMate modeling language is that it has been explicitly designed to be as compact as possible, yet still usable for most EA modeling tasks.

Answer 2

constraint

Question 3

A collection of concepts.

Answer 3

Model

Question 4

An element, a relationship, or a relationship connector.

Answer 4

Concept

Question 5

A behavior element, a structure element, a motivation element, or a composite element.

Answer 5

Element

Question 6

Three core layers

Answer 6

Business, Application, Technology

Question 7

Depicts business services offered to customers, which are realized in the org by business processes performed by business actors.

Answer 7

Business Layer

Question 8

Depicts application services that support the business, and the applications that realize them.

Answer 8

Application Layer

Question 9

Depicts the technology services (such as processing, storage, and communication services) needed to run the applications, and the computer and communication hardware and system software that realize those services.

Answer 9

Technology Layer

Question 10

Physical elements for modeling physical equipment, materials, and distribution networks.

Answer 10

Technology Layer

Question 11

In alignment with service-orientation, the most important relationship between layers is formed by ____ relationships.

Answer 11

Serving

Question 12

Shows how the elements in one layer are served by the services of other layers.

Answer 12

Serving relationship

Question 13

Elements in lower layers may realize comparable objects in higher levels

Answer 13

Realization relationship

Question 14

A framework of nine cells used to classify elements of the ArchiMate core language.

Answer 14

ArchiMate Core Framework

Question 15

Made up of three aspects and three layers.

Answer 15

ArchiMate Core Framework

Question 16

Three aspects

Answer 16

Active Structure, Behavior, Passive Structure

Question 17

Represents the structural elements

Answer 17

Active Structure aspect

Question 18

Represents the behavior

Answer 18

Behavior aspect

Question 19

Represents the objects on which behavior is performed

Answer 19

Passive Structure aspect

Question 20

Business actors, application components, devices that display actual behavior (i.e., the subjects of activity)

Answer 20

Active Structure aspect

Question 21

Processes, functions, events, and services

Answer 21

Behavior aspect

Question 22

An element that does not necessarily fit in a single aspect (column) of the framework, but may combine two or more aspects.

Answer 22

Composite element

Question 23

ArchiMate Full Framework Layers

Answer 23

Strategy, Business, Application, Technology/Physical, Implementation & Migration

Question 24

Elements from the passive structure aspect (e.g. business objects, data objects, and technology objects) are used to represent ____.

Answer 24

Information entities

Question 25

ArchiMate Full Framework Aspects

Answer 25

Passive Structure, Behavior, Active Structure, Motivation

Question 26

Depicts what the system has to do for its environment

Answer 26

Black-box (abstracting from the contents of the box)

Question 27

Depicts how it does this

Answer 27

While-box

Question 28

Represent the information the business finds relevant.

Answer 28

Conceptual

Question 29

Provide logical structure to this information for manipulation by information systems

Answer 29

Logical elements

Question 30

Describe the storage of this information

Answer 30

Physical elements

Question 31

Square corners

Answer 31

Structure Elements

Question 32

Round corners

Answer 32

Behavior Elements

Question 33

Diagonal corners

Answer 33

Motivation Elements