Deck 11: Enterprise Architecture

Question 1

It is easy to add incremental amounts of mainframe computing capacity to handle increased demands for additional processing,because mainframes are easily scalable.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Developing an enterprise architecture is like planning a city.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

To meet changing business requirements,enterprise architecture must be in a state of constant evolution.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The ability to respond to unanticipated changes in the business environment is a key advantage of SOA.

Question 5

Today a company can do all the right things but still fail unless it has viable enterprise architecture to guide its strategic direction.

Question 6

Ineffective enterprise architecture can frustrate employees but does not jeopardize the success of an organization.

Question 7

To use SOA to build a comprehensive set of services that support a business initiative,users and IT people must define the services to be offered and design how to link and sequence the necessary services.

Question 8

The tenet "form ever follows function" describes the relationship between an organization's form (enterprise architecture)and the customers' need for functionality (purpose,utility,and desired value).

Question 9

All organizations should use the same approach to realizing enterprise architecture.

Question 10

If an organization "stays too close to customers," bringing out only products and changes requested by the customer,the result may be less emphasis on more viable,disruptive technologies.

Question 11

High-order thinking is vital for adapting to the new global economy.

Question 12

In a client/server system,a client requests information from a server and the server performs a database request to the database server.

Question 13

In software and hardware,the ideal component is one that is highly coupled and has low cohesion.

Question 14

Customers always know what they really want.

Question 15

Internal customers will attempt to simplify the value propositions of external customers by searching for products and services that are the most innovative.

Question 16

Organizations need only to look at product differentiation and cost reduction to provide customer value.

Question 17

Centralized architecture and mainframe computing are used frequently to process high volumes of transactions,such as credit card transactions,customer billing,and automated teller machine transactions.

Question 18

Managers of an organization play a key role in ensuring that the proper architecture is designed and built.

Question 19

New solutions in software are likely to be added to older solutions,resulting in a mixture of different architectures.

Question 20

The organization's operational plans determine the form.

Question 21

____ are physical units such as servers or mainframes.

A) Layers
B) Tiers
C) Stacks
D) Platforms

Question 22

It is critical that managers recognize that they have an important role in helping the technical people define the desired enterprise architecture.

Question 23

The result of ____ is to provide a solid foundation for both internal and external customers.

A) enterprise architecture
B) enterprise structure
C) enterprise development
D) enterprise growth

Question 24

Almost all new software applications are built using the ____ model because it provides for lower costs and overall higher value.

A) monolithic
B) bazaar
C) extreme
D) distributed

Question 25

The process of defining the enterprise architecture is generally finished within a year.

Question 26

Client/server architecture provides for a separation of responsibilities and enables the application to be organized in ____.

A) stacks
B) stovepipes
C) units
D) layers

Question 27

_____ (disruptive technology)creates such dramatic change that it transforms existing industries or creates new ones.

A) Risky innovation
B) Conservative innovation
C) Destructive innovation
D) Radical innovation

Question 28

____ is based on the use of a mainframe computer that supports a variety of local and remote devices,such as printers,terminals,and workstations.

A) Distributed architecture
B) Centralized architecture
C) Hybrid architecture
D) Innovative architecture

Question 29

____ applications share the processing,formatting,presentation,and storage functions across clients and servers.

A) Distributed
B) Hybrid
C) Central
D) Innovative

Question 30

The organization's ____ must be able to provide the desired functionality.

A) business methods
B) governance process
C) technology process
D) business processes

Question 31

Developing an enterprise architecture requires focusing on the current structure for an organization's processes,information systems,personnel,and organization subunits.

Question 32

____ is a set of models that describe the technical implementation of an organization's business strategy and business processes.

A) Technical architecture
B) Enterprise architecture
C) Enterprise modeling
D) Enterprise strategy

Question 33

If enterprise ____ is not in place,is mismanaged,or is built without flexibility,it can cause service outages,problems with products,and failure.

A) development
B) construction
C) architecture
D) technology

Question 34

____ provide a clear statement of the tangible benefits that a customer obtains from using a company's products or services.

A) Business processes
B) Value propositions
C) Governance policies
D) Business strategies

Question 35

The enterprise architecture enables managers to increase employees' effectiveness by enabling ____.

A) high-order thinking
B) low-order thinking
C) creative thinking
D) realistic solutions

Question 36

Enterprise architecture enables the implementation of a set of digitized business processes.

Question 37

The TOGAF process is typically applied across the entire enterprise at one time.

Question 38

____,a type of distributed architecture,is a general-purpose model of network computing.

A) Monolithic
B) Service-oriented architecture
C) Client/server
D) Time-sharing computing

Question 39

____ (sustaining technology)is a process of implementing continual small enhancements to a process,resulting in slow but steady improvement.

A) Incremental improvement
B) Radical innovation
C) Enhancement training
D) Incremental rebuilding

Question 40

____ customers are interested in the value that the enterprise architecture provides,including what capabilities it has and what problems it solves,rather than the underlying technology.

A) External
B) Estranged
C) Internal
D) Valued

Question 41

Software architecture includes multiple styles of computing,which are separated broadly into two categories: centralized and _____________________.

Question 42

____ is a measure of the degree to which each software and hardware component relies on other modules to perform its function.

A) Cohesion
B) Orthogonality
C) Coupling
D) Function

Question 43

____________________ thinking involves understanding,forming perspectives,and thinking critically about new ideas or ways of doing things differently.

Question 44

The enterprise ____ is a continually evolving set of documents that guides the use of technology.

A) architecture
B) technology
C) methods
D) arbitrator

Question 45

Effective organizations use ____________________ to provide value propositions to external and internal customers.

Question 46

Enterprise _____________________ provides the overall foundation for achieving an organization's strategic vision.

Question 47

The ____ is a language for specifying,constructing,visualizing,and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system.

A) United Model Language
B) Unified Method Language
C) Uniform Methodology Language
D) Unified Modeling Language

Question 48

____ is a software application development approach based on building user applications out of software services.

A) Client/server
B) Service-oriented architecture
C) N-Tier architecture
D) Monolithic architecture

Question 49

It takes the unique knowledge and skills of the organization's workers-the ____ of the organization-to develop these business processes effectively.

A) intellectual capital
B) hard assets
C) soft assets
D) structured assets

Question 50

A well-designed enterprise architecture creates a foundation of common ____________________ processes and shared data that ultimately allow for the development of new value propositions.

Question 51

A well-defined set of rules or ____ describe how one or more services can "talk" to each other.

A) pragmas
B) languages
C) protocols
D) programming interfaces

Question 52

In 1996,Congress passed the ____ act,which gave the Office of Management and Budget the authority to dictate standards for "developing,maintaining,and facilitating the implementation" of an enterprise architecture.

A) Cohen/Cohen
B) Clinger/Cohen
C) Singer/Sanger
D) Clinger/Kline

Question 53

During the ____ phase of the TOGAF approach,the organization modifies the process as necessary to fit the organization and its needs.

A) technology architecture
B) architecture vision
C) framework and principles
D) information systems architecture

Question 54

A(n)____________________ service is a unit of work developed by a service provider to achieve desired results for a service consumer.

Question 55

With the distributed model,processing capacity is much more ___________________ by adding more servers or upgrading to faster servers.

Question 56

Managers need to participate as ____________________ in the development and implementation of enterprise architecture so they can convey the type of value propositions being conceived.

Question 57

During the ____ phase of the TOGAF approach,the organization defines requirements for performance,reliability,security,and integrity.

A) technology architecture
B) architecture vision
C) framework and principles
D) information systems architecture

Question 58

With the knowledge of customer needs and trends in place,the process of developing enterprise ____________________ can begin.

Question 59

Enterprise architecture is planned using ____.

A) models
B) stacks
C) platforms
D) layers

Question 60

A major type of high-order thinking is the ability to ____________________.

Question 61

During the _________________________ phase of the TOGAF approach,the organization creates a more detailed description of the current and desired future business architecture.

Question 62

The key objective of enterprise architecture is to build a(n)____________________ that will enable change and meet the next generation of needs.

Question 63

Why is enterprise architecture important?

Question 64

List the four components of the TOGAF enterprise architecture.

Question 65

During the _________________________ phase of the TOGAF approach,the organization creates an architectural specification for each project to be implemented.

Question 66

Several organizations within the U.S.government have been audited by the ____________________ Office and found to be sorely lacking in terms of a well-developed enterprise architecture.

Question 67

In the context of hardware and software,____________________ is a measure of how strongly related and focused the various responsibilities of a software or hardware component are.

Question 68

List three questions that an organization should ask while developing the enterprise architecture.

Question 69

Name the nine phases of the TOGAF approach to generate an enterprise architecture.

Question 70

Identify the parts of a client/server architecture.