TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Combined Practice Test

TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Combined Part 1 and Part 2 candidates need both terminology recall and applied scenario judgment.

Use these 12 original sample questions to test whether your gaps are foundation vocabulary, practitioner reasoning, or both. They are not official Open Group questions.

What these questions test

• Foundation-level definitions, ADM sequence, architecture domains, and repository concepts
• Practitioner-level tailoring, governance, stakeholder concerns, and transition planning
• recognizing when a question wants recall versus scenario decision making

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Sample Exam Questions

Question 1

Topic: exam route strategy

Why is the combined route more demanding than studying Foundation alone?

• A. It removes the need to know ADM phases
• B. It only tests coding syntax
• C. It avoids stakeholder scenarios
• D. It requires both terminology recall and applied architecture judgment

Best answer: D

Explanation: The combined route covers both Part 1 and Part 2 expectations. Candidates need vocabulary fluency and applied scenario reasoning.

Question 2

Topic: ADM recall

Which ADM phase is most associated with establishing the high-level vision and value case for architecture work?

• A. Phase A: Architecture Vision
• B. Phase F: Migration Planning
• C. Phase H: Architecture Change Management
• D. Requirements Management only

Best answer: A

Explanation: Phase A establishes the Architecture Vision, scope, stakeholders, constraints, and high-level value case.

Question 3

Topic: practitioner scenario

A delivery team wants to skip architecture compliance review because the release date is close. What is the best response?

• A. Cancel all governance permanently
• B. Let the release date override all architecture principles
• C. Use governance to assess risk, impact, and justified exceptions rather than silently bypassing review
• D. Review only after production failure

Best answer: C

Explanation: Practitioner judgment balances delivery pressure with governed exceptions and impact assessment.

Question 4

Topic: architecture domains

Which domain focuses most directly on processes, capabilities, roles, and organization?

• A. Technology architecture only
• B. Business architecture
• C. Data architecture only
• D. Implementation governance

Best answer: B

Explanation: Business architecture addresses business capabilities, processes, organization, roles, and operating model concerns.

Question 5

Topic: artifacts and deliverables

Which statement is most accurate?

• A. Artifacts are never part of deliverables
• B. A deliverable may contain multiple artifacts
• C. Deliverables are always physical servers
• D. TOGAF prohibits diagrams

Best answer: B

Explanation: TOGAF distinguishes deliverables, artifacts, and building blocks. Deliverables can contain artifacts that describe architecture views.

Question 6

Topic: stakeholder concerns

A regulator, operations leader, and customer-service sponsor all review the same architecture. Why might they need different views?

• A. Views should be random
• B. Only technical stakeholders need views
• C. Each has different concerns and decision needs
• D. Architecture communication should be identical for everyone

Best answer: C

Explanation: Views should address stakeholder concerns. This keeps communication useful and decision-focused.

Question 7

Topic: migration planning

What should follow after gaps are identified between baseline and target architecture?

• A. Work packages, dependencies, transition states, and implementation planning
• B. Immediate deletion of all gaps
• C. No action
• D. Only a new glossary term

Best answer: A

Explanation: Gap analysis feeds migration planning and implementation work. It should not remain a passive list.

Question 8

Topic: architecture repository

What is the best reason to maintain an architecture repository?

• A. To hide approved standards
• B. To replace all architecture decisions
• C. To remove traceability
• D. To promote reuse, consistency, governance, and access to architecture assets

Best answer: D

Explanation: A repository supports controlled access to standards, patterns, models, reference materials, and architecture outputs.

Question 9

Topic: practitioner tailoring

An organization has a mature agile product model. What is the best TOGAF approach?

• A. Tailor architecture activities to fit product flow while preserving governance and architecture intent
• B. Reject TOGAF automatically
• C. Require waterfall delivery for every product
• D. Stop using stakeholder concerns

Best answer: A

Explanation: TOGAF can be tailored. Practitioner answers usually preserve architecture discipline while adapting to context.

Question 10

Topic: architecture principles

A principle says, “Data is an enterprise asset.” Which implication fits best?

• A. Data belongs only to the first application that stores it
• B. Data governance should be avoided
• C. Data decisions should consider enterprise reuse, quality, stewardship, and governance
• D. Data should never be shared under any conditions

Best answer: C

Explanation: Enterprise data principles drive stewardship, quality, governance, and reuse decisions.

Question 11

Topic: compliance review

What should architecture compliance review usually check?

• A. Whether developers like the diagram colors
• B. Whether the project can avoid all documentation
• C. Whether the architecture repository is deleted
• D. Whether implementation aligns with approved architecture, standards, constraints, and justified exceptions

Best answer: D

Explanation: Compliance review supports implementation governance and helps manage deviations transparently.

Question 12

Topic: change management

An approved architecture becomes outdated after a major regulatory change. What should happen?

• A. Keep the architecture unchanged forever
• B. Use architecture change management to assess impact and update architecture as needed
• C. Ignore regulation until deployment
• D. Remove requirements traceability

Best answer: B

Explanation: Architecture must respond to significant changes through governed change management.