Data Architecture and Life Cycle Management

Question 1

Identifying the data needs of the enterprise (regardless of structure) and designing and maintaining the master blueprints to meet those needs. Using master blueprints to guide data integration, control data assets, and align data investments with business strategy.

Answer 1

DMbok Data Architecture

Question 2

What are the goals of Data Architecture?

Answer 2

1. Identify data storage and processing requirements.
   2.Design structures and plans to meet the current and long-term data requirements of the enterprise.
   3.Strategically prepare organizations to quickly evolve their products, services, and data to take advantage of business opportunities inherent in emerging technologies.

Question 3

___________ is probably the most widely adopted framework, contains an Architecture Development Method (ADM), content metamodel, and defined artefacts within the business, application, data, and technology domains.

Answer 3

TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework

Question 4

The enterprise architecture framework that defines artefacts in a 6 x 6 matrix, with interrogatives (what, how, where, etc.)as columns and stakeholder perspective as rows (executive, business, architect, etc.). It is an ontology, not a methodology for enterprise architecture.

Answer 4

Zachman

—Shows what models should exist, where each cell is a unique design artifact —Reification transformation – changing abstract idea into concrete instance (i.e., instantiation)

Question 5

___________is the process of translating business vision and strategy into effective change for the business by creating, communicating, and improving the key requirements, principles, and models that describe the company’s future state and enable its evolution.

Answer 5

Enterprise architecture (EA)

Question 6

______________ is a detailed, formal description of areas within an enterprise, used at the program or portfolio level to organize and align change activity.

Answer 6

Segment architecture

Question 7

___________ is a kind of architecture domain that aims to address specific problems and requirements, usually through the design of specific information systems or applications.

Answer 7

Solution architecture

Question 8

The ____________ Depicts the relationships between critical data entities within the enterprise. This diagram is developed to address the concerns of business stakeholders.

Answer 8

Enterprise Data Model

*Communicates business information requirements
*Provides the foundation and guidelines for data development
*Aligns with other business models
*Provides visual representation of business data

Question 9

______________ is a diagram provides a high-level orientation view of an enterprise and how it interacts with the outside world.

Answer 9

Information Value Chain Matrix

Question 10

A ___________ describes the architecture of the data structures used by a business and/or its applications.

Answer 10

Data Architecture

Question 11

________________ involves combining data residing in different sources and providing users with a unified view of these data (e.g., ETL or virtualization).

Answer 11

Data integration Architecture

Question 12

_____________ was a document standard supported by IBM in the early 1980s.

Answer 12

The Document Content Architecture

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Metadata Architecture

Question 14

An enterprise architecture type: The ________ Architecture defines the strategy, governance, organization, and key business processes.

Answer 14

Business

Question 15

An enterprise architecture type: The _________ Architecture defines the major kinds of application system necessary to process the data and support the business.

Answer 15

Application

Question 16

An enterprise architecture type: The _______ Architecture describes the structure of an organization’s logical and physical data assets and Data Management resources.

Answer 16

Data

Question 17

An enterprise architecture type: The _________ Architecture describes the logical software and hardware capabilities that are required to support the deployment of business, data, and application services. This includes IT infrastructure, middleware, networks, communications, processing, standards, etc.

Answer 17

Technology

Question 18

The “___________ Document” is a key artifact used in data architecture. It serves as a comprehensive and structured representation of an organization’s data environment, providing an overview of data-related elements and their relationships within the organization.

Answer 18

Data Landscape

The data landscape is critical to monitor and govern data asset usage

Question 19

_____________ defines the planning, implementation, and control activities covering the operational, infrastructure, definition, and functional areas of data management.

Answer 19

Information Lifecycle Management

Question 20

Which stage of the information life cycle is has the following activities:

*Define information strategy
*Define documentation requirements
*Define governance framework
*Define monitoring framework
*Tool selection
*Define information classification framework
*Data retention and disposition plan
*Staff competencies and training map
*Create models for cost of data ownership

Answer 20

Plan

Question 21

Which stage of the information life cycle is has the following activities:
*Data requirements gathering
*Design data models
*Conceptual
*Logical
*Physical
*As is/to be
*Define taxonomies and ontologies
*Storage requirements
*Define backup requirements
*Version control systems
*Define warehousing requirements

Answer 21

Specify

Question 22

Which stage of the information life cycle is has the following activities:

PROVISION/BUILD
*Networks
*Servers
*Database Management Systems
*Data warehouses
*Embed performance monitoring

APPLY ACCESS CONTROLS
*Based on policies
*Build for availability
*Apply security controls

Answer 22

Enable

Question 23

Which stage of the information life cycle has the following activities:

*Treat data as an asset
*Buy data from external sources
*Postal addresses
*Dun & Bradstreet
*Creating reliable information
*Data Quality –how good is it?
*Data currency –is it up to date?
*Status and version control –is it draft or final?
*Proof of provenance –who created it?
*Maintain creation information

Answer 23

Create and Acquire

Question 24

Which stage of the information life cycle is has the following activities:

*Business value added during use
*Supports business decisions
*Edited and updated
*Data categorized and filed
*Monitor Data Quality and fix
*Data may be transformed
*Accessed via data warehousing systems
*Used for reporting
*Data backed up and restored
*Data distributed and disseminated

Answer 24

Maintain and Use

Question 25

Which stage of the information life cycle is has the following activities:

Policy for archival periods
*How long before data is archived?
*Test and verify retrieval methods
*Maintain and migrate archive formats
*Media can degrade and become obsolete
*Can old-format physical media (e.g., floppy disks) still be read?
*Can legacy file formats (e.g., WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3) still be read? Define procedures for validating archives

Answer 25

Archive and Retrieve

Question 26

Which stage of the information life cycle is has the following activities:
*According to Retention Plan
*Will vary by type of data
*Consider destruction method
*Data is “deleted” –may still be recoverable
*Or physical destruction –shred CDs, hard drives, tapes, paper documents
*“Secure Erase” for magnetic media

Answer 26

Purge

Question 27

The DMBoK identifies which of the following as common stages in the lifecycle of the information asset?

Answer 27

Plan, Specify, Enable, Create and Acquire, Maintain & Use, Archive & Retrieve, Purge

Question 28

_________________ is a holistic, enterprise-level, implementation-independent conceptual or logical data model providing a common consistent view of data across the enterprise.
It is comprised of:
—Data names
—Data and metadata definitions
—Conceptual and logical entities and relationships
—Business rules

Answer 28

Enterprise Data Model (EDM)

Question 29

_____________ defines requirements and master blueprint for storage and processing across databases, applications, platforms, and networks. Illustrates where data originated, where it’s stored and used, and how it is transformed as it moves inside and between diverse processes and systems.

Answer 29

Data flow design

Question 30

A map of major entities against business processes

Answer 30

Data flow matrix

Question 31

A primary objective of a ________ is to enable consistent data standardization and integration across the enterprise. The role bridges business strategy and technical execution. They create and maintain organizational knowledge about data and systems. They help identify opportunities for data usage, cost reduction, and risk mitigation. They implement and enforce semantics via common business vocabulary.

Answer 31

Data Architect

Question 32

Architecture initiative requires what?

Answer 32

strategy, culture, organization, working methods, results

Question 33

What are some things that Data Architectures provide?

Answer 33

—More accurate project data requirements
—Review project data designs
—Determine data lineage impact
—Data replication control
—Enforce data architecture standards
—Guide data technology and renewal decisions