Lab exam sample

Question 1

Give the OIAm definition of IT infrastructure

Answer 1

All facilities that deliver their functionality not to end users, but to other IT systems, plus all facilities that do deliver their functionality to end users and are commodity

Question 2

Give stakeholders of an Infrastructure Design

Answer 2

Tester
Builder
IT Admin
Architect
Marketing

Question 3

Describe the OIAm workflow

Answer 3

• Functional design: generic to applied
• Technical design: generic to applied
• Realization: generic to applied

Question 4

Give three reasons why models are used in infrastructure design

Answer 4

• View on an infrastructure to explain certain aspects to a specific stakeholder
  
  • Tailoring to the audience
  • Decision making
• Analyze and understand what is going on in an infrastructure
  
  • Discover new questions
• Solve a problem without resorting to expensive, time-consuming experiments

Question 5

Describe the use of Location and Requirement objects in OIAm-based designs

Answer 5

• An OIAm location is a logical business context
• Locations can bring inherent qualities and/or inherently satisfy requirements
• Locations can group applicable requirements
• Reusable over multiple projects