Unit 1/Chapter 2 - Basic Concepts & Definitions

Question 1

___ is a visual language with a set of default iconography for describing, analyzing, and communicating many concerns of EA as they change over time.

Answer 1

ArchiMate EA

Question 2

___ provides a set of entities and relationships with their corresponding iconography for the representation of architecture descriptions.

Answer 2

ArchiMate EA

Question 3

The role of the ___ is to define a graphical language for the representation of EA over time, as well as the motivation and rationale for the architecture.

Answer 3

ArchiMate Specification

Question 4

Key people that have concerns to be addressed by the business & IT systems within an orgnazation

Answer 4

Stakeholders

Question 5

The ___ supports the development of EA by providing a uniform representation for diagrams that describe EA.

Answer 5

ArchiMate modeling language

Question 6

Three core layers

Answer 6

Business, Application, & Technology Layers

Question 7

A reference structure used to classify elements of the ArchiMate core language & consists of three layers & three aspects

Answer 7

ArchiMate Core Framework

Question 8

The central part of the ArchiMate language that defines the concepts to model EA. It includes the concepts form the three layers: Business, Application, & Technology.

Answer 8

ArchiMate Core Language

Question 9

A representation of a system from the perspective of a related set of concerns.

Answer 9

Architecture View

Question 10

A specification of the conventions for a particular kind of architecture view.

Answer 10

Architecture Viewpoint

Question 11

Classification of elements based on layer-independent characteristics related to concerns of different stakeholders & used for positioning elements in the ArchiMate metamodel.

Answer 11

Aspect

Question 12

A property associated with an ArchiMate language element or relationship.

Answer 12

Attribute

Question 13

An element consisting of other elements from multiple aspects or layers of the language.

Answer 13

Composite Element

Question 14

Either an element or a relationship.

Answer 14

Concept

Question 15

Fulfillment of specified requirements.

Answer 15

Conformance

Question 16

An implementation which satisfies the conformance requirements defined by the conformance clause of the standard.

Answer 16

Conforming Implementation

Question 17

A structure or behavior element in one of the core layers of the ArchiMate language.

Answer 17

Core Element

Question 18

A basic unit in the ArchiMate metamodel. Used to define & describe the constituent parts of EA and their unique set of characteristics.

Answer 18

Element

Question 19

An abstraction of the ArchiMate framework at which an enterprise can be modeled.

Answer 19

Layer

Question 20

A collection of concepts in the context of the ArchiMate language structure.

Answer 20

Model

Question 21

A connection between a source and target concept. Classified as structural, dependency, dynamic, or other.

Answer 21

Relationship