OGAA-001 Open Agile Architecture Practitioner Practice Questions
Prepare for OGAA-001 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $360 USD
- Level
- Practitioner
- Valid for
- indefinite
Domains covered on the exam 10
- Foundations of Open Agile Architecture15%
- The 16 Axioms of Agile Architecture20%
- Architecture Development and Governance15%
- Agile Strategy and Organization15%
- Experience Design and Journey Mapping12%
- Product and Operations Architecture13%
- Value Stream Mapping and Optimization10%
- Software Architecture and Domain-Driven Design10%
- Agile Security Architecture5%
- Data, Information, and AI Architecture5%
- 1
Based on Team Topologies (advocated by O-AA), which type of team is aligned to a flow of work (usually a continuous stream of work aligned to a business domain)?
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Correct answer: C
A Stream-aligned team is a cross-functional team aligned to a single, valuable stream of work (e.g., a product, a user journey, a business domain), enabling them to deliver value independently and quickly.
- 2
Which O-AA concept refers to the limit of how much information a team can hold in its collective mind, which must be managed to prevent burnout and poor quality?
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Correct answer: B
Cognitive Load is the amount of mental effort being used in the working memory. O-AA emphasizes designing teams and architectures (e.g., via platform teams) to keep cognitive load manageable for stream-aligned teams.
- 3
You are creating a Customer Journey Map. Which of the following elements is typically NOT part of a standard journey map?
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Correct answer: B
A Customer Journey Map focuses on the user's experience, actions, thoughts, and feelings. Detailed technical implementation details like 'Database Schema' belong in a technical architecture diagram, not a journey map.
- 4
What is the primary difference between a Customer Journey Map and a Service Blueprint?
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Correct answer: D
Service Blueprints extend journey maps by exposing the 'backstage' actions, support processes, and physical evidence required by the organization to deliver the customer's experience.
- 5
In Design Thinking, which phase is primarily concerned with understanding the user's feelings, needs, and pain points, often through interviews and observation?
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Correct answer: D
The Empathize phase is the foundation of Design Thinking, where the goal is to set aside assumptions and gain deep insight into the user's world and needs.
- 6
A large retail enterprise is undergoing a major transformation. They are simultaneously implementing new digital customer experiences while fundamentally changing their operating model to be more agile. According to the O-AA Standard, what is this approach called?
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Correct answer: C
The O-AA Standard specifically addresses the 'Dual Digital and Agile Transformation.' Digital transformation changes what the company delivers (value proposition), while Agile transformation changes how the company delivers it (operating model).
- 7
An organization currently uses the TOGAF Standard for their Enterprise Architecture practice. They want to adopt Open Agile Architecture (O-AA) to support their shift to product-centric teams. How should these frameworks relate to one another?
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Correct answer: B
O-AA is designed to be complementary to the TOGAF Standard. TOGAF provides the rigorous ADM and EA capabilities, while O-AA provides the agile mindset, axioms, and practices necessary for digital transformation.
- 8
Which of the following modeling languages is explicitly recommended by the Open Agile Architecture Standard to model O-AA concepts such as Value Streams and Capability Maps?
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Correct answer: C
The ArchiMate Specification is the Open Group standard modeling language that integrates seamlessly with O-AA. It has specific concepts for Value Streams, Capabilities, and Strategy that align with O-AA building blocks.
- 9
The O-AA Standard is divided into two main parts. Which component belongs to 'Part 2: The O-AA Building Blocks' rather than 'Part 1: The O-AA Core'?
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Correct answer: A
Agile Strategy is one of the specific Building Blocks in Part 2. Part 1 (The Core) covers the fundamental concepts like the Mental Model, Architecture Development, and Agile Governance.
- 10
An architect is designing a system where the structure of the software components mirrors the communication structure of the development teams. Which O-AA Axiom is being applied here?
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Correct answer: D
This axiom states that systems organizations design are constrained to produce designs that are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. O-AA leverages this via the 'Inverse Conway Maneuver' to shape teams to match desired architecture.
