Test 000-047: Rational System Architect: BPMN Emphasis

The test consists of four sections containing a total of 63 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections. 

Section 1 – BPMN Architecture (29%)

1. Describe Enterprise Architecture in the context of +System Architect's implementation of Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
2. Define an Enterprise Direction diagram
3. Identify and Describe Business Process Models & BPMN
4. Describe the purpose and use of Business Process diagrams & Business Process Hierarchy diagrams
5. Define a Business Process Diagram

Section 2 – Using System Architect (25%)

1. Explain the purpose and use of the System Architect Encyclopedia
2. Explain the purpose of the Guidebook
3. Purpose/Use of Explorer (Browser)
4. Explain the purpose and use of Matrices
5. Explain the use of symbol styles
6. Describe the features of the Import/Export function
7. Describe the capabilities of the Merge/Extract feature

Section 3 – BPMN Symbols and Methodology (30%)

1. Identify Flow Object Symbols
2. Identify Connection Objects and Rules
3. Identify Swimlanes
4. Identify Artifacts

Section 4 – Types and Stereotypes (16%)

1. Describe the properties of BPMN symbols
2. Identify Event Types
3. Identify Event Stereotypes
4. Identify Business Process Activities
5. Identify Process Stereotypes
6. Identify Gateway Stereotypes