CIS-DF CSDM Fundamentals Practice Question
Which THREE of the following statements are true regarding the relationship between Business Capabilities and Business Applications?
Answer choices
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Business applications provide the technological realization of business capabilities.
Business capabilities describe what a business does, business applications realize those capabilities, and they both reside in the Design domain.
Answer analysis
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Business applications replace the need for defining business capabilities.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. They serve complementary architectural functions.
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Business applications provide the technological realization of business capabilities.
Why this is correct
Correct. Applications realize capabilities.
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Business capabilities must be created as child records of hardware computer CIs.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Capabilities do not map to hardware computer CIs.
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Business capabilities describe what the business does independent of how it is executed.
Why this is correct
Correct. Capabilities represent business functions.
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Both business capabilities and business applications are housed within the Design domain.
Why this is correct
Correct. Both entities belong to the Design domain.
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