30 practice questions for The Open Group ArchiMate 3 Part 1 Exam (OGA-031), with full explanations.
Every question comes with the correct answer, the reasoning behind it, and a short note on why each wrong option is wrong. Work through it once with the answers, then again with the questions-only copy under exam conditions.
- 30 questions mapped to the ArchiMate 3 Level 1 conformance requirements
- Answers and explanations for every question, including the wrong options
- A questions-only PDF for timed practice runs
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Last updated September 2026 · 30 questions
What makes the OGA-031 hard
OGA-031 is the Foundation exam for the ArchiMate modelling language, the notation that TOGAF architects use to draw what the ADM describes. It is short and closed book: 40 questions in 60 minutes with 24 correct to pass, and it tests whether candidates know the language precisely, which elements exist in each layer, which relationships are permitted between them, and what the symbols mean.
The Level 1 syllabus covers the language structure and the generic metamodel: active structure, behaviour and passive structure elements, the layered framework across Business, Application and Technology, the motivation and strategy aspects, and the physical, implementation and migration extensions. Relationships are where most marks are lost: structural relationships such as composition, aggregation, assignment and realisation, dependency relationships such as serving, access, influence and association, dynamic relationships such as triggering and flow, plus specialisation, junctions, and the derivation rules that decide whether a relationship can exist between two elements.
The rest is layer-by-layer content: business actors, roles, processes, functions and services; application components, interfaces and services; technology nodes, devices, system software and networks; the motivation elements from stakeholder and driver through goal, outcome, principle and requirement; and the strategy elements of resource, capability, value stream and course of action. Several questions show a diagram fragment and ask what is wrong with it, so it pays to practise drawing the notation, not just reading about it.
About the exam
OGA-031 (ArchiMate 3 Part 1 Exam) earns the ArchiMate 3 Foundation certification from The Open Group and counts towards ArchiMate 3 Practitioner. It covers the ArchiMate language structure, generic metamodel, relationships, the Business, Application and Technology layers, motivation and strategy elements, and the physical, implementation and migration elements. There are no prerequisites.
Syllabus areas (Level 1)
- Language structure and the layered framework
- Generic metamodel and element types
- Relationships and derivation rules
- Motivation and strategy elements
- Business, Application and Technology layer elements
- Physical, implementation and migration elements
The Open Group does not publish per-topic weightings for this exam. 40 multiple-choice questions, 60 minutes, closed book, passing score 60% (24 of 40), exam fee around US$400 (see The Open Group’s current fee schedule), Pearson VUE test centre or OnVUE online, one-month wait before a retake. The certification does not expire.
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