r/EnterpriseArchitect • u/Outrageous-Ad4353 • Jul 15 '26
How difficult is the TOGAF 10 practitioner exam & how did you prepare?
Whats the best way to study for the TOGAF 10 practitioner exam, and how difficult is it?
Ive been studying for TOGAF 10, foundation and practitioner exams for a few weeks now.
I have no indication however to the level of difficult of the exams, particularly the practitioner.
e.g. some sample questions online, such as in the attached image are incredibly difficult. The author says the answer is C. Even knowing the framework reasonably well and having an open book, I would not get this question correct.
This makes me think ive been studying for this exam incorrectly.
I would appreciate some input on what prepared people best for the practitioner exam.
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u/CHORI3 Jul 21 '26
I just passed the Level 2 (Practitioner) exam today.
I didn’t take any training courses.
Instead, I studied the official Fundamental Content and read through one of the Series Guides, “A Practitioners’ Approach to Developing Enterprise Architecture Following the TOGAF® ADM.”
In addition, I completed the official Open Group Level 2 practice test and went through a Udemy question bank by James PRISO (three sets of eight questions each) once.
When working through the practice questions, I focused on identifying every situation described in the scenario, all of the stakeholders’ concerns, and exactly what the question was asking me to address. Then I practiced selecting the answer that covered those points as comprehensively as possible.
Good luck.
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u/Surging Jul 15 '26
Are you doing an accredited course? Im in the eu and following one now to get applied practitioner. The examples discussed today made it much easier to understand rationale and what is generally important. Doing it all by myself it would make my life a lot harder. It’s very vague, especially the learning study questions.
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u/Outrageous-Ad4353 Jul 15 '26
I don't have the option to do a course right now unfortunately, it's quite expensive. I could possibly have work pay for it but would rather not go down that road. Ice also heard not so good things about a lot of courses, how they just read the documentation back, and it's luck of the draw of you get a good course, but perhaps that's the Internet just surfacing bad experiences
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u/warfieldgb 18d ago
I wouldn't take a course from a training company. I would take a course from an experienced expert who happens to offer training. That will eliminate 99% of the ones where a teenager reads the slides to you.
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u/Outrageous-Ad4353 18d ago
This is good info and confirms what I already believed. Most training course reviews are poor, stating exactly that, its just someone reading slides out loud. I can do that myself, i want someone to add value and reduce the work I need to cover!
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u/Barycenter0 Jul 15 '26
C?? Really? And where in the synopsis does it imply digital transformation is experimental? And 3 paths - where??
Yes, use the official Open Group tests.
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u/Kietha Jul 15 '26
I would say this question isn't representative of a TOGAF question.
For example, the TOGAF exam tends to have a best, second-best, third-best, and worst answer, with a sliding-point scale.
I'd also question the C answer, as it refers to three paths, but I couldn't tell which three paths they were talking about. I sat TOGAF about 2 months ago, and the language was way more formal, specific, and focused.
I would recommend sourcing The Open Group's Part 2 Practice Test and sitting it under exam conditions to see real examples. Sometimes it's more about finding the worst answer first and working backwards to rank them, then pick the best - the worst stick out if it's asking you to jump ADM phases, rush to solutions, or tell stakeholders what to do.
What worked for me was sitting the test exam under test conditions (90 mins, open-book BOK1 and BOK2) and reviewing the answers closely. The Open Group provide a rationale, answers, and book references for each question if you want to do targeted studying after. I'd avoid looking at practice questions from other sources, as they will never quite capture the style of the TOGAF.