What does the TOGAF 9 Foundation complexity score measure?

It measures how structurally demanding the questions are, not the official pass rate. We score every question in our TOGAF 9 Foundation bank on four measurable signals and combine them into a 1-10 score. Higher means more multi-select items, longer scenario questions, more interactive code items and deeper explanations — that is, questions that require reasoning rather than recall.

Which TOGAF 9 Foundation domain is the hardest?

By our measurement, Architecture Content Framework is the hardest domain in the TOGAF 9 Foundation bank, scoring 3.2 out of 10. The most approachable domain is Architecture Development Method (ADM) at 2.0.

How many questions were analysed?

We analysed 40 Foundation questions for the TOGAF 9 Foundation, split across 5 exam domains. The figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl, so they never drift from what you actually get in a practice session.

Is this the official pass rate?

No, and we do not publish one, because vendors do not release reliable per-domain pass rates. This is our own measurement of the bank. Treat it as a map of where the demanding questions sit in the blueprint, not as a prediction of your score.

Measured data

TOGAF 9 Foundation

Name: TOGAF 9 Foundation exam question complexity by domain
Creator: CERTILUM

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We scored 40 real TOGAF 9 Foundation exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.

40 questions scored

5 domains

2.5/10 overall complexity

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Complexity by exam domain

Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.

Exam complexity score2.5/10Gentle · measured across 40 bank questions

Architecture Content Framework10 questions · complexity 3.2/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 20% scenario · 30% interactive
Architecture Development Method (ADM)14 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
Architecture Governance, Views, and Building Blocks6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
Enterprise Continuum6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
TOGAF Reference Model4 questions · complexity 2.3/10 · Gentle
25% multi-select · 25% scenario · 25% interactive

Full per-domain breakdown

Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.

Domain	Blueprint	Questions	Single	Multi	Interactive	Complexity
Architecture Content Framework	25%	10	4	3	3	3.2/10Gentle
Architecture Development Method (ADM)	35%	14	5	5	4	2.0/10Gentle
Architecture Governance, Views, and Building Blocks	15%	6	2	2	2	2.7/10Gentle
Enterprise Continuum	15%	6	2	2	2	2.7/10Gentle
TOGAF Reference Model	10%	4	2	1	1	2.3/10Gentle

How the score is calculated

The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.

Every question in the TOGAF 9 Foundation bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:

Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.

The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.

Data set: Certilum TOGAF 9 Foundation Foundation question bank, 40 questions, 5 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official The Open Group statistic.

Questions analysed: 40
Exam domains: 5
Hardest domain: Architecture Content Framework (3.2)
Most approachable domain: Architecture Development Method (ADM) (2.0)
Question mix: 15 single · 13 multi · 12 interactive
Measured on: Foundation

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Frequently asked questions

What our TOGAF 9 Foundation complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.