Which of the following BEST enables an organization to standardize its IT infrastructure to align with business goals?

The correct answer is D. Enterprise architecture (EA). Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a discipline and framework that describes how an organization's IT components - applications, data, infrastructure, and processes - are structured and aligned to business strategy. EA provides the blueprint for standardizing IT infrastructure…

Submitted by katya_ua· Apr 18, 2026Governance and Management of IT

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AOperational technologies
BRobotic process automation (RPA)
CData architecture
DEnterprise architecture (EA)

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C
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86% (18)

Explanation

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a discipline and framework that describes how an organization's IT components - applications, data, infrastructure, and processes - are structured and aligned to business strategy. EA provides the blueprint for standardizing IT infrastructure across the enterprise to meet business goals consistently. Operational technologies (A) refer to industrial control systems and are domain-specific, not enterprise-wide standardization frameworks. RPA (B) automates specific tasks. Data architecture (C) addresses only the data domain, not the full IT infrastructure.

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#Enterprise Architecture (EA)#IT-Business Alignment#IT Strategy#IT Infrastructure Standardization

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