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Oracle Test
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A single machine can contain __________ value for ORACLE_HOME.
More than one
Listener
Redo log buffer
Redo log
2. The ____ migrates data from older versions to newer versions of the database.
Init.ora
Universal Installer
Operating system
Data Upgrade Assistant
3. You can start and stop the listener using the listener control utility (____).
Lsnrctl
ABORT
ORACLE_BASE
SGA
4. The ____ tool allows you to create and run queries - add rows - modify data - and write reports using SQL.
Tnsnames.ora
Net Services
SQL*Plus
Listener
5. ____ processes are only present in shared server mode to distribute user connection requests - between server processes.
Redo log buffer
Net Manager
Type and sequence of creation
Dispatcher
6. In the case of a ____ server - every user session (connection) has its own server process.
Dedicated
DB_FILE_DEST
Schema
OLTP
7. The Oracle ____ tool provides the network link between the Oracle10g database and most applications that communicate with the database.
SGA
Net Services
DB_FILE_DEST
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
8. If you install Oracle10g Enterprise Edition - Standard Edition - or Personal Edition and choose to have a predefined database created on installation - the database is configured in ____ mode.
Dedicated server
Datafile
/
Large pool
9. ____ is the typical configuration for an Oracle10g database.
All platforms
Single-instance server
PMON
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
10. A ____ is a label given to a specific network configuration - usually a specific computer - at a specific TCP/IP address.
Datafile
Network name
Alert
Universal Installer
11. SHUTDOWN ____ disconnects all users - rolls back pending transactions - and prohibits new connections and new transactions even for already connected users.
Schema
TRANSACTIONAL
IMMEDIATE
Universal Installer
12. The ____ tool guides you through database setup and creation using windows with instructions for each step.
Control
DBCA
Dispatcher
ORACLE_HOME
13. ____ views provide system-related information by querying the database's internal management tables and presenting the data as views (metadata views).
Net Manager
Datafile
Data Dictionary
Alert
14. A(n) ____ database is used to service Internet applications.
Init.ora
NOMOUNT
Oradata
OLTP
15. Load balancing between multiple listener processes is placed in the ____ configuration file on the client computer.
SYSOPER
Datafile
OLTP
Tnsnames.ora
16. The ____ database configuration option allows for a lot of change activity - raising concurrency requirements - and lowering I/O activity requirements.
More than one
Dedicated
TNS
Transaction Processing
17. To start Net Manager in Unix or Linux - type ____ on the command line of a shell.
Redo log buffer
ABORT
OPEN
Netmgr
18. STARTUP ____ will open the database in read/write - unrestricted mode.
ABORT
Data Upgrade Assistant
OPEN
Dedicated server
19. The DBA authentication method encompasses the method used to validate logon of users with the SYSDBA or ____ role.
Shared pool
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
SYSOPER
Single-instance server
20. The ____ database configuration option will change some configuration - generally allowing low concurrency and very high I/O activity.
Custom
Data Warehouse
Runtime
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
21. The database has a service called the ____ process. This process waits for requests and responds to requests as needed.
Listener
Dispatcher
Net Services
Redo log
22. ____ is the default method for connecting to a database.
ORACLE_SID
Single-instance server
TNS
Alert
23. The ____ contains many of the memory buffer components for an up and running (online) Oracle instance.
DB_FILE_DEST
ORACLE_BASE
SGA
Shared pool
24. Oracle executable files are stored in a directory tree referred to as ____.
Listener
.sql
PMON
ORACLE_HOME
25. The listener.ora file is stored in the ____ directory.
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
ORACLE_BASE
NORMAL
26. OFA provides standards intended to improve performance of the database by - among other things - spreading I/O functions across separate devices...
Shared pool
Multiple
By separating data from software
Network name
27. ____ is a valid client installation configuration.
Runtime
TRANSACTIONAL
Tnsnames.ora
ORACLE_SID
28. A ____ file is an administrative file containing up-to-date information on the database structure - log files - checkpoints; critical file for opening the database.
.sql
Control
Runtime
Lsnrctl
29. The ____ process cleans up after user sessions are finished.
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
SGA
Net Services
PMON
30. Current database files are stored in ____/<database name>.
Application server tier
Oradata
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
ORACLE_BASE
31. SHUTDOWN ____waits for all users to log off - prohibits new connections - forcibly rolls back currently running transactions - and then shuts down the database.
.sql
NORMAL
By separating data from software
Program Global Area (PGA)
32. The DBCA tool executes the ____ for you - in order to configure the new database's Named Service.
SYSOPER
Data Dictionary
Large pool
Net Manager
33. The Oracle Net Services configuration is stored in the ____ configuration file on the client computer.
.sql
OLTP
Tnsnames.ora
Init.ora
34. A ____ file records changes to database data.
Listener
PMON
Redo log
Multiple
35. A(n) ____ database allows you to define anything and everything - this one is for the experts.
Custom
.sql
Oradata
Tnsnames.ora
36. The <database name> is usually stored as the ____ environment variable
Dedicated server
Operating system
Net Services
ORACLE_SID
37. A ____ is a physical file on the computer disk containing data - such as tables and indexes.
Administrator
Datafile
Net Manager
Oradata
38. _________ databases can be managed within OEM.
Tnsnames.ora
Shared pool
ABORT
Multiple
39. The ____ area stores parsed SQL in memory.
Shared pool
Datafile
SYSOPER
Multiple
40. The client configuration is a combination of the user interface tier and the...
Netmgr
NOMOUNT
Application server tier
Universal Installer
41. ____ is a valid client installation configuration.
Runtime
Administrator
ORACLE_BASE
.sql
42. Whenever a change is made to data - the ____ stores a copy of the changed data and the original data - in case it is needed.
Redo log buffer
Netmgr
All platforms
Large pool
43. STARTUP ____ mounts the database files - essentially creating the connection between file pointers in the control file and the files themselves - such as datafiles and redo log files.
Single-instance server
MOUNT
ORACLE_BASE
Tnsnames.ora
44. In Oracle10g the buffer cache can consist of multiple buffer caches - of different sizes. The default size is ____.
Single-instance server
SGA
8K
Analyze Wizard
45. SHUTDOWN ____ simply stops all Oracle processes - and releases all memory buffers.
SGA
ABORT
Dedicated server
Listener
46. A ____ is a set of database structures - such as tables - indexes - user-defined attributes - and procedures.
Single-instance server
Schema
PL/SQL
Net Manager
47. When choosing the DBA authentication method - you can choose between ____ and password file authentication.
DBCA
ABORT
Operating system
Net Services
48. The initialization configuration parameters file is ____.
Listener
Init.ora
Data Dictionary
Redo log
49. Setting a user connection as being dedicated or shared can be controlled in the client-side configuration of Oracle Net Services - in the ____ file.
8K
Tnsnames.ora
SQL*Plus
Administrator
50. The script files generated by the DBCA tool include numerous SQL*Plus executable ____ files - a configuration parameter file called init.ora - and a batch file for executing all the scripts in a single shell command.
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
Network name
.sql
Custom