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Oracle Test
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Oracle has standardized its software so that it looks and acts identically at the user interface level on...
Shared pool
All platforms
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
Oradata
2. The listener.ora file is stored in the ____ directory.
Lsnrctl
Network name
SYSOPER
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
3. The ____ process cleans up after user sessions are finished.
Shared pool
PMON
Alert
DB_FILE_DEST
4. A(n) ____ database allows you to define anything and everything - this one is for the experts.
Alert
Application server tier
Custom
Administrator
5. ____ is the default method for connecting to a database.
ORACLE_SID
Netmgr
TNS
DB_FILE_DEST
6. The Oracle Net Services configuration is stored in the ____ configuration file on the client computer.
Lsnrctl
Tnsnames.ora
SGA
Custom
7. The initialization configuration parameters file is ____.
Init.ora
PL/SQL
ORACLE_HOME
Shared pool
8. To implement user-managed redo log files - you should use the ____ clause in the CREATE DATABASE command itself.
Tnsnames.ora
/
LOGFILES
Tnsnames.ora
9. The ____ contains many of the memory buffer components for an up and running (online) Oracle instance.
Program Global Area (PGA)
SGA
PL/SQL
Data Dictionary
10. You can start and stop the listener using the listener control utility (____).
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
NORMAL
DBCA
Lsnrctl
11. The <database name> is usually stored as the ____ environment variable
Program Global Area (PGA)
ORACLE_SID
SQL*Plus
Datafile
12. When the ____ initialization parameter is set - Oracle 10g knows where to locate all the datafiles.
Data Dictionary
Oradata
Control
DB_FILE_DEST
13. SHUTDOWN ____automatically completes and commits all pending transactions - then forcibly disconnects all connected users - and shuts down the database.
Network name
SGA
TRANSACTIONAL
Transaction Processing
14. ____ is the typical configuration for an Oracle10g database.
.sql
Large pool
Administrator
Single-instance server
15. OFA provides standards intended to improve performance of the database by - among other things - spreading I/O functions across separate devices...
Custom
Tnsnames.ora
OPEN
By separating data from software
16. When choosing the DBA authentication method - you can choose between ____ and password file authentication.
Net Services
8K
NOMOUNT
Operating system
17. All Oracle software files and database storage files reside on subdirectories under ____.
Init.ora
ORACLE_BASE
Net Services
Analyze Wizard
18. Whenever a change is made to data - the ____ stores a copy of the changed data and the original data - in case it is needed.
Universal Installer
.sql
ABORT
Redo log buffer
19. A ____ file is an administrative file containing up-to-date information on the database structure - log files - checkpoints; critical file for opening the database.
Alert
MOUNT
Oradata
Control
20. _________ databases can be managed within OEM.
Listener
ABORT
Multiple
Tnsnames.ora
21. SHUTDOWN ____ simply stops all Oracle processes - and releases all memory buffers.
Redo log buffer
TRANSACTIONAL
ABORT
Administrator
22. A ____ file records changes to database data.
OPEN
NORMAL
Redo log
Analyze Wizard
23. ____ views provide system-related information by querying the database's internal management tables and presenting the data as views (metadata views).
Tnsnames.ora
Data Dictionary
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
Dedicated
24. ____ is a valid client installation configuration.
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
Transaction Processing
Runtime
NORMAL
25. The DBCA tool executes the ____ for you - in order to configure the new database's Named Service.
Netmgr
Administrator
Shared pool
Net Manager
26. The database has a service called the ____ process. This process waits for requests and responds to requests as needed.
Redo log buffer
/
OPEN
Listener
27. The ____ database configuration option allows for a lot of change activity - raising concurrency requirements - and lowering I/O activity requirements.
Transaction Processing
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
ORACLE_BASE
Operating system
28. STARTUP ____ will open the database in read/write - unrestricted mode.
OPEN
Netmgr
Large pool
Operating system
29. The client configuration is a combination of the user interface tier and the...
ORACLE_SID
OPEN
TRANSACTIONAL
Application server tier
30. Oracle executable files are stored in a directory tree referred to as ____.
Runtime
ORACLE_HOME
Schema
Universal Installer
31. In the SQL*Plus statement CONNECT /@ORACLASS AS SYSDBA - the ____ tells the database to use OS authentication.
DB_FILE_DEST
/
Redo log buffer
Data Dictionary
32. The ____ initialization parameter defines the directory where all datafiles and tempfiles (files used for storage of temporary data during sorting and other operations) are to be created.
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
LOGFILES
ORACLE_BASE
Netmgr
33. To start Net Manager in Unix or Linux - type ____ on the command line of a shell.
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
Netmgr
Type and sequence of creation
34. A single machine can contain __________ value for ORACLE_HOME.
.sql
Type and sequence of creation
More than one
Schema
35. SHUTDOWN ____ disconnects all users - rolls back pending transactions - and prohibits new connections and new transactions even for already connected users.
DBCA
OPEN
More than one
IMMEDIATE
36. STARTUP ____ starts up all background processes - and allocates space in memory for all Oracle database instance memory buffers.
Lsnrctl
Program Global Area (PGA)
.sql
NOMOUNT
37. The ____ database configuration option will change some configuration - generally allowing low concurrency and very high I/O activity.
Tnsnames.ora
Data Warehouse
Redo log buffer
Lsnrctl
38. A ____ is a label given to a specific network configuration - usually a specific computer - at a specific TCP/IP address.
Dispatcher
/
Network name
Netmgr
39. The OFA standards call for naming files according to their...
Type and sequence of creation
Application server tier
LOGFILES
Dedicated server
40. Load balancing between multiple listener processes is placed in the ____ configuration file on the client computer.
ORACLE_SID
MOUNT
Tnsnames.ora
8K
41. The ____ migrates data from older versions to newer versions of the database.
PMON
SGA
Data Upgrade Assistant
Redo log buffer
42. The ____ collects statistics about tables or objects - validates tables - finds continuing rows.
Transaction Processing
Analyze Wizard
Listener
Data Upgrade Assistant
43. The ____ is used to install Oracle software - or change an existing installation.
Network name
Universal Installer
Dispatcher
Type and sequence of creation
44. The ____ log is essential because it will contain all the essential information for the smooth running of your database.
SGA
More than one
Alert
Datafile
45. ____ is a valid client installation configuration.
MOUNT
Administrator
TRANSACTIONAL
SQL*Plus
46. 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.
Application server tier
Analyze Wizard
ORACLE_HOME
Dedicated server
47. A ____ is a set of database structures - such as tables - indexes - user-defined attributes - and procedures.
OPEN
Large pool
Schema
Dispatcher
48. The ____ engine included with the Oracle software provides a specialized programming language you can use for creating triggers - packages - and procedures.
.sql
IMMEDIATE
PL/SQL
Oradata
49. The ____ tool allows you to create and run queries - add rows - modify data - and write reports using SQL.
SYSOPER
Operating system
Dispatcher
SQL*Plus
50. SHUTDOWN ____waits for all users to log off - prohibits new connections - forcibly rolls back currently running transactions - and then shuts down the database.
/
NORMAL
ORACLE_BASE
Dispatcher