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Oracle Database 11 G Administration

Subject : it-skills
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1. A DBMS ensures transactions are: _______ - Consistent - Isolated - Durable






2. 2 tablespaces which are always created by and whose names are mandated by Oracle






3. In Connection Pooling the information generated by the autonomous tasks not preserved in RAM - but saved in _______ or in the DB itself






4. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations






5. Name the 6 Oracle Architectural Choices: Dedicated Server - Shared Server - ___________ - Real Application Clusters (RAC) - Standby DB - Maximum Available Architecture (MAA)






6. This wakes up periodically and copies any accumulated Undo and Redo entries to the Redo Log File.






7. Commonly used block size of data blocks






8. The various Oracle processes coordinate their access to the areas of the SGA by using IPC - Interprocess Communication mechanisms called _______






9. Configuration file that contains location information for databases






10. 3 ___________: Redundancy - Nullable Data Items - Duplicate Data Records






11. What describes the various computer processes resident in computer memory and memory areas shared by these processes?






12. A standby database - which is kept in a separate data center - is kept synchronized with the production DB using this.

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13. The process responsible for transferring all Undo and Redo entries in the Log Buffer to the Redo Log Files.






14. In which Oracle Architecture is each connection handled by a dedicated Oracle process?






15. What is typically the largest portion of the SGA?






16. This process watches the progress of the database connections.






17. A Dedicated _____ _____ is typically started whenever a user connects to the database.






18. What is the private work area in computer memory which each Oracle server process uses to hold intermediate results (temp files) called?






19. When a redo log file fills up - an Oracle component called the _____ makes one of more copies of it.






20. A mirrored set of redo log files is called a ________






21. Other things to consider when determining disk space are _____ & Undo / Temp space.






22. The process responsible for making copies of the Redo Log Files when they fill up.






23. Type of SQL statements used to create and modify objects






24. In the Shared Server the State Information is kept in the SGA for _______________






25. The simplest way to create a database is to use the __________.






26. The space within data files is organized into






27. Data Files store your _____ & _____.






28. The location of the database software






29. Before you can create the first DB on a system - you must first configure a _____.






30. This is a queue of Undo and Redo entries.






31. In which log is a record written every time a user establishes a connection to the database?






32. When Application Tier Processes communicate with a Connection Broker - which uses a Connection Pool - this is called _________________






33. Beginning Oracle 10g - it provides the most essential software in a bundle called an _______.






34. The Oracle Instance is composed of: Foreground Processes - Background Processes - ___________






35. This file contains info about the rest of the DB - like names and locations of data files - redo log files and is used by Oracle while starting the DB.






36. In a UNIX or Linux environment - you will also need to use the root account to perform a few tasks such as modifying the __________.






37. The _____ property ensures that results produces by concurrently executing transactions are serialized.






38. In a UNIX or Linux environment - you will need to install and run Oracle using a __________.






39. The engine that processes requests for data from the database is __________






40. A _____ _____ can be created to store blocks within the Buffer Cache that are rarely reused.






41. Typical convention for naming data files






42. A factor in the decision to assign a table or index to a particular tablespace is ___________






43. The most important database configuration file - which contains the settings used during database startup: _______ - * comes in 2 forms; text and binary - * pfile is aka init.ora






44. A unique part of a record is called__________






45. These help ensure that the effects of a user's transaction are Durable (even in the event of a computer failure)






46. The _____ property of a transaction ensures that the transaction does not compromise the integrity of the database.






47. The process responsible for transferring all modified data blocks in the Data Caches to the Data Files.






48. Programs that can be stored in an Oracle Database are written in






49. This process is responsible for any cleanup activities necessary if the database is restarted after an abnormal shutdown resulting from system failure.






50. The SYSTEM tablespace - which stores only tables containing information about the rest of the database - is called the ___________






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