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Oracle Database 11 G Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. SGA - System Global Area is divided into distinct areas such as the buffer cache - the ________ and the log buffer.






2. Transactions are Atomic or invisible from a logical perspective until the end of the transaction is indicated by an explicit instruction such as _______






3. When a set of shared Application Tier Processes handle all requests - each of which maintain a persistent connection to the Database - this is called ______________






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






5. In which log are events such as startup - shutdown - DDL operations and space shortages written?






6. The location of the database software






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






8. A unique part of a record is called__________






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






10. To estimate the amount of space required for your Data Files - Estimate space required for Tables - then ________ the number to allow for Indexes - then Double the number again to allow for Overhead Space and White Space.






11. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations






12. What program is used to create a Listener?






13. In which Oracle Architecture can additional Instances be added to the cluster to scale out instead of scaling up?






14. What is produces every time certain severe errors occur?






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






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






17. Which Oracle Architecture combines RAC and Standby technology?






18. Which Oracle Architecture has two or more ODB Instances sharing access to the same set of disks and coordinating with each other over a fast network?






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






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






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






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






23. Typical convention for naming data files






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






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






26. Data Files store your _____ & _____.






27. The space within data files is organized into






28. Data files are logically grouped into _____ and are usually given descriptive names such as DATA - INDEX - UNDO & TEMP.






29. INSERT - UPDATE - ________ are examples of DML - Database Manipulation Language






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






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






32. The SYSAUX tablespace is used to store ____________ - such as Statspack or Management Information.






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






34. The files on the storage disks connected to the database host is the __________






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






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






37. In which Oracle Architecture does the client communicate with an ODB Dispatcher Process which has a Request Queue and a Response Queue?






38. A special _____ _____ can be created within the Buffer Cache to store data blocks from frequently used data tables - such as lookup tables.






39. Type of a SQL statement used to modify data






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






41. Oracle Provided Command-Line Tool - * used to automate tasks






42. The very large __________ shared by all Oracle processes is the SGA - System Global Area






43. 3 ______________: Check - Uniqueness - Referential






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






45. Oracle needs at least _____ redo log files and they should be the _____ _____.






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






47. An important configuration file related to the users starting a database session is the __________






48. 3 ___________: Redundancy - Nullable Data Items - Duplicate Data Records






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






50. The _____ property ensures that once all the steps in a transaction have been competed successfully - the results are considered permanent.