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Oracle Database 11 G Administration
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Subject
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. SGA - System Global Area is divided into distinct areas such as the buffer cache - the ________ and the log buffer.
Shared pool
<tablespace><number>.dbf - or - <tablespace><number>.ora
Transaction Management
Standard Connection Pooling (Prior to 11g)
2. Transactions are Atomic or invisible from a logical perspective until the end of the transaction is indicated by an explicit instruction such as _______
Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) (11g Only)
COMMIT.
SQL*Plus
The Buffer Cache
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 ______________
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Standard Connection Pooling (Prior to 11g)
Atomic
Latches
4. This is a queue of Undo and Redo entries.
8KB
Consistency
Log Buffer
COMMIT.
5. In which log are events such as startup - shutdown - DDL operations and space shortages written?
Alert Log
Block Size - * they should match
Listener
Archiver
6. The location of the database software
Archiver (ARCH)
Database Creation Assistant (DBCA)
Oracle Home
Trigger Operations
7. In which Oracle Architecture is each connection handled by a dedicated Oracle process?
Dedicated Server
PL/SQL
Oracle's Data Guard Technology
tnsnames.ora
8. A unique part of a record is called__________
Listener
Checkpoint Process (CKPT)
Net Configuration Assistant (NetCA)
Candidate Key
9. In a UNIX or Linux environment - you will need to install and run Oracle using a __________.
pfile/spfile
Listener.ora
2 - same size
Dedicated Account
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.
Oracle Data Guard
2 - same size
Double
SYSTEM / SYSAUX tablespaces
11. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations
<tablespace><number>.dbf - or - <tablespace><number>.ora
Listener.ora
Maximum Available Architecture (MAA)
Trigger Operations
12. What program is used to create a Listener?
Trigger Operations
tnsnames.ora
Net Configuration Assistant (NetCA)
Keep Pool
13. In which Oracle Architecture can additional Instances be added to the cluster to scale out instead of scaling up?
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Tables - Indexes
Maximum Available Architecture (MAA)
Alert Log
14. What is produces every time certain severe errors occur?
Database Writer (DBWR)
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Program Global Area
Trace File
15. The SYSTEM tablespace - which stores only tables containing information about the rest of the database - is called the ___________
Data Dictionary
Standard Connection Pooling (Prior to 11g)
Data blocks (or pages)
Active Workload Repository (AWR)
16. Beginning Oracle 10g - it provides the most essential software in a bundle called an _______.
Instant Client
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
DELETE & MERGE
Candidate Key
17. Which Oracle Architecture combines RAC and Standby technology?
System Monitor (SMON)
Maximum Available Architecture (MAA)
COMMIT.
2 - same size
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?
DELETE & MERGE
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
COMMIT.
Process Monitor (PMON)
19. The _____ property ensures that results produces by concurrently executing transactions are serialized.
2 - same size
Process Monitor (PMON)
Isolation
Shared pool
20. This process is responsible for any cleanup activities necessary if the database is restarted after an abnormal shutdown resulting from system failure.
System Monitor (SMON)
Instance
Consistency
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
21. What describes the various computer processes resident in computer memory and memory areas shared by these processes?
Process Monitor (PMON)
Flashback Recovery Area
Instance
Durability
22. When Application Tier Processes communicate with a Connection Broker - which uses a Connection Pool - this is called _________________
Oracle Home
Latches
Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) (11g Only)
Cookies
23. Typical convention for naming data files
tnsnames.ora
<tablespace><number>.dbf - or - <tablespace><number>.ora
System Monitor (SMON)
Dedicated Account
24. The process responsible for transferring all Undo and Redo entries in the Log Buffer to the Redo Log Files.
Log Writer (LGWR)
Shared Server
Archiver (ARCH)
Tablespaces
25. The process responsible for making copies of the Redo Log Files when they fill up.
Redo Log Files
Archiver (ARCH)
Control File
Durability
26. Data Files store your _____ & _____.
Embedded SQL
pfile/spfile
Tables - Indexes
SYSTEM / SYSAUX tablespaces
27. The space within data files is organized into
Redo Log Group
SYSTEM & SYSAUX
Data blocks (or pages)
Dedicated Server
28. Data files are logically grouped into _____ and are usually given descriptive names such as DATA - INDEX - UNDO & TEMP.
Foreground Process
Log Writer
Process Monitor (PMON)
Tablespaces
29. INSERT - UPDATE - ________ are examples of DML - Database Manipulation Language
Trigger Operations
Shared Server
DELETE & MERGE
Foreground Process
30. Type of SQL statements used to create and modify objects
Log Writer (LGWR)
Checkpoint Process (CKPT)
DDL - Database Definition Language
DML - Database Manipulation Language
31. In the Shared Server the State Information is kept in the SGA for _______________
On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP)
<tablespace><number>.dbf - or - <tablespace><number>.ora
Active Workload Repository (AWR)
Kernel Settings
32. The SYSAUX tablespace is used to store ____________ - such as Statspack or Management Information.
Shared Server
SQL*Plus
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
Active Workload Repository (AWR)
33. These help ensure that the effects of a user's transaction are Durable (even in the event of a computer failure)
Data Dictionary
Redo Log Files
Database Resident Connection Pooling (DRCP) (11g Only)
Real Application Clusters (RAC)
34. The files on the storage disks connected to the database host is the __________
The Oracle Instance
Database
Recycle Pool
Flashback Recovery Area
35. This process watches the progress of the database connections.
Cookies
SYSTEM & SYSAUX
SQL*Plus
Process Monitor (PMON)
36. In Connection Pooling the information generated by the autonomous tasks not preserved in RAM - but saved in _______ or in the DB itself
Durability
Cookies
On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP)
Dedicated Server
37. In which Oracle Architecture does the client communicate with an ODB Dispatcher Process which has a Request Queue and a Response Queue?
SYSTEM / SYSAUX tablespaces
Dedicated Server
The Buffer Cache
Shared Server
38. A special _____ _____ can be created within the Buffer Cache to store data blocks from frequently used data tables - such as lookup tables.
COMMIT.
DELETE & MERGE
Keep Pool
Net Configuration Assistant (NetCA)
39. Type of a SQL statement used to modify data
RAC - Real Application Clusters
DML - Database Manipulation Language
Shared Server
Instant Client
40. What is the private work area in computer memory which each Oracle server process uses to hold intermediate results (temp files) called?
Keep Pool
Program Global Area
Database Writer (DBWR)
tnsnames.ora
41. Oracle Provided Command-Line Tool - * used to automate tasks
Double
Database Writer (DBWR)
SQL*Plus
tnsnames.ora.
42. The very large __________ shared by all Oracle processes is the SGA - System Global Area
Checkpoint Process (CKPT)
Recycle Pool
The Oracle Instance
Memory area
43. 3 ______________: Check - Uniqueness - Referential
Transaction Management
Listener
Shared Server
Data Integrity Constraints
44. Programs that can be stored in an Oracle Database are written in
PL/SQL
Database Writer (DBWR)
Oracle Data Guard
The Shared Pool
45. Oracle needs at least _____ redo log files and they should be the _____ _____.
Active Workload Repository (AWR)
Double
System Monitor (SMON)
2 - same size
46. Name the 6 Oracle Architectural Choices: Dedicated Server - Shared Server - ___________ - Real Application Clusters (RAC) - Standby DB - Maximum Available Architecture (MAA)
Maximum Available Architecture (MAA)
Oracle Data Guard
Consistency
Connection Pooling
47. An important configuration file related to the users starting a database session is the __________
Log Writer (LGWR)
Tables - Indexes
Listener.ora
Oracle Home
48. 3 ___________: Redundancy - Nullable Data Items - Duplicate Data Records
Trigger Operations
Redo Log Group
Archiver (ARCH)
SQL Deficiencies
49. What is typically the largest portion of the SGA?
Trace File
Recycle Pool
The Buffer Cache
RAC - Real Application Clusters
50. The _____ property ensures that once all the steps in a transaction have been competed successfully - the results are considered permanent.
Checkpoint Process (CKPT)
Durability
Data blocks (or pages)
Standard Connection Pooling (Prior to 11g)