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Oracle Database 11 G Administration

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






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






4. A unique part of a record is called__________






5. Commonly used block size of data blocks






6. Which Oracle Architecture combines RAC and Standby technology?






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






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






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






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






11. Applications developed to communicate with Oracle DBs use what type of SQL?






12. A large component of the SGA - which is best-known for use in caching query execution plans is called _________






13. Configuration file that contains location information for databases






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. The 4 Steps involved in installing the Instant Client: Download from OTN (Oracle Technology Network). - Unzip into directory of choice. - Create __________ - Add location of software to PATH and TNS_ADMIN.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






29. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations






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






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






32. In UNIX - to use the dbca and netca executables in /bin/ - you have to point the _____ variable to any available X-server such as Xvnc.






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






34. The space within data files is organized into






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






36. 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






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






38. At frequent intervals - the contents of the Data Caches are synchronized with the Data Files. This is performed by a dedicated process called ____________






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






40. Type of a SQL statement used to modify data






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






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






43. The Many-To-One configuration of Instances per Database is called...* whereby the db lives on shared disks and instances on multiple computers attached to the DB






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






45. What tool is used to automated the process of Redo information being shipped from the Main DB and applied to the Standby DB?






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






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






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






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






50. What program is used to create a Listener?