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Oracle Database 11 G Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the private work area in computer memory which each Oracle server process uses to hold intermediate results (temp files) called?






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






3. The 6 Background Processes: Database Writer (DBWWR) - Log Writer (LGWR) - Archiver (ARCH) - ___________ - Process Monitor (PMON) - System Monitor (SMON)






4. 3 ___________: Redundancy - Nullable Data Items - Duplicate Data Records






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






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






7. The location of the database software






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






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






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






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






12. 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?






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






14. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. The location of backup copies of the data files is traditionally referred to as ________






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






21. 3 ______________: Check - Uniqueness - Referential






22. Commonly used block size of data blocks






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Typical convention for naming data files






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Core Features of any DBMS are: ___________ - Data Integrity - Security






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






41. In a UNIX or Linux environment - you will have to mount the _____ _____ and enable an X Windows environment for the use of _____.






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






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






44. Configuration file that contains location information for databases






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






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






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






48. What program is used to create a Listener?






49. 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






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