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






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






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






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






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






7. A DBMS ensures transactions are: _______ - Consistent - Isolated - Durable






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






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






10. 3 ______________: Check - Uniqueness - Referential






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






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






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






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






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






16. What program is used to create a Listener?






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






18. Type of a SQL statement used to modify data






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






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






21. Which Oracle Architecture combines RAC and Standby technology?






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Commonly used block size of data blocks






31. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations






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






33. A unique part of a record is called__________






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 3 ___________: Redundancy - Nullable Data Items - Duplicate Data Records






41. The location of the database software






42. Data Files store your _____ & _____.






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






44. Typical convention for naming data files






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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