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Oracle Database 11 G Administration

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. These help ensure that the effects of a user's transaction are Durable (even in the event of a computer failure)






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






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






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






5. Which Oracle Architecture combines RAC and Standby technology?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Data Files store your _____ & _____.






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






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






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






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






19. The _____ property of a transaction ensures that the transaction does not compromise the integrity of the database.






20. 3 Physical Operations of a Transaction: Index Updates - ___________ - Recursive Operations






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






22. Type of a SQL statement used to modify data






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






38. 2 tablespaces which are always created by and whose names are mandated by Oracle






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






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






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






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






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






44. A unique part of a record is called__________






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






46. 3 ______________: Check - Uniqueness - Referential






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






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






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






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