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Oracle Test
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The ____ process cleans up after user sessions are finished.
PMON
Redo log
Alert
Net Services
2. The ____ tool allows you to create and run queries - add rows - modify data - and write reports using SQL.
Alert
PMON
NORMAL
SQL*Plus
3. ____ is a valid client installation configuration.
Net Manager
All platforms
Administrator
Operating system
4. SHUTDOWN ____ disconnects all users - rolls back pending transactions - and prohibits new connections and new transactions even for already connected users.
IMMEDIATE
Analyze Wizard
Datafile
Listener
5. The script files generated by the DBCA tool include numerous SQL*Plus executable ____ files - a configuration parameter file called init.ora - and a batch file for executing all the scripts in a single shell command.
TNS
SGA
.sql
Lsnrctl
6. A ____ file records changes to database data.
NORMAL
OLTP
ORACLE_HOME
Redo log
7. The ____ collects statistics about tables or objects - validates tables - finds continuing rows.
OPEN
.sql
Analyze Wizard
Single-instance server
8. The ____ database configuration option allows for a lot of change activity - raising concurrency requirements - and lowering I/O activity requirements.
ABORT
ORACLE_SID
Shared pool
Transaction Processing
9. The two main sections of memory for the Oracle instance are the System Global Area (SGA) and the ____.
Network name
Program Global Area (PGA)
Listener
By separating data from software
10. The initialization configuration parameters file is ____.
Init.ora
Custom
TNS
/
11. A(n) ____ database allows you to define anything and everything - this one is for the experts.
ORACLE_BASE
Custom
Lsnrctl
More than one
12. A ____ is a physical file on the computer disk containing data - such as tables and indexes.
More than one
Custom
ORACLE_HOME
Datafile
13. STARTUP ____ starts up all background processes - and allocates space in memory for all Oracle database instance memory buffers.
Dispatcher
NOMOUNT
ORACLE_HOME
By separating data from software
14. Load balancing between multiple listener processes is placed in the ____ configuration file on the client computer.
Tnsnames.ora
Operating system
All platforms
LOGFILES
15. The DBA authentication method encompasses the method used to validate logon of users with the SYSDBA or ____ role.
Init.ora
SYSOPER
Dedicated
Dedicated server
16. The ____ database configuration option will change some configuration - generally allowing low concurrency and very high I/O activity.
Administrator
ORACLE_HOME
Data Warehouse
Single-instance server
17. Whenever a change is made to data - the ____ stores a copy of the changed data and the original data - in case it is needed.
Redo log buffer
TNS
/
ORACLE_BASE
18. A ____ is a set of database structures - such as tables - indexes - user-defined attributes - and procedures.
Multiple
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
Schema
PL/SQL
19. You can start and stop the listener using the listener control utility (____).
Init.ora
Program Global Area (PGA)
OPEN
Lsnrctl
20. The OFA standards call for naming files according to their...
Type and sequence of creation
SGA
Multiple
Dispatcher
21. In the SQL*Plus statement CONNECT /@ORACLASS AS SYSDBA - the ____ tells the database to use OS authentication.
NORMAL
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
/
Control
22. A(n) ____ database is used to service Internet applications.
Dedicated
NORMAL
OLTP
TNS
23. ____ is the typical configuration for an Oracle10g database.
Network name
Single-instance server
Net Manager
Type and sequence of creation
24. The ____ initialization parameter defines one or more directories where control files and redo log files are to be created.
Network name
DBCA
Dispatcher
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
25. A single machine can contain __________ value for ORACLE_HOME.
Datafile
Transaction Processing
More than one
PL/SQL
26. The ____ area stores parsed SQL in memory.
Shared pool
Dedicated server
TNS
Schema
27. To start Net Manager in Unix or Linux - type ____ on the command line of a shell.
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
Netmgr
More than one
All platforms
28. The ____ initialization parameter defines the directory where all datafiles and tempfiles (files used for storage of temporary data during sorting and other operations) are to be created.
Operating system
DB_CREATE_ONLINE_LOG_DEST_n
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
ORACLE_SID
29. The ____ engine included with the Oracle software provides a specialized programming language you can use for creating triggers - packages - and procedures.
Net Manager
More than one
PL/SQL
Operating system
30. The ____ is used to install Oracle software - or change an existing installation.
Universal Installer
Network name
Alert
Data Upgrade Assistant
31. ____ is the default method for connecting to a database.
Listener
More than one
Type and sequence of creation
TNS
32. The DBCA tool executes the ____ for you - in order to configure the new database's Named Service.
Net Manager
Single-instance server
Alert
Large pool
33. STARTUP ____ will open the database in read/write - unrestricted mode.
Dedicated server
OPEN
Runtime
ORACLE_BASE
34. The listener.ora file is stored in the ____ directory.
SYSOPER
TRANSACTIONAL
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
TNS
35. SHUTDOWN ____ simply stops all Oracle processes - and releases all memory buffers.
By separating data from software
SGA
ABORT
OLTP
36. The <database name> is usually stored as the ____ environment variable
Multiple
Netmgr
More than one
ORACLE_SID
37. All Oracle software files and database storage files reside on subdirectories under ____.
ORACLE_HOME
SQL*Plus
ORACLE_BASE
Redo log buffer
38. When choosing the DBA authentication method - you can choose between ____ and password file authentication.
Analyze Wizard
Operating system
Application server tier
Dedicated
39. The ____ improves response time for background processes and for backup and recovery processes.
Dedicated server
DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST
DBCA
Large pool
40. SHUTDOWN ____automatically completes and commits all pending transactions - then forcibly disconnects all connected users - and shuts down the database.
ABORT
Init.ora
Universal Installer
TRANSACTIONAL
41. ____ views provide system-related information by querying the database's internal management tables and presenting the data as views (metadata views).
All platforms
Data Dictionary
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
ORACLE_SID
42. Setting a user connection as being dedicated or shared can be controlled in the client-side configuration of Oracle Net Services - in the ____ file.
Tnsnames.ora
DBCA
Redo log
8K
43. The database has a service called the ____ process. This process waits for requests and responds to requests as needed.
Runtime
SYSOPER
OPEN
Listener
44. Oracle executable files are stored in a directory tree referred to as ____.
ORACLE_HOME
Tnsnames.ora
Operating system
.sql
45. The ____ log is essential because it will contain all the essential information for the smooth running of your database.
More than one
Init.ora
Alert
NOMOUNT
46. The Oracle Net Services configuration is stored in the ____ configuration file on the client computer.
Net Manager
Runtime
Dispatcher
Tnsnames.ora
47. OFA provides standards intended to improve performance of the database by - among other things - spreading I/O functions across separate devices...
SQL*Plus
By separating data from software
More than one
Alert
48. The Oracle ____ tool provides the network link between the Oracle10g database and most applications that communicate with the database.
Net Services
Type and sequence of creation
PL/SQL
Alert
49. STARTUP ____ mounts the database files - essentially creating the connection between file pointers in the control file and the files themselves - such as datafiles and redo log files.
MOUNT
Application server tier
/
Oradata
50. A ____ file is an administrative file containing up-to-date information on the database structure - log files - checkpoints; critical file for opening the database.
Data Warehouse
NOMOUNT
Runtime
Control