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OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide

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OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide

Overview of this book

Oracle Database Server is the most widely used relational database in the world today. This book gives you the essential skills to master the fundamentals of Oracle database administration and prepares you for Oracle DBA certification."OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide" prepares you to master the fundamentals of Oracle database administration using an example driven method that is easy to understand. The real world examples will prepare you to face the daily challenges of being a database administrator.Starting with the essentials of why databases are important in today's information technology world and how they work, you are then guided through a full, customized installation of the Oracle software and creating your own personal database. We then examine fundamental concepts of Oracle, including architecture, storage structures, security, performance tuning, networking, and instance management. Finally, we take an in-depth look at some of the most important concepts in the daily life of an Oracle DBA - backup, recovery, and data migration."OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide" provides you with the skills you need in order to become a successful Oracle DBA, both for certification and real life tasks.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
OCA Oracle Database 11g: Database Administration I: A Real-World Certification Guide
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.packtpub.com
Preface
Index

Test your knowledge


Q 1. Which of the following is the least important consideration when performing a database recovery?

a. Whether the database is in ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG mode

b. The practiced skill level of the DBA performing the recovery

c. Whether complete or incomplete recovery is required

d. The number of redo logs in the database

Q 2. Which two options of the following best describe operations that are involved in performing a database recovery?

a. Restore

b. Rename

c. Recover

d. Undo

Q 3. Which of the following is not required to perform a complete recovery of a database?

a. A database backup

b. A flash recovery area

c. Archived logfiles

d. Redo logfiles

Q 4. Up to what level of granularity does a complete recovery recover data?

a. Up to the point of the last redo log switch

b. Up to the point of the last written archivelog

c. Up to the last time SMON performed instance recovery

d. Up to the last committed transaction

Q 5. What distinguishes an incomplete recovery from a complete recovery?

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