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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 describes an architecture that specifies the multiple layers between a user and data, and can include web servers and application servers?

a. Client-server

b. Multitier

c. Dedicated server

d. Shared server

Q 2. In the shared server architecture, which type of process is an incoming user process connected to first, after it has been validated by the listener?

a. Dedicated server process

b. Shared server process

c. Dispatcher process

d. A second user process

Q 3. Which of the following memory areas store session information when the shared server architecture is used?

a. Large pool

b. Shared server pool

c. Database buffer cache

d. Log buffer

Q 4. When a database administrator executes the lsnrctl stop command, what happens to any existing database connections?

a. Connections are immediately disconnected and their transactions are rolled back

b. Connections are immediately disconnected and their transactions are automatically committed

c. Connections are not disconnected...