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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 these terms describes the set of files that store the data contained in the RDBMS?

a. SGA

b. Database

c. Memory caches

d. Instance

Q 2. Which of these terms describes the set of background processes and memory structures that enable the Oracle kernel to operate?

a. SGA

b. Database

c. Memory caches

d. Instance

Q 3. Which of the following background processes is tasked with monitoring and regulating all other Oracle-related processes?

a. SMON

b. VKTM

c. PMON

d. LGWR

Q 4. Which of the following background processes is tasked with reading and writing the data that services user operations?

a. ARCn

b. MMON

c. Dnnn

d. DBWn

Q 5. Which command is used to force a full checkpoint?

a. archive log list

b. alter system checkpoint;

c. alter system set checkpoint = TRUE;

s. alter system switch logfile;

Q 6. Which background process is active only when ARCHIVELOG mode is enabled?

a. ARCn

b. LGWR

c. LGWn

d. PMON

Q 7. In which of these circumstances will the DBWn process write dirty buffers to disk...