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1.

What is a redo record called?

A. Redo entry
B. Redo thread
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Redo thread
2.

What indicates whether there was a problem accessing the destination in an Archive Destination Status?

A. Enabled/Disabled
B. Active/Inactive
C. Valid/Invalid
D. All mentioned above
Answer» C. Valid/Invalid
3.

Which shows if the database is in ARCHIVELOG or NOARCHIVELOG mode and if MANUAL (archiving mode) has been specified in a Dynamic performance view?

A. V$ARCHIVED_LOG
B. V$DATABASE
C. V$ARCHIVE_DEST
D. V$ARCHIEVE_PROCESSES
Answer» C. V$ARCHIVE_DEST
4.

Which mode protects a database from instance failure but not from media failure?

A. ARCHIVELOG MODE
B. NOARCHIVELOG MODE
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Both A & B
5.

What does the redo log for each database instance referred to as in the context of multiple database instances?

A. Redo thread
B. Redo entry
C. Redo record
D. All mentioned above
Answer» B. Redo entry
6.

What is the minimum size permitted for a redo log file?

A. 10 MB
B. 6 MB
C. 8 MB
D. 4 MB
Answer» E.
7.

Which parameter is used to specify a maximum of two locations,used to specify a primary archive destination?

A. LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST
B. LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST
C. LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT
D. None of the above
Answer» B. LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST
8.

Which parameter is used in the CREATE DATABASE statement that determines the maximum number of groups of redo log files for each database?

A. MAXLOGMEMBERS
B. MAXLOGFILES
C. DEFAULT
D. Both A & B
Answer» C. DEFAULT
9.

Which modes are used for transmitting archived logs to their destination inthe Specifying Mode of Log Transmission?

A. Normal archiving transmission
B. Standby transmission
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
10.

A filled redo log file is available after the changes recorded in it have been written to the datafiles if archiving is ______.

A. Enabled
B. Disabled
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Both A & B
11.

What does the status DEFER indicate in the LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_STATE_n initialization parameter which lets you control the availability state of the specified destination (n)?

A. Indicates that the database can use the destination
B. Indicates that the location is temporarily disabled
C. Indicates that the destination is an alternate
D. All mentioned above
Answer» C. Indicates that the destination is an alternate
12.

Which view identifies redo log groups and members and member status in the Redo Log Information?

A. V$LOG
B. V$LOGFILE
C. V$LOG_HISTORY
D. None of the above
Answer» C. V$LOG_HISTORY
13.

What is the impact on performance if the ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET initialization parameter is set to a very low value?

A. Positive
B. Negative
C. None
D. All mentioned above
Answer» C. None
14.

What are the Archived redo logs used for?

A. Recover a database
B. Update a standby database
C. Get information about the history of a database using the LogMiner utility
D. All mentioned above
Answer» E.
15.

What are the consequences of an ARCHIVE LOG LIST command stated below?SQL> ARCHIVE LOG LISTDatabase log mode Archive ModeAutomatic archival EnabledArchive destination D: oracle oradata IDDB2 archiveOldest online log sequence 11160Next log sequence to archive 11163Current log sequence 11163

A. The database is currently operating in NOARCHIVELOG mode
B. Automatic archiving is disabled
C. The current redo log file has a sequence number of 11160
D. None of the above
Answer» E.
16.

Which transmission involves transmitting files to a local disk?

A. Standby transmission
B. Normal transmission
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Both A & B
17.

What are the Redo log files that are no longer required for instance recovery called?

A. Active Redo log files
B. Inactive Redo log files
C. Current
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Current