Oracle Database Admin II Exam Dumps

1. Which three are true in Oracle 19c and later releases?

a) Tablespaces always remain in read/write mode during transportable tablespace

operations.
b) A transportable data pump import can leave a plugged-in tablespace in read-only mode.
c) Tablespaces never remain in read/write mode during transportable tablespace
operations.
d) A transportable data pump import can leave a plugged-in tablespace in read/write mode.
e) An ordinary data pump export of a table with encrypted columns will always encrypt the
same columns when imported.
f) Simultaneous data pump jobs can be limited at the pluggable database (PDB) level.

2. Which three resources are always shared among CDB$ROOT and pluggable databases
(PDBs)?

a) temporary tablespaces
b) SYSAUX tablespaces
c) the Process Monitor Process (PWON)
d) the log writer process (LOWR)
e) undo tablespaces
f) the data dictionary in CDB$ROOT

3. Examine this configuration:

CDB1 is a container database.

APP_ROOT is an application root in CDB1.
APP_PDB1 is an application PDB in APP_ROOT.
FLASHBACK DATABASE is ON.

You execute these commands:

$ sqlplus sys/oracle_4U@localhost:1521/cdb1

SQL> SELECT current_scn FROM v$database;

CURRENT_SCN
---
2074756

SQL> CREATE TABLE cdb1_tab(cl NUMBER);

Table created.

SQL> ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER=app_root;

Session altered.
 SQL> CREATE TABLE app_root_tab(cl NUMBER);
Table created.

SQL> ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER=app_pdb1;

Session altered.
SQL> CREATE TABLE app_pdb1_tab(cl NUMBER);
Table created.

SQL> conn / as sysdba

Connected.

SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE app_root CLOSE;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> FLASHBACK PLUGGABLE DATABASE app_root TO SCN 2074756;

Flashback complete.

Which table or set of tables will exist after the Flashback operation has completed?

a) CDB1_TAB only
b) CDB1_TAB and APP_PDB1_TAB
c) CDB1_TAB and APP_ROOT_TAB
d) none of the tables, because all three tables will be dropped
e) CDB1_TAB, APP_ROOT_TAB, and APP_PDB1_TAB

4. Which three are true about using an RMAN Recovery Catalog with a pluggable
database (PDB) target connection in Oracle Database 1Sc and later releases?

a) The base catalog must be used by RMAN when performing point-in-time recovery for the
PDB registered in the Virtual Private Catalog.
b) The base catalog must be enabled for Virtual Private Catalog use.
c) The target PDB must be registered in a base catalog.
d) The target PDB must be registered in a Virtual Private Catalog.
e) The target PDB must be registered in both the base catalog and the Virtual Private
Catalog.
f) The base catalog owner must give the Virtual Private Catalog access to metadata for
one or more PDBs.

5. Which three are true about recovering tables using RMAN?

a) RMAN always uses an auxiliary instance.

b) RMAN can recover tables owned by the SYSTEM user.
c) RMAN can recover tables in the STERUN namespace.
d) RMAN can recover tables in a standby database.
e) RMAN can recover tables owned by the STS user.
f) RMAN can recover a table after a DDL operation has altered the table structure.
g) RMAN can recover tables in the SYSTEM namespace.

6. Which three are true about recovery operations done without using Recovery Manager
(RMAN)?

a) A lost PFILE can be re-created from alert.log using SQL+PLUS.

b) A lost password file can be manually re-created with the orapwd utility.
c) A lost index tablespace can be re-created without performing any recovery.
d) A lost SPFILE can be recovered from memory using SQL+PLUS.
e) A lost TEMPFILE must always be re-created manually.
f) A lost password file can be re-created with SQL+PLUS.

7. Which three are true about Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) and Automatic
Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) in an Oracle multitenant environment?

a) ADDM can run in a nonroot container.

b) AWR reports can be generated while connected to any container.
c) AWR snapshots can be created in CDB$ROOT .
d) AWR snapshots can be created in a PDB.
e) No AWR data is stored in the CDB$ROOT SYSAUX tablespace.
f) All AWR data is stored in the CDB$ROOT SYSAUX tablespace.

8. Which three are true about the Oracle Optimizer?

a) It obeys all hints.

b) It can only use SQL Plan Directives tied to the SQL statement for which a plan is being
generated.
c) It can re-optimize execution plans after previous executions detect suboptimal plans.
d) It considers the filters in WHERE clauses when generating execution plans for SQL
statements.
e) It considers object statistics when generating execution plans for SQL statements.
f) It updates stale object statistics in the Data Dictionary.

9. Which three are true about Rapid Home Provisioning (RHP), which has been available
since Oracle 18c?

a) It is an Oracle Database service.

b) It can be used to deploy Oracle Database homes.
c) It cannot be used to provision applications.
d) It can be used to deploy Grid Infrastructure homes, including Oracle Restart.
e) It cannot be used to provision middleware.
f) It is an Oracle Grid Infrastructure service.
10. Examine this configuration:

CDB1 is a container database.

COMMON_USER_PREFIX is set to an empty string.
PDBI is a pluggable database in CDBI.
APP1_ROOT is an application container in CDBI.
APP1_PDBI is an application PDB in APP1_ROOT.

You execute these commands:

$ sqlplus sys/oracle@localhost:1511/cdb1 as sysdba

SQL> CREATE ROLE role1 CONTAINER=CURRENT?

Which is true?

a) It will return an error because creation of a local role is not allowed in CDB$ROOT.
b) ROLE1 will be created only in CDB$ROOT.
c) ROLE1 will be created in CDB$ROOT, PDBI, APP1_ROOT, and APP1_PDBI.
d) It will return an error because common roles must start with C#.
e) ROLE1 will be created only in CDB$ROOT and APP1_ROOT.

11. Examine these queries and their output:

SQL> select log_mode from v$database;

LOG_MODE
---
ARCHIVELOG

SQL> select property_name,property_value

2 from database_properties where property_name like '%UNDO%';

PROPERTY_NAME PROPERTY_VALUE
---
LOCAL_UNDO_ENABLED FALSE

SQL> select p.name, f.file#, t.name

2 from v$containers p, v$datafile f, v$tablespace t
3 where p.con_id=f.con_id
4 and p.con_id=t.con_id
5 and t.ts#=f.ts#
6 order by 1, 2;

NAME FILE# NAME

---
CDB$ROOT 1 SYSTEM
 ---
PDB1 24 SYSTEM
---
PDB2 16 SYSTEM

After a system crash, an instance restart and an attempted opening of the PDBs result
in:

SQL> startup quiet

ORACLE instance started.
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> alter pluggable database all open;
alter pluggable database all open

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01157: cannot identify/lock data file 24 - see DBWR trace file
ORA-01110: data file 24:
'/u01/oradata/V122CDB1/5160007260464D04E054000C29704164/datafile/o1_mf_sy
stem_dmj30kld_ebf'

Which two are true?

a) Data file 24 can be recovered while CDB$ROOT and PDB$SEED are opened.
b) Data file 24 can be recovered while PDB2 is opened.
c) Data file 24 must be recovered while the CDB is opened.
d) Data file 24 cannot be recovered while the CDB is opened.
e) Data file 24 must be recovered while PDB2 is closed.

12. Which two are true about RMAN duplexed backup sets?

a) They can be written only to disk.

b) They can be written to media.
c) They can be created only by using the COPIES option of a BACKUP command.
d) They can be created by using the RMAN CONFIGURE command to specify duplexing
before taking a backup.
e) They must be written to media.

13. A database is configured in ARCHIVELOG mode. Full RMAN backups are taken daily
and no backup to trace has been taken of the control file. A media failure has occurred.
In which two scenarios is complete recovery possible?

a) when any archived log from, before, or after the most recent backup is corrupt
b) after losing the SYSTEM tablespace
c) after losing an archived log from before the most recent backup
d) after losing all copies of the control file
e) after losing an archived log from after the most recent backup

14. Which four are true about duplicating a database using Recovery Manager (RMAN)?

a) A connection to the target database instance is always required.

b) A connection to an auxiliary instance is always required.
c) A connection to the recovery catalog instance is always required.
d) A new DBID is always created for the duplicated database.
e) Duplication can be done by having the auxiliary database instance pull backup sets from
the target database instance.
f) A subset of the target database can be duplicated.
g) Duplication can be done by having the target database instance push copies to the
auxiliary database instance.
h) A backup of the target database is always required.

15. A schema owner truncated a table in error and must recover the data. Which Oracle
Flashback feature could be used to recover the data?

a) FLASHBACK DATA ARCHIVE

b) FLASHBACK TRANSACTION
c) FLASHBACK DATABASE
d) FLASHBACK VERSION QUERY
e) FLASHBACK TABLE

16. Which two are true about Rapid Home Provisioning of Oracle software?

a) It can be used only for Oracle Grid Infrastructure, excluding Oracle Restart.
b) It can be used only for Oracle Grid Infrastructure, including Oracle Restart.
c) It can be used for both Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure, excluding Oracle
Restart.
d) It can be used for both Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure, including Oracle
Restart.
e) It can be used for applications and middleware.

17. Which three are true about Rapid Home Provisioning of Oracle software?

a) It can be used to upgrade only single-instance databases running on Oracle Restart.

b) It can be used to create a single-instance Oracle Database in an already-installed Oracle
home.
c) It can be used to create templates of Oracle homes as gold images of only Oracle
databases.
d) It can be used to patch existing Oracle software installations.
e) It can be used to deploy new homes without disrupting active databases.
f) It can be used only on nodes with Oracle Grid Infrastructure installed.

18. Which two are true about creating RMAN backups for an Oracle container database?

a) The BACKUP DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG command will back up archive logs when
RMAN is connected to a PDB.
b) SPELLE backups can be created while connected to an application root PDB.
c) Tablespaces from different PDBs with identical names must be backed up by
connecting RMAN separately to each PDB to back up the tablespaces.
d) The BACKUP PLUGGABLE DATABASE command can be used to back up CDB$ROOT.
e) The BACKUP DATABASE command will create a pluggable database (PDB) backup when
RMAN is connected to a PDB.

19. Which two are true about various Oracle security and auditing capabilities?

a) Unified auditing can be automatically synchronized to all application PDBs in an

application container.
b) Fine-grained auditing (FGA) policies in an application root are automatically
synchronized to all application PDBs contained in the application container when they
are updated.
c) Application-common OLS policies can be created only if all the PDBs in the application
container are closed.
d) Application-common Transparent Security Data Protection (TSPP) policies can be
created only if all the PDBs in the application container are closed.
e) Application-common TSPP policies are always container specific.

20. HR_ROOT is an application container with the HR_APP application installed. No

application PDBs and no application seed have yet been created in HR_ROOT. An
application PDB_PDB1 must be created so that the HR_APP application’s common
objects are accessible to it. Which two methods can be used?

a) Create an application seed, synchronize it with HR_ROOT, and then create the PDB1
application PDB.
b) Create the PDB1 application PDB and synchronize it with HR_ROOT.
c) Create an application seed, and install HR_APP in it.
d) Create the PDB1 application PDB and install HR_APP in it.
e) Create the PDB1 application PDB and synchronize it with PDB$SEED.

21. Which three are true about using Database Resource Manager in an Oracle multitenant
environment?

a) A CDB-level resource plan can limit PDB CPU utilization.

b) A CDB-level resource plan can limit session CPU utilization.
c) A PDB-level resource plan can limit session PGA memory.
d) PDB-level resource plans can limit uncommitted UNDO per consumer group.
e) A CDB-level resource plan is mandatory when using PDB-level resource plans.
f) A CDB-level resource plan can limit PDB UNDO use.

22. Which three are true about a whole database backup?

a) It can be consistent.
b) It always includes all data files, the current control file, the server parameter file, and
archived redo logs.
c) It is the only possible backup type for a database in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
d) It can be inconsistent.
e) It can be created only by using RMAN.
f) It can consist of either backup sets or image copies.

23. In which two situations can you use Database Upgrade Assistant?

a) when multiple pluggable databases in a container database have to be upgraded in a

specific sequence
b) when the target and source database are on the same platform
c) when the hardware platform needs to be changed as part of the upgrade
d) when the operating system (OS) needs to be changed as part of the upgrade
e) when a character set conversion is required during the upgrade

24. Which two are true about Oracle instance recovery?

a) Recovery reads redo until the end of the redo thread, and then opens the database.
SMON then rolls back any dead transactions.
b) Recovery begins from the beginning of the CURRENT redo log group.
c) Recovery begins from the start of any ACTIVE redo log group or the start of the
 CURRENT log group if no other group is ACTIVE.
d) Recovery begins from the last checkpoint position that was recorded in the control file
by the checkpoint process (CKPT).
e) Recovery reads redo until the end of the redo thread. SMON rolls back any dead
transactions, and then the database is opened.
f) Recovery begins from the last checkpoint position that was calculated by the Database
Writer before instance failure.

25. Which are two of the steps taken by Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) to clone
a remote pluggable database (PDB) starting from Oracle 19c?

a) creating a database link from CDB$ROOT in the local database to the PDB in the remote
system that is to be cloned
b) opening the cloned PDB
c) creating a database link from CDB ROOT in the local database to CDB ROOT in the
remote system that is to be cloned
d) backing up the cloned PDB
e) leaving the cloned PDB in mount state

26. PDB1 and PDB2 are pluggable databases in CDB1.

Examine these commands:

$ export ORACLE_SID=CDB1
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> STARTUP
...
Database opened.

SQL> SHOW PDBS

| CON_ID | CON_NAME | OPEN MODE | RESTRICTED |

|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | PDB5SEED | READ ONLY | NO |
| 3 | PDB1 | MOUNTED | |
| 4 | PDB2 | MOUNTED | |

SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb1 OPEN;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb1 SAVE STATE;

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb1 CLOSE;

Pluggable database altered.
 SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb2 OPEN;
Pluggable database altered.

CDB1 is then restarted.

Which three are true?

a) PDB2 will be MOUNTED.

b) PDB1 will be MOUNTED.
c) PDB2 will be opened READ WRITE.
d) PDB$SEED will be MOUNTED.
e) PDB1 will be opened READ WRITE.
f) PDB$SEED will be opened READ ONLY.

27. You issued this command:

RMAN> BACKUP RECOVERY AREA FORCE;

Which three are true?

a) All files in any previous FRA that have not yet been backed up, are backed up.
b) All Oracle recovery files normally written to the FRA and which have not yet been backed
up, are backed up.
c) All files in any previous FRA that have been backed up already, are backed up.
d) All Oracle recovery files normally written to the FRA and which have been backed up
already to any previous FRA, are backed up.
e) All files in the current fast recovery area (FRA) that have not yet been backed up, are
backed up.
f) All Oracle recovery files normally written to the FRA and which have been backed up
already to the current FRA, are backed up.
g) All files in the current FRA that have been backed up already, are backed up.

28. Which three are true about RMAN archival backups with the RESTORE POINT clause?

a) The SPFILE is included in the archival backup.

b) All archive logs are retained after an archival backup is taken, until the next archival
backup is taken of the same database.
c) The ARCHIVAL attribute for a backup overrides the RMAN retention policy.
d) They can optionally be written to a fast recovery area (FRA).
e) Archive logs are retained if they are necessary to allow the database to be recovered to a
consistent state when an archival backup is restored.
f) They are never considered obsolete by RMAN.
g) Use of a recovery catalog is always required to support the creation and use of archival
 backups.

29. Which three are true about interpreting Recovery Manager (RMAN) error stacks
returned to standard output?

a) Media Management errors appear as a line with "abtio" and a number.

b) Media Management errors appear as a line with "Additional information" and a number.
c) Media Management errors appear as a line with "abtio".
d) Some messages in the error stack are not errors.
e) If an RMAN command fails, the output will identify the channel ID where the failure
occurred.
f) If an RMAN command fails, the output will only identify the command that failed.

30. Which two are true about Optimizer Statistics?

a) They provide real-time data about schema objects.

b) They can be gathered by the DBMS_STATS package.
c) By default, they are automatically gathered by a maintenance job.
d) They are gathered by the SQL Tuning Advisor.
e) They are ignored by Optimizer if they are stale.

31. Which three are true about Data Pump in an Oracle multitenant environment?

a) It can be used to transport data from a non-CDB to a PDB.

b) It can be used to create a new PDB.
c) It can be used to clone a CDB.
d) It can be used to transport data from a PDB to a non-CDB.
e) It can be used to transport data between PDBs.

32. Which three are true about cloning databases into an existing CDB with RMAN?

a) A user with SYSDBA or SYSBACKUP must be logged in with RMAN to the non-CDB being
cloned when cloning a non-CDB.
b) A user with SYSDBA or SYSBACKUP must be logged in with RMAN to CDB$ROOT when
cloning a PDB.
c) A non-CDB can be cloned into a PDB.
d) Only one PDB can be cloned at a time.
e) Two or more PDBs can be cloned with the same command.
f) The target and auxiliary instance passwords must be the same.

33. Which three are true about patchsets?

a) A base release is not needed to install patchsets.

b) They are only released quarterly.
c) They are installed via OPatch or OPatchAuto.
d) Installing a patchset is considered an “upgrade.”
e) They can introduce new features.
f) They can be applied in a rolling fashion for Clusterware and the databases.

34. Examine this configuration:

1. CDB1 is a container database.

2. DEFAULT_SHARING is METADATA.
3. APP_ROOT is an application root contained in CDB1.
4. APP_PDB1 is an application PDB contained in APP_ROOT.
5. COMPANYAPP is an application contained in APP_ROOT.
6. EMP is a common table created in APP_ROOT and all its application PDBs, created
when version 1.0 of COMPANYAPP was installed.

You execute these commands:

$ sqlplus sys/oracle@localhost:1521/cdb1 as sygdba

SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET DEFAULT_SHARING=DATA;

System altered.

SQL> ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER=app_root;

Session altered.

SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE APPLICATION companyapp BEGIN UPGRADE

'1.0' TO '2.0';
Pluggable database altered.

SQL> ALTER TABLE emp ADD (sal NUMBER NOT NULL);

Table altered.
 SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE APPLICATION companyapp END UPGRADE TO
'2.0';
Pluggable database altered.

Pluggable database altered.

SQL> ALTER SESSION SET CONTAINER-app_pdb1;

Session altered.

SQL> DESC emp;

Name Null?
Type ______
ENO NUMBER
ENAME VARCHAR2 (20)

SQL> SELECT * FROM emp;

ENO ENAME ______

100 Alan
200 Ben

SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE APPLICATION companyapp SYNC;

What will be the outcome and why?

a) It will return an error because EMP.SAL is empty in APP_ROOT.

b) SAL will be added to APP_PDB1.EMP, with NULLs in columns of existing rows.
c) It will return an error because EMP is not empty in APP_ROOT.
d) SAL will be added to APP_PDB1.EMP, with 0 in columns of existing rows.
e) It will return an error because the SYNC operation is not allowed when constraints are
added to common objects.

35. Which statement correctly describes the SQL profiling performed by the SQL Tuning
Advisor?

a) It is auxiliary information collected by the optimizer for a SQL statement to eliminate

estimation error.
b) It is a set of recommendations by the optimizer to restructure a SQL statement to avoid
suboptimal execution plans.
c) It is a set of recommendations by the optimizer to create new indexes.
d) It is a set of recommendations by the optimizer to change the access methods used.
e) It is auxiliary information collected by the optimizer for a SQL statement to help use
better join orders.
36. Examine this configuration:

CDB1 is an Oracle container database from an older release.

PDB1, PDB2, PDB3, and PDB4 are pluggable databases in CDB1.

A priority list UpgrdList has these entries:

pdb2
pdb1, pdb3

You execute this command:

$ /u01/app/oracle/product/18.1.0/db_1/rdbms/admin/dbupgrade -L UpgrdList

In which order will the upgrade occur?

a) CDB$ROOT, PDB$SEED, PDB2, PDB1, and PDB3

b) CDB$ROOT, PDB$SEED, PDB2, PDB1, PDB3, and PDB4
c) CDB$ROOT, PDB1, PDB2, PDB3, and PDB4
d) CDB$ROOT, PDB2, PDB1, and PDB3
e) CDB$ROOT, PDB$SEED, PDB1, PDB3, PDB2, and PDB4

37. Examine this configuration:

CDB1 and CDB2 are two container databases.

PDB1 is a pluggable database in CDB1.
PDB1_C1_SRV is a service for PDB1.
CDB1_LINK is a database link in CDB2 referring to PDB1.
CDB2 is also an entry in tnsnames.ora pointing to the CDB2 database default service.

You execute these commands successfully:

$ sqlplus sys/oracle_40@cdb2 as sysdba

SQL> CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE PDB1 FROM PDB1@CDB1_LINK
SERVICE_NAME_CONVERT=('PDB1_C1_SRV','PDB1_C2_SRV');

Which two are true?

a) PDB1_C1_SRV in CDB1 will be renamed PDB1_C2_SRV.

b) PDB1 will be created in CDB2 and left in MOUNT state.
c) PDB1_C2_SRV will be created but not started.
d) PDB1_C2_SRV will be created and started automatically.
e) PDB1 will be created in CDB2 and automatically opened.
38. Which three are true about upgrading an application in an application container?

a) After an application upgrade, the application container’s PDBs are automatically

synchronized with the application root clone.
b) The upgrade can be performed when connected either to CDB$ROOT or to PDBROOT or
to PDB$SEED.
c) The upgrade must be performed when connected to CDB$ROOT.
d) An application root clone gets created automatically.
e) An application name and version number must be specified to upgrade the application.
f) After an application upgrade, the application container’s PDBs remain synchronized with
the existing application root.

39. Which three are true about the FLASHBACK DATABASE feature?

a) FLASHBACK DATABASE only uses FLASHBACK LOGS to get the database to the desired
flashback time.
b) FLASHBACK LOGS are archived after a log switch.
c) It always generates REDO and UNDO.
d) It requires that the target database be in ARCHIVELOG mode.
e) A database can be flashed back using SQL*PLUS.
f) Queries and DML have the same FLASHBACK LOG overhead when flashback is enabled
for a database.

40. Which two are true about Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server?

a) The CSS daemon runs from the Grid Infrastructure home.

b) It supports volume management, file system, and automatic restart capabilities.
c) It can manage database resources on the server where it is installed or on a different
server.
d) It must be installed before the Oracle database software is installed.
e) It requires Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) components to be installed
separately.

41. Which three actions are performed by the Oracle Preinstallation RPM, oracle-database-
server-xxxx-preinstall, for Oracle Grid Infrastructure?

a) performing checks to ensure minimum configuration requirements for Oracle Grid

Infrastructure are met
b) configuring the OS for Oracle Automatic Storage Management shared storage access
c) creating the oinstall (Oracle Inventory) group
d) creating the OSDBA (dba) group
e) creating the grid OS user
f) creating the oracle OS user

42. Which three are true about the tools for diagnosing Oracle Database failure situations?

a) The ADR can store metadata in an Oracle Database repository.

b) Flashback commands help with repairing physical errors.
c) The ADR command-line utility (ADRCI) can package incident information to send to
Oracle Support.
d) The Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR) has a separate home directory for each
instance of each Oracle product that is installed and uses it.
e) The Data Recovery Advisor uses the ADR.
f) RMAN can always repair corrupt blocks.

43. Which two are true about the automatic execution of operating system scripts when
performing silent mode installation starting from Oracle Database 19c?

a) The installer will prompt for the root or sudo password.

b) The response file can specify the path of the sudo program.
c) The response file must contain the root or sudo password.
d) Silent install always runs operating scripts automatically.
e) The response file can specify the root or sudo password.

44. Which two are true about duplicating pluggable databases (PDBs) with RMAN?

a) All tablespaces belonging to a PDB must be duplicated when duplicating the PDB.
b) CDB$ROOT and PDBROOT and PDB$SEED are automatically duplicated if a PDB is
duplicated.
c) Two or more PDBs can be duplicated with the same RMAN_DUPLICATE command.
d) The auxiliary instance is automatically created with ENABLE_PLUGGABLE_DATABASE =
TRUE.
e) A user with SYSDBA or SYSBACKUP must use RMAN logged in to a PDB in order to
duplicate it.

45. Which three activities are possible for PDBs?

a) converting an application PDB to a regular PDB

b) copying an application container into another application container in a different CDB
c) converting an application PDB to an application root
d) converting an application seed to an application PDB
e) converting an application PDB to an application seed
f) copying an application container into another application container in the same CDB
g) converting a regular PDB to an application PDB

46. Which two are true about reclaiming space used by Flashback logs in Oracle Database
19c and later releases?

a) Space might be reclaimed proactively before space pressure occurs.

b) Space might be reclaimed automatically when the retention period for Flashback logs is
lowered.
c) Space is always reclaimed proactively before space pressure occurs.
d) Space is always reclaimed automatically when the retention period for Flashback logs is
lowered.
e) Space is only reclaimed when there is space pressure in the Fast Recovery Area (FRA).

47. Which three are true about performing an Oracle Database install on Linux?

a) The run.fixup.sh script can install missing RPMs.

b) The Oracle database administrator must be granted access to the root operating system
account to run root privileged scripts.
c) The Oracle Preinstallation RPM must be used to configure the Oracle database
installation owner, the Oracle Inventory group, and an Oracle administrative privileges
group.
d) It allows you to select the languages supported by the Oracle database server.
e) The Oracle Preinstallation RPM can be used to configure the Oracle database
installation owner, the Oracle Inventory group, and an Oracle administrative privileges
group.
f) It can be done after installing Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server.
g) It can be done before installing Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server.

48. Which three are true about an application container?

a) It must have an application root PDB.

b) Two application containers can share an application seed PDB.
c) It must have an application seed PDB.
d) An application PDB can belong to multiple application containers.
e) It can contain multiple applications.
f) It can contain a single application.
49. Which two are true about the Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)?

a) By default, it analyzes a period of time corresponding to the last 24 hours of activity.

b) When ADDM reports multiple findings, summing all their impacts can yield to more than
100% of DB time.
c) By default, it analyzes a period of time corresponding to the last 4 hours of activity.
d) Results are written to the alert log.
e) It runs automatically after each AWR snapshot.

50. Which three capabilities require the use of the RMAN recovery catalog?

a) creating customized reports about a single database's backups

b) creating encrypted backups
c) using the KEEP FOREVER clause with the BACKUP command
d) using RMAN stored scripts
e) using the REPORT SCHEMA command to list a database's current data files and
tablespaces
f) using the REPORT SCHEMA command to list a database's data files and tablespaces at
times in the past

51. Which three are true about Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) snapshots?

a) They can be retained forever.

b) They are always created automatically.
c) They are generated if STATISTICS_LEVEL is set to BASIC.
d) They are generated if STATISTICS_LEVEL is set to ALL.
e) They are always created manually.
f) They are generated if STATISTICS_LEVEL is set to TYPICAL.

52. Which two are true about RMAN Multisection backups when a very large data file is
divided into four sections?

a) Each of the file sections must be processed serially.

b) The four sections must be image copies.
c) The four sections can be created serially.
d) The four sections can be created in parallel.
e) The four sections must be contained in backup sets.

53. Your CDB has two regular PDBs as well as one application container with two
application PDBs and an application seed. No changes have been made to the
 standard PDB$SEED. How many default temporary tablespaces can be assigned in the
CDB?

a) five
b) six
c) eight
d) seven
e) three

54. How do you configure a CDB for local undo mode?

a) Open the CDB instance in upgrade mode. In each PDB, execute ALTER DATABASE
LOCAL UNDO ON, create an UNDO tablespace, and then restart the CDB instance.
b) Open the CDB in read-only mode. In CDB$ROOT, execute ALTER DATABASE LOCAL
UNDO ON, and then change the CDB to read/write mode.
c) Open the CDB instance in restricted mode. In CDB$ROOT, drop the UNDO tablespace,
execute ALTER DATABASE LOCAL UNDO ON in each PDB, and then restart the CDB
instance.
d) Open the CDB instance in upgrade mode. In CDB$ROOT, execute ALTER DATABASE
LOCAL UNDO ON, and then restart the CDB instance.
e) Open the CDB instance in restricted mode. In CDB$ROOT, execute ALTER DATABASE
LOCAL UNDO ON. Create an UNDO tablespace in each PDB, and then restart the CDB
instance.

55. Which three are true about Oracle Restart?

a) The Server Control (SRVCTL) utility can be used to start and stop Oracle Restart.
b) It is used in both clustered and non-clustered environments.
c) It can manage Oracle Database instances, Oracle Net Listeners, and Oracle Automatic
Storage Management instances.
d) If you shut down a database instance with SQL*Plus, Oracle Restart interprets this as a
database failure and attempts to restart the instance.
e) You can add and remove components from an Oracle Restart configuration with Server
Control (SRVCTL) commands.
f) It runs from the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home.

56. Which two are true about the character sets used in an Oracle database?

a) Multibyte character sets allow more efficient space utilization than single byte character
sets.
b) Unicode is the only supported character set for Oracle databases created using
 Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA).
c) Single-byte character sets always use 7-bit encoding schemes.
d) Single-byte character sets always use 8-bit encoding schemes.
e) Single-byte character sets provide better performance than multibyte character sets.
f) Unicode enables information from any language to be stored using a single character
set.

57. Which should be tuned first when doing a performance tuning exercise for an Oracle
Database environment?

a) log writer performance

b) general operating system health
c) database writer performance
d) database instance memory management and sizes
e) SQL statements

58. Which two are true about creating pluggable databases (PDBs) in Oracle 19c and later
releases?

a) A snapshot copy PDB can be a full copy of a source PDB.

b) A snapshot copy PDB does not depend on an existing storage snapshot of the source
PDB.
c) A PDB snapshot depends on an existing storage snapshot of the source PDB.
d) A PDB snapshot can be a sparse copy of a source PDB.
e) A PDB snapshot can be a full copy of a source PDB.

59. Which two are true about backup set compression using RMAN default compression?

a) Compression can be done only for locally managed tablespaces.

b) Compressed backups can be written only to media.
c) Compressed backups cannot have a section size defined.
d) Binary compression adds CPU overhead to backup operations.
e) Unused blocks below the high-water mark are backed up.

60. Which two are true about RMAN backups when using a media manager?

a) A media manager always writes RMAN requested backups to tape.

b) A media manager is required to create RMAN proxy copies.
c) By default, a request for a proxy copy may result in a backup set being created.
d) The media manager layer (MML) routines provided by Oracle support any vendors'
 media management products.
e) A media manager is required to create RMAN image copies.

61. You want to transport the UNIVERSITY tablespace from one database to another. The
UNIVERSITY tablespace is currently open read/write. The source and destination
platforms have the same endian format. Examine this list of steps:

Make the UNIVERSITY tablespace read-only on the source system.

Export the UNIVERSITY tablespace metadata using EXPDP.

Create a cross-platform backup set from the UNIVERSITY tablespace on the source
system, using an RMAN command that includes the DATAPUMP clause.

Copy the cross-platform backup sets to the destination system.

Copy the Data Pump dump set from the source to the destination system.

Restore the cross-platform backup set on the destination system using an RMAN
command that includes the DATAPUMP clause.

Import the UNIVERSITY tablespace metadata using IMPDP.

Make the UNIVERSITY tablespace read/write on the destination system.

Which are the minimum number of steps required, in the correct order, to transport the
UNIVERSITY tablespace?

a) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
b) 3, 4, 6
c) 1, 3, 4, 6, 8
d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

62. Which three are true about using Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) to upgrade a
database?

a) All pluggable databases are automatically upgraded as part of a container database

upgrade.
b) Multiple databases with the same ORACLE_HOME can be upgraded simultaneously.
c) DBUA must be launched from the target Oracle Home.
d) The database must be opened in read-only mode.
e) The Pre-Upgrade Information Tool script is executed by DBUA.
f) A whole database backup must exist before upgrade.
63. Which three are true about corrupted data blocks and their recovery in an Oracle
Database?

a) If a row lock is held by a nonexistent transaction, the block containing the row is logically
corrupt.
b) DB_BLOCK_CHECKING=TRUE causes a check sum to be added to each data block to
help detect physical or media corruption.
c) A media corrupt block is one where the block is not formatted correctly.
d) The ANALYZE TABLE <table_name> VALIDATE STRUCTURE CASCADE command
verifies that each table row has an index entry pointing to it.
e) If a row lock is held by a nonexistent transaction, the block containing the row is media
corrupt.
f) DB_LOST_WRITE_PROTECT=TYPICAL causes extra logging overhead on the standby
database.

64. While backing up to an SBT channel, you determine that the read phase of your
compressed Recovery Manager (RMAN) incremental level 0 backup is a bottleneck.
FORCE LOGGING is enabled for the database. Which two could improve read
performance?

a) Increase the size of the database buffer cache.

b) Increase the size of tape I/O buffers.
c) Increase the level of RMAN multiplexing.
d) Enable asynchronous disk I/O.
e) Disable FORCE LOGGING for the database.

65. Your container database, CDB1, is in local undo mode. You successfully execute this
command while connected to CDB1:

CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb1 ADMIN USER pdb1_admin IDENTIFIED BY

pdb123 ROLES=(CONNECT)
CREATE_FILE_DEST='/u01/app/oracle/oradata/cdb1/pdb1';

Which three are true about PDB1?

a) It is in mount state after creation.

b) It has no local users.
c) It has the same number of roles as CDB1.
d) It has the same common users defined as does CDB1.
e) Service PDB1 is created for remote logins to PDB1.
f) It has only local roles.
66. You must migrate a non-CDB Oracle 12c Database to a CDB without first performing an
upgrade to the non-CDB. User-defined objects are stored in several tablespaces in the
non-CDB. Which three methods can you use?

a) Data Pump full database export and import

b) The DBMS_PDB package
c) Replication using GoldenGate
d) Cloning the non-CDB as a PDB
e) Data Pump transportable tablespaces
f) Data Pump full transportable database

67. Which two are true about memory advisors?

a) If Automatic Shared Memory Management is enabled, both the SGA Advisor and PGA
Advisor are always available.
b) If Automatic Memory Management is enabled, no memory advisors are available.
c) All memory advisors use data from Automatic Workload Repository.
d) If Automatic Memory Management is enabled, the Shared Pool Advisor and Buffer
Cache Advisor are available to set the maximum size for these individual System Global
Area components.
e) If Manual Shared Memory Management is enabled, only the Shared Pool Advisor and
Buffer Cache Advisor are available.

68. Which three are true about actions that can or cannot be performed by users with the
SYSBACKUP privilege?

a) They can create any table.

b) They cannot drop tablespaces.
c) They can view data from any data dictionary view or dynamic performance view.
d) They can drop any tablespace.
e) They cannot create restore points.
f) They can view data from any user-defined tables.