Exam Prep Questions


1:

Through what Windows-only, browser-based interface would you enter SQL statements to retrieve information from the database?

  • A. SQL*Plus

  • B. OEM

  • C. SQL Worksheet

  • D. iSQL*Plus

A1:

Answer D is correct; iSQL*Plus is the Windows browser-based interface that you use to access or manipulate data in the database. Answer A is incorrect; SQL*Plus is a command-line interface but is not browser based. Answer B is incorrect; OEM itself provides a command-line interface but is not only on Windows. Answer C is incorrect; SQL Worksheet is the interface presented through OEM but is not a Windows-only interface.

2:

What is one thing that you cannot do through the OEM interface?

  • A. Start a database

  • B. Create users

  • C. Delete roles

  • D. Create tablespaces

  • E. Create a database

A2:

Answer E is correct; the only thing listed that you cannot do through the OEM interface is create a new database. Answers A, B, C, and D are all incorrect because you can create all these things through the OEM interface.

3:

What utility do you run to create the password file?

  • A. runInstaller

  • B. orapwd

  • C. OEM

  • D. iSQL*Plus

A3:

Answer B is correct; running orapwd creates the password file. Answer A is incorrect; runInstaller runs the Java-based installation interface. Answer C is incorrect; OEM offers no direct way to create a password file. Answer D is incorrect; iSQL*Plus is a command-line interface, not a password creation utility.

4:

What is Oracle's Java-based installation utility?

  • A. runInstaller

  • B. Oracle Installer

  • C. Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)

  • D. Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

A4:

Answer C is correct; the name of the Java-based utility used to install the Oracle software is the Oracle Universal Installer. Answer A is incorrect; runInstaller is the command used in Unix to launch the OUI. Answer B is incorrect; it is referred to as Oracle Universal Installer because it is universally employed across any Java-enabled platform. Answer D is incorrect; you do not use the OEM utility to install the software.

5:

Users with what roles can be governed by the password file? [select all that apply]

  • A. DBA

  • B. SYSDBA

  • C. SYSTEM

  • D. SYSOPER

  • E. PUBLIC

A5:

Answers B and D are correct; the password file can be used to govern the access to the database by those who have been defined with the role of SYSDBA or SYSOPER. Answer A is incorrect; DBA role information is not stored in the password file. Answer C is incorrect; SYSTEM is a userid not a role. Answer E is incorrect; PUBLIC is not a role governed in the password file.

6:

What is the difference between interactive and noninteractive mode of the OUI? [select all that apply]

  • A. OUI runs in character mode in noninteractive.

  • B. Interactive mode means that you deliberately answer questions interactively.

  • C. Interactive mode is character mode.

  • D. Noninteractive mode uses a response file.

A6:

Answers B and D are correct; interactive means that you actively answer questions as you go, and noninteractive means that you have those answers in a response file. Answers A and C are incorrect; neither interactive nor noninteractive modes means that the installer will be running in character mode.

7:

What utility is used to create and configure databases? [select all that apply]

  • A. OEM

  • B. OUI

  • C. DBCA

  • D. OMS

A7:

Answers B and C are correct; DBCA (Database Configuration Assistant) is used to create and configure databases, and OUI calls DBCA if you choose to create an initial database as an installation choice. Answer A is incorrect; OEM does not allow you to create a new database. Answer D is incorrect; OMS is a component of OEM.

8:

What is not an advantage of OFA?

  • A. It allows you to separate objects with different behaviors into different tablespaces.

  • B. It assists you with organization of a large amount of software components, products, and data.

  • C. It allows you to install all binaries into the same Oracle home.

  • D. It helps to separate software from data.

A8:

Answer C is correct; the only given answer that is not an advantage of OFA is that it allows you to install all binaries into a single Oracle home. Separation into individual Oracle homes is a vital way to maintain Oracle software products and is the only way to install different versions of the binaries on a single physical server.

9:

What is the default password for SYS when the database is created with DBCA?

  • A. change_on_install.

  • B. manager.

  • C. sys.

  • D. DBCA forces you to create your own SYS password.

A9:

Answer D is correct; DBCA makes you choose your own password for both the SYS and SYSTEM users. Answer A is incorrect; change_on_install is the default password if you create the database manually. Answer B is incorrect; manager is the default SYSTEM password if you create the database manually. Answer C is incorrect; sys is not anyone's default password.

10:

You have been hired as a DBA in a company. What tool would you use to get a quick idea of all the databases running in the company?

  • A. OEM

  • B. OUI

  • C. SQL*Plus

  • D. DBCA

A10:

Answer A is correct; OEM can give you an overall idea of all running databases and their objects and components. Answer B is incorrect; OUI installs databases but does not provide any information on already running databases. Answer C is incorrect; you need a basic idea of what databases are accessible to use SQL*Plus. Answer D is incorrect; DBCA configures an existing database but does not tell you what databases are running.



    Oracle 9i Fundamentals I Exam Cram 2
    Oracle 9i Fundamentals I Exam Cram 2
    ISBN: 0789732653
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2004
    Pages: 244
    Authors: April Wells

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