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1. How many memory layers are in the shared pool? ucY4Q()q
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2. How do you find out from the RMAN catalog if a particular archive log has been backed-up? aVX\<>J #~
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3. How can you tell how much space is left on a given file system and how much space each of the file system's subdirectories take-up? *)( ev;H
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4. Define the SGA and: FDRzBncE
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5. What is the cache hit ratio, what impact does it have on performance of an Oracle database and what is involved in tuning it? BKskt&YB
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6. Other than making use of the statspack utility, what would you check when you are monitoring or running a health check on an Oracle 8i or 9i database? R6RGa!Xz
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7. How do you tell what your machine name is and what is its IP address? o#`8:$Y (
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8. How would you go about verifying the network name that the local_listener is currently using? E.q,Yf3
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9. You have 4 instances running on the same UNIX box. How can you determine which shared memory and semaphores are associated with which instance? !e%BJ
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10. What view(s) do you use to associate a user's SQLPLUS session with his o/s process? AORf-Y%g
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11. What is the recommended interval at which to run statspack snapshots, and why? h,OX(uj
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12. What spfile/init.ora file parameter exists to force the CBO to make the execution path of a given statement use an index, even if the index scan may appear to be calculated as more costly? 62Mpr6#aZ
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13. Assuming today is Monday, how would you use the DBMS_JOB package to schedule the execution of a given procedure owned by SCOTT to start Wednesday at 9AM and to run subsequently every other day at 2AM. "+r/ADm-
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14. How would you edit your CRONTAB to schedule the running of /test/test.sh to run every other day at 2PM? x{ ~2`m
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15. What do the 9i dbms_standard.sql_txt() and dbms_standard.sql_text() procedures do? dFoAH:T^y
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16. In which dictionary table or view would you look to determine at which time a snapshot or MVIEW last successfully refreshed?