1.

Which of the following scenarios will most likely result in the need for media
recovery?
A. Machine failure as a result of a CPU crash
B. Disk failure that makes several tablespaces unavailable
C. A broken disk controller
D. A defective memory board
2. A decrease in the transaction activity level for a database
A. Decreases the amount of redo log activity for the database
B. Increases the amount of redo log activity for the database
C. Doubles the amount of redo log activity for the database
D. Has no effect on the redo log activity for the database
3. In order to recover data to the point of failure, the DBA must first import the lost
database objects, then apply archived redo logs.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
4. A good plan for backups of a read only tablespace may include which of the following?
A. Weekly offline backups and nightly data exports
B. Weekly data exports and monthly offline backups
C. Backing up the read only tablespace once
D. Backing up the read only tablespace daily
5. Which three of the following are effects of archiving?
A. No potential for recovery to point of failure
B. Ability to recover the database to a point in time after the last backup
C. LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST must be set in init.ora
D. Ability to take online backups
6. The number of archived redo logs produced by a database is most closely related to
A. The number of tables in the database
B. The amount of time required to execute one transaction
C. The number of hours per day the database is available
D. The number of transactions taking place on the database
7. Which of the following backup strategies would be most appropriate for a database
with users in 12 time zones?
A. Logical database backups with archiving disabled
B. Online backups with archiving enabled
C. Offline backups with archiving enabled
D. Offline backups with archiving disabled
8. In order to take an offline backup using operating system tools, the DBA should first
shut down the database using NORMAL or IMMEDIATE mode.

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
9. Which three of the following objects are backed up using EXPORT?
A. Tablespaces
B. Sequences
C. Redo logs
D. Indexes
10. What command is used to begin an online tablespace backup?
A. alter system begin backup
B. alter tablespace begin backup
C. alter database noarchivelog
D. alter tablespace end backup
11. Which of the following is not a benefit of testing backup and recovery?
A. Uncovering hidden corrupt data in the database propagating itself into backups
B. Improving the performance of the overall recovery strategy
C. Uncovering weaknesses in the backup strategy and resolving them
D. Archiving unused data from retired applications
12. For a database with few users and minimal data change, enabling archiving would
probably be overkill.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
13. Which of the following backup options is viable for databases that are used primarily
during the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.?
A. Logical backups with archiving enabled.
B. Offline backups with archiving disabled.
C. Offline backups with archiving enabled.
D. No backup strategy is required for this scenario.
14. The DBA is conducting an export. Which of the following actions guarantees read
consistency during all types of exports?
A. Setting CONSISTENT=Y in the parameter file for the export
B. Issuing the alter system enable restricted session statement
C. Issuing startup mount on the database
D. Issuing shutdown abort on the database
15. Setting the value of the BUFFER parameter to zero will allow EXPORT to
A. Export row data from the database continuously
B. Export no row data from the database
C. Export row data from the database in one try
D. Export row data from the database, one row at a time

16. Which of the following two options are valid values for INCTYPE during a run of
IMPORT? (Choose two)
A. complete
B. cumulative
C. system
D. incremental
E. restore
17. To export the indexes, constraints, and triggers associated with only one particular
table, the DBA should use which set of parameters?
A. USERS=Y, INDEXES=Y, CONSTRAINTS=Y, TRIGGERS=Y
B. OWNERS=Y, INDEXES=Y, CONSTRAINTS=Y, TRIGGERS=Y
C. TABLES=Y, INDEXES=Y, CONSTRAINTS=Y, TRIGGERS=Y
D. FULL=Y, INDEXES=Y, CONSTRAINTS=Y, TRIGGERS=Y
18. IMPORT can only import export files that are the same character set as the target
database.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
19. The DBA is about to run IMPORT. The first step for database recovery using
IMPORT should always be
A. Apply the most recent complete export
B. Apply all cumulative exports
C. Apply all incremental exports
D. Apply the most recent export of any type
20. Which of the following lists only the mandatory parameters set for the first step of
database recovery using IMPORT?
A. BUFFERS, USERID, FILE
B. FILE, FULL, TABLE
C. FILE, FULL, INCTYPE
D. CONSISTENT, FROMUSER, TOUSER
21. Instance recovery is handled
A. Manually with intervention from the DBA
B. Automatically using PMON
C. Automatically using ARCH
D. Automatically using SMON
22. Process failure can occur when
A. The user issues the CTRL-C command
B. The user misspells the name of the table in the from clause
C. The user does not have object privileges on the database object
D. The database object does not exist

23. If the objects imported into a database are owned by a schema that doesn't exist on
the target database, which of the following parameters should be set?
A. CONSISTENT
B. USERID
C. TOUSER
D. OWNER
24. Setting DIRECT=Y will cause EXPORT to use the conventional path.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
25. Setting INCTYPE=SYSTEM on the first import is crucial to the success of database
recovery using IMPORT.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
26.The type of failure most likely to require recovery from backup is
A. User error
B. Statement failure
C. Process failure
D. Instance failure
27. ALTER DATABASE RECOVER AUTOMATIC begins automatic archiving.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
28. After executing which three situations should the DBA consider backing up the
datafiles of a database?
A. Changing a read-write tablespace to read only status.
B. Changing a database to archivelog mode.
C. After a database experiences many data changes.
D. After substantial numbers of tables are added to the database.
29. The integer assigned to each transaction that takes place in the database is called a
A. Sequence number
B. Thread number
C. System change number
D. Userid number
30. To put the database into ARCHIVELOG mode, the DBA should issue the ____
statement.
A. alter database archivelog;
B. alter system archivelog;
C. alter database archive log start;
D. alter system archive log start;

31. Which view contains information about the archiving mode of the database?
A. V$LOG
B. V$LOGFILE
C. V$LOG_HISTORY
D. V$DATABASE
32. In order to provide a consistent view of the database, the DBA should restore only
damaged files when recovering a database from a full, offline backup.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
33. Which two of the following parameters must be set for using automatic archiving?
A. LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST
B. BACKGROUND_DUMP_DEST
C. LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT
D. LOG_ARCHIVE_TIME
34. The name of the background process that handles archiving redo logs is
A. LGWR
B. DBWR
C. ARCH
D. RECO
35. To selectively archive a redo log entry according to the sequence number, which of
the following statements should be issued?
A. alter system archive log start;
B. alter database archive log;
C. alter system archive log seq 34;
D. alter system archive log current;
36. To view the list of archived redo logs, which operation is appropriate?
A. Archive log list
B. select * from v$log_history;
C. alter system list archive logs;
D. select * from log;
37. If automatic archiving is not enabled, what will happen on a database in
ARCHIVELOG mode if the DBA does not archive in a timely manner?
A. Nothing, archiving is handled automatically.
B. Database performance will degrade slightly.
C. Database performance will degrade substantially, but will not stop.
D. The database will not be able to accept any more changes until archiving occurs.
38. Automatic archiving is enabled. An example filename for a redo log archived is Rdo3-0003.arc. What is the value for LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT?
A. ARCH%T%s.arc

B. Rdo%T-%s.arc
C. Rdo-%t-%S.arc
D. Rdo%t%s.arc
39. Archived redo logs can be applied to a database if the database was restored from a
backup taken when the database was in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
A. TRUE
B.FALSE
40. To discard redo logs and set the sequence number back to 1 upon opening the
database, the DBA should use which of the following options?
A. archivelog
B. resetlogs
C. exclusive
D. parallel
41. The interactive aspect of database recovery can be eliminated with the use of which
of the following options to the ALTER DATABASE statement?
A. archivelog
B. resetlogs
C. automatic
D. start
42. Characteristics of a change-based recovery include
A. Recovery to the point in time of a database failure
B. Usage of the recover tablespace option
C. Recovery by system change number
D. Availability of the database during recovery
2. The DBA takes a backup of the control file daily. A situation arises where the control
file must be recovered. To do so, the DBA uses the CREATE CONTROLFILE statement
in conjunction with her backup. Which of the following correctly describes her control
file backup methods?
A. The DBA's backup method for control files puts the backup in a trace directory.
B. The DBA's backup method for control files creates a usable control file.
C. The DBA's backup method for control files uses an alter tablespace statement.
D. The DBA's backup method for control files uses the alter database backup controlfile
to dbase.ctl statement.
3. In order to execute a complete recovery using a full backup, the DBA should first
A. Open the database in restricted session mode
B. Restore only the damaged datafiles from backup
C. Use resetlogs to reset the redo log sequence
D. Mount but not open the database

4. The DBA must perform incomplete recovery. Characteristics of a cancel-based

recovery include
A. Automatic application of Oracle's archive redo suggestions
B. Use of the alter database recover database until cancel statement
C. Tablespace recovery with online backups
D. Availability of the database during the recovery process
5. When conducting online backups, it is usually best to take backups of tablespaces in
parallel.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
6. The DBA is conducting a closed database recovery using full offline backups. The
DBA realizes that archived redo log sequence #34 is missing. What can the DBA do to
execute the proper recovery?
A. Check the V$LOG view to find the beginning SCN for log sequence 34, then issue the
alter database recover tablespace until change 34 statement.
B. Issue the alter database recover database using backup controlfile statement.
C. Check V$LOG_HISTORY for the beginning SCN of log 34, issue alter database
recover database until change N, where N equals the beginning SCN minus 1 for log 34.
D. Use IMPORT to recover the database from the most recent database export.
7. Which of the following RECOVER DATABASE statements should not use the
AUTOMATIC option?
A. until change 495893
B. until '2000-01-31:22:34:00'
C. until resetlogs 1
D. until cancel
8. The RECOVER DATABASE method requires that the database not be available to
users during recovery.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
9. Three characteristics of offline backups are
A. Complete set of all files in the Oracle database
B. Obtained after issuing the alter system enable restricted session statement
C. Taken when the database is closed
D. Used in conjunction with incomplete recovery
10. If the DBA must re-create the control file as part of database recovery, she should do
it
A. After opening the database
B. After backup datafile restoration
C. Between restoring backups and applying redo logs
D. Before closing the database to user access

11. A system change number is

A. The number assigned to every redo log in the database
B. The number of each transaction executed in the database
C. The number of every user created in the database
D. The number of each backup taken of the database
12. Which of the following steps is inappropriate for complete recovery?
A. Mount the database in exclusive mode
B. Restore backup copies of datafiles
C. Issue the cancel command when the DBA runs out of redo to apply
D. Open the database using the resetlogs option
13. Which of the following are characteristics of online backups? (Choose two)
A. Initiated with alter tablespace begin backup statement
B. Run on databases in archivelog mode
C. Contain all files for the database
D. Contain only changes made since last backup
14. Incomplete recovery can be accomplished with the RECOVER TABLESPACE
statement.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
15. Which of the following recovery methods require use of archiving? (Choose three)
A. Recovery from full offline backup
B. Cancel-based recovery
C. Complete recovery
D. Change-based recovery