Oracle Database Questions and Answers Databases and Instances

This set of Oracle Database Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
Databases and Instances.
1. The Oracle environment of database is called as ___________
a) Database Schema
b) Database Instances
c) Data Structure
d) All of the Mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: A database instance is a set of memory structures that manage
database files.
2. Which is the smallest unit of storage in an Oracle database?
a) Data Block
b) Segment
c) Extent
d) Data File
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Answer: a
Explanation: The logical units of database space allocation are data blocks.
3. Collection of information stored in database at particular instance of time is called
as ____________.
a) Instance of Database
b) Objects in Databases
c) Data structure
d) Database Schema
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Answer: a
Explanation: Oracle work on the instance basis, whatever the operation related to
Oracle is only on instance level.
4. Oracle databases design is also called as_____?
a) Database Abstraction
b) Database Instance
c) Database Schema
d) None of the Mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Oracle databases design is done on the schema level.
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5. What are the valid Oracle database schemas?
a) Logical Schema
b) Physical Schema
c) Logical and Physical Schema
d) None of the Mentioned

View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: Oracle databases has two schema level logical and physical.
6. What do the schema objects comprise of?
a) Table
b) Index
c) Cluster
d) All of the Mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Oracle database schema consists of Table, Index, Cluster.
7. Map entities, attributes and relations in Oracle is represented by___________
a) Conceptual Schema
b) Logical Schema
c) Physical Schema
d) All of the Mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Logical schema model may have many-to-many relationships and also
have objects like table, view, procedure etc.
8. Modification schema of oracle database in one level without affecting the schema
in high level is called as _______
a) Data Migration
b) Data Isolation
c) Data Independence
d) Data Abstraction
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Answer: c
Explanation: Data Independence means changing internal level does not affect
conceptual level.
9. A _______________ is used to logically group data together
a) Database
b) Tablespace
c) Datafiles
d) Object
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Answer: b
Explanation: Oracle database consists of one or more logical storage units called
tablespaces.
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10. A _____________ is a set of tables physically stored together as one table that
shares a common column
a) Index
b) Object
c) Datafiles

d) Cluster
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Answer: d
Explanation: Cluster is a schema object that contains data from one or more tables,
all of which have one or more columns in common.