Architecture 2

Architecture 2
1. What is the function of SMON in instance recovery?

A.It writes data to the archive log files.

B.It writes data to the online redo log files.
C.It frees resources held by user processes.
D.It synchronizes data file header and control files.
E.It roles forward by applying changes in the redo log.
F.It writes dirty buffers from the buffer cache to the data files.

Correct answer: e

2. Which action occur during a checkpoint?

A.Oracle updates the parameter file.

B.Oracle performs a delayed block clean-out.
C.Oracle copies the online redo-log to the archive destinations.
D.Oracle flushes the dirty blocks in the database buffer cache to disk.

Correct answer: d

3. SMON process is used to write into LOG files

a.TRUE
b.FALSE

Correct answer: b

4. Oracle does not consider a transaction committed until

A. The Data is written back to the disk by DBWR

B. The LGWR successfully writes the changes to redo
C. PMON Process commits the process changes
D. SMON Process Writes the data

Correct answer: b

5. How many maximum DBWn(Db writers) we can invoke?

A. 36
B. 1
C. 10
D. 20

Correct answer: a

6. Which activity would generate less undo data?

A.INSERT
B.UPDATE
C.SELECT
D.DELETE

Correct answer: a

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7. What happens when a user issues a COMMIT?

A. The CKPT process signals a checkpoint.

B. The DBWn process wrtes the transactions changed buffers to the datafiles.

C. The LGWR flushes the log buffer to the online redo log.
D. The ARCn process writes the change vectors to the archive redo log

Correct answer: c

8.What happens when a user process fails?

A.PMON performs process recovery.

B.SMON performs ICR
C.SMON frees resources held by user process.
D.Oracle Updates a controlfile.

Answer:a

9. What are the free buffers in the database buffer cache.

A.Buffer that have changed should be pushed to the disk.

B.Buffers that are currently in use.
C.Buffer that are being written to disk.
D.Buffer that can be overwritten.

Answer:d

10. When the SMON Procees perform ICR.

A.For every startup

B.Only at the time of startup after graceful shutdown
C.Only at the time of startup after abort shutdown

Answer:c

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