Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning

Total Marks: 20
Duration: 15 Minutes.

1. You enabled ASMM. Which memory componets would be automatically tuned?

A. Log buffer
B. Java pool
C. Large pool
D. Fixed SGA
E. Shared pool
F. Streams pool
G. Keep buffer cache
H. Database buffer cache

2. Which statements are true about hang analysis in oracle 10g? (Choose all that apply)

A. ORADEBUG Hang Analysis utility is used by hang analysis page.

B. Hang analysis also called as Direct SGA attach mode.
C. Hang analysis avoids the computation associated with parsing and executing SQL statements.
D. None of the above.

3. Verify the following section in the AWR Report

Load Profile Per Second Per Transaction

~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------- ---------------
User calls: 4.29 21.78
Parses: 188.09 954.20
Hard parses: 80.00 405.85

% Blocks changed per Read: 0.18

Recursive Call %: 99.78
Rollback per transaction %: 9.76
Rows per Sort: 8.47

Select the correct 2 statements based on the output.

A. Hard parses are approximately 80% of the total number of parses.

B. Hard parses are approximately 40% of the total number of parses.
C. Only 0.18 percent of all blocks are retrieved for update.
D. No soft parses happened during the snapshot period.

4. Choose the correct statement(s) (choose all that apply)

A. The number of lookups for objects of the namespace is known as GETS.

B. The number of reads or executions of the objects of the namespace is known as RELOADS.
C. The number of reads or executions of the objects of the namespace is known as PINS.
D. The number of misses is known as INVALIDATIONS.

5. You have specified the warning and critical threshold values for a tablespace to be 70% and 80%
respectively. You noticed that the space usage has reached the specified warning threshold, but no
alerts generated.What could be the reason for this?

A. No snapshot taken for this interval.

B. SQL_TRACE parameter is set to FALSE.
C. The Enterprise Manager Grid Control is not used.
D. The STATISTICS_LEVEL parameter is set to BASIC.
E. The TIMED_STATISTICS parameter is set to FALSE

6. How to disable SQL trace remotely, only for specific user session.

A.Set SQL_TRACE parameter to FALSE in the PFILE

B.Use DBMS_MONITOR.SESSION_TRACE_DISABLE to disable the tracing for the user session
C.Set SQL_TRACE parameter to FALSE by using the ALTER SYSTEM command in the user session
D.Set SQL_TRACE parameter to FALSE by using theALTER SESSION command in the user session

7. Your database running in a dedicated server mode. Your PGA memory management is automatic
mode. Which two statements are correct in this scenario? (Choose two)

A.The WORK_AREASIZE_POLICY initialization parameter cannot be set to AUTO.

B.The Oracle database automatically controls the amount of PGA memory allotted to SQL work areas.
C.Setting the value of the SGA_TARGET initialization parameter to 0 will disable the automatic PGA
memory management.
D.The SORT_AREA_SIZE parameter is ignored by all the sessions running in the automatic PGA
memory management mode.

8. Which background process does Automatic Shared Memory Management use to coordinate the
sizing of memory components and distribute the memory?

A. PMON
B. SMON
C. MMNL
D. MMAN
E. MMON

9. _____________ is the default I/O method for DBWR and LGWR processes to perform their write
operations.

A. Standard I/O
B. Asynchronous I/O
C. Synchronous I/O
D. None of the above
10. Which statements are TRUE about temporary tablespace group? (Choose all that apply)

A. There is no explicit limit on how many tablespaces are contained in a group.

B. It is not possible for a tablespace and a temporary tablespace group to have the same name.
C. A temporary tablespace group should contain at least one temporary tablespace.
D. A temporary tablespace can have maximum 10 tablespaces.