1z0-068 Exam

1Z0-068 Oracle RAC 12C Grid Administration
Section 1: RAC administration

1. Which two tasks must be performed before launching the Oracle universal installer to
install Oracle Database Software for RAC? (Choose two.)
a. SSH user equivalence for the Oracle software owner must be configured on all
cluster nodes.
b. Grid Infrastructure must be installed on all cluster nodes where the Database
software will be installed.
c. SSH user equivalence for the Oracle software owner must be configured on all
cluster nodes where the Database Software will be installed.
d. Grid infrastructure must be installed on all cluster nodes.
e. The Clusterware stack must be up on all cluster nodes where the Database
f. The Clusterware stack must be up on all cluster nodes.
2. The server pool large_db has four servers. Examine the output shown:
a. The sales database resource will be started and the database instances will be
started automatically when restarting the clusterware stack after normal shutdown
of the sales database.
b. The sales database resource will be restored to its previous running condition
when restarting the clusterware stack after normal shutdown of the sales
database.
c. The sales database resource will be restarted automatically after an instance
failure.
d. The concurrency values are not shown because sales in not a RAC One Node
database.
e. The concurrency values are not shown because sales has only one of its four
instances running.
3. Examine this tnsnames entry from a RAC configuration using a SCAN listener:
HR=(DESCRIPTION=
(LOAD_BALANCE =on)
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=cluster01-scan)(FORT=1521))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=HRSRV)))
Which two statements are true about clients using this entry to connect? (Choose two.)
a. The host name in the tnsnames entry must be changed if nodes are added or
removed from the Cluster.
b. Clients using EZConnect can benefit from connect time load balancing because
the tnsnames entry refers to a SCAN listener.
c. Client connection requests are automatically balanced across all IP addresses
defined for the SCAN.
d. A client connection request is received by a SCAN listener that creates the
connection to the least-loaded database instance.
e. Client connection requests are automatically failed over to another SCAN listener
if the chosen SCAN listener is not available.
4. Examine this command and output:
1. srvctl convert db -db ron -dbtype rac -node o16n1
2. srvctl convert db -db ron -dbtype raconenode -node 016n1
3. srvctl add instance -db ron -instance ron_1 -node 016n1
4. srvctl add instance -db ron -instance ron_2 -node 016n2
5. srvctl start instance -db ron -instance ron_1
6. srvctl start instance -db ron -instance ron_2
Currently, there is an instance of database ron running on o16n1. You want to convert
ron to a RAC database and make all instances available. Identify the commands
required, in the correct order, to accomplish this.
a. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
b. 2, 3, 4,5 and 6
c. 1, 4, 5 and 6
d. 2, 4, 5 and 6
e. 1,4 and 6
f. 2,4 and 6
5. Your four-node cluster runs Oracle 12c Clusterware and supports a mix of RAC
databases from Oracle 10g Release 2 to Oracle 12c Release 1. All databases have one
or more services defined. The Oracle 10g Release 2 database clients connect to the
database instances using the public VIP. The Oracle 11g Release 2 and 12c Release 1
clients connect to the database instances using the Single Client Access Name (SCAN).
You must change the public VIPS. Which three steps must be done to change the VIPs
on host01, the first node in the cluster? (Choose three.)
a. Use srvctl stop vip to stop the VIP on host01.
b. Use oifcfg setif to stop the VIP on host01.
c. Use srvctl start vip to start the VIP on host01.
d. Use srvctl modify nodeapps to change the VIP on host01.
e. Use oifcfg setif to start the VIP on host01
6. Which two statements are true about resource profiles for administrator-managed RAC
database services? (Choose two)
a. It is automatically created when a service is created using SRVCTL ADD
SERVICE.
b. It contains a list of server pools on which the instances hosting the service can
run.
c. It contains a node list and instance-to-node mapping information for the service.
d. It specifies the instance to which the service should fail over, if the preferred
instance shuts down or fails.
e. It is automatically created when a service is created using
DBMS_SERVICE.CREATE_SERVICE.
7. Examine this command:
SQL> CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb3 FROM pdb1;
Which three conditions must be true for successful execution of this command on a RAC
database? (Choose three.)
a. It can be executed only by a common user with the CREATE PLUGGABLE
DATABASE system privilege connected to the root container.
b. The source PDB must use a global temporary tablespace.
c. The source PDB must be in READONLY mode on all CDB instances.
d. Oracle Managed Files must be enabled or PDB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT must
be set.
e. All running CDB instances must be open in restricted mode.
f. The source PDB must be closed on the CDB instance from where the command
is executed.
8. A Java application will be deployed, and you must configure a RAC database to support
highly available connections. The application will use the Universal Connection Pool
(UCP), and Fast Connection Failover (FCF) must be enabled. Which two statements are
true? (Choose two)
a. The application may use the JDBC thin driver.
b. The ons.jar file must be present in the CLASSPATH.
c. The ONS daemon must be started on the middle tier running the Java
application.
d. You must configure TAF, either on the client or for the service.
e. The ONS daemon must be started on the middle tier and client machines to
enable FCF.
9. You plan to use DBCA to convert a single-instance Oracle 12c database on a local
filesystem on a stand-alone server to RAC by using ASM. You installed Grid
Infrastructure 12c on a four-node cluster.
Examine this list of possible conversion steps:
1. Create a template and image les from the single-instance database by using DBCA.
2. Perform an RMAN backup of the single-instance database.
3. Validate the cluster using CLUVFY.
4. Copy the template and image les to a cluster node.
5. Restore the RMAN backup to the recovery area disk group on the cluster.
6. Perform an Oracle Database 12c RAC installation.
7. Create a RAC database with DBCA using the RMAN backup.
8. Create a RAC database with DBCA using the template.
Which statement correctly lists the minimum steps required to perform the conversion?
A. 1, 3, 4, 6, 8
B. 2, 3, 5, 7
C. 2, 5, 6, 7
D. 1, 4, 6, 8
E. 1, 4, 8
F. 2, 5, 7
10. Examine this command and output: You want to relocate this database online to node
016n2. Which two statements must be true for a successful online migration? (Choose
two.)
a. The database must be stored on shared storage.
b. The database must have at least two UNDO tablespaces.
c. The database must have at least two redo threads defined by the DBA.
d. Database clients must disconnect before the online relocation timeout expires.
e. Database clients must use Transaction Guard to prevent them from losing their
connection.
f. The database must be open.
11. You must deploy several Oracle 12c databases on an Oracle Grid Infrastructure
Managed Cluster, and are required to have the ability to perform these actions without
down time:
1. Apply a Grid Infrastructure interim patch.
2. Apply a Grid Infrastructure Patch Set Update (PSU).
3. Apply a database on-line patch.
4. Apply a Grid Infrastructure patchset.
5. Apply a database patchset.
6. Upgrade Grid Infrastructure from one release to another.
7. Upgrade databases from one release to another.
Your plan is to perform these tasks:
1. Install and configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure on a local system.
2. Install Oracle Database software on an ACFS system.
3. Create several RAC One Node databases.
Which of the 7 requirements are met by your plan?
a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
b. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
c. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
e. 2, 3, 4 and 6.
f. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
12. Examine this command executed on the first node of a four-node cluster: $
<DATABASE_ORACLE_HOME>/OPatch/opatch apply 18031528. What does this
command do?
a. It applies a patch to one ORACLE_HOME only on the first cluster node.
b. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs with the same release only
on the first cluster node.
c. It applies a patch to one ORACLE_HOME on all cluster nodes.
d. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs with the same release on all
cluster nodes.
e. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs with the same release on the
first cluster node.
13. You are administering an ORACLE RAC database with multiple instances. Examine this
command executed from the PROD1 instance which succeeds:
CREATE SPFILE FROM MEMORY;
Which statement is true?
a. An SPFILE is created and contains parameter settings only for PROD1.

b. An SPFILE is created and contains parameter settings for all instances.
c. An SPFILE is created for each instance containing instance-specific parameter
settings only.
d. An SPFILE is created for each instance and contains parameter settings for all
instances.
14. Which two actions can restrict the number of instances used for parallel execution of a
SQL statement? (Choose two.)
a. setting the PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY to LIMITED
b. setting the PARALLEL_FORGE_LOCAL to TRUE
c. setting the PARALLEL_SERVERS_TARGET value equal to that of
PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS
d. using a database service to limit the number of instances that participate in
parallel execution
e. creating a UNIFORM service for a policy-managed RAC database.
15. You administer a three-instance, policy-managed, multitenant RAC database CDB1 with
three PDBs: PDB_1, PDB_2, and PDB_3.
You want to drop PDB_3.
Which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
a. PDB_3 must be closed on all CDB1 instances.

b. Manually created services for PDB_3 are not removed automatically from the
OCR when dropping PDB_3.
c. CDB1 must be open in restricted mode on all cluster nodes.
d. PDB_3 must be open READONLY in all CDB1instances.
e. Manually created services for PDB_3 are removed automatically from the OCR
when dropping PDB_3.
16. Examine these commands:
srvctl add service -db RACDB -service CRM -preferred RACDB_1 -available RACDB_2 –
taf policy preconnect
srvcl start service -db RACDB -service CRM
Instances RACDB_1 and RACDB_2 run on host01 and host02, respectively.
This is the only TNS entry in the client side tnsnames.ora:
CRM =
(DESCRIPTION =(FAILOVER=ON) (LOAD_BALANCE=ON)

(ADDRESS= (PROTOCOL=TCP) (HOST=host01-VIP.example.com)(PORT=1521))
(ADDRESS= (PROTOCOL=TCP) (HOST=host02-VIP.example.com)(PORT=1521))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = CRM)
(FAILOVER_MODE = (BACKUP=CRM_PRECONNECT)
(TYPE=SESSION)(METHOD=PRECONNECT))))
Which statement is true regarding the TAF settings?
a. Clients using this configuration fail over and restart any active queries
automatically.
b. Clients using this configuration fail over and restart any active transactions
automatically.
c. This configuration will work only for a policy-managed RAC database.
d. The configuration is incomplete because the TNS entry for the preconnected
backup session is missing.
17. You administer a RAC database that currently runs on a four-node cluster but which has
three instances. Which two statements are always true about redo logs for this RAC
database? (Choose two)
a. A thread of redo must be created before starting a fourth instance if a thread is
not already available.
b. A thread of redo must contain at least two log groups before it can be enabled.
c. A redo log group added using ALTER DATABASE ADD LOGFILE without the
INSTANCE clause is added to each instance.
d. All the instances must have the same number of redo log groups and each group
must have the same number of redo log members.
e. A thread of redo is automatically dropped when as instance is removed from a
RAC database by using SRVCTL.
18. Which two statements are true about Instance Locks in Oracle 12c RAC? (Choose two.)
a. They are used when an application uses the DBMS_LOCK package for UL lock
types.
b. They are used to coordinate the next value for a sequence created with the
CACHE and ORDER clauses.
c. They are used to coordinate the next value for a sequence created with the
NOCACHE and NOORDER clauses.
d. They are used to coordinate access across multiple library caches for the same
stored procedure.
e. They are used to coordinate access across multiple library caches for anonymous
PL/SQL execution.
19. Which three are benefits of using RAC databases with multiple instances? (Choose
three.)
a. surviving node failures
b. surviving storage network failures
c. surviving interconnect failures
d. automatic workload management for services on local connections
e. automatic workload management for services on Oracle Net connections
f. parallel execution across all instances supporting a balanced policy-management
service
g. parallel execution across all instances supporting a singleton policy-management
service
20. Which two statements are tuning recommendations for RAC database? (Choose two.)
a. Set PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY=AUTO to enable In Memory Parallel Query.
b. Use sequences with CACHE and ORDER, if possible.
c. Use Locally Managed Tablespaces with large uniform extent sizes.
d. Use Locally Managed Tablespaces with autoallocate.
e. Set PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY=AUTO to enable automatic Parallel
Statement Queueing.
f. Use sequences with CACHE and NOORDER, if possible.
21. Which two statements are true concerning Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
Cluster Database performance pages? (Choose two)
a. The Interconnects page shows the load contributed by database instances on the
public network.
b. The Interconnects page shows the load contributed by database instances on the
private interconnect and the public network.
c. The Interconnects page shows throughput contributed by individual sessions on
the private interconnect.
d. The Cluster Cache Coherency page shows which block classes are subject to
intense global cache activity.
e. The Cluster Cache Coherency page shows which instances are responsible for
intense global cache activity.
22. Which three statements are true about an Oracle Database RAC software installation?
(Choose three.)
a. The software must be installed into a cluster file system.
b. The software must be installed into a local file system on each node.
c. RAC installations require Oracle Enterprise Edition.
d. Fix-up scripts generated during the installation must be run as root on UNIX
platforms.
e. The software can be installed into an ACFS file system.
f. The software must be installed on all nodes in the cluster.
g. SSH user equivalence for the Oracle user can be set up before the software
installation.
23. Which three statements are true about the Global Resource Directory (GRD) in Oracle
12c RAC database and in Clustered ASM? (Choose three.)
a. All GRD Enqueue Resource master metadata is held in the shared pool of the
same database instance.
b. Clustered ASM has GRD resources distributed among all ASM instances.
c. RAC databases have GRD cache resources distributed among all the database
instances and stored in the large pool of each instance.
d. RAC databases have GRD cache resources distributed among all the database
instances and stored in the shared pool of each instance.
e. All GRD Enqueue Resource master metadata is held in the large pool of the
same database instance.
f. Shadow GRD resources may exist in more than one database instance for a
resource.
g. Only one GRD shadow resource may exist for an Enqueue Resource.
24. Which three statements are true about Quality of Service Management (QoS)? (Choose
three.)
a. A server pool directive override can be used to modify the database parameter
CPU_COUNT for all databases within one server pool.
b. It requires a resource manager plan to be active on databases managed by QoS.
c. It supports RAC One Node databases if they are assigned to server pools with a
maximum size of one server.
d. One QoS policy can span multiple clusters if they contain server pools, assigned
to be managed by QoS.
e. The command-line utility qosctl can be used to change the password of the
internal user QOSADMIN.
$srvctl modify service -db RACDB -service SRVBl -clbgoal LONG
This three-Instance RAC database uses Flex ASM.
Which two statements are true regarding server-side connect-time load balancing using
SCAN listeners for this service? (Choose two).
a. It is enabled only when LOAD_BALANCE=YES is coded in the client-side TNS

entry used by the client.
b. The SCAN listeners redirect clients to the node listener serving the instance that
has the fewest sessions for the SRVB1 service.
c. The SCAN listeners automatically balance the connections across the instances
accepting logins for the SRVB1 service.
d. It is disabled because the-c1bgoal attribute is set to LONG.
e. The SCAN listeners redirect clients to the node listener serving the instance that
has the fastest response time for the SRVB1 service.
26. Which three statements are true about Oracle 12c multitenant RAC databases created
using the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) on a cluster from a RAC database
home? (Choose three)
a. They are automatically configured to use Enterprise Manager Express.
b. They have their pluggable databases (PDBs) opened in each container database
(CDB) instance automatically after CDB creation.
c. They can be policy managed.
d. They can be administrator managed.
e. They have a unique service name created for each pluggable database (PDB)
automatically registered as a cluster service resource,
f. They can have multiple pluggable databases (PDB) when the container database
(CDB) is created.
27. PROD1, PROD2 and PROD3 are three active instances of the PROD database.
Examine these commands executed on PROD1:
SQL > ALTER SYSTEM SET PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS=200 SCOPE=MEMORY

sid=’*’;
SQL > ALTER SYSTEM SET PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS=100 SCOPE=MEMORY

sid=’PROD1’;
Which statement is true?
a. PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS will be 200 for all instances of PROD.

b. PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS will be 100 for all instances of PROD.
c. The second statement returns an error because this parameter must be identical
for all instances.
d. PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS will be 200 for PROD2 and PROD3 and 100 for
PROD1.
28. Which three statements are true concerning the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
in a RAC environment?
a. Taking an AWR snapshot in a RAC database captures data from all instances
that have the database opened.
b. Taking an AWR snapshot in a RAC database captures data from the local
instance only.
c. Data captured by an AWR is aggregated across all instances before being stored
in the database.
d. The awr_snapshot_time_offset parameter specifies the number of seconds each
instance waits after the top of the hour before taking its AWR snapshot.
e. AWR snapshots are created when control_management_pack_access is set to
“none”.
29. Which four tasks are performed by DBCA when you convert a single-instance database
to a four-instance RAC database?
a. creating additional redo threads
b. creating additional undo tablespaces
c. creating shared ASM disk groups
d. adding cluster resources
e. creating database services
f. adding additional initialization parameters
30. Which three statements are true about Global Resource Management in an Oracle 12c
RAC database?
a. Lazy remastering occurs when an instance shuts with SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE.
b. Object remastering causes all blocks in any instances’ buffer cache from the
same object to be mastered in the Global Resource Directory (GRD).
c. When a database instance fails, then some global resource masters lost from the
failing instance are remastered among the surviving instances.
d. Lazy remastering instances occurs when an instance shuts with SHUTDOWN
TRANSACTIONAL.
e. Global Enqueue resources are recovered after Global Cache Resources after an
instance failure.
31. You support a three-instance, policy-managed, multitenant RAC database CDB1 with two
PDBs PDB_1 and PDB_2.
It runs on an eight-node cluster and a serverpool prod_pool has three servers.
Examine these commands executed on HOST01:
$ srvctl add service –db CDB1 –pdb PDB_1 –service HR –serverpool prod_pool
$ srvctl start service –db CDB1 –service HR
$ srvctl stop service –db CDB1 –service HR
Which two statements are true?

a. HR is uniformly managed across all instances in prod_pool.
b. srvctl stop service only closes PDB_1 in the instance on HOST01.
c. srvctl stop service closes PDB_1 on all CDB1 instances.
d. srvctl stop service prevents logins for HR only to CDB1 on HOST01.
e. srvctl stop service prevents logins to any instance of CDB1 using service HR.
f. HR is available on a single instance of prod_pool.
32. Which three statements are true about the services created when the DBCA is used to
create a RAC database?
a. They can be policy managed for a multitenant database.
b. Singleton services are not permitted for multitenant databases.
c. A server-pool must be created with SRVCTL before creating a policy-managed
RAC database that uses that server-pool for a service.
d. Policy-managed services specified for a database allow the creation of a new
server pool using DBCA.
e. They can be administrator managed for a multitenant database.
33. Which three statements are true about the Global Enqueue Service and Global Enqueue
Service (GES) Resources in Oracle 12c RAC?
a. The mastering instance for a GES resource is never the same as the instance
that owns the enqueue in exclusive mode.
b. The LMD0 runs only on the instance that masters all GES resources.
c. When a GES resource is dequeued, converters if any exist for that resource, are
processed before any waiter for that resource.
d. The LMD0 process on the requesting instance communicates with the LMD0
process on the mastering instance if they are not the same instance.
e. The mastering instance for a GES resource is never the same as the instance
that owns an enqueue in shared mode.
f. An LMD0 process runs on all instances.
g. The foreground process on the requesting instance communicates with the LMD0
process on the mastering instance if they are not the same instance.
34. Which two statements are true concerning buffer states as shown in GV$BH.STATUS in
Oracle 12c RAC?
a. An XCUR block image may exist for a specific database block in only one
instance.
b. A CR image may get served from one instance to another to satisfy a read
request.
c. An XCUR image is not downgraded to a SCUR image for shipping to another
instance until commits occur for updated rows on the block.
d. A PI block image may exist for a specific database block in only one instance.
35. You administer a six-instance, policy-managed, multitenant RAC database CDB1 with
three PDBs: PDB_1, PDB_2 and PDB_3.
Server pool prod_pool has a cardinality of three and all six hosts of the cluster app.
Examine these commands executed on HOST01:
$ srvctl add service –db CDB1 –pdb PDB_1 service AR –serverpool prod_pool –
cardinality singleton
$ srvctl start service –db CDB1 –service AR
Which two statements are true regarding the AR service?

a. AR runs as a singleton service in the server pool prod_pool and the AR service is
available in each of the CDB1 instances.
b. AR is available on any one available CDB1 instance in prod_pool at any one
time.
c. AR can fail over to any one of the available CDB1 instances.
d. AR is available only on the CDB1 instance on HOST01.
e. AR can fail over to any other available CDB1 instance in prod_pool.
36. Which two statements are true about the Global Enqueue Service, Instance Locks, and
global enqueues in Oracle 12c RAC?
a. In a RAC One Node database, there is no LMD0 process if only one instance is
running.
b. Global Enqueues and Instance Locks replace mutexes completely in RAC
database instances.
c. In a RAC database, there is no LMD0 process if only one instance is running.
d. Global Enqueues and Instance Locks replace latches completely in RAC
database instances.
e. Global Enqueues may have owners and waiters in the same instance.
f. Global Enqueues may have converters and waiters in the same instance.
37. Which three statements are true about the cluster file system archiving scheme?
a. Each node can read only the archived logs written by itself.
b. Nodes don’t use network to archive files.
c. Each node can read the archive redo log files of the other nodes.
d. Each node archives to a uniquely named local directory.
e. Each node archives to a local directory with the same path on each cluster node.
f. Each node writes to a single location on the cluster file system while archiving the
redo log files.
38. Examine these commands:
$ srvctl add service –db racdb –service erp –serverpool srvpooll
– failovertype TRANSACTION –commit_outcome TRUE – replay_init_time 1800
– retention 86400 –notification TRUE –rlbgoal SERVICE_TIME –clbgoal SHORT
– failoverretry 30 – failoverdelay 10
$ srvctl start service – db racdb – service erp
Instances RACDB_1 and RACDB_2 run on host01 and host02, respectively.
Which three statements are true regarding the service erp?
a. Connections to the database using erp benefit from Application Continuity.

b. erp is configured for an administrator-managed RAC database.
c. Load Balancing Advisory (LBA) will be disabled for this service.
d. Connections to the database using erp benefit from Load Balancing
e. Connections to the database using erp benefit from Transaction Guard.
39. Which three statements are true about opatch version 12?
a. It can apply patches to a database ORACLE_HOME.
b. It can apply a patchset to a database ORACLE_HOME.
c. It cannot apply a patch to a Grid Infrastructure ORACLE_HOME.
d. It cannot run with root privileges on a Unix-like system.
e. It can apply some patches without shutting down database instances.
f. It can only apply patches on the cluster node from where it is issued.
40. Which three statements are true regarding multitenant architecture for RAC databases?
a. One UNDO tablespace for each PDB is required.
b. One UNDO tablespace for each instance is required.
c. PDBs can have local temporary tablespaces.
d. All the containers share the same SYSTEM and SYSAUX tablespaces.
e. You can open one, several, or all PDBs on one, several, or all CDB instances.
41. Which two statements are true about database service administration in a RAC
environment?
a. When services are created with srvctl, tnsnames.ora is automatically updated.
b. When services are created with srvctl, the service is not started automatically.
c. Service attributes can be modified, unless an instance hosting the service is in
restricted mode.
d. When the DBMS_SERVICE package is used to modify a service, the CRS
resource is automatically synchronized with the changes.
e. When the DBMS_SERVICE package is used to delete a service, it is
automatically removed from the OCR.
f. When services are started with srvctl, they are automatically added to the data
dictionary of the hosting database if not already defined.
42. Which two statements are true regarding server-side connect-time load balancing for a
RAC database when using SCAN listeners?
a. It is based on performance metrics provided by the database instances LREG
processes.
b. LOCAL_LISTENER must be configured to point to the SCAN to enable server-
side load balancing.
c. The service’s connection load balancing goal must be manually configured to
enable server-side connect-time load balancing.
d. It’s enabled only when LOAD_BALANCE=YES is included in the TNS entry used
by the client.
e. Server-side load balancing requires the REMOTE_LISTENER to point to the
SCAN.
43. Which three statements are true about Oracle Enterprise Manager Topology Viewer?
a. It displays which listeners listen on behalf of which instances.
b. It displays the relationship between targets of different target types in a cluster.
c. It displays the status of all cluster components.
d. It displays the status of Pluggable Databases (PDBs) in a multitenant container
database (CDB).
e. It displays the relationship between clustered ASM and cluster databases if the
database is stored in ASM.
f. It displays the type of network used by RAC database instance.
44. Which three statements are true about Oracle 12 RAC Database software installations?
a. It is possible to install RAC database software on a one node cluster.
b. It is possible to install multiple RAC database 12c software homes on the same
cluster.
c. The RAC database 12c software home and Grid infrastructure homes must be
owned by separate OS users.
d. The Cluster Verification Utility (CLUVFY) must be used to check the cluster
before installing the RAC database software.
e. The Cluster Verification Utility (CLUVFY) must be used to check the cluster after
installing the RAC database software.
f. The RAC database 12c software home and Grid Infrastructure homes must be
owned by the same OS user.
45. PROD1, PROD2 and PROD3 are three instances that have multitenant container
database PROD open.
PROD contains multiple PDBs.
Examine these successful commands:
$ srvctl add service –db PROD –pdb PRDPDB1 –service SRVPDB1
$ srvctl start service –db PROD –service SRVPDB1
Which statement is true about the srvctl start service command?
a. It opens the PRDPDB1 PDB if not already opened.

b. It can open the PRDPDB1 PDB only if it is policy managed.
c. It can open the PRDPDB1 PDB automatically.
d. It can open the PRDPDB1 PDB only if it is manually managed.
46. Which method can be used to convert a single-instance Oracle 12c Database to a RAC
Database?
a. using DBCA to migrate the database to shared storage and then start one or
more RAC database instances on the cluster
b. using DBCA to create a template from the single-instance database and then to
create a RAC database on the cluster using that template
c. using the rconfig utility to create a template from the single-instance database
and then using DBCA to create a RAC database on the cluster using that
template
d. using the rconfig utility to migrate the database to shared storage and then using
DBCA to start one or more RAC database instances on the cluster.
47. Which three are benefits of using RAC One Node in Oracle 12c?
a. automatic failover for high availability
b. ability to perform rolling patches
c. online conversion from RAC One Node databases to multi-instance RAC
databases.
d. load-balancing of services within a single instance
e. online-conversion from non-RAC databases to RAC One Node databases
f. multiple instances of the same database on a single node to protect against
instance failure
48. Which three statements are true about Quality of Service Management (QoS)?
a. A server-pool can be managed by QoS even if it does have database instances
running on any server in the pool.
b. It can manage database services only if they are defined as UNIFORM services.
c. It requires Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster to be installed and Clusterware
to be running.
d. It supports multiple databases assigned to the same server pool.
e. Databases managed by QoS can be administrator managed or policy managed.
49. Which two statements are true about Quality of Service Management?
a. It can enable a more efficient sharing of hardware resources.
b. It can improve the performance of SQL statements.
c. It can improve system stability as the workload changes.
d. It can improve the performance of PL/SQL.
e. It can reduce the load on the system caused by Oracle background processes.
50. After creating a RAC One Node database using SQL statements, you want to register
this database with Oracle Clusterware as a policy-managed resource.
Which command, or sequence of commands, should you use?
a. srvctl add srvpool –serverpool ron –importance 100 –min 2 –max 2 –servers
016n1, 016n2
srvctl add db –db ron –oraclehome $ORACLE_HOME –dbtype raconenode –serverpool

ron
b. srvctl add db –db ron –oraclehome $ORACLE_HOME –dbtype raconenode –

server 016n1, 016n2
c. srvctl add db –db ron –oraclehome $ORACLE_HOME –dbtype raconenode –
serverpool ron –server 016n1, 016n2
d. srvctl add srvpool –serverpool ron –importance 100 –min 2 –max 2 –servers
016n1, 016n2
srvctl add db –db ron –oraclehome $ORACLE_HOME –dbtype raconenode –server

016n1, 016n2
51. You plan to create a three-instance RAC database stored in ASM, with its data files in the
DATA disk group. Identify three supported storage solutions for the Fast Recovery Area
(FRA).
a. a shared nothing file system accessed directly by the database instances
b. a cluster file system
c. a shared NFS file system
d. the DATA disk group
e. a local file system with the same path name on each cluster node
52. Which three statements are true about services when used with transparent application
failover (TAF) for an administrator-managed RAC database?
a. TAF-enabled sessions fail over to a surviving instance accepting logins for the
service.
b. TAF-settings for the service override TAF settings in TNS entry used by the
client.
c. TAF can restart a query or a transaction after failover.
d. The TAF settings for a client connections overrides any TAF settings in the
service definition.
e. TAF PRECONNECT requires configuration for the service and in the client TNS
entry.
53. Which three statements are true about the administration and use of policy sets in Oracle
12c Clusterware?
a. All server pools in a cluster are controlled by the policy set, when user-defined
policy management is used.
b. Servers in a server pool outside the control of policy set are never affected by
policy changes, when user-defined policy management is used.
c. Clusterware administrators cannot directly modify the policy set when Quality of
Service (QoS) Management is used.
d. A server pool can have the same attributes defined for different policies in the
policy set, when user defined policy management is used.
e. A server pool can have different attributes defined for different policies in the
policy set, when user defined policy management is used.
54. You administer an Oracle 12c RAC database whose clients connect to the database
instances using SCAN listeners. Which two statements are true regarding client-side
connect-time load balancing? (Choose two)
a. You must add SCAN VIPs to the REMOTE_LISTENER parameter to enable
correct listener cross registration.
b. Client connection requests are automatically load balanced across the IP
addresses defined for the SCAN listeners.
c. You must explicitly set LOAD_BALANCE=ON in the client-side TNS entry being
used.
d. The LOCAL_LISTENER parameter for each instance must be manually set to
point to the node listener on each node.
e. SCAN listeners redirect connection requests to a node listener for the appropriate
instance.
55. Which three resources are managed using global concurrency control in an Oracle 12c
RAC multiinstance database? (Choose three)
a. latches
b. enqueues
c. database block buffers
d. mutexes
e. cursors
f. redo log buffers
56. PROD1, PROD2, and PROD3 are three Instance that have the PROD database open.
The OLTP service was created using:
$srvctl add service -db prod -service OLTP -preferred PROD1, PROD2 -available
PROD3
After starting the OLTP service, you execute this command:
$ srvctl stop instance -db prod -instance ” PROD1, PROD2 ” -stopoption immediate -f
Which statement is true about the outcome of this command?
a. It shuts down PROD1 and PROD2; OLTP will be started automatically on

PROD3.
b. It shuts down PROD1 and PROD2; OLTP will not be started on PROD3.
c. PROD1 and PROD2 are not shut down because OLTP must first be stopped.
d. PROD1 and PROD2 are not shut down because OLTP must first be manually
relocated to PROD3.
e. It shuts down either PROD1or PROD2 but not both, so that OLTP remains
available on a preferred instance.
SQL> ALTER TABLESPACE TBS1 ADD DATAFILE

‘+DATA(newtemplate)/ORCL/USERS/mytab.dbf’ SIZE 100M;
Which two statements are required for this command to succeed? (Choose two.)
a. The DB_CREATE_FILE_DEST parameter must be set to +DATA (newtemplate).

b. new template must be defined for the +DATA disk group.
c. Existing data files in TBS1 must also use the same template.
d. The +DATA disk group should not be part of Flex ASM.
e. User-defined sub directories ORCL and USERS must already exist.
58. A Java application using thick JDBC connections will soon be deployed, and you must
configure a RAC database to support highly available connections. Broken connections
must be re-established as quickly as possible. Which feature will support this
requirement?
a. Fast Connection Failover (FCF) with Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
b. Transparent Application Failover (TAF)
c. Transparent Application Failover (TAF) using Fast Application Notification (FAN)
d. Fast Connection Failover (FCF)
59. You administer a three-instance, policy-managed, multitenant RAC database CDB1 with
two PDBs: PDB_1 and PDB_2.
Examine these commands executed on host01:
$ srvctl add service –db CDB1 –pdb PDB_1 –serverpool prod_pool –cardinality singleton
$ srvctl start service –db CDB1 –service CRM
$ srvctl stop service –db CDB1 –service CRM
Which three statements are true?
a. CRM is only available for new logins on the CDB1 instance on host01.
b. CRM is available for new logins on one CDB1 instance.
c. The srvctl start service command automatically opens PDB_1 if not already
opened.
d. The srvctl stop service command does not close PDB_1 on any instance of
CDB1.
e. The CRM service is not available for new logins on any instance of CDB1.
60. Which two tasks must be performed before launching the Oracle universal installer to
install Oracle Database Software for RAC?
a. ssh user equivalence for the Oracle software owner must be configured on all
cluster nodes.
b. Grid infrastructure must be installed on all cluster nodes where the Database
c. ssh user equivalence for the Oracle software owner must be configured on all
cluster nodes where the Database Software will be installed.
d. Grid infrastructure must be installed on all cluster nodes.
e. The Clusterware stack must be up on all cluster nodes.
Section 2: Grid Infrastructure and Administration

61. Which two components must always be defined or specified by an administrator to make
an application highly available using Oracle 12c Clusterware? (Choose two.)
a. A Server Pool
b. an application VIP
c. an application resource
d. a resource dependency definition
e. a script agent
62. Which three statements are true concerning the behavior of an Oracle Clusterware 12c
Flex Cluster in response to hub or leaf node failures? (Choose three.)
a. Leaf nodes evicted from a Flex Cluster always require a reboot.
b. Hug node eviction results in the reboot of all leaf nodes that were connected to
the evicted hub node.
c. Hub nodes evicted from a Flex Cluster always require a reboot.
d. Hub node eviction results in the eviction of all leaf nodes that were connected to
the evicted hub node.
e. Cluster Resources on a leaf node that is evicted from a Flex Cluster are
relocated, if possible, to another leaf node that is connected to same hub node to
which the failed leaf node was connected.
f. Cluster Resources on a hub node that is evicted from a Flex Cluster are always
relocated to a leaf node that was connected to the evicted hub node.
g. Cluster Resources on a hub node that is evicted from a Flex Cluster are always
relocated to another hub node in the cluster.
63. Which three are among the minimum components in a software image that is part of a
Grid Plug and Play (GPnP) profile in Oracle Clusterware? (Choose three.)
a. an operating system version
b. a version of Oracle database server used in Real Application Cluster (RAC)
databases
c. software required to configure nodes at startup
d. The GPnP software
e. a file system version used for the software to be installed
f. a version of Automatic Storage Management (ASM) used for the cluster
64. You are installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c and configuring a Flex Cluster? Which
two elements are required to support this configuration? (Choose two.)
a. a Grid Management Repository database
b. a network interface for ASM and private interconnect traffic
c. a network interface for private interconnect only
d. a network interface for the public network
e. a Grid Management Cluster Health Management (CHM) application server
65. Which three commands can be used to verify the integrity of Oracle Clusterware 12c
OCR and OLR files? (Choose three.)
a. ocrcheck
b. ocrcheck -config -local
c. ocrcheck -local
d. ocrcheck -config
e. cluvfy comp ocr -n all -verbose
66. Which two methods exist for enabling the collection of additional resource debugging
information for specific resources controlled by Oracle 12c Clusterware?
a. Use the cluvfy comp command for the specific resource within a component.
b. Use the crsctl set trace res “resource_name=debugging_level” command.
c. Use the crsctl set log res “resource_name=debugging_level2” command.
d. Set the environment variable _USA_ORA_DEBUG=1 and then stop and restart
the resource that requires resource debugging data to be collected.
67. Examine this command executed on the first node of a three-node cluster:
# <GRID_INFRASTRUCTURE_ORACLE_HOME>/OPatch/opatchauto apply 18139660
Which two tasks does this command perform?
a. It applies a patch to the Grid Infrastructure only on the first cluster node.
b. It applies a patch to the Grid Infrastructure on all cluster nodes.
c. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs, with the same release as the
Grid Infrastructure, only on the first cluster node.
d. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs, with the same release as the
Grid Infrastructure, on all cluster nodes.
e. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs of any version on the first
cluster node.
f. It applies a patch to all database ORACLE_HOMEs of any version on all cluster
nodes.
68. Which two actions guarantee that time is synchronized properly on all nodes in a cluster
after installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c? (Choose two.)
a. Configure network time protocol (NTP) on all cluster nodes, and then start the
Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service (CTSSD) in active mode on all
cluster nodes.
b. Configure network time protocol (NTP) on all cluster nodes; Oracle Cluster Time
Synchronization Service (CTSSD) will then start automatically in observer mode
when the clusterware is started.
c. Deactivate network time protocol (NTP) on all cluster nodes; Oracle Cluster Time
Synchronization Service (CTSSD) will then start automatically in active mode
when the clusterware is started.
d. If network time protocol (NTP) is not configured properly on all cluster nodes,
then Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization Service (CTSSD) will start
automatically in active mode when the clusterware is started.
e. If network time protocol (NTP) time servers are unreachable on any cluster node,
then Oracle CTSSD Time Synchronization Service (CTSSD) will start
automatically in active mode when the clusterware is started.
Section 3: Automatic Storage Management (ASM) Administration

69. Which two statements are true about Oracle Clustered ASM performance? (Choose two.)
a. Data files, redo logs, and RMAN backup pieces must be stored in different ASM
disk groups for optimal performance.
b. All ASM Disks belonging to a disk group should have the same hardware
specifications and storage attributes for optimal performance.
c. To improve performance a database must have two disk groups; one for data and
one for the fast recovery area
d. Hardware-based mirroring combined with ASM mirroring guarantees optimal
performance.
e. All ASM Disks belonging to a disk group should be of the same size for optimal
performance.
70. Identify two reasons for the gc current block busy wait event. (Choose two.)
a. A block is busy in the local cache.
b. A block is busy in the remote cache.
c. The Cluster Interconnect is congested.
d. Either the local or remote CPUs have too large a run queue.
71. Which three are characteristics of leaf nodes in an Oracle Clusterware 12c Flex Cluster?
(Choose three)
a. They can be on a different subnet to the hub nodes.
b. Grid Naming Service (GNS) must exist on one of the leaf nodes.
c. They discover hub nodes automatically at startup.
d. They require direct access to shared storage.
e. They may discover hub nodes without having the DNS delegation configured by
network.
f. Oracle database 12c RAC instances may not run on leaf nodes.
72. Which two commands will stop the Oracle High Availability Services (OHAS) and prevent
it from starting automatically at system boot on the local node? (Choose two.)
a. crsctl stop crs
b. crsctl stop cluster
c. crsctl disable crs
d. crsctl config crs
73. For which three entities can the “what-if” command evaluation be used to determine the
impact of clusterware management operations in Oracle 12c Clusterware? (Choose
three.)
a. Pluggable Databases (PDBs)
b. administrator-defined resources
c. local resources
d. database transactions
e. cluster resources
74. Which two statements are true regarding ASM when installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
12c? (Choose two.)
a. The Installer permits the creation of a disk group for use by the voting disks and
OCR file.
b. If no ASM disk groups are specified during installation, then ASM instances are
not started after the installation completes on any cluster node.
c. The Installer permits the creation of a disk group to be used for the Recovery
Area for the ASM instance.
d. If ASM disk groups are configured for the Clusterware files, then ASM must be
used for all databases on the cluster.
e. ASM disk groups used for voting files and OCR files require a quorum failgroup.
75. Which three statements are true about diagnostic reporting for the OCR and OLR flies?
(Choose three.)
a. The OCRDUMP utility can dump specific keys from the OCR in an online fashion
with the clusterware running on all nodes.
b. The OCRDUMP utility can dump specific keys from the OLR in an online fashion
with the clusterware running on all nodes.
c. The OCRCONFIG utility can be used to repair a corrupt OCR file in an online
fashion with the clusterware running on all nodes.
d. The OCRCHECK utility can check the OLR in an online fashion with the
clusterware running on all nodes.
e. The CLUVFY utility can check the integrity of the OCR but not the OLR
76. Identify three prerequisites for the successful installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c
for a standard cluster when using Full Featured Grid Naming Service (GNS).
a. You must create a Grid Management Repository database.
b. You must enable the Name Server Cache Daemon (NSCD).
c. A DHCP service on the private network for the cluster is required to allocate
virtual IP addresses for HAIP.
d. Each cluster node must have at least two network interface cards,
e. DNS must be configured to delegate name resolution for the cluster subdomain to
the cluster.
f. A DHCP service on the public network for the cluster is required to allocate virtual
IP addresses as required by the cluster.
77. Which statement is true concerning the execution of the addNode.sh script for adding a
node to an Oracle 12c Clusterware standard Cluster that uses Grid Naming Service
(GNS)?
a. Adding a node to a Standard Cluster requires the specification of the
CLUSTER_NEW_NODE_ROLES parameter.
b. Multiple nodes may be added to a standard cluster by a single execution of
addNode.sh.
c. Nodes in a Standard Cluster must have a VIP specified when adding the node to
a cluster.
d. Nodes in a Standard Cluster must have a High Availability IP (HAIP) adaptor
specified when adding the node to a cluster.
78. Which two types of IP addresses does Oracle Clusterware 12c acquire from DHCP when
it started up on a cluster node using Grid Naming Service (GNS)? (Choose two.)
a. Single Client Access Name (SCAN) virtual IP addresses (VIPs).
b. Grid Naming Service (GNS) VIPs
c. ASM Listener VIPs
d. High Available IP (HAIP) addresses uses for the cluster interconnect
e. Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) IP addresses
79. Which two statements are true concerning the installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure
12c when using a Standard Cluster? (Choose two.)
a. The Clusterware binaries may be installed without installing ASM binaries.
b. The Grid Infrastructure Management Repository is only required when using
ASM.
c. Specifying the use of Grid Naming Service is optional.
d. Normal Redundancy ASM Disk Groups used for Clusterware flies will contain
three voting files regardless of the number of fail groups.
e. High Redundancy ASM Disk Groups used for Clusterware files will contain two
OCRs.
80. Which task must be performed before running the OPatch utility to patch Oracle Grid
Infrastructure 12c?
a. Update the PATH environment variable on each cluster node to point to the
$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch directory.
b. Stage the patch on the cluster node where the OPatch utility will be executed.
c. Update the PATH environment variable on the node where will run the OPatch
utility to point to the $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch directory.
d. Stage the patch on the cluster nodes.
81. Which two steps must always be performed to delete node host04 from an Oracle 12c
Clusterware cluster that does not use grid Naming Service (GNS)? (Choose two.)
a. Run the crsctl unpin css – host04 command as root on host01, or on either
host02 or host03.
b. Run the rootcrs.pl -deconfig -force command as root on host01, or on either
host02 or host03.
c. Run the rooccrs.pl -deconfig -force command as root on host04.
d. Run the crsctl unpin css – host04 command as root on host04.
e. Run the crsctl delete node -n host04 command as root on host04.
f. Run the crsctl delete node -n host04 command as root on host01, or on either
host02 or host03.
82. Which three statements are true concerning backups of the OCR and OLR in Oracle
Clusterware 12c? (Choose three)
a. The OCR can be backed up using ocrconfig.
b. The OCR is backed up automatically every four hours.
c. The OCR is backed up by default to a cluster file system location.
d. The OLR can be backed up using ocrconfig.
e. The OLR is backed up automatically every four hours.
f. The OLR is backed up by default to a cluster file system location.
83. Identify two placeholder wait events that can be observed while a session is waiting to
access a block. (Choose two)
a. gc cr block busy
b. gc current block request
c. gc current block busy
d. gc cr block request
e. gc current grant busy
f. gc cr grant busy
84. Which three file types can be stored in an ASM Cluster file system (ACFS) and used by
the relevant software? (Choose three)
a. Oracle Cluster Registry (OCR) files
b. Oracle database executables
c. Grid Infrastructure executables
d. Data files for tablespaces
e. Archive logs
f. Voting Disks
85. Which three statements are true about ASM Cloud File System (ACFS) encryption?
(Choose three.)
a. A copy of an encrypted file is not encrypted unless it is created in an encrypted
directory.
b. acfsutil encr init is used to establish role separation between encryption
managers and encryption auditors.
c. acfsutil encr off can be run by an encryption manager who may not have system
administrator privileges.
d. acfsutil encr on can used to specify the encryption key length for a directory or
file.
e. An ACFS snapshot can be ACFS encrypted.
86. You performed these steps to disable an ADVM volume containing an ACFS file system:
1. Dismount the file system.
2. Disable the volume with the ASMCMD voldisable command.
Which two statements are true regarding the actions performed? (Choose two)
a. The ACFS file system will be permanently removed from the volume.
b. The ACFS mount registry with Oracle restart is automatically deleted.
c. The volume can be enabled and the file system can be mounted back again to
access the existing data.
d. The ACFS file system will be permanently removed from the volume only if the
file system is empty.
e. The disabling of volume does not destroy data in the file system.
87. Which three statements are true about using ADVM volumes and mounting ACFS file
systems from leaf nodes in a Flex Cluster? (Choose three.)
a. Partitioning ADVM-managed volumes using fdisk or other utilities on a leaf node
is not supported.
b. An ADVM volume cannot be used as a boot device on a leaf node.
c. To use ADVM volumes, an ASM proxy instance is not required on a leaf node.
d. ADVM volumes can be used to store the OCR and voting les to be used by a leaf
node.
e. An ADVM volume cannot be used as the root file system on a leaf node.
f. To use ADVM volumes on a leaf node, the oraclesacfs, oracleoks, and
oracleadvm drivers must be loaded on all hub nodes.
88. Which two statements are true about the UNDROP clause of the ALTER DISKGROUP
statement? (Choose two.)
a. It cancels pending drops of disks dropped using the DROP DISKGROUP
command.
b. ASM disks can never be undropped as a result of a DROP DISKGROUP.
c. It automatically unmounts the disks after successfully undropping them.
d. Disks must be rebalanced manually after successfully undropping them.
e. It is not possible to cancel pending drops of disks dropped using the force option.
89. A clustered ASM Instance has the DATA diskgroup mounted. Which two can be used to
display information about databases accessing files in the DATA diskgroup? (Choose
two.)
a. asmcmd lsct
b. v$session
c. v$process
d. v$asm_client
e. asmcmd lsdg
90. Which three statements are true about fully qualified file names in ASM? (Choose three.)
a. They are system generated at the time of ASM file creation.
b. They can be used to reference existing ASM files.
c. They can be created only if OMF is enabled.
d. They are the only valid form that can be used for single file creation of a control
file.
e. An alias may be created for an existing file by referring to the fully qualified file
name.
91. Examine this command and output:
[root@host01 ~]# / sbin/acfsutil snap create snap001 /u0l/app/grid/acfsmount/
acfsutil snap create: Snapshot operation is complete.
Examine this command:
[root@host01 ~]# / sbin/acfsutil snap create –p snap001
Snap002 /u01/app/grid/ acfsmount/
Which statement must be true for the successful execution of the second command?
a. The disk group compatibility attribute for ADVM must be set to 12.1 or higher.
b. The parent snapshot must be read-only.
c. The underlying ADVM volume must be configured with high redundancy.
d. The parent snapshot must be read/write.
92. Which two statements are true about clustered ASM instances? (Choose two.)
a. An ASM instance must store its SPFILE in ASM.
b. The ASM password file can be stored in $GRID_HOME/dbs on local storage of a
cluster node.
c. The ASM password file can be stored in a diskgroup that is accessible to all ASM
instances.
d. The SPFILE must be stored in $GRID_HOME/dbs on local storage of a cluster
node.
e. The SPFILE must be stored in a diskgroup that is accessible to all ASM
instances.
93. Disk group DGRP1 has these attributes:
1. Normal redundancy
2. Two failure groups FG1 and FG2 with two disks each
3. Compatibility settings set to 12.1
The FG1 failure group goes offline due to hardware failure.
Which two statements are true? (Choose two.)
a. The redundancy is lowered until the FG1 failgroup is restored and the disk group
resynchronized.
b. New allocation units are mirrored in the FG2 failure group until FG1 is restored
and the disk group resynchronized.
c. Transactions on database objects stored in tablespaces in the DGRP1 disk group
fail.
d. New allocation units are not mirrored but changes to allocation units are tracked
in the FG2 failure group.
94. Examine the output of the asmcmd and srvctl commands:
$ asmcmd showclustermode
ASM cluster : Flex mode enabled
$ srvctl status asm -detail
ASM is running on host01,host02,host03
ASM is enabled.
$ srvctl config asm
ASM home: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Password file: +DATA/orapwASM
ASM listener: LISTENER

ASM instance count: 3
Cluster ASM listener: ASMNET1LSNR_ASM
You execute this command:
$ srvctl modify asm -count 2
All databases on the cluster are running from Oracle 12c homes.
Which statement is true about the outcome of this command?
a. One ASM instance is shut down and the instance count is reduced by one.
b. ASM instances continue running on all three nodes until all database instances
connected to one of the ASM instances shut down.
c. The command fails because one ASM instance must be shut down manually
before executing the command.
d. The command fails because the instance count cannot be reduced to less than
the minimum value of 3.
95. Which three statements are true about Oracle Flex ASM? (Choose three.)
a. It always requires a Flex cluster.
b. Only three ASM instances are supported in Flex ASM.
c. The SPFILE and password file for ASM are stored by default an ASM disk group.
d. An ASM instance can run on a leaf node.
e. A designated network is used for communication between ASM instances and
their clients.
f. ASM clients can fall over to other ASM instances.
96. Which two statements are true about High Availability NFS (HANFS)? (Choose two.)
a. HANFS does not depend on NFS services provided by the underlying operating
system.
b. HANFS performance depends on the characteristics of the underlying ASM disks.
c. HANFS provides high availability in case of an NFS client failure.
d. HANFS provides high availability in case of cluster node failure.
e. NFS client requests are distributed by DNS in a round-robin fashion to the cluster
nodes that export the NFS filesystem.
97. You must replace a failed disk that was dropped from a disk group. You want the
rebalance operation to occur with minimal performance impact. Which two options exist
to achieve this? (Choose two)
a. Make sure that the ASM_POWER_LIMIT parameter is set to 1 before rebalancing
the disk group.
b. Increase the value of the DISK_REPAIR_TIME attribute for the disk group.
c. Use the WAIT clause with the ALTER DISKGROUP command.
d. Decrease the value of the DISK_REPAIR_TIME attribute for the disk group.
e. Set the POWER clause to 1 in the ALTER DISKGROUP command.
98. Which two statements are true about v$asm –views in clustered environment?
a. They exist both in ASM and RDBMS instances, and display the same output.
b. Their names can be seen in dict when connected to an ASM instance.
c. Their names can be seen in v$fixed_table when connected to an instance of any
type that is started.
d. They exist in both in ASM and RDBSM instances, but they can display different
outputs depending on the instance type.
e. gv$asm_attribute can be used to display the ASM_POWER_LIMIT attribute of all
ASM instances in the cluster.
99. Which two statements are true about ASM default templates?
a. Default data file templates are only created by ASM when a normal redundancy
disk group is created.
b. Default template settings for redundancy depends on the disk group redundancy.
c. Default templates for a disk group can be modified.
d. Default template setting for striping depends on disk group redundancy.
e. Templates may be shared across disk groups.
100. Which three statements are true regarding Flex ASM on a four-node cluster
consisting of three-hub nodes and a leaf node?
a. An ASM instance and database instances can coexist on the same hub node.
b. A database instance on a hub node can be a client of an ASM instance running
on any leaf node.
c. A database instance on a hub node can be a client of an ASM instance running
on any hub node.
d. A database instance on a leaf node can be a client of an ASM instance running
on any hub node.
e. A database instance on a hub node uses an ASM instance as an I/O server when
requesting I/O to diskgroups.
f. ASM Cluster File System (ACFS) can only be deployed on hub nodes.
101. Which two statements are true about Flex ASM in a Flex Cluster?
a. Oracle databases from releases older than 12c cannot use Flex ASM.
b. ASFS may only be configured on a hub node running an ASM instance.
c. Instances of ASM-based databases on hosts that have no ASM instance running,
require Flex ASM.
d. Flex ASM requires that I/Os requests be sent through an ASM Proxy Instance,
regardless of database and ASM instance placement in a cluster.
e. Hub nodes with connections from multiple leaf nodes must run an ASM instance.
102. A directory +DATA/ORCL/DATAFILE/USERS exists in ASM. USERS is a user
created directory; ORCL and DATAFILE are system generated directories. Which two
statements are true about user-created directories?
a. You can create subdirectories under the USERS directory.
b. You cannot rename a user-created subdirectory.
c. You cannot drop a directory containing aliases unless you delete the aliases first.
d. You cannot create a user-defined directory at the root (+) level.
e. You cannot create a nested subdirectory /USERS/2014 under USERS with a
single
f. CREATE DIRETORY command even if directory USER1 doesn’t exist.
103. Which three components are integral parts of High Availability NFS (HANFS)?
a. Application VIP
b. DHCP
c. ExportFS
d. HAVIP
e. NFS
f. HAIP
104. Which statement is true concerning the installation of an Oracle Grid
Infrastructure 12c patchset and its status during the installation?
a. Some grid infrastructure patchsets may not be installed in a rolling fashion.
b. They can be applied in-place.
c. When performing rolling patches, crsctl query crs software version always
displays the lowest version of the software running anywhere in the cluster
d. When performing rolling patches, the VIPs for the node being patched are
relocated to another node.
105. Which two types of network adapters are required in which quantity in order to
comply with Oracle recommendations for hardware in a cluster?
a. at least one for the public network
b. at least one for the storage network
c. at least one for the interconnect
d. at least two for the public network
e. at least two for the storage network
f. at least two for the interconnect
106. Which two statements are true concerning Oracle 12c Clusterware-managed
application VIPs?
a. If an application sends messages to be displayed and sets the DISPLAY variable,
then an application VIP is required.
b. An application VIP is created on the default network by the appvipcfg utility.
c. An application VIP is created on the interconnect network by the crsctl utility.
d. An application VIP can be created with the crsctl utility.
e. Application VIPs do not fail over to surviving cluster nodes when the node hosting
the VIP fails.
107. Which two utilities support the “what-if” command evaluation?
a. asmcmd
b. ocrconfig
c. oifcfg
d. crsctl
e. srvctl
108. Which three statements are true concerning diagnostic components and
requirements of Oracle 12c Clusterware?
a. There is one ologgered service for the cluster health monitor (CHM) on each
cluster node regardless of cluster size.
b. The Grid Infrastructure Management Repository database must run on a hub
node if Flex Clusters are used.
c. There is one osysmond service for the cluster health monitor (CHM) on each
cluster node regardless of cluster size.
d. The oclumon utility may be used to get and set parameters for the cluster health
monitor (CHM) repository.
e. The diagcollection.pl script must be run from the Grid home directory as the Grid
infrastructure owner
f. The clusterware log files are stored inside the Grid Infrastructure Management
Repository database used by the cluster health monitor (CHM).
109. Which two statements are true regarding ASM Dynamic Volume manager
(ADVM)?
a. To create an ADVM volume, disk group attributes COMAPTIBLE.ASM and
COMPATIBLE.ADVM must be minimally set to 12.1.
b. An ADVM volume is individually named and can contain only one file system.
c. Only one ADVM volume can be created in an ASM disk group.
d. ADVM extends ASM by providing a device driver interface to storage backed by
an ASM disk group.
e. File systems contained in ADVM volumes may only contain database files.
110. Which three statements are true about ASM Cloud File System (ACFS)
replication?
a. ACFS auditing information is replicated from the primary file system to the
standby file system.
b. One site of an ACFS replication configuration can be host both primary and
standby file systems.
c. Replication is automatically terminated if the primaries file system has less than
2GB free space.
d. Standby redo log files are required on the standby site for synchronous redo
transport.
e. The privilege SYSREPL has been introduced for ACFS replication.
111. Examine this command to create a volume in the DATA disk group:
SQL>ALTER DISKGROUP DATA ADD VOLUME vo11 SIZE 10g HIGH
STRIPE_WIDTH 1M;
STRIPE_COLUMNS 1;
The DATA disk group has 50GB free space.
Which two are prerequisites for successful execution of this command?
a. COMAPTIBLE.ASM and COMPATIBLE.ADVM must be set to 11.2 or higher for

the DATA disk group.
b. The DATA disk group must not be created with external redundancy.
c. The DATA disk group must not contain any other volume.
d. The DATA disk group must have at least three failure groups.
e. The DATA disk group must have an AU size of 1MB.
112. You just added an ASM disk to the DATA diskgroup. Which two can be used to
monitor the rebalancing?
a. amscmd lsop
b. v$asm_disk
c. v$asm_operation
d. v$asm_diskgroup
e. v$session_longops
f. amscmd lsdg
SQl> CREATE DISKGROUP RECO HIGH REDUNDANCY:
FAILGROUP fgrpl1 DISK
‘/dev/disk1’ NAME disk1,

ATTRIBUTE ‘au_size’=’4M’,
‘compatible.asm’ = ’12.1’,
‘compatible.rdbms’ = ’12.1’,
‘compatible.advm’ = ’12.1’,
‘content_type’ = ‘recovery’;
Which two statements are true about this disk group?
a. File created in it have three copies for each allocation unit.

b. Any database instance with the COMPATIBLE parameter 10.1 and higher can
use it.
c. The Compatible attribute values of the disk group can be changed to lower
values.
d. Files created using a template with the redundancy attributes set to MIRROR will
have three-way Mirroring.
e. The RECO diskgroup may only be used for the FRA.
f. Files created using a template with the redundancy attribute set to HIGH will have
three-way mirroring.
114. Which three statements are true about node listeners in a Grid Infrastructure
Cluster using Flex ASM?
a. They run from the Grid Infrastructure home by default.
b. They listen only for database instances on the same node.
c. They listen only for the ASM instance on the same node.
d. There only can be one node listener per node.
e. They listen on behalf on any ASM instance and all database instances on the
same node.
115. Which three statements are true about ASM Cloud File System (ACFS) auditing?
a. Audit information gathered by each cluster node can be consolidated into the
unified ACFS audit trail.
b. acfsutil audit archive must be used to archive audit files that are larger than
10MB.
c. acfsutil audit init must be run by a system administrator.
d. acfsutil audit purge can be run by an audit manager.
e. acfsutil audit read marks audit files to indicate that it is safe to purge them.
116. Which three statements are true regarding ACFS snapshots in Oracle 12c ASM?
a. They are contained in a directory on the same volume as their parent file system.
b. All ACFS snapshot operations for all filesystem are serialized clusterwide.
c. You can create a snapshot from an existing snapshot.
d. They can be administered using ASMCMD.
e. They can only be accessed when the file system is mounted.
f. They are always point-in-time copies of the parent file system.
117. Which two statements are true about initialization parameters for Clustered ASM
instances?
a. A change to ASM_DISKSTRING requires a restart of all ASM instances for the
change to take effect.
b. ASM_POWER_LIMIT controls the number of RDBMS instances that can access
a disk group while it is being rebalanced.
c. The ASM_DISKGROUP parameter is optional.
d. The default value of INSTANT_TYPE is ASM.
e. The maximum value of ASM_POWER_LIMIT is 1024.
SQL> CREATE DISKROUP data NORMAL REDANDUNCY:
FAILGROUP fgrpl DISK
ATTRIBUTE ‘au_size’=’4M’,
‘compatible.asm’ = ’11.2’,
‘compatible.rdbms’ = ’11.2’,
‘compatible.advm’ = ’11.2’,
‘content_type’ = ‘recovery’;
Which two statements are true about this disk group, created using Grid Infrastructure
12.1?
a. Each disk in each of the three fail groups is a mirror of the corresponding disk of
the other two failure groups.
b. File created in this disk group always has two copies for each allocation unit: one
primary and one secondary.
c. It can contain ASM Dynamic Volume Manager (ADVM) volumes.
d. Any database instance with the COMPATIBLE parameter set to 11.2 or higher
can access it.
e. The ASM compatible attributes can be changed to 11.1 for this disk group.
119. Which two statements are true about the UNDROP clause of the ALTER
DISKGROUP statement?
a. It cancels pending drops of disks dropped using the DROP DISKGROUP
command.
b. A disk cannot be undropped as a result of a drop diskgroup.
c. It automatically unmounts the disks after successfully undropping them.
d. It is not possible to cancel pending drops of disks dropped using the force option.
120. Examine the output of the asmcmd and srvctl commands:
$ asmcmd showclustermode
ASM cluster : Flex mode enabled
$ srvctl status asm –detail
ASM is running on host01, host03
ASM is enabled.
$ srvctl config asm
ASM home: /u01/app/12.1.0/grid
Password file: +DATA/orapwASM
ASM listener: LISTENER
ASM instance count: 2
Cluster ASM listener: ASMNET1LSNR_ASM
Then you execute this command:
$ srvctl relocate asm – currentnode host03 –targetnode host02
Which three statements are true regarding the execution of this command based on the
output shown?
a. It fails because an ASM instance is not configured to run on HOST02.

b. It succeeds and starts an ASM instance on HOST02 and shuts down the ASM
instance on HOST03.
c. It succeeds and 12c database instances connected to the ASM instance on
HOST03 can be reconnected to the ASM instance on HOST02.
d. It fails because the ASM instance has not been shut down first on HOST03.
e. It succeeds and starts an ASM instance on HOST02 but the ASM instance on
HOST03 is not shut down until all connected clients disconnected.
f. It succeeds and 12c database instances connected to the ASM instance on
HOST03 can be reconnected to the ASM instance on HOST01.
121. Which three statements are true about ASM Cloud File System (ACFS)
encryption?
a. A copy of an encrypted file is not encrypted unless it is created in an encrypted
directory.
b. acfsutil encr init is used to establish role separation between encryption
managers and encryption auditors.
c. acfsutil encr off can be run by an encryption manager who may not have system
administrator privileges.
d. acfsutil encr on can be used to specify the encryption key length for a directory or
file.
e. An ACFS snapshot can be ACFS encrypted.
122. Which two statements are true concerning ASM diskgroups using disks with a 4k
sector size?
a. Their COMPATIBLE.ASM attributes must be set to 12.1 or higher.
b. Their COMPATIBLE.ASM attributes must be set to 11.2 or higher.
c. Performance of ACFS is improved by using these diskgroups.
d. Their COMPATIBLE.RDBMS attributes must be set to 11.2 or higher.
e. Their sector size attributes can be changed using the ALTER DISKGROUP
command.
123. Examine the output of this command:
ASMCMD> volinfo –G ACFS -a
Diskgroup Name: ACFS
Volume Name: VOL1
Volume Device: /dev/asm/vol1-280
State: ENABLED
Size (MB): 248
Resize Unit (MB): 32
Redundancy: MIRROR
Stripe Columns: 4
Stripe Width (K): 128
Usage: ACFS
Mountpath: /u01/app/grid/acfsmount
The ACFS disk group is a normal redundancy disk group with 5 GB of free space.
To increase the size of the ACFS file system, you execute this command as the root
user:
$ /sbin/acfsutil size +200M /u01/app/grid/acfsmount
Which two statements are true regarding the outcome of this command?
a. It resizes VOL1
b. It fails to resize the filesystem because it must be unmounted before resizing.
c. It fails to resize VOL1 because it must be executed as a user belonging to the
SYSASM group.
d. It succeeds but leaves the filesystem unmounted.
e. It resizes the filesystem mounted on /u01/app/grid/acfsmount.
124. Oracle Clusterware manages an administrator-managed database service
defined with the MANUAL management policy. Which two statements are true?
a. The service must be manually restarted with SRVCTL every time the instance
hosting the service fails.
b. Clusterware will monitor the service while it is active.
c. The service must be manually restarted with SRVCTL after restarting the
Clusterware stack on the node hosting the service.
d. When manually started, the service will always start on one or more available
instances rather than on their preferred instances.
e. The service must be manually started with SRVCTL after a planned restart of the
instance hosting the service.
125. You are developing a user callout procedure to send an email to the helpdesk
whenever a RAC database instance fails to restart after node failure.
Examine these tasks (see exhibit):
Identify the minimum steps required, in the correct sequence, to implement this.
a. 1, 3, 7
b. 1, 4, 6
c. 2, 5, 8
d. 2, 4, 7, 8
e. 2, 4, 7
f. 1, 4, 7, 8
126. Which three options have a RAC-specific tuning component?
a. contention on index leaf blocks
b. sequence definitions
c. the size of the online redo log buffers
d. contention for online redo log files
e. contention for archived redo log files
f. the load on the Cluster Interconnect
127. Examine this query and output:
SQL> select order_flag, cache_size, session_flag, keep_value,
2 from user_sequences where sequence_name = ‘SEQ1’;
O CACHE_SIZE S K
— ——————- — —
Y 10 N N
Performance analysis revealed severe SQ enqueue contention on the SEQ1 sequence.
The SEQ1 sequence is incremented from all instances equally and is frequently used.
Which two statements should you execute to reduce SQ enqueue contention?
a. alter sequence seq1 cache 10000;

b. alter sequence seq1 order;
c. alter sequence seq1 noorder;
d. exec sys.dbms_shared_pool.keep (‘SEQ1’, ‘Q’)
e. alter sequence seq1 keep;
128. Which three statements are true about ASM Cloud File System (ACFS) tagging?
a. acfssettag is a command provided by a platform-independent API to tag files.
b. acfssettag is a command provided by a platform-dependent API to tag files.
c. ACFS tagging is used to mark a subset of files in an ACFS file system for
replication.
d. acfsutil encr on can be used to specify the tag names of the files to be encrypted.
e. acfsutil tag set can be used to tag files.
129. Which two statements are true about ASM alias names?
a. ASM files created using an alias name are not OMF files even if OMF is enabled.
b. Alias file names cannot be used together with templates when creating
tablespaces.
c. ASM files created using an alias name are OMF files even if OMF is not enabled.
d. Alias names can be stored only in user-defined directories.
e. ASM files created using an alias name also have a fully qualified name and can
be accessed by either name.
130. The DGRP1 diskgroup has these attributes:
Normal redundancy
Two failgroups with four asmdisks in each failgroup
compatible.asm set to 12.1
The ASM_POWER_LIMIT is currently set to 1 in the ASM instances.
There are three databases whose instances are up and which access data in the DGRP1
diskgroup.
No other clients use this diskgroup.

You want to add two asm disks to each failgroup, complete the rebalance as quickly as
possible, by avoiding checks for access to allocation units, and then restore database
availability.
Examine the list of actions (see exhibit):
Identify the correct sequence of required steps:
a. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 10, 7
b. 1, 3, 5, 7
c. 1, 8, 6, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7
d. 1, 8, 6, 3, 5, 2, 10, 7
131. Which three statements are true concerning policy-based cluster management in
Oracle 12c Clusterware?
a. Server Pools must be managed with the crsctl utility for servers hosting an
application or other administrator-defined high-availability resource.
b. All servers in a new cluster installation belong to the generic server pool.
c. The server pool contains servers that host administrator-defined high availability
resources.
d. Server pools must be managed with the srvctl utility for servers hosting a
database.
e. All servers in a new cluster installation belong to the Free server pool.
132. Examine this output:
ASMCMD> volinfo – G ACFS –a
Diskgroup Name: ACFS
Volume Name: VOL1
Volume Device: /dev/asm/vol1-280
State: ENABLED
Size (MB): 2048
Resize Unit (MB): 32
Redundancy: MIRROR
Stripe Columns: 4
Stripe Width (K): 128
Usage: ACFS
Mountpath: /u01/app/grid/acfsmount
The ACFS disk group has 10 GB free space and the file system is currently mounted.
You execute this command to increase the volume size:
ASMCMD >volresize –G ACFS –s 3G VOL1
Which statement is true regarding the outcome?
a. It succeeds
b. It fails because the file system must be unmounted before resizing.
c. It fails because resizing a volume containing an ACFS file system must be
performed using ACFSUTIL.
d. It succeeds but the file system is automatically unmounted.
e. It fails because the –f option is not specified.
133. You plan to apply a patchset to a RAC database running on a two-node cluster.
The cluster has this configuration:
Grid infrastructure release 12.1.0.1.0
RAC database release 12.1.0.1.0
All software installed on local file systems
The database is deployed on ASM disk groups.
Examine this list of possible tasks (see exhibit).
Identify the required tasks in the correct order to apply the patchset with the least amount
of down time.
a. 1, 3, 2, 5 and 8
b. 3, 2, 5 and 8
c. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8
d. 3, 2, 6 and 8
e. 3, 2, 5, 2 and 8
134. Which two components must always be defined or specified by an administrator
to make an application highly available using Oracle 12c Clusterware?
a. A Server Pool
b. an application VIP
c. an application resource
d. a resource dependency definition
e. a script agent
135. Which two statements are true about resources defined by an administrator and
registered with Oracle 12c Clusterware for high availability?
a. A policy-managed resource can be started manually using crsctl.
b. A policy-managed resource can be started manually using srvctl.
c. Resource dependencies are automatically set when using a policy-managed
resource.
d. An administrator-managed resource can be started manually using crsctl.
e. An administrator-managed resource can be started manually using srvctl.
f. The action script is automatically set when using a policy-managed resource.
136. Which statement is true about using OPatch to patch Oracle Grid Infrastructure
12c?
a. All grid infrastructure patches may be applied in a rolling fashion with Opatch.
b. Opatch can patch all cluster nodes simultaneously without stopping the
clusterware on all nodes.
c. Opatch can patch all cluster nodes simultaneously only for nonrolling patches.
d. Applying patches with Opatch must be done in an out-of-place fashion.
137. Which three statements are true about the administration and use of policy sets in
a. All server pools in a cluster are controlled by the policy set, when user-defined
policy management is used.
b. Servers in a server pool outside the control of policy set are never affected by
policy changes, when user-defined policy management is used.
c. Clusterware administrators cannot directly modify the policy set when Quality of
Service (QoS) Management is used.
d. A server pool can have the same attributes defined for different policies in the
policy set, when user-defined policy management is used.
e. A server pool can have different attributes defined for different policies in the
policy set, when user-defined policy management is used.
138. Your flex cluster has these attributes:
1. Hub nodes host01 and host02
2. Leaf nodes host03 and host04
3. Full Featured GNS is configured and running.
You attempt to run this command to add two more nodes to the cluster:
$ ./addnode.sh –silent “CLUSTER_NEW_NODES={host05,host06}”
“CLUSTER_NEW_NODE_ROLES={hub,leaf}”
What is the result and the reason for this result?
a. It fails because no VIP was specified for the hub node host05.
b. It fails because hub and leaf nodes may not be added by the same execution of
addNode.sh.
c. It fails because GNS doesn’t assign VIPs for leaf nodes and no VIP was specified
in the command.
d. It succeeds because no VIP specification is required for leaf nodes and none
need to be specified for hub nodes when using full featured GNS.
139. Which two actions are performed by installing the Oracle 12c Preinstall RPM on
Oracle Linux?
a. It creates the grid user if not already defined.
b. It modifies the /etc/sysctl.conf Linux file.
c. It installs kernel modules required for the ASM Cluster File System (ACFS).
d. It installs the OpenSSH client package.
e. It creates the oinstall group if not already defined.
140. Which three statements are true about Oracle Clusterware components,
architecture, and behavior?
a. The Cluster Ready Services Daemon (CRSD) is responsible for monitoring and
maintaining the availability of cluster resources defined in the Oracle Local
Repository file (OLR).
b. All cluster nodes can write or read from the Oracle Clusterware Repository (OCR)
file at the same time.
c. The Oracle High Availability Services Daemon (OHASD) is responsible for
monitoring and maintaining the availability of the Clusterware stack on a cluster
node.
d. Voting disks stored in Automatic Storage Management (ASM) can be discovered
or used even if the ASM instance on a cluster node is down.
e. The Cluster Synchronization Services Daemon (CSSD) must connect to the
cluster by accessing the Oracle Clusterware Repository (OCR) file before the
Oracle High Availability Services Daemon (OHASD) is started.
f. Time synchronization in an Oracle Cluster is possible without using network Time
Protocol (NTP).
141. Which two statements are true regarding the configuration of ASM disk groups
when installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c?
a. The installer permits the creation of a disk group for use by the voting disks and
OCR file.
b. If no ASM disk groups are specified during installation, then ASM instances are
not started after the installation completes on any cluster node.
c. The installer permits the creation of a disk group to be used for the Recovery
Area for the ASM instance.
d. If ASM disk groups are configured for the Clusterware files, then ASM must be
used for all databases on the cluster.
e. ASM disk groups used for voting files and OCR files require a quorum failgroup.
142. When installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c, which three options exist for the
configuration of Grid naming Service (GNS)?
a. using Shared GNS for the leaf nodes and local GNS for the hub nodes in a Flex
Cluster
b. using Shared GNS running on another cluster
c. using Shared GNS for the hub nodes and local GNS for the leaf nodes in a Flex
Cluster
d. creation of a new GNS for this cluster
e. using DHCP to assign Node Virtual IP addresses for nodes in the cluster
143. Which three statements are true about displaying the location of voting files, OCR
files, or OLR files in Oracle Clusterware 12c on a UNIX system?
a. Use cat /etc/oracle/ocr.loc to view the location of the OCR if stored in ASM.
b. Use ocrcheck command to view the location of the OCR only if stored in a file
system.
c. Use crsctl query votedisk to view the location of voting files if stored in ASM.
d. Use the ls command in the asmcmd utility to view the location of voting files if
stored in ASM.
e. Use crsctl query votedisk to view the location of voting files if stored in a file
system.
f. Use cat /etc/oracle/olr.loc to view the location of the OCR and OLR if stored on a
file system.
144. Which two Operating System users and groups must be created on each node
before installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c?
a. an O/S user to own the Clusterware installation and a different O/S user to own
the Automatic Storage Management (ASM) installation
b. an O/S group to own the software inventory
c. an O/S user to own the Oracle Database installation
d. an O/S group called dba
e. a group to own the ASMLIB-provisioned storage
f. a group to own Automatic-Storage Management (ASM) Filter Driver-provisioned
storage
145. Which four statements are true concerning the upgrading of Oracle Grid
Infrastructure 12c?
a. The ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set to the Grid Infrastructure
home directory in the installation owner’s environment.
b. The upgrade must be done in-place.
c. The upgrade must be done out of place.
d. Upgrade validation may be done using the Oracle Universal Installer which in turn
invokes the built-in cluster verification utility.
e. The cluster verification utility cluvfy.sh can verify that the cluster is ready for an
upgrade.
f. The ORACLE_SID environment variable must be set to the SID of the ASM
instance in the installation owner’s environment.
g. The cluster verification utility cluvfy.sh can generate fixup scripts to run on all
nodes of the cluster.
146. Which two steps must always be performed to delete node host04 from an Oracle
12c Clusterware cluster that does not use Grid Naming Service (GNS)?
a. Run the crsctl unpin css – host04 command as root on host01, or on either
host02 or host03.
b. Run the rootcrs.pl – delete –force command as root on host01, or on either
host02 or host03.
c. Run the rootcrs.pl – delete –force command as root on host04.
d. Run the crsctl delete node -n host04 command as root on host04.
e. Run the crsctl delete node -n host04 command as root on host04.
f. Run the crsctl delete node -n host04 command as root on host01, or on either
host02 or host03.
147. Which two are characteristics of any node that is part of a Grid Plug and Play
(GPnP) Domain in Oracle Clusterware?
a. It has at least two non routable interfaces inside the GPnP domain for the private
interconnect.
b. It has at least two routable interfaces outside the GPnP domain for the public
interface.
c. It has at least one routable interface inside the GPnP domain for the private
interconnect.
d. It has at least one routable interface outside the GPnP domain for the public
interface.
e. It has a unique identifier that is unique outside the GPnP domain.
f. It has a unique identifier that is unique inside the GPnP domain.
148. Which three statements are true concerning activation of a user-defined policy in
a. When a policy is first created, it is initially active.
b. When a policy is activated, nodes may be reassigned to server pools based on
the policy definition.
c. An administrator-defined policy may be activated using the srvctl utility.
d. When a policy is activated, resources cannot be automatically started to comply
with the policy definition.
e. When a policy is first created, it is initially inactive.
f. When a policy is activated, resources can be automatically stopped to comply
with the policy definition.
149. Which three events occur when a hub node fails in an Oracle Clusterware 12c
Flex Cluster?
a. The hub node is evicted from the cluster
b. Leaf nodes connected to the failing hub node are reconnected to a surviving hub
node without service disruption.
c. Cluster resources running on leaf nodes connected to the failed hub node are
relocated to one or more surviving hub nodes.
d. Cluster resources running on leaf nodes connected to the failed hub node are
relocated to one or more surviving leaf nodes.
e. Cluster resources running on the failed hub node are relocated to one or more
surviving hub nodes.
f. Cluster resources running on the failed hub node are relocated to one or more
surviving leaf nodes.
g. Cluster resources running on the failed hub node are relocated to one or more
surviving hub nodes or leaf nodes, or both.
150. Which three types of patches and upgrades are supported for Oracle Grid
Infrastructure 12c?
a. in-place upgrades using the Oracle Universal Installer
b. out-of-place patching for patch bundles
c. in-place patching for patch bundles
d. out-of-place upgrades using the Oracle Universal Installer
e. in-place patching for one-off patches
f. in-place patching for patch sets
151. Which statement is true concerning the installation of an Oracle Grid
Infrastructure 12c patchset and its status during the installation?
a. Some grid infrastructure patchsets may not be installed in a rolling fashion.
b. They can be applied in-place.
c. When performing rolling patches, crsctl query crs software version always
displays the lowest version of the software running anywhere in the cluster
d. When performing rolling patches, the VIPs for the node being patched are
relocated to another node.
152. Which two utilities can be used to predict the consequences of a file system
failure for the Oracle 12c Clusterware stack?
a. asmcmd
b. srvctl predict….
c. crsctl fail….
d. asmca
e. acfsutil
f. advmutil
153. Which two types of IP address details are administered using the srvctl command
for Oracle Clusterware 12c?
a. the Grid Naming Service (GNS) VIP
b. public IP addresses
c. High Available VIP (HAIP) addresses
d. Single Client Access Name (SCAN) VIPs
e. Storage Network IP addresses
154. Which three statements are true about Oracle Clusterware 12c Flex Cluster
architecture?
a. Each leaf node must be connected to storage shared across all cluster nodes.
b. Hub nodes require direct access to the voting disks.
c. Each leaf node must be connected to storage shared across all leaf nodes.
d. Each hub node must be connected to storage shared across all hub nodes.
e. Hub nodes require direct access to the OCR file.
f. Leaf nodes require direct access to the voting disks.
155. Which three statements are true concerning node evictions and reboots
performed by Oracle Clusterware 12c?
a. All node evictions require that the evicted node or nodes be rebooted.
b. A node whose performance is severely degraded can be evicted.
c. The OCSSD process may evict a node after an escalation request from a
database instance LMON process.
d. The CSSDMONITOR process can request a node eviction.
e. The OCLSKD process is used for node eviction requests originating on the node
to be evicted.
f. The reboot advisory broadcasts reboot decisions only over the interconnect.
156. Which three statements are true about Server Categorization in Oracle 12c
Clusterware?
a. All server attributes that may be used to determine the server category are
discovered automatically by Oracle Clusterware.
b. Different Hub nodes in a flex cluster may belong to separate administrator-
defined categories.
c. All hub nodes in a flex cluster belong to the same Oracle-supplied category.
d. A server may be added to only one category using the crsctl utility.
e. All leaf nodes in a flex cluster belong to the same Oracle-supplied category.
f. All server attributes used for categorization are administrator modifiable.
157. When using Oracle 12c Clusterware, which two actions are required to repair the
ocr.loc file on host01 in a cluster having three other nodes called host02, host03, and
host04?
a. Run ocr.config –repair on another node in the cluster to repair the ocr.loc file on
host01
b. Stop the clusterware stack on host01 only.
c. Stop the clusterware stack on all cluster nodes.
d. Run ocrconfig –repair on host01.
e. Stop the clusterware stack on host01 and on the node used to issue the ocrconfig
–repair command.

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1Z0-068 Oracle RAC 12C Grid Administration

Section 1: RAC administration

2. srvctl convert db -db ron -dbtype raconenode -node 016n1

3. srvctl add instance -db ron -instance ron_1 -node 016n1

4. srvctl add instance -db ron -instance ron_2 -node 016n2

5. srvctl start instance -db ron -instance ron_1

6. srvctl start instance -db ron -instance ron_2

SQL> CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdb3 FROM pdb1;

Examine this list of possible conversion steps:

2. Perform an RMAN backup of the single-instance database.

3. Validate the cluster using CLUVFY.

4. Copy the template and image les to a cluster node.

6. Perform an Oracle Database 12c RAC installation.

7. Create a RAC database with DBCA using the RMAN backup.

8. Create a RAC database with DBCA using the template.

1. Apply a Grid Infrastructure interim patch.

2. Apply a Grid Infrastructure Patch Set Update (PSU).

3. Apply a database on-line patch.

4. Apply a Grid Infrastructure patchset.

5. Apply a database patchset.

6. Upgrade Grid Infrastructure from one release to another.

7. Upgrade databases from one release to another.

Your plan is to perform these tasks:

1. Install and configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure on a local system.

2. Install Oracle Database software on an ACFS system.

3. Create several RAC One Node databases.

Which of the 7 requirements are met by your plan?

CREATE SPFILE FROM MEMORY;

Which statement is true?

a. An SPFILE is created and contains parameter settings only for PROD1.

You want to drop PDB_3.

Which two statements are true? (Choose two.)

a. PDB_3 must be closed on all CDB1 instances.

srvcl start service -db RACDB -service CRM

Instances RACDB_1 and RACDB_2 run on host01 and host02, respectively.

This is the only TNS entry in the client side tnsnames.ora:

(DESCRIPTION =(FAILOVER=ON) (LOAD_BALANCE=ON)

(ADDRESS= (PROTOCOL=TCP) (HOST=host02-VIP.example.com)(PORT=1521))

(CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = CRM)

Which statement is true regarding the TAF settings?

$srvctl modify service -db RACDB -service SRVBl -clbgoal LONG

This three-Instance RAC database uses Flex ASM.

a. It is enabled only when LOAD_BALANCE=YES is coded in the client-side TNS

Examine these commands executed on PROD1:

SQL > ALTER SYSTEM SET PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS=200 SCOPE=MEMORY

SQL > ALTER SYSTEM SET PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS=100 SCOPE=MEMORY

Which statement is true?

a. PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS will be 200 for all instances of PROD.

It runs on an eight-node cluster and a serverpool prod_pool has three servers.

Examine these commands executed on HOST01:

$ srvctl start service –db CDB1 –service HR

$ srvctl stop service –db CDB1 –service HR

Which two statements are true?

Examine these commands executed on HOST01:

$ srvctl start service –db CDB1 –service AR

Which two statements are true regarding the AR service?

$ srvctl add service –db racdb –service erp –serverpool srvpooll

– failovertype TRANSACTION –commit_outcome TRUE – replay_init_time 1800

– retention 86400 –notification TRUE –rlbgoal SERVICE_TIME –clbgoal SHORT

$ srvctl start service – db racdb – service erp

Instances RACDB_1 and RACDB_2 run on host01 and host02, respectively.

Which three statements are true regarding the service erp?

a. Connections to the database using erp benefit from Application Continuity.