Oracle Interview Questions – Part D

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  • At what point of report execution is the before Report trigger fired?
  • How can a group in a cross products be visually distinguished from a group that does not form a cross product?
  • How can one dump internal database structures? (for DBA)
  • How does one create a RMAN recovery catalog? (for DBA)
  • How does Space allocation table place within a block ?
  • How free extents are managed in Ver 6.0 and Ver 7.0 ?
  • How to implement the multiple control files for an existing database ?
  • How will you create multiple rollback segments in a database ?
  • How will you estimate the space required by a non-clustered tables?
  • How will you force database to use particular rollback segment ?
  • How will you monitor rollback segment status ?
  • How will you monitor the space allocation ?
  • How will you swap objects into a different table space for an existing database ?
  • It is possible to use raw devices as data files and what is the advantages over file. system files ?
  • I’ve lost my REDOLOG files, how can I get my DB back? (for DBA)
  • I’ve lost some Rollback Segments, how can I get my DB back? (for DBA)
  • List the Optional Flexible Architecture (OFA) of Oracle database? or How can we organize the tablespaces in Oracle database to have maximum performance ?
  • My database is down and I cannot restore. What now? (for DBA )
  • My database was terminated while in BACKUP MODE, do I need to recover? (for DBA)
  • To display the page no. for each page on a report what would be the source & logical page no. or & of physical page no.?
  • What are disadvantages of having raw devices ?
  • What are the built -ins used for Modifying a groups structure?
  • What are the default extensions of the files created by forms modules?
  • What are the default extensions of the files created by menu module?
  • What are the differences between EBU and RMAN? (for DBA)
  • What are the different kind of export backups?
  • What are the different methods of backing up oracle database ?
  • What are the factors causing the reparsing of SQL statements in SGA?
  • What are the two panes that Appear in the design time pl/sql interpreter?
  • What are the two ways by which data can be generated for a parameters list of values?
  • What are the various methods of performing a calculation in a report ?
  • What are three panes that appear in the run time pl/sql interpreter?
  • What database events can be set? (for DBA)
  • What is a combo box?
  • What is a Control file ?
  • What is a database EVENT and how does one set it? (for DBA)
  • What is a logical backup?
  • What is a physical page ? & What is a logical page ?
  • What is a property clause?
  • What is a record group?
  • What is a Rollback segment entry ?
  • What is a Shared SQL pool?
  • What is a Static Record Group?
  • What is advantage of having disk shadowing/ Mirroring ?
  • What is an LOV?
  • What is an object group?
  • What is an user exit used for?
  • What is cold backup? What are the elements of it?
  • What is coordination Event?
  • What is Database Buffers ?
  • What is dictionary cache ?
  • What is hot backup and how it can be taken?
  • What is meant by free extent ?
  • What is meant by recursive hints ?
  • What is meant by redo log buffer ?
  • What is meant by Redo Log file mirroring ? How it can be achieved?
  • What is the difference between locks, latches, enqueues and semaphores? (for DBA)
  • What is the difference between OLE Server & Ole Container?
  • What is the difference between ON-VALIDATE-FIELD trigger and a POST-CHANGE trigger ?
  • What is the frame & repeating frame?
  • What is the significance of having storage clause ?
  • What is the use of ANALYSE ( Ver 7) option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of COMPRESS option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of CONSISTENT (Ver 7) option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of CONSTRAINTS option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of FILE option in IMP command ?
  • What is the use of FULL option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of GRANT option in EXP command?
  • What is the use of GRANT option in IMP command ?
  • What is the use of IGNORE option in IMP command ?
  • What is the use of INCTYPE option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of INDEXES option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of INDEXES option in IMP command ?
  • What is the use of PARFILE option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of RECORD LENGTH option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of RECORD option in EXP command?
  • What is the use of ROWS option in EXP command ?
  • What is the use of ROWS option in IMP command ?
  • What is the use of SHOW option in IMP command ?
  • What is the User-Named Editor?
  • When is PRE-QUERY trigger executed ?
  • Where can one get a list of all hidden Oracle parameters? (for DBA)
  • Where is a procedure return in an external pl/sql library executed at the client or at the server?
  • Where is the external query executed at the client or the server?
  • Which parameter in Storage clause will reduce no. of rows per block?
  • Why query fails sometimes ?
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