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ORACLE Questions


Posted Date: 12 Feb 2008    Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing    Category: Jobs & Interviews

Posted By: Orissa       Member Level: Bronze
Rating:     Points: 2



Q1.What SQL statement is used to display the current date?

Select sysdate dual;

Q2. You issue an Oracle shutdown command and after 5 minutes the database not shutdown. What command do you try next?

Shutdown immediate;

Q3. What SQL command would produce a list of all Oracle data file names?

Select file_name from dba_data_files;

Q4. What Oracle parameter is used to define the RAM space to cache data blocks?

Db_block_buffers or db_cache_size

Q5. What is the default password for the SYS user?

Change_on_install

Q6. What does Scott Tiger refer to with Oracle?

Scott is the schema owner for the Oracle EMP demo schema and tiger is the password.

Q7. What dictionary view tells the size of each database file?

Dba_data_files

Q8. What web site do you use to log an Itar? (Pronounced eye-tar)

Metal Link

Q9. Name the two most common Oracle index structures?

b-tree indexes and bitmap indexes

Q10.What system view will display the number of instance-wide disk sorts since startup time?

V$sysstat




Responses

Author: SajithkumarS    13 Feb 2008Member Level: Diamond   Points : 5
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