Oracle Backup And Recovery: Intermediate-Level Quiz

Oracle Backup And Recovery Quiz

The goal of this quiz is to evaluate your understanding of essential tools and processes that ensure the availability, integrity, and security of Oracle databases in various scenarios, such as data loss, corruption, or hardware failure. Let's Begin!

1 / 20

What Oracle backup and recover file contains user and system data?

Offline ReDo file

Control file

OnLine ReDo file

Datafile

2 / 20

How does RMAN perform backup compression?

By compressing both datafiles and archived logs to reduce storage

By compressing only datafiles

By compressing redo logs only

By compressing only control files

3 / 20

What does the RMAN CROSSCHECK command do?

Recovers missing archived redo logs

Verifies the status of backups and makes them available

Backs up the control file

Lists all existing backups

4 / 20

Which of the following is not a method of backing up Oracle database?

Logical Backups

Cold Backups

Hot Backups

Warm Backups

5 / 20

__________ involves reading a set of database records and writing them into a file. Export utility is used for taking backup and Import utility is used to recover from backup.

Cold Backups

Logical backup

Hot Backups

None of the above

6 / 20

Which of the following is the default location for RMAN backup files?

SYSTEM tablespace

/oracle_backup/default

TEMP tablespace

Flash Recovery Area

7 / 20

Which RMAN command is used to perform a full database backup?

BACKUP DATABASE

BACKUP DATABASE FULL

RMAN BACKUP DATABASE

FULL BACKUP DATABASE

8 / 20

What is the use of CONSISTENT option in EXP command?

A flag to indicate whether statistical information about the exported objects should be written to export dump file

Name of the parameter file to be passed for export

A flag to indicate whether a read consistent version of all the exported objects should be maintained

For Incremental exports, the flag indirect whether a record will be stores data dictionary tables recording the export

9 / 20

A backup piece is a physical binary file created by RMAN during a backup. True or False?

True

False

10 / 20

Which of the following statements about RMAN Incremental Backups is TRUE?

Level 1 backups are taken more frequently than Level 0

Level 1 backups are full backups

Level 0 backups back up all blocks in a database

Incremental backups always copy unchanged data

11 / 20

Which of the following RMAN commands can you use to check the integrity of the backups?

LIST BACKUPS

RESTORE VALIDATE

RECOVER BACKUP

BACKUP VALIDATE

12 / 20

The recovery catalog is an inventory of the backup taken by RMAN for the database. True or False?

True

False

13 / 20

What is the main advantage of using RMAN over traditional backup methods?

RMAN requires no disk space

RMAN is not recommended for large databases

RMAN provides incremental backups

RMAN backs up all data files, including those that are not changed

14 / 20

What does the ARCHIVELOG mode enable in an Oracle database?

To limit the number of redo logs

To create redo log files for backup

To enable database users to take snapshots

To disable automatic backups

15 / 20

The rollback segments are not used for read consistency.

True

False

16 / 20

Oracle has introduced a flashback technology to recover the past states of database objects. True or False?

True

False

17 / 20

What is the primary use of the Oracle Data Pump utility in backup and recovery?

To manage redo log files

To perform physical backups of the database

To backup control files

To perform logical backups by exporting database objects

18 / 20

Complete recovery uses redo data or incremental backups combined with a database backup, datafile or tablespace to update it to the most current point. True or False?

True

False

19 / 20

What is the use of the FILE option in the EXP command?

To indicate whether export should compress fragmented segments into single extents

To indicate whether indexes on tables will be exported

To indicate whether table rows should be exported

To give the export file name

20 / 20

In Oracle, which of the following files are used during a database recovery?

Datafiles and password files

Redo log files and control files

Archived redo log files and datafiles

Tempfiles and data dictionary

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The Oracle backup and recovery quiz explores strategies and techniques for safeguarding and restoring Oracle databases.

It also covers troubleshooting recovery scenarios, ensuring data integrity, and disaster recovery planning.

The quiz is ideal for intermediate-level professionals familiar with Oracle database management who want to advance their skills in securing data against failures.

All the best!