Oracle Database 11g: Administration II

Exam Number:	1Z0-053
Associated Certifications:	Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional OPN Certified Specialist
Exam Price:	US$125
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Duration:

105 minutes

Number of Questions:

Passing Score:

66%
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Recommended Training and Preparation

Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop II
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Practice Exams

Oracle authorized practice exam from Self Test Software: 1Z0-053 Oracle Database 11g: Administration II
Oracle authorized practice exam from Transcender: Cert-1Z0-053 DBCert: Oracle Database 11g: Administration II

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Sample Questions

Exam Topics

Database Architecture and ASM
[ ]	Describe Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
[ ]	Set up initialization parameter files for ASM and database instances
[ ]	Start up and shut down ASM instances
[ ]	Administer ASM disk groups

Configuring for Recoverability
[ ]	Configure multiple archive log file destinations to increase availability
[ ]	Define, apply and use a retention policy
[ ]	Configure the Flash Recovery Area
[ ]	Use Flash Recovery Area

Using the RMAN Recovery Catalog
[ ]	Identify situations that require RMAN recovery catalog
[ ]	Create and configure a recovery catalog
[ ]	Synchronize the recovery catalog
[ ]	Create and Use RMAN stored scripts
[ ]	Back up the recovery catalog
[ ]	Create and use a virtual private catalog

Configuring Backup Specifications
[ ]	Configure backup settings
[ ]	Allocate channels to use in backing up
[ ]	Configure backup optimization

Using RMAN to Create Backups
[ ]	Create image file backups
[ ]	Create a whole database backup
[ ]	Enable fast incremental backup
[ ]	Create duplex backup and back up backup sets
[ ]	Create an archival backup for long-term retention
[ ]	Create a multisection, compressed and encrypted backup
[ ]	Report on and maintain backups

Performing User-Managed Backup and Recovery
[ ]	Recover from a lost TEMP file
[ ]	Recover from a lost redo log group
[ ]	Recover from the loss of password file
[ ]	Perform user-managed complete database recovery
[ ]	Perform user-managed incomplete database recovery
[ ]	Perform user-managed and server managed backups
[ ]	Identify the need of backup mode
[ ]	Back up and recover a control file

Using RMAN to Perform Recovery
[ ]	Perform complete recovery from a critical or noncritical data file loss using RMAN
[ ]	Perform incomplete recovery using RMAN
[ ]	Recover using incrementally updated backups
[ ]	Switch to image copies for fast recovery
[ ]	Restore a database onto a new host
[ ]	Recover using a backup control file
[ ]	Perform Disaster recovery

Using RMAN to Duplicate a Database
[ ]	Creating a duplicate database
[ ]	Using a duplicate database

Performing Tablespace Point-in-Time Recovery
[ ]	Identify the situations that require TSPITR
[ ]	Perform automated TSPITR

Monitoring and Tuning RMAN
[ ]	Monitoring RMAN sessions and jobs
[ ]	Tuning RMAN
[ ]	Configure RMAN for Asynchronous I/O

Using Flashback Technology
[ ]	Restore dropped tables from the recycle bin
[ ]	Perform Flashback Query
[ ]	Use Flashback Transaction

Additional Flashback Operations
[ ]	Perform Flashback Table operations
[ ]	Configure, Monitor Flashback Database and Perform Flashback Database operations
[ ]	Set up and use a Flashback Data Archive

Diagnosing the Database
[ ]	Set up Automatic Diagnostic Repository
[ ]	Using Support Workbench
[ ]	Perform Block Media Recovery

Managing Memory
[ ]	Implement Automatic Memory Management
[ ]	Manually configure SGA parameters
[ ]	Configure automatic PGA memory management

Managing Database Performance
[ ]	Use the SQL Tuning Advisor
[ ]	Use the SQL Access Advisor to tune a workload
[ ]	Understand Database Replay

Space Management
[ ]	Manage resumable space allocation
[ ]	Describe the concepts of transportable tablespaces and databases
[ ]	Reclaim wasted space from tables and indexes by using the segment shrink functionality

Managing Resources
[ ]	Understand the database resource manager
[ ]	Create and use Database Resource Manager Components

Automating Tasks with the Scheduler
[ ]	Create a job, program, and schedule
[ ]	Use a time-based or event-based schedule for executing Scheduler jobs
[ ]	Create lightweight jobs
[ ]	Use job chains to perform a series of related tasks

Administering the Scheduler
[ ]	Create Windows and Job Classes
[ ]	Use advanced Scheduler concepts to prioritize jobs

Globalization
[ ]	Customize language-dependent behavior for the database and individual sessions
[ ]	Working with database and NLS character sets

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