Oracle DBA (Database Administration) Interview Questions
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What operator tests column for the absence of data?

283

System tablespace cant be exported from one database and imported into another why?

280

Explain the wait events in statspack report 'db sequential real'?

279

Explain the wait events in statspack report 'db scattered read'?

274

What is your favorite tool for day-to-day oracle operation?

250

What is the difference between truncate and delete? How would a full table scan behave after?

280

What is difference between co-related sub query and nested sub query?

293

What is oracle full backup?

270

What is pga_aggregate_target?

291

A dba had to remove some archivelogs to free up space in filesystem. Nowwhen the rman job starts to backup archivelogs, it complains about missing archivelogs thatwere deleted by dba. To resolve the issue and continue backing up remainder of archivelogs,which rman command can be used so it wo not complain about missing archivelogs.

303

What are the tradeoffs between many vs few indexes? When would you want to have many, and when would it be better to have fewer?

341

If you had a tablespace, test_tablespace, which consists of three files:test01.dbf, test02.dbf, and test03.dbf, and someone accidentally used the unix command"rm" to delete the file test02.dbf, what else would you need in order to recover all the data thatwas present in test_tablespace at the time that test02.dbf was deleted?

295

Tell me about standby database? What should we watch out for?

255

What is the difference between a materialized view (snapshot) fast refresh versus complete refresh? When is one better, and when the other?

263

Explain the wait events in statspack report 'db scattered read', 'db sequential real', 'enqueue'?

375


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How do you set up tablespaces during an oracle installation?

290


How many types of dba are there?

274


System tablespace cant be exported from one database and imported into another why?

280


What is the difference between truncate and delete? Can we rollback both? How would a full table scan behave after?

282


What is pct free/pct used/pct increase parameter in segment?

297






How can you find all the processes on your system?

293


How much money does a dba make?

280


Why do we need a database?

280


What does database administrator do?

251


What happens if the constraint name is left out of a constraint clause?

272


What does the no logging option do? Why would we be careful of using it?

274


How can you tell if an index on particular table is used or not used in 9i?

271


What does dba stand for in technology?

275


What is a dba programmer?

297


What is the difference between truncate and delete? How would a full table scan behave after?

280