All 1z0-084 Test Inside Oracle Questions

A. WhenCursor_sharingis set toFORCE, Oracle tries to avoid hard parses by replacing literals in SQL statements with bind variables, even if the original statement didn't include bind variables. This can lead to the use of a single execution plan for multiple executions of a statement with different literal values, which might not be optimal for all executions.

D. Settingcursor_sharingtoEXACTensures that SQL statements must match exactly for them to share a cursor. This setting prevents the use of Adaptive Cursor Sharing (ACS) since ACS relies on the ability to share cursors among similar statements that differ only in their literal values. WithEXACT, there's no cursor sharing for statements with different literals, hence no opportunity for ACS to operate.

References:

• Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide, 19c
• Oracle Database Reference, 19c

Statspack is a performance diagnostic tool provided by Oracle prior to the introduction of the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR). At snap level 6, Statspack captures the following types of statistics:

• A (Correct):Parent and child latches are captured. Latch statistics provide information about contention for latches, which are low-level serialization mechanisms used by Oracle.
• E (Correct):Enqueue statistics, which provide information on the waits for locks that manage the concurrency between users.
• F (Correct):Segment-level statistics, which provide detailed information on database segments such as tables, indexes, etc., to identify I/O and contention issues.
• C (Incorrect):While optimizer execution plans are an essential aspect of performance tuning, detailed execution plan capture is not part of the Statspack report at level 6.
• D (Incorrect):Plan usage data refers to how frequently a plan is being used, which is more associated with AWR and not typically captured in Statspack reports.

References:

• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide:Using Statspack

In the provided code block, theDBMS_SERVER_ALERT.SET_THRESHOLDprocedure is used to set alert thresholds for the CPU time per call in Oracle Database. This procedure is a part of Oracle's Database Server Alert system, which monitors various metrics and generates alerts when certain thresholds are exceeded.

The parameters passed to theSET_THRESHOLDprocedure are as follows:

• The first parameterDBMS_SERVER_ALERT.CPU_TIME_PER_CALLspecifies the metric for which the threshold is being set, in this case, the CPU time consumed per database call.
• The second and third parametersDBMS_SERVER_ALERT.OPERATOR_GEand'8000'specify the warning threshold level and its value, respectively. However, these are not relevant to the answer as they are overridden by the critical threshold settings.
• The fourth and fifth parametersDBMS_SERVER_ALERT.OPERATOR_GEand'10000'set the critical threshold level and its value. This means that a critical alert will be generated when the CPU time per call exceeds 10000 microseconds.
• The remaining parameters specify the warning and critical alert intervals, the instance name, the object type, and the service name. These are not directly relevant to the behavior described in the options.

Thus, the correct answer is B, as the critical threshold for CPU time per call is set to 10000 microseconds, and the system is configured to issue a critical alert when this threshold is exceeded.

References:

• Oracle Database 19c documentation on theDBMS_SERVER_ALERT.SET_THRESHOLDprocedure, which details the parameters and usage of this procedure for setting alert thresholds within Oracle Database monitoring system.
• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide, which provides best practices and methodologies for monitoring and tuning Oracle Database performance, including the use of server alerts and thresholds.

To reduce the impact of database I/O without increasing the size of the buffer cache and without modifying SQL statements, you can use table compression. Among the given options,ROW STORE COMPRESS ADVANCEDis the most suitable form of table compression to satisfy this requirement.

Advanced row compression (ROW STORE COMPRESS ADVANCED) is designed to work well with all supported types of data, whether it's OLTP or data warehouse environments. It offers a higher level of compression than basic table compression (ROW STORE COMPRESS BASIC)without significant overhead during DML operations. This feature can help reduce the amount of I/O required to retrieve data by storing it more efficiently on disk.

• A, B, D:WhileCOLUMN STORE COMPRESS FOR QUERY HIGHandROW STORE COMPRESSare both valid compression types,COLUMN STORE COMPRESS FOR QUERY HIGHapplies to the In-Memory column store and is not available in all versions and editions, andROW STORE COMPRESSis less advanced thanROW STORE COMPRESS ADVANCED.

References:

• Oracle Database Concepts Guide:Table Compression
• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide:Row Compression