Dharan, Answering just those questions will not give you enough knowledge to truly be able to answer Oracle questions in an interview.
Based on the answers you gave, it seems to me that you do not understand the concepts behind how Oracle works at all. I would suggest you read the documentation (specifically the Concepts and Administrator's manuals to start) to get a better understanding of Oracle. I would also suggest you talk to the senior DBA where you are and ask him or her to help you learn about the database. Rachel --- Dharani Ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Seniors, > > I am a junior DBA and last weekend I attended a > interview for DBA post. The following questions were > asked to me and I could not able to answer to the > employers satsifaction. He asked me around 20 > questions and the following are the questions where I > have not fared well. Could Seniors help me by giving > the appropriate answers for the following questions : > > 1) When you enter 'sqlplus scott/tiger' which > background process checks for authentication ? From > which table/view it checks for authentication ? If > password is wrong from where oracle throws the msg ? > (I told server process, but could not remember the > dictionary file and error msg file) > > 2) If you create a permanent tablespace and allot it > to 5 users as temporary tablespace, how many extents > will be allocated by oracle for each user ? (I > answered that initial and next extent values will be > alloted to the user. The employer told that my answer > is not upto the mark) > > 3) When redo log contains both roll forward and > rollback entries, why you require a separate rollback > segment ? (I told that redo files are fixed in size > and will be overwritten for large transaction, whereas > rbs will grow to accommodate the entire transaction if > autoextend is on and space is available) > > 4) When you insert or import 8 GB of data and your > rollback segment is of 100 MB size (without > autoextend), then what will happen to the transaction > ? During inserts or import what entries will goto > rollback segment ? (I told rbs has nothing to do with > insert or import) > > 5) When deferred rollback segment is used ? ( I could > not able to answer this question) > > 6) Is it possible to change ownership of Process IDs > from oracle to the user who have invoked the process > (for example all scott user processes are owned by > Oracle user when you check in unix ps -ef |grep oracle > command). Why the PIDs are owned by Oracle instead of > the user who has invoked it ? (I answered - because > the listener starts the process, the ownership is > showing as oralce instead of the actual user. I could > not able to answer how to change the ownership) > > 7) What are the other reasons for ORA-1555 error > except rbs size is small ? > > 8) After starting database, where will the dictionary > files will reside (memory or system tablespace > datafile). If your answer is memory, then whether all > the v$ and x$ and other dictionary files are loaded in > memory ? ( I answered that it depeneds upon the size > of SGA). > > > 9) Where freelists are stored ? (I told that it is > stored in datafile header) > > 10) Is 'direct_io' parameter is equal to raw device > (I answered that to some extent it is true). > > Thanks in advance. > Dharan. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Dharani Ravi > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
