Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate

Candidates for the Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate must also pass an elective SQL exam in addition to the required exam listed below. See the Oracle website for elective exam options.

• Exploring the Oracle Database Architecture
  • Explain the Memory Structures
  • Describe the Process Structures
  • Overview of Storage Structures
• Preparing the Database Environment
  • Identify the tools for Administering an Oracle Database
  • Plan an Oracle Database installation
  • Install the Oracle software by using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)
• Creating an Oracle Database
  • Create a database by using the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
• Managing the Oracle Instance
  • Setting database initialization parameters
  • Describe the stages of database startup and shutdown
  • Using alert log and trace files
  • Using data dictionary and dynamic performance views
• Configuring the Oracle Network Environment
  • Configure and Manage the Oracle Network
  • Using the Oracle Shared Server architecture
• Managing Database Storage Structures
  • Overview of tablespace and datafiles
  • Create and manage tablespaces
  • Space management in tablespaces
• Administering User Security
  • Create and manage database user accounts
  • Grant and revoke privileges
  • Create and manage roles
  • Create and manage profiles
• Managing Data and Concurrency
  • Monitor and resolve locking conflicts
• Managing Undo Data
  • Overview of Undo
  • Transactions and undo data
  • Managing undo
• Implementing Oracle Database Security
  • Database Security and Principle of Least Privilege
  • Work with Standard Database Auditing
• Database Maintenance
  • Use and manage optimizer statistics
  • Use and manage Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
  • Use advisory framework
  • Manage Alerts and Thresholds
• Performance Management
  • Use Automatic Memory Management
  • Use Memory Advisors
  • Troubleshoot invalid and unusable objects
• Intelligent Infrastructure Enhancements
  • Use the Enterprise Manager Support Workbench
  • Managing Patches
• Backup and Recovery Concepts
  • Identify the types of failure that can occur in an Oracle database
  • Describe ways to tune instance recovery
  • Identify the importance of checkpoints, redo log files, and archived log files
  • Overview of flash recovery area
  • Configure ARCHIVELOG mode
• Performing Database Backups
  • Create consistent database backups
  • Back up your database without shutting it down
  • Create incremental backups
  • Automate database backups
  • Manage backups, view backup reports and monitor the flash recovery area
• Performing Database Recovery
  • Overview of Data Recovery Advisor
  • Use Data Recovery Advisor to Perform recovery (Control file, Redo log file and Data file)
• Moving Data
  • Describe and use methods to move data (Directory objects, SQL*Loader, External Tables)
  • Explain the general architecture of Oracle Data Pump
  • Use Data Pump Export and Import to move data between Oracle databases