Which of the following privileges is required to create a database?
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DBA
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SYSDBA
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SYSOPER
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RESOURCE
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Creating an Oracle database requires SYSDBA privilege, which is the highest administrative privilege. DBA is a role that grants database administration permissions but does NOT include database creation authority. SYSOPER provides startup/shutdown and basic operations but cannot create databases. RESOURCE is a schema-level role for object creation with no database creation rights.