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  1. CELL_OFFLOAD_PLAN_DISPLAY parameter determines whether the SQL EXPLAIN PLAN command displays the predicates that can be evaluated by Exadata Cell as STORAGE predicates for a given SQL command
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

CELL_OFFLOAD_ PLAN_DISPLAY parameter can be changed at system or session level
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

The valid values of CELL_OFFLOAD_ PLAN_DISPLAY are
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  1. True and False

  2. b. AUTO, ALWAYS and NEVER with default as AUTO

  3. Yes and No

  4. b. AUTO, ALWAYS and NEVER with default as NEVER

  5. None of the above

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true?
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  1. a. CELL_PARTITION_LARGE_EXTENTS initialization parameter can be used to set the INITIAL storage parameter to a preferred value for all segments in a partitioned object

  2. b. This parameter is relevant only to LMT with AUTOALLOCATE option

  3. c. This parameter is relevant only to LMT with UNIFORM option

  4. d. This parameter does not impact non-partitioned object and has valid values as TRUE, ALWAYS and DEFAULT

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Correct Option: A,B,D

For heavily partitioned tables, do not use SQL*Loader to load data. Instead put the data in a flat file and use parallel INSERT direct load from the flat file using the external table features of database.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

disk_repair_time parameter is used to do following
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  1. a. Specifies the repair time in hours for any failed disk

  2. b. The amount of time a disk can remain offline before it is dropped by Oracle ASM

  3. c. The amount of time a disk will remain on-line if there is any fault

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
  1. The disk_repair_time attribute does not change the repair time for disks currently offline
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true?

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  1. a. The CELL_FLASH_CACHE storage clause attribute allows the override of the automatic caching policy, when the compatible parameter is greater than or equal to 11.2.0.0

  2. b. The CELL_FLASH_CACHE storage clause attribute can be used to specify how specific database objects are cached in Exadata Smart Flash Cache

  3. c. It can have values NONE, DEFAULT and KEEP

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A,B,C

If you want to change the disk repair time value for the disk that is offline, you should use command “ALTER DISKGROUP data OFFLINE DISK data_CD_06_cell11 DROP AFTER 20h”
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Predicate evaluation is not offloaded to Exadata Cell in the following cases:
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  1. The CELL_OFFLOAD_PROCESSING parameter is set to FALSE.

  2. The CELL_OFFLOAD_PROCESSING parameter is set to TRUE

  3. The table or partition being scanned is small.

  4. The optimizer does not use direct path read.

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Correct Option: A,C,D