1)How do you verify the No.

of Databases running on a Host

2)How do you verify the name of the database

3)How do you verify whether your database is running o rnot

4)How do you verify when the database is created

5)How do you verify since when your database is running

6)How do you verify the name of your instance

7)How do you verify the mode of your database

8)How do you enable automatic archiving

9)How do you do manual archiving

10)How do you set the archive file format

11)What is the physical structure of your database

12)How do you verify whether instance is using pfile or spfile

SQL> SELECT DECODE(value, NULL, 'PFILE', 'SPFILE') "Init File Type"
FROM sys.v_$parameter WHERE name = 'spfile';

13)How do you start an instance with spfile

14)How do you start an instance with pfile

15)How do you read the contents of spfile

16)How do you change the contents of spfile

17)List out the Initialisation parameters used by your instance

18)Who is the owner of your oracle software

19)What is the version of your database

select * from v$version where banner like ‘Oracle%’;

20)What is the version of your sqlplus

21)Where is the SQLPLUs located

22)Who is the owner of data dictionary

23)Where is data dictionary located

24)What are the dynamic views available in Nomount stage

25)What are the dynamic views available in Mount stage

26)What are the data dictionary views available in NOmount Stage

27)What are the data dictionary view available in Mount STage

28)How do you change the database from a Mount stage to Nomount stage

29)How do you view the current log sequence No.

30)What is the difference between instance name and databasename

31)Write down the steps to change the database mode to NoarchiveLog

32)What are the contents of the alert log file

Oracle's alert.log chronologically records messages and errors arising from the daily
database operation. Also, there are pointers to trace files and dump files.
These messages include

• startups and shutdowns of the instance

• Messages to the operator console
• Errors causing trace files.
• Create, alter and drop SQL statements on databases, tablespaces and rollback
segments.
• Errors when a materialized view is refreshed.
• ORA-00600 (internal) errors.
• ORA-01578 errors (block corruption)
• ORA-00060 errors (deadlocks)

alert.log is a text file that can be opened with any text editor. The directory where it is
found can be determined by the background_dump_dest initialization parameter:

33)Where are the Background processes logging information written to

34)How do you specify the location of the Background processes logging information

35)How do you specify the location of the User Processes logging information