Oracle 1Z0-084 Exam Dumps

DB time includes the time spent on user and background processes. It can be greater than the elapsed time because it accumulates the active time of all the processes. For example, if two sessions are each active for 2 seconds at the same time, DB time would accumulate 4 seconds, while the elapsed time would be only 2 seconds. Reference:

Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide, 19c

Oracle Database Reference, 19c

During a soft parse, Oracle checks the shared SQL area to see if an incoming SQL statement matches one already in the shared pool. This operation includes syntax and semantic checks. The syntax check ensures the statement is properly formed, and the semantic check confirms that all the objects referenced in the SQL statement exist and that the user has the necessary privileges to access them. Reference:

Oracle Database Concepts, 19c

Oracle Database SQL Tuning Guide, 19c

Big Table caching is a feature that allows frequently accessed large tables to be cached in memory to improve I/O performance. From the parameter settings provided, Big Table caching is not occurring because DB_BIG_TABLE_CACHE_PERCENT_TARGET is set to 10, which is the minimum threshold for enabling the feature, but the size of the cache is too small for the big tables to be effectively cached.

To enable Big Table caching, one of the following actions could be taken:

C (Correct): Increasing DB_BIG_TABLE_CACHE_PERCENT_TARGET to at least 25. This action would allocate a larger percentage of the buffer cache for storing big tables, which could allow for caching large tables and thus improve I/O performance.

D (Correct): Increasing DB_CACHE_SIZE to 1G. Since the size of the buffer cache is a determining factor for how much data can be cached, increasing this parameter would provide more memory space for big tables to be cached.

Options A, B, E, and F will not enable Big Table caching because:

A: Increasing DB_BIG_TABLE_CACHE_PERCENT_TARGET to 50 without adjusting the overall size of the cache might still not be sufficient if the DB_CACHE_SIZE is not large enough to hold the big tables.

B: Setting DB_KEEP_CACHE_SIZE to at least 50M only specifies a separate buffer pool for objects with the KEEP cache attribute and does not affect Big Table caching.

E: and F: Changing the PARALLEL_DEGREE_POLICY to ADAPTIVE or AUTO influences the behavior of parallel execution but does not directly enable or influence Big Table caching.

Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide: Big Table Caching

Oracle Database Reference: DB_BIG_TABLE_CACHE_PERCENT_TARGET

Oracle Database Reference: DB_CACHE_SIZE

The cursor: pin S wait on X wait event suggests contention for a cursor pin, which is associated with mutexes (a type of locking mechanism) that protect the library cache to prevent concurrent modifications. This issue can often be alleviated by deferring the invalidation of cursors until the end of the call to reduce contention. The correct command to use would be:

C (Correct): ALTER SYSTEM SET CURSOR_INVALIDATION=DEFERRED; This setting defers the invalidation of dependent cursors until the end of the PL/SQL call, which can reduce the cursor: pin S wait on X wait events.

The other options are incorrect in addressing this issue:

A (Incorrect): Setting CURSOR_SHARING to FORCE makes the optimizer replace literal values with bind variables. It doesn't address the contention for cursor pins directly.

B (Incorrect): CURSOR_SPACE_FOR_TIME=TRUE aims to reduce the parsing effort by keeping cursors for prepared statements open. It may increase memory usage but does not directly resolve cursor: pin S wait on X waits.

D (Incorrect): Increasing SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS caches more session cursors but doesn't necessarily prevent the contention indicated by the cursor: pin S wait on X wait events.

Oracle Database Reference: CURSOR_INVALIDATION

Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide: Reducing Cursor Invalidation

The V$PGA_TARGET_ADVICE view provides advice on potential performance improvements by adjusting the PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET parameter. The column ESTD_OVERALLOC_COUNT indicates the estimated number of work areas that would perform multiple passes if the PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET were set to the size in the TARGET_MB column.

A) According to the output, at the target of 700 MB, the ESTD_OVERALLOC_COUNT is 30. This suggests that if PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET is set to 700 MB, 30 multipass execution work areas would be required. If we look further down, at the target of 800 MB, the ESTD_OVERALLOC_COUNT is 0, indicating that increasing PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET to 800 MB or more would eliminate the need for multipass executions, not at 700 MB as initially suggested by the option. Hence, the verified answer derived from the data is slightly nuanced; it should be 800 MB to eliminate all multipass executions.

Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide, 19c

Oracle Database Reference, 19c