Oracle RAC Mock Interview

Master 45 Oracle RAC interview questions covering clustering, failover, and grid architecture.

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Can you discuss what Oracle RAC is and how it is used?

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This is a typical question the interviewer will use to begin the conversation during an interview for an Oracle RAC administrator's position. Interviewers use this question to get you talking, explore your background, and collect information they can use throughout the interview. General questions like this help interviewers learn more about you and demonstrate your communication skills. They are sometimes called icebreakers.

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Since the purpose of a general question is to create a dialogue, your response should be conversational. You can answer the interviewer's questions in general terms without providing too many details. Interviewers will always ask follow-up questions if they need more information or want to explore the topic in more depth. You can anticipate them doing this and asking more technical and operational questions later in the interview.

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"Oracle RAC, which stands for Real Application Cluster, is an Oracle database element that enables the database to be installed across multiple servers. It uses Oracle Clusterware, another Oracle application, for the infrastructure to connect multiple servers, so they operate as a single system. This not only provides more resources, but it also helps with continuity and uptime."

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45Oracle RAC Interview Questions & Answers

General

1.Can you discuss what Oracle RAC is and how it is used?

General

2.Can you discuss the differences between Oracle RAC and Oracle Grid?

Technical

3.What is cache fusion in a RAC environment?

Technical

4.What is a split-brain in the context of Oracle RAC?

Technical

5.Please explain the difference between Crash recovery and Instance recovery.

Technical

6.How is interconnect used in Oracle RAC?

Operational

7.What do you use to determine what protocol is used for Oracle RAC Interconnect traffic?

Operational

8.How do you keep the time synchronized on all nodes in an Oracle RAC cluster?

Technical

9.What file components must reside on shared storage in RAC?

Technical

10.When there is a network or storage missed heartbeat, what does the Oracle RAC Clusterware write, and in what location?

Operational

11.How do you find out what types of OCR backups are available in Oracle RAC?

Operational

12.What options do you have to resolve a situation in which your OCR is corrupted?

Operational

13.What query do you use to find out what object has its blocks being shipped across the instance the most?

Technical

14.What is a VIP in Oracle RAC, and how is it used?

Operational

15.How can you find out which database instances are part of a RAC cluster?

Technical

16.What is Oracle Cluster Health Monitor, and how is it used in an Oracle cluster environment?

Technical

17.How would an Oracle RAC cluster be impacted if a less robust node with slower CPUs is added to the cluster?

Technical

18.What is an OLR, and how is it used in the Oracle RAC environment?

Technical

19.What is the default ASM memory allocation in Oracle 10g, 11g, and 12c?

Operational

20.What method do you use to restore backup ASM Metadata?

Technical

21.What types of files can be stored in the ASM disk group in Oracle 11g and 12c?

Technical

22.In Oracle RAC, what is the Automatic Storage System POWER_LIMIT?

Operational

23.What is the advantage of using a rolling upgrade in an Oracle RAC environment?

Technical

24.What are some of the parameters specific to Oracle RAC?

General

25.In your opinion, what is the future of Oracle Grid?

Operational

26.What components of the Oracle Grid do you regularly back up?

Operational

27.What command would you use to verify the inventory for all the Oracle RAC remote nodes?

General

28.What are some of the typical uses of Oracle RAC?

Operational

29.What are some of the OEM tools associated with Oracle RAC?

Operational

30.How would you accomplish the task of identifying and verifying the inventory in the remote nodes of an Oracle RAC environment?

Behavioral

31.Can you describe a time when you were asked to do something you had never done before? How did you react?

Behavioral

32.Please describe a situation where you needed to adapt a process, procedure, or technology differently from how you did things.

Behavioral

33.Can you recall a time when you were assigned a task that wasn't a part of your job description. How did you handle this, and what was the outcome?

Behavioral

34.Tell me about an aspect of your profession when you are the most satisfied, energized, and productive at work.

General

35.Why did you choose to interview with our organization rather than with others in our industry?

General

36.What's a misconception your coworkers have about you, and why do you believe they feel this way?

General

37.What's the most interesting thing about you that I didn't see on your resume?

Behavioral

38.Can you give me an example of when you had to work with someone difficult to get along with and discuss how you handled the situation?

Behavioral

39.Please tell me about a time when something major didn't go according to plan at work.

Behavioral

40.Describe a situation where you needed to persuade someone about an idea or process.

Behavioral

41.Can you give me an example of when you felt you led by example, describing what you did and how your team reacted?

Behavioral

42.Tell me about a difficult decision you had to make in one of your previous roles.

Behavioral

43.Can you recall a time when your manager was unavailable when a situation arose that demanded an immediate resolution?

General

44.What is motivating you to make a move from your current role?

Behavioral

Oracle RAC Mock Interview

Can you discuss what Oracle RAC is and how it is used?

45Oracle RAC Interview Questions & Answers

1.Can you discuss what Oracle RAC is and how it is used?

2.Can you discuss the differences between Oracle RAC and Oracle Grid?

3.What is cache fusion in a RAC environment?

4.What is a split-brain in the context of Oracle RAC?

5.Please explain the difference between Crash recovery and Instance recovery.

6.How is interconnect used in Oracle RAC?

7.What do you use to determine what protocol is used for Oracle RAC Interconnect traffic?

8.How do you keep the time synchronized on all nodes in an Oracle RAC cluster?

9.What file components must reside on shared storage in RAC?

10.When there is a network or storage missed heartbeat, what does the Oracle RAC Clusterware write, and in what location?

11.How do you find out what types of OCR backups are available in Oracle RAC?

12.What options do you have to resolve a situation in which your OCR is corrupted?

13.What query do you use to find out what object has its blocks being shipped across the instance the most?

14.What is a VIP in Oracle RAC, and how is it used?

15.How can you find out which database instances are part of a RAC cluster?

16.What is Oracle Cluster Health Monitor, and how is it used in an Oracle cluster environment?

17.How would an Oracle RAC cluster be impacted if a less robust node with slower CPUs is added to the cluster?

18.What is an OLR, and how is it used in the Oracle RAC environment?

19.What is the default ASM memory allocation in Oracle 10g, 11g, and 12c?

20.What method do you use to restore backup ASM Metadata?

21.What types of files can be stored in the ASM disk group in Oracle 11g and 12c?

22.In Oracle RAC, what is the Automatic Storage System POWER_LIMIT?

23.What is the advantage of using a rolling upgrade in an Oracle RAC environment?

24.What are some of the parameters specific to Oracle RAC?

25.In your opinion, what is the future of Oracle Grid?

26.What components of the Oracle Grid do you regularly back up?

27.What command would you use to verify the inventory for all the Oracle RAC remote nodes?

28.What are some of the typical uses of Oracle RAC?

29.What are some of the OEM tools associated with Oracle RAC?

30.How would you accomplish the task of identifying and verifying the inventory in the remote nodes of an Oracle RAC environment?

31.Can you describe a time when you were asked to do something you had never done before? How did you react?

32.Please describe a situation where you needed to adapt a process, procedure, or technology differently from how you did things.

33.Can you recall a time when you were assigned a task that wasn't a part of your job description. How did you handle this, and what was the outcome?

34.Tell me about an aspect of your profession when you are the most satisfied, energized, and productive at work.

35.Why did you choose to interview with our organization rather than with others in our industry?

36.What's a misconception your coworkers have about you, and why do you believe they feel this way?

37.What's the most interesting thing about you that I didn't see on your resume?

38.Can you give me an example of when you had to work with someone difficult to get along with and discuss how you handled the situation?

39.Please tell me about a time when something major didn't go according to plan at work.

40.Describe a situation where you needed to persuade someone about an idea or process.

41.Can you give me an example of when you felt you led by example, describing what you did and how your team reacted?

42.Tell me about a difficult decision you had to make in one of your previous roles.

43.Can you recall a time when your manager was unavailable when a situation arose that demanded an immediate resolution?

44.What is motivating you to make a move from your current role?

45.When was the last occasion you asked for direct feedback from your manager?