1.

A change in a remote referenced subprogram is automatically recorded as

invalid if its base object changes and that new status is relayed to the depend
ent object's status and automatically marked as invalid. True or False? (1) Poin
ts

True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 2.

2. Procedure B has the ZERO_DIVIDE pre-defined exception a

dded to its EXCEPTION section. It is compiled successfully. In Timestamp Mode, P
rocedure A, which is dependent on remote Procedure B, will compile and execute s
uccessfully. True or False? (1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

3. In this scenario, the following status is given for each

procedure:
- Procedure A is local and has a time stamp of 10 AM
- Procedure B is remote and has a local and remote time stamp of 10:30 AM
In Timestamp Mode, Procedure A, which is dependent on Procedure B, will execute
successfully at 11 AM. True or False?
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Correct

4. Procedure B has a new IN OUT parameter added to it. It

compiles successfully. In Signature mode, Procedure A, which is dependent on rem
ote Procedure B, will fail. True or False? (1) Points

True (*)
 False

Correct

5. Which command changes the dependency mode to SIGNATURE

in the current session? (1) Points

ALTER SESSION MAKE REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE = SIGNATURE

ALTER SYSTEM MAKE REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE = SIGNATURE

ALTER SESSION SET REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE = SIGNATURE (*)

ALTER SYSTEM SET REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE = SIGNATURE

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 2.

6. A procedure includes the following code:

CURSOR loc_curs IS SELECT location_id, city, country_id FROM locations;
Which of the following changes to the LOCATIONS table will allow the procedure t
o be recompiled successfully without editing its code? (Choose two.)
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)

RENAME locations TO new_locations;

ALTER TABLE locations ADD (climate VARCHAR2(30)); (*)

ALTER TABLE locations DROP COLUMN city;

ALTER TABLE locations DROP COLUMN postal_code; (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 1.

7. The PL/SQL variable V_LAST_NAME is used to store fetche

d values of the LAST_NAME column of the EMPLOYEES table. To minimize dependency
failures, the variable should be declared as:
v_last_name VARCHAR2(25);
True or False?
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 1.

8. Which of the following will display dependency informat

ion which has been generated by executing the DEPTREE_FILL procedure? (Choose tw
o.) (1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)

The USER_DEPENDENCIES view

The DEPTREE view (*)

The UTLDTREE script

The DISPLAY_DEPTREE view

The IDEPTREE view (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 1.

9. Examine the following code:

CREATE FUNCTION deptfunc
RETURN NUMBER IS
v_count NUMBER(6);
BEGIN
SELECT COUNT(*) INTO v_count FROM departments;
RETURN v_count;
END;
Which of the following will display the dependency between DEPTFUNC and DEPARTME
NTS?
(1) Points

SELECT name, type

FROM user_dependencies
WHERE name IN ('DEPTFUNC','DEPARTMENTS');
 SELECT name, type, referenced_name, referenced_type
FROM user_dependencies
WHERE referenced_name = 'DEPARTMENTS'
AND referenced_type = 'TABLE';
(*)

SELECT name, type, referenced_name, referenced_type

FROM user_dependencies
WHERE name = 'DEPARTMENTS'
AND type = 'TABLE';

SELECT object_name, object_type

FROM user_objects
WHERE object_name IN ('DEPARTMENTS','DEPTFUNC')
AND referenced = 'YES';

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 1.

10. Which of the following will display the number of inval

id package bodies in your schema? (1) Points

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_objects

WHERE object_type = 'PACKAGE BODY'
AND status = 'INVALID';
(*)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_dependencies

WHERE type = 'PACKAGE BODY'
AND status = 'INVALID';

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_packages

WHERE status = 'INVALID';

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_objects

WHERE object_type LIKE 'PACKAGE%'
AND status = 'INVALID';

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 1.

Section 14
11. Function FETCH_EMP references the EMPLOYEES table. The
table is modified by:
ALTER TABLE employees ADD (resume CLOB);
When will the ORACLE server try to recompile FETCH_EMP automatically?
(1) Points
 When the command ALTER FUNCTION fetch_emp COMPILE; is executed

The next time a user session invokes FETCH_EMP (*)

When the RESUME column is dropped from the EMPLOYEES table

When FETCH_EMP is dropped and recreated

Correct

12. Which of the following is NOT created when the utldtree

.sql script is run? (1) Points

The DEPTREE view

The DEPTREE_FILL procedure

The USER_DEPENDENCIES view (*)

The DEPTREE_TEMPTAB table

Incorrect. Refer to Section 14 Lesson 1.

13. Package EMPPACK contains a public procedure GET_EMP, wh

ich contains a reference to the EMPLOYEES table. Procedure CALL_EMP invokes EMPP
ACK.GET_EMP. The following SQL statement is executed:
ALTER TABLE employees ADD (gender CHAR(1));
Which one of the following statements is true?
(1) Points

The specification and body of EMPPACK are invalidated, but CALL_EMP rema
ins valid.

The body of EMPPACK is invalidated, but the specification remains valid.

(*)

EMPPACK.GET_EMP is invalidated, but other procedures in EMPPACK remain v

alid.
 Nothing is invalidated because the PL/SQL code does not reference the GE
NDER column.

Correct

Section 15
14. What are the two methods for obfuscating PL/SQL subprog
rams? (Choose two) (1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)

DBMS_DDL.CREATE_WRAPPED (*)

DBMS_DDL.WRAP

DBMS_DML.CREATE_WRAPPED

PL/SQL wrapper utility program (*)

SQL wrapper utility program

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 4.

15. Below are the steps to obfuscate a PL/SQL subprogram us

ing the wrapper utility. What is the missing step?
1. Create a text file containing your complete unwrapped source code.
2. Execute WRAP to create a second text file containing the wrapped code.
3. Connect to the database and execute the wrapped text file as a script to comp
ile the wrapped code into the Data Dictionary.
(1) Points

Validate the wrapped code at the operating system level.

Create the wrapper using DBMS_DML.

Verify the code was hidden in USER_CODE.

Grant EXECUTE privileges on the subprogram.

Log into the database server computer. (*)

 Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 4.

16. You created a package named pkg1. The code is approxima

tely 90,000 characters. What is the statement that you use to obfuscate this pac
kage in the database? (1) Points

DBMS_DML.CREATE_WRAPPED (pkg1);

WRAP pkg1.sql

DBMS_DML.CREATE_WRAPPED ('CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY pkg1...);

WRAP INAME=pkg1.sql (*)

DBMS_DML.CREATE_WRAP (pkg1);

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 4.

17. In order to use the deterministic functions in Oracle v

ersion 11, you can use the following sample code to test for the Oracle version
before compiling that section. True or False?
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc
RETURN NUMBER
$IF DBMS_DB_VERSION.VERSION >= 11 $THEN
DETERMINISTIC
$END
IS BEGIN
-- body of function
END myfunc;
(1) Points

True (*)

False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 3.

18. Identify some benefits of using conditional compilation

. (Choose two) (1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
 Use new features with the latest database release and disable them with
older database versions (*)

Speed up the compilation time of a lengthy PL/SQL subprogram.

Determine initialization values during start up of a database session.

Activate debugging or tracing statements in the development environment

(*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 3.

19. How would you determine the current Oracle database ver
sion? (1) Points

DBMS_DB_VERSION.RELEASE

DBMS_DB_VERSION.VERSION (*)

DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_10

DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_11

Correct

20. Which term best describes the action below:

A PL/SQL program compiles successfully, but contains some code that causes perfo
rmance to be less than optimal.
(1) Points

Error

Warning (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 2.

Section 15
21. The informational warning level of the PL/SQL compiler
identifies poor coding practices, for example, code that can never be executed.
True or False? (1) Points
 True (*)

False

Correct

22. The two statements below are equivalent. True or False?

DBMS_WARNING.SET_WARNING_SETTING_STRING
('ENABLE:SEVERE','SESSION');
and
ALTER SESSION
SET PLSQL_WARNINGS = 'ENABLE:SEVERE';
(1) Points

True

False (*)

Correct

23. What is the name of the column used to identify the PLS
QL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL in the data dictionary? (1) Points

OPTIMIZE_LEVEL

PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL (*)

PLSQL_CODE_TYPE

PLSQL_LEVEL

USER_PLSQL_OPTIMIZE

Correct

24. Native compilation always runs faster; therefore SQL st

atements in PL/SQL will always run faster, also. True or False? (1) Points
 True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 1.

25. When setting PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL = 3, the compiled cod

e will run more slowly, but it will work with older versions of the Oracle softw
are. True or False? (1) Points

True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 15 Lesson 1.