Oracle Database 11g: Administration I - 1Z0-052

This is the subject matter according the the Oracle website for the Oracle Database 11g Administration I test (OCA). You can find it here. I've also created a "clean" version of it here.

Here's the list of books (Oracle Documentation) I have used.

Exploring the Oracle Database Architecture

• Explain the Memory Structures
• Describe the Process Structures
• Overview of Storage Structures

Preparing the Database Environment

• Identify the tools for Administering an Oracle Database
• Plan an Oracle Database installation
• Install the Oracle software by using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)

Creating an Oracle Database

• Create a database by using the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)

Managing the Oracle Instance

• Setting database initialization parameters
• Describe the stages of database startup and shutdown
• Using alert log and trace files
• Using data dictionary and dynamic performance views

Configuring the Oracle Network Environment

• Configure and Manage the Oracle Network
• Using the Oracle Shared Server architecture

Managing Database Storage Structures

• Overview of tablespace and datafiles
• Create and manage tablespaces
• Space management in tablespaces

Administering User Security

• Create and manage database user accounts
• Grant and revoke privileges
• Create and manage roles
• Create and manage profiles

Managing Data and Concurrency

• Monitor and resolve locking conflicts

Managing Undo Data

• Overview of Undo
• Transactions and undo data
• Managing undo

Implementing Oracle Database Security

• Database Security and Principle of Least Privilege
• Work with Standard Database Auditing

Database Maintenance

• Use and manage optimizer statistics
• Use and manage Automatic Workload Repository (AWR)
• Use advisory framework
• Manage Alerts and Thresholds

Performance Management

• Use Automatic Memory Management
• Use Memory Advisors
• Troubleshoot invalid and unusable objects

Intelligent Infrastructure Enhancements

• Use the Enterprise Manager Support Workbench
• Managing Patches

Backup and Recovery Concepts

• Identify the types of failure that can occur in an Oracle database
• Describe ways to tune instance recovery
• Identify the importance of checkpoints, redo log files, and archived log files
• Overview of flash recovery area
• Configure ARCHIVELOG mode

Performing Database Backups

• Create consistent database backups
• Back up your database without shutting it down
• Create incremental backups
• Automate database backups
• Manage backups, view backup reports and monitor the flash recovery area

Performing Database Recovery

• Overview of Data Recovery Advisor
• Use Data Recovery Advisor to Perform recovery (Control file, Redo log file and Data file)

Moving Data

• Describe and use methods to move data (Directory objects, SQL*Loader, External Tables)
• Explain the general architecture of Oracle Data Pump
• Use Data Pump Export and Import to move data between Oracle databases