OCP 1Z0 052 122

122. View the Exhibit and note the files available in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs folder. The ASM instance

is already running. You used the following steps to start the database instance and open the database:

[oracle@edt4r4p1 dbs]$ echo $ORACLE_SID

orcl

[oracle@edt4r4p1 dbs]$ sqlplus

SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Tue Oct 16 15:35:43 2007

Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Enter user-name: sys/oracle as sysdba

Connected to an idle instance.

SQL> STARTUP

ORACLE instance started.

......

Which file is used to start the instance in this case?

A.init.ora

B.spfile.ora

C.initorcl.ora

D.spfile+ASM.ora

Answer: B

In the platform-specific default location, Oracle Database locates your initialization parameter file by examining file names in the following order:

spfile

ORACLE_SID

.

ora

spfile.ora

init

ORACLE_SID

.

ora