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1. Identify the name of the process that listens for incoming client connect requests. 2. Name the file that is used to configure the listener. 3. What is the difference between listener logging and listener tracing? 4. What is a protocol address of the listener ? 5. Can a listener listen on behalf of multiple databases? 6. Can you configure multiple listeners on the server? 7. Identify two tools that can be used to create listener processes? 8. Name the command line tool to manage the listener. 9. Can a listener listens for different protocols? 10. What is the location of the listener.ora file. 11. Name the environment variable that identifies the location of the network related files on the server. What is its default value? 12. How much configuration does the easy connect method need? 13. Name the file that identifies the method to use for name resolution. 14. What is the parameter in the file that identifies the method of name resolution called. 15. Name the different methods available for name resolution. 16. Does a net alias have to be provided whenever you try a connection to the database. 17. Name a graphical tool available to configure a net alias. 18. What is the name of the file containing the details of the net service name. 19. Where is the file containing the name resolution information located? Solutions to Quiz on Oracle Networking 1. LISTENER process 2. listener.ora 3. Listener logging contains errors and messages generated by the listener, whereas listener tracing contains detailed diagnostic trace information about how network transfer is happening internally at a very low level.

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4. An address containing details about the port at which the listener is listening on the database server, the host machine name on which the database resides, the protocols that the listener listens for, the name of the database/(s) it listens for. 5. Yes. 6. Yes, you configure multiple listeners, each listening on a different port. 7. Net Manager, Network Configuration Assistant, Enterprise Manager 8. Listener Control Utility. (lsnrctl) 9. Yes it can. 10. $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin (this is the default) 11. TNS_ADMIN 12. No configuration needed in the easy connect method. 13. SQLNET.ora 14. NAMES_DIRECTORY_PATH 15. Basic ones include: Easy connect and local naming. Other complex methods also exist. 16. Not if the listener is configured to listen for IPC (Inter-process communication), and the client and server are on the same machine. 17. Network configuration assistant (netca) or Net Manager (netmgr) 18. tnsnames.ora 19. $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin (default)

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