WGU D330 DATA SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATION FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ resume inflation.
Answer: Falsely claiming competence in a skill, usually because that skill is
in high demand.
◍ design patent.
Answer: A type of patent that permits its owner to exclude others from
making, using, or selling the design in question.
◍ live telemedicine.
Answer: A form of telemedicine in which patients and healthcare providers
are present at different sites at the same time; often involves a
videoconference link between the two sites.
◍ health information exchange (HIE).
Answer: The process of sharing patient-level electronic health information
between different organizations.
◍ National Security Letter (NSL).
Answer: Compels holders of your personal records to turn them over to the
government; an NSL is not subject to judicial review or oversight.
◍ ADDM (Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor).
Answer: Analyzes AWR data for performance bottlenecks.
◍ Legal Acts.
Answer: Acts that conform to the law
,◍ Role.
Answer: A named group of privileges that can be granted to users.
◍ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Answer: A federal law that assigns certain rights to parents regarding their
children's educational records.
◍ vehicle event data recorder (EDR).
Answer: A device that records vehicle and occupant data for a few seconds
before, during, and after any vehicle crash that is severe enough to deploy
the vehicle's air bags.
◍ Resumable Space Allocation.
Answer: Automatically resumes after fixing space issues (e.g., adding
datafiles)
◍ Memory scope options.
Answer: Applies immediately
◍ fair use doctrine.
Answer: A legal doctrine that allows portions of copyrighted materials to be
used without permission under certain circumstances. Title 17, section 107,
of the U.S. Code established the following four factors that courts should
consider when deciding whether a particular use of copyrighted property is
fair and can be allowed without penalty: (1) the purpose and character of the
use (such as commercial use or nonprofit, educational purposes), (2) the
nature of the copyrighted work, (3) the portion of the copyrighted work used
in relation to the work as a whole, and (4) the effect of the use on the value
of the copyrighted work.
◍ avoidance.
Answer: The elimination of a vulnerability that gives rise to a particular risk
in order to avoid the risk altogether. This is the most effective solution but
often not possible due to organizational requirements and factors beyond an
organization's control.
◍ tnsnames.ora.
, Answer: Stores database service names and connection info on the client.
◍ Manual tuning.
Answer: 1) SGA_TARGET / SGA_MAX_SIZE2)
PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET3) DB_CACHE_SIZE,
SHARED_POOL_SIZE
◍ V$MEMORY_DYNAMIC_COMPONENTS.
Answer: Memory usage
◍ remote monitoring.
Answer: Also called home monitoring, it is the regular, ongoing, accurate
measurement of an individual's vital signs (temperature, blood pressure,
heart rate, and breathing rate) and other health measures (e.g., glucose levels
for a diabetic) and the transmission of this data to a healthcare provider.
◍ virus.
Answer: A piece of programming code, usually disguised as something else,
that causes a computer to behave in an unexpected and usually undesirable
manner.
◍ UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL.
Answer: View that holds unified audit records. Consolidated records
◍ Fast Recovery Area (FRA).
Answer: Designated storage area for backups and archived logs. Set with:
DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
◍ Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
Answer: An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, which required the telecommunications
industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators could
use—after obtaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and
intercept electronic communications.
◍ AWR (Automatic Workload Repository).
Answer: Stores snapshots of performance metrics.
, ◍ RMAN.
Answer: Oracle's Recovery Manager tool for backup and recovery.
◍ paid media marketing.
Answer: A form of marketing that involves paying a third party to broadcast
an organization's display ads or sponsored messages to social media users.
◍ ISO 9001 family of standards.
Answer: A set of standards written to serve as a guide to quality products,
services, and management. It provides a set of standardized requirements for
a quality management system.
◍ Policies.
Answer: The guidelines and standards by which the organization MUST
abide.
◍ Transportable Tablespaces.
Answer: Transfers large tablespaces between databases quickly.
◍ security audit.
Answer: An evaluation of whether an organization has a well-considered
security policy in place and if it is being followed.
◍ CIA security triad.
Answer: Refers to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
◍ anonymous expression.
Answer: The expression of opinions by people who do not reveal their
identity.
◍ stalking app.
Answer: A cell phone spy software that can be loaded onto someone's cell
phone or smartphone within minutes, making it possible for the user to
perform location tracking, record calls, view every text message or pic
turesent or received, and record the URLs of any website visited on the
phone.
◍ Alert Log.
ADMINISTRATION FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ resume inflation.
Answer: Falsely claiming competence in a skill, usually because that skill is
in high demand.
◍ design patent.
Answer: A type of patent that permits its owner to exclude others from
making, using, or selling the design in question.
◍ live telemedicine.
Answer: A form of telemedicine in which patients and healthcare providers
are present at different sites at the same time; often involves a
videoconference link between the two sites.
◍ health information exchange (HIE).
Answer: The process of sharing patient-level electronic health information
between different organizations.
◍ National Security Letter (NSL).
Answer: Compels holders of your personal records to turn them over to the
government; an NSL is not subject to judicial review or oversight.
◍ ADDM (Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor).
Answer: Analyzes AWR data for performance bottlenecks.
◍ Legal Acts.
Answer: Acts that conform to the law
,◍ Role.
Answer: A named group of privileges that can be granted to users.
◍ Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Answer: A federal law that assigns certain rights to parents regarding their
children's educational records.
◍ vehicle event data recorder (EDR).
Answer: A device that records vehicle and occupant data for a few seconds
before, during, and after any vehicle crash that is severe enough to deploy
the vehicle's air bags.
◍ Resumable Space Allocation.
Answer: Automatically resumes after fixing space issues (e.g., adding
datafiles)
◍ Memory scope options.
Answer: Applies immediately
◍ fair use doctrine.
Answer: A legal doctrine that allows portions of copyrighted materials to be
used without permission under certain circumstances. Title 17, section 107,
of the U.S. Code established the following four factors that courts should
consider when deciding whether a particular use of copyrighted property is
fair and can be allowed without penalty: (1) the purpose and character of the
use (such as commercial use or nonprofit, educational purposes), (2) the
nature of the copyrighted work, (3) the portion of the copyrighted work used
in relation to the work as a whole, and (4) the effect of the use on the value
of the copyrighted work.
◍ avoidance.
Answer: The elimination of a vulnerability that gives rise to a particular risk
in order to avoid the risk altogether. This is the most effective solution but
often not possible due to organizational requirements and factors beyond an
organization's control.
◍ tnsnames.ora.
, Answer: Stores database service names and connection info on the client.
◍ Manual tuning.
Answer: 1) SGA_TARGET / SGA_MAX_SIZE2)
PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET3) DB_CACHE_SIZE,
SHARED_POOL_SIZE
◍ V$MEMORY_DYNAMIC_COMPONENTS.
Answer: Memory usage
◍ remote monitoring.
Answer: Also called home monitoring, it is the regular, ongoing, accurate
measurement of an individual's vital signs (temperature, blood pressure,
heart rate, and breathing rate) and other health measures (e.g., glucose levels
for a diabetic) and the transmission of this data to a healthcare provider.
◍ virus.
Answer: A piece of programming code, usually disguised as something else,
that causes a computer to behave in an unexpected and usually undesirable
manner.
◍ UNIFIED_AUDIT_TRAIL.
Answer: View that holds unified audit records. Consolidated records
◍ Fast Recovery Area (FRA).
Answer: Designated storage area for backups and archived logs. Set with:
DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
◍ Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
Answer: An act passed in 1994 that amended the Wiretap Act and Electronic
Communications Privacy Act, which required the telecommunications
industry to build tools into its products that federal investigators could
use—after obtaining a court order—to eavesdrop on conversations and
intercept electronic communications.
◍ AWR (Automatic Workload Repository).
Answer: Stores snapshots of performance metrics.
, ◍ RMAN.
Answer: Oracle's Recovery Manager tool for backup and recovery.
◍ paid media marketing.
Answer: A form of marketing that involves paying a third party to broadcast
an organization's display ads or sponsored messages to social media users.
◍ ISO 9001 family of standards.
Answer: A set of standards written to serve as a guide to quality products,
services, and management. It provides a set of standardized requirements for
a quality management system.
◍ Policies.
Answer: The guidelines and standards by which the organization MUST
abide.
◍ Transportable Tablespaces.
Answer: Transfers large tablespaces between databases quickly.
◍ security audit.
Answer: An evaluation of whether an organization has a well-considered
security policy in place and if it is being followed.
◍ CIA security triad.
Answer: Refers to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
◍ anonymous expression.
Answer: The expression of opinions by people who do not reveal their
identity.
◍ stalking app.
Answer: A cell phone spy software that can be loaded onto someone's cell
phone or smartphone within minutes, making it possible for the user to
perform location tracking, record calls, view every text message or pic
turesent or received, and record the URLs of any website visited on the
phone.
◍ Alert Log.
