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1Z0-931-25 Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2025 Professional Practice Questions

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250 questions in the full set20 sample questionsUpdated Jan 25, 2026
Exam fee
$245 USD
Level
Professional
Valid for
Renews annually with Oracle Cloud recertification policy
Domains covered on the exam 7
  1. Getting Started with Autonomous Database11%
  2. Autonomous Database Shared20%
  3. Autonomous Database Dedicated11%
  4. Managing and Maintaining Autonomous Database20%
  5. Autonomous Database Tools11%
  6. Developing on Autonomous Database20%
  7. Migrating to Autonomous Database7%
  1. 1

    Which statement accurately describes the key architectural difference between Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) and Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW)?

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    Correct answer: A

    The fundamental difference lies in their data storage optimization. ATP is optimized for transactional workloads and uses a traditional row format, which is efficient for inserting, updating, and deleting individual records. ADW is optimized for analytical queries over large datasets and uses a columnar format, which is highly efficient for aggregations and scanning select columns.

  2. 2

    A city planning department is using Autonomous Spatial to analyze traffic patterns. They need to find all traffic cameras located within 500 meters of a specific major intersection. Which Spatial function would be used to perform this type of query?

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    Correct answer: B

    This scenario describes a proximity query, often implemented by creating a 'buffer' zone around a point of interest (the intersection) and finding all other points (cameras) that fall within that buffer. Functions like SDO_WITHIN_DISTANCE or SDO_BUFFER are used for this purpose. This is a core capability of spatial databases for location-based analysis.

  3. 3

    True or False: When using the 'Bring Your Own License' (BYOL) model for an Autonomous Database, you can use existing on-premises Oracle Database Enterprise Edition licenses, but you must also have the Multitenant and Real Application Clusters (RAC) options licensed.

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    Correct answer: A

    True. To be eligible for the BYOL model with Autonomous Database, the on-premises licenses must include Oracle Database Enterprise Edition plus the Multitenant and Real Application Clusters (RAC) options. This is because the underlying Exadata infrastructure for ADB utilizes these features extensively.

  4. 4

    A database administrator is reviewing the Performance Hub for an Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW) that is experiencing slow query execution. The 'ASH Analytics' tab shows a significant amount of time spent on 'CPU' and 'CPU + CPU Wait'. What is the most appropriate first step to resolve this performance issue?

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    Correct answer: C

    High 'CPU' and 'CPU + CPU Wait' in Performance Hub's ASH Analytics directly indicates that the database workload is CPU-bound. The queries are either actively using CPU or waiting for CPU resources to become available. The most direct and effective solution in Autonomous Database is to scale up the OCPUs, which provides more processing power to the instance. Increasing storage would address I/O issues, and manual indexing is generally not required as ADB manages indexing automatically.

  5. 5

    Case Study

    A large financial institution is deploying a new mission-critical OLTP application on Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure. Due to the sensitive nature of the data, the CISO has mandated several stringent security and operational controls. First, the database must be completely isolated from the public internet, accessible only from a specific application subnet within their VCN. Second, all TDE master keys must be managed and rotated by the company's internal security team using their existing key management hardware, not a cloud vendor's service. Third, database patching must occur only during a pre-approved, four-hour window on the third Saturday of each month.

    The Cloud Architect is tasked with designing the ADB Dedicated environment to comply with these requirements. The architecture involves an Autonomous Exadata Infrastructure, an Autonomous VM Cluster, and an Autonomous Container Database where the final Autonomous Database will be provisioned.

    Which set of configurations correctly implements all the security and operational requirements?

    graph TD subgraph OCI subgraph VCN ["VCN (10.10.0.0/16)"] subgraph AppSubnet ["App Subnet (10.10.1.0/24)"] AppVM[Application Servers] end subgraph DBSubnet ["DB Subnet (10.10.2.0/24)"] ADB_PE[ADB Private Endpoint] end end subgraph OnPrem ["On-Premises Data Center"] KMS[Hardware Key Manager] end end AppVM --> ADB_PE KMS -.->|Key Management| OCI

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    Correct answer: C

    This option correctly addresses all three requirements. 1) A Private Endpoint ensures network isolation within the VCN. 2) Customer-Managed Keys with integration to their own HSM (a third-party KMS) meets the key management requirement. 3) A custom maintenance schedule for the Autonomous VM Cluster allows them to specify the exact day and time for patching, meeting the operational control requirement.

  6. 6

    A financial analytics firm is migrating its on-premises Oracle Database to an Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW) on shared infrastructure. To meet strict data residency and security policies, they must ensure all connections to the ADW originate from within their existing Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and never traverse the public internet. Which configuration is required to achieve this?

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    Correct answer: B

    A Private Endpoint creates a private IP address for the Autonomous Database within a private subnet of your VCN. This allows traffic to the database to stay entirely within the OCI network backbone, fulfilling the requirement of not traversing the public internet. An ACL only filters public IP addresses and does not prevent traffic from using the public endpoint. A Service Gateway is for accessing public OCI services from a private subnet, and a NAT Gateway provides outbound internet access, neither of which secures the inbound connection to the database.

  7. 7

    A marketing team wants to enable their analysts, who are not proficient in SQL, to query customer data stored in an Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) database using conversational language. For example, they want to ask, "Show me total sales for the last quarter by region." Which new Autonomous Database feature directly facilitates this capability?

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    Correct answer: C

    Select AI is the specific feature in Autonomous Database designed to translate natural language questions into SQL queries using Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). This allows users without SQL expertise to interact with and analyze data. OML is for building machine learning models, APEX is for building applications, and Oracle Text is for full-text search, none of which provide this natural language-to-SQL capability.

  8. 8

    A database administrator is provisioning a new Autonomous Database on Shared Exadata Infrastructure. The workload is expected to be highly variable, with significant peaks during month-end processing. To handle these peaks without overprovisioning for the entire month, the administrator enables auto-scaling. What is the maximum number of OCPUs the database can scale up to with this feature enabled?

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    Correct answer: B

    When auto-scaling is enabled for an Autonomous Database on Shared Infrastructure, the system can automatically use up to three times the base number of OCPUs allocated during provisioning. This provides elasticity to handle workload spikes without requiring manual intervention or permanent overprovisioning.

  9. 9

    A logistics company is using Autonomous Graph to analyze its supply chain network. They need to identify critical distribution hubs that, if disrupted, would cause the most significant impact on delivery routes. Which type of graph analysis would be most effective for this task?

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    Correct answer: C

    Centrality analysis (e.g., betweenness centrality, degree centrality) is specifically designed to identify the most important or influential nodes within a graph. In a supply chain context, a hub with high centrality is critical because many routes pass through it, and its disruption would have a widespread impact. Pathfinding finds optimal routes but doesn't measure node importance. Community detection groups nodes but doesn't rank them by criticality.

  10. 10

    A developer is creating an external table in an Autonomous Database to query Parquet files stored in OCI Object Storage. The process fails. Which TWO of the following are mandatory prerequisites for successfully creating and querying an external table on Object Storage? (Select TWO)

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    Correct answer: B, D

    The Autonomous Database needs credentials to authenticate with the Object Storage service. This is done by creating a credential object using the DBMS_CLOUD.CREATE_CREDENTIAL procedure.

    Even after creating the credential, the database user performing the query must be explicitly granted READ access on the directory object that points to the Object Storage location. This is a standard Oracle security requirement.

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