Re: maybe a error question in Sybex test exam..!?

Andrea wrote:
> hi, i'm studing for 10g DBA 1, and when i try to testing with
> SybexSimulation Test i face to this 2 questions:
>
> 1) ... wich two options would you select to balance the connection load
> across all the listener process(choose two)?
> A - Only first address
> B - try one address, selected at random
> C - try each address, in order, until one succeeds
> D - try each address, randomly, until one succeeds
>
> Answer: B, D

I'd choose E ... put LOAD_BALANCE=yes into my TNSNAMES.ORA.

>
> 2) Wich two options are used to enable connect-time failover
> feature(choose two) ?
> A - Only first address
> B - try one address, selected at random
> C - try each address, in order, until one succeeds
> D - try each address, randomly, until one succeeds
> E - Use each address in order until destination reached
>
> Answer: C, D

I'd choose F ...

      (FAILOVER_MODE =
         (TYPE = SELECT)
         (METHOD = BASIC)
         (RETRIES = 100)
         (DELAY = 1)

in my TNSNAMES.ORA

> there is a contradiction for client connect failover !???
>
> thanks for your support!
> bye
>
> andrew

Am I misunderstanding the questions or is Sybex out of touch?

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