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Oracle 1z0-076 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Oracle |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration |
| Exam Number: | 1Z0-076 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Related Certifications: | Oracle Certified Expert, Oracle Database 12c: Data Guard Administrator Oracle Database Administration 2019 Certified Professional Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Passing Score: | 60% |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Select, Multiple Choice |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Price: | $245 USD |
| Real Exam Qty: | 74 - 80 |
| Recommended Training: | Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration Training |
| Exam Registration: | Oracle University Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or Onsite at authorized test centers |
| Pre Condition: | Must hold one of: Oracle Database Administration 2019 Certified Professional, Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Expert 12c Data Guard Administrator, or Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://education.oracle.com/oracle-database-19c-data-guard-administration/pexam_1Z0-076 |
Oracle 1z0-076 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Role Transitions and Switchover/Failover | 25% | - Role management and best practices - Failover operations and procedures - Fast-Start Failover configuration and usage - Switchover operations and procedures |
| Data Protection and Performance | 20% | - Data protection modes and configuration - Offload capabilities and usage scenarios - Using Flashback Database with Data Guard - Patching and upgrading in Data Guard environments - Performance optimization for Data Guard |
| Data Guard Architecture and Configuration | 30% | - Logical standby database creation and configuration - Active Data Guard configuration and usage - Physical standby database creation and configuration - Integration with Oracle Multitenant - Data Guard concepts and benefits |
| Managing and Monitoring Data Guard | 25% | - Managing redo transport services - Managing apply services - Monitoring Data Guard performance and health - Troubleshooting Data Guard issues - Data Guard Broker architecture and configuration |
1z0-076 Exam Basics: What Every Candidate Asks
The 1z0-076 exam is the required test for earning the Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration certification from Oracle. It assesses your command of the official exam objectives through scenario-based and knowledge questions, and the resulting credential is widely recognized by employers. Its reputation for difficulty is real but manageable — candidates who practice consistently with quality materials routinely walk in well prepared.
The official outline for the 1z0-076 exam highlights these domains:
- Data Protection and Performance (20%)
- Role Transitions and Switchover/Failover (25%)
- Managing and Monitoring Data Guard (25%)
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
Must hold one of: Oracle Database Administration 2019 Certified Professional, Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Expert 12c Data Guard Administrator, or Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional
The 1z0-076 exam is demanding, but its difficulty is specific, not mysterious: unfamiliar question formats, time pressure, and a few heavily weighted domains. All three respond to the same remedy — repeated, timed exposure to exam-style questions. That is what the Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration practice materials at RealVCE provide, and the free demo lets you measure the real difficulty yourself before committing, which is usually the moment the fear starts shrinking.
The 1z0-076 exam consists of 74 - 80 questions with a time allowance of 120 minutes minutes. Practicing full sets under a similar time cap is the most direct way to make sure pacing never costs you points on exam day.
Oracle offers these training resources for candidates:
Official courses explain the material; practice questions teach you how the exam asks about it. Most successful candidates use both.
Because seeing beats guessing. The free demo of the 1z0-076 exam materials at RealVCE contains genuine samples from the full Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration question set — same format, same expert-verified answers — and downloading it costs nothing. If you are unsure whether the materials match your level or your study style, the demo answers that question with evidence rather than marketing, and every demo on the site is free of charge.
The passing score is 60% and the exam fee is $245 USD. Knowing both numbers early helps you plan: aim to be consistently above the passing mark in timed practice sessions before you spend the fee on a booking.
Registration is available through the following official channels:
Many candidates find that booking a date early converts vague anxiety into a focused countdown — a useful psychological trick while working through the Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration practice questions.
Oracle Database 19c: Data Guard Administration Sample Questions:
You created two remote physical standby databases using SQL and RMAN.
The primary database is a four-instance RAC database and each physical standby database has two instances.
Roles-based services are used for client connectivity and have been defined in the Grid Infrastructure.
Consider these operational requirements:
* The ability to manage multiple standby databases with a single tool
* The simplification of switchovers, failovers, reinstatements, and conversions to and from snapshot standby databases
* The automation of failovers to a specified target standby database
Which TWO tools can be used to fulfill these requirements7
- A. DGMGRL
- B. Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
- C. RMAN
- D. CRSCTL
- E. SRVCTL
- F. SQL*Plus
- G. GDCCTL
Correct Answer: A,B 🗳️
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Which TWO are benefits of using Transaction Guard in a Data Guard environment?
- A. It protects against logical corruptions being replicated to standby databases.
- B. It protects against user errors being replicated to standby databases.
- C. It provides application continuity by rolling back uncommitted transactions interrupted by a failover or switchover.
- D. It protects against recoverable errors during a planned or an unplanned outage of a primary database.
- E. It provides application continuity by replaying transactions interrupted by a failover or a switchover
Correct Answer: C,D 🗳️
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Which three are true concerning database states after a successful switchover?
- A. If the former primary database became a logical standby database it will be open read-write.
- B. The former primary database will always be open.
- C. If the former primary database became a logical standby database it will be in mount state.
- D. If the former primary database became a physical standby database it will always be open readonly.
- E. If the former primary database became a physical standby database it will be in the same state as the former physical standby database.
- F. The new primary database will be open read-write.
Correct Answer: A,E,F 🗳️
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Which three statements are true about redo transport?
- A. Multiple RFS processes may receive redo on one far sync instance.
- B. With asynchronous redo transport, TTnn processes may read redo from the log buffer or from standby redo logs on the primary database.
- C. With synchronous redo transport, LGWR ships redo directly to RFS processes on the standby database instances and waits for an acknowledgment.
- D. Multiple RFS processes may receive redo on one standby database instance.
- E. An RFS process on a standby database instance may receive redo from an archiver process on the primary database instance to perform archive gap resolution.
Correct Answer: C,D,E 🗳️
Which three are prerequisites for enabling Fast-Start Failover?
- A. You can specify only one standby database as the fast-start failover target.
- B. Flashback Database must be enabled only on the Fast-Start Failover target standby database.
- C. The configuration must be operating in either Maximum Performance or Maximum Protection mode.
- D. The Data Guard environment must be managed by the Data Guard Broker.
- E. The maximum protection mode can be used, but with two or more standby databases.
- F. Flashback Database must be enabled on both the primary database and the Fast-Start Failover target standby database.
Correct Answer: A,D,F 🗳️
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