Which three are true about Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server?

Question

Options

• AIt includes both Oracle Restart and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) software.
• BIt creates one disk group during installation.
• CIt requires the operating sys em oracle_base environment variable to be predefined before
• DIt requires Oracle ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) to manage Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
• EIt requires Oracle ASMLibto manage Automatic Storage Management (ASM) disks.
• FAutomatic Storage Management (ASM) requires that O/S groups OSASM and OSDBA be

• A
  92% (34)
• E
  5% (2)
• F
  3% (1)

Explanation

Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server bundles Oracle Restart and Oracle ASM into a single installation (A), making it a unified package for single-server high availability and storage management. During installation, the wizard prompts you to create exactly one disk group (B), which serves as the initial ASM storage container. Oracle ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) is the current Oracle-recommended kernel-level driver for managing ASM disks (D), replacing the older ASMLib approach - meaning ASMFD is the required/default mechanism in modern deployments.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• C - oracle_base does not need to be predefined; Grid Infrastructure installation handles or validates this itself.
• E - ASMLib is the legacy disk management library; ASMFD supersedes it and is the current standard, so ASMLib is not required.
• F - While OSASM and OSDBA OS groups are needed for ASM, the statement as written is incomplete and misleading; the groups are part of OS configuration prerequisites, not something ASM itself "requires be [created]" in the way the option implies.

Memory tip: Think "RAD" - Restart + ASM = one package (A), one Disk group created on install (B), and Driver = ASMFD not ASMLib (D). The key distractor trap is confusing ASMFD (modern, correct) with ASMLib (legacy, wrong answer).

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