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COF-R02 · Question #214
What is an advantage of using an explain plan instead of the query profiler to evaluate the performance of a query?
The correct answer is B. An explain plan can be used to conduct performance analysis without executing a query. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What is an advantage of using an explain plan instead of the query profiler to evaluate the performance of a query?
Options
- AThe explain plan output is available graphically.
- BAn explain plan can be used to conduct performance analysis without executing a query.
- CAn explain plan will handle queries with temporary tables and the query profiler will not.
- DAn explain plan's output will display automatic data skew optimization information.
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A8% (3)
- B72% (28)
- C3% (1)
- D18% (7)
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