New Features for Administrators - Question 067

You start a multithreaded heterogeneous service agent with this initialization parameter:

MAX_DISPATCHERS = 10

What is the result?

A. A maximum of ten dispatcher threads can be active in the agent.

B. A maximum of ten sessions can be connected to the agent simultaneously.

C. A maximum of ten concurrent sessions can be connected to each dispatcher.

D. A maximum of ten external dispatcher processes can register with the listener thread.

Answer: A

Explanation:

The result of this setting is: a maximum of ten dispatcher threads can be active in the agent.

Incorrect Answers

B: A maximum of ten dispatcher threads can be active in the agent, not maximum of ten sessions can be connected to the agent simultaneously.

C: This initialization parameter does not limit a maximum of concurrent sessions connected to each dispatcher.

D: Setting of MAX_DISPATCHERS parameters will not limit a maximum of external dispatcher processes can register with the listener thread.

OCP Oracle9i Database: New Features for Administrators, Daniel Benjamin, p. 144-152

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