Prepare for the Oracle Certified Professional Upgrade to Oracle Database 12c exam with this exclusive Oracle Press guide. Each chapter features step-by-step examples, a certification summary, a two-minute drill, and a self-test to reinforce the topics presented. This authoritative resource helps you pass the exam and also serves as an essential, on-the-job reference. Get complete coverage of the new features of Oracle Database 12c, including:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express and additional tools for database monitoring
• Multitenant container databases and pluggable databases
• Auditing, administrative privileges, data redaction, and other Oracle security features
• Adaptive execution plans, adaptive statistics, and automatic SQL plan management
• Oracle Recovery Manager backup and recovery improvements
• Oracle Database Resource Manager and other performance enhancements
• Oracle Data Pump, SQL*Loader, external tables, and online operations enhancements
• Improvements to information lifecycle management and storage, including automatic data optimization, in-database archiving, and temporal validity

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• 170 practice exam questions with detailed answer explanations