OCI 1Z0-931-25 glossary of tuning, automation, AI features, and operational terms.
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Use this glossary to clean up high-confusion Autonomous Database language fast. This exam gets easier when you keep provisioning boundary, security, performance, and recovery in separate mental buckets.
High-value terms
Term
What to remember
audit trail
the record of actions and access events used for security and compliance review
Autonomous Database
Oracle’s managed database service with automated operational features
dedicated infrastructure
deployment model with stronger isolation and dedicated-capacity boundaries
elastic scaling
the ability to increase or decrease capacity to match demand
observability
the signals used to understand health, performance, and operations over time
provisioning model
the service option and configuration path chosen at setup time
recovery point
the recoverable state the service can return to after failure
serverless deployment
model where more infrastructure management is abstracted from the user
service boundary
the limit of what the managed service handles versus what the user still owns
workload type
the usage pattern the service or configuration must support
Common confusion pairs
Pair
Keep this distinction clear
serverless vs dedicated
stronger abstraction and elasticity versus stronger dedicated-environment boundary
auditability vs observability
evidence of actions and access versus system-behavior visibility
scaling vs tuning
changing capacity versus improving how capacity is used
backup vs recovery plan
an asset versus the operational path that uses that asset
managed feature vs user responsibility
Oracle automates many tasks, but the user still owns design, access, and operations choices
private access vs strong password
reduced exposure versus credential strength
Fast recall anchors
If you see…
Think…
“who still owns this?”
service boundary
“record of who changed what”
audit trail
“system is slow”
check workload shape before scaling
“can we recover?”
backup plus tested restore plus runbook
“should this be public?”
private path first
If three terms blur together
Blurry group
Reset with this rule
backup, restore, continuity
stored recovery asset, actual recovery action, and service continuity are different
managed, secure, operable
automation does not remove exposure, access, or monitoring duties
scaling, tuning, troubleshooting
more capacity, better efficiency, and root-cause diagnosis are different moves
serverless, dedicated, service boundary
deployment model and ownership boundary must be read together