You have forgotten the root user account password. You decide to reset the password and execute:

Which additional argument makes this operation safer?

Consider:

Which statement best describes the meaning of the values in the ref columns?

Consider the two partial outputs of the SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES command from a master and slave server:
Master:

Slave:

There is a problem with the slave replicating from the master. Which statement describes the cause of the problem?

The /myfolder/my.cnf file has option set:
[mysqld]
skip-log-bin
/myfolder2/my.cnf has this option set:
[mysqld]
log-bin = /valid/path/to/mysqlbinlog
All mentioned paths are accessible to the account that you are currently using. Assume that any other options mentioned in either file are valid and legal option definitions.
You start an instance by using this command line:
mysqld --defaults-file=/myfolder/my.cnf --defaults-extra-file=/myfolder2/my.cnf What is the outcome?

What is the order of tables shown in an EXPLAINoutput?