1⟩ How can a job send a status message to a TSO user at the completion of a job?
(1) STATUS
(2) NOTIFY
(3) ENDMSG
(4) USER
Answer is 2
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47 JCL Questions And Answers
2⟩ What is the function of JOB statement in JCL?
(1) Marks the end of a job
(2) Marks the beginning of an instream procedure
(3) Marks the beginning of a job & assigns a name to the job
(4) Assigns an execution priority to a job
Answer is 3
3⟩ A DD statement has 2 types of parameters. Name them?
(1) Positional, Keyword
(2) Keyword, Control
(3) Dynamic, Static
(4) Named, Dynamic
Answer is 1
4⟩ What is the purpose of DD * statement in JCL?
(1) Begins an input data prompt at the system console
(2) Begins an in-stream dataset
(3) Marks the end of a command stream
(4) Includes all datasets within a naming pattern
Answer is 2
5⟩ How is the record format of an output dataset specified?
(1) RECORG parameter
(2) STORCLAS parameter
(3) RECFM parameter
(4) None of the above
Answer is 3
6⟩ What is the function of DD DISP parameter?
(1) Tells the system what to do with the dataset following normal termination of the step
(2) Describes the status of the dataset
(3) Tells the system what to do with the dataset following abnormal termination of the step
(4) All of the above
Answer is 4
7⟩ What DD statement is used to supply the name of a dataset?
(1) Name
(2) Dsname
(3) Label
(4) File
Answer is 2
8⟩ In SMS datasets, what is the function of the DD AVGREC keyword?
(1) Specifies average length of records in a file
(2) Specifies the multiplier to be used for primary & secondary space allocation
(3) Directs the system to allocate space based on average record length
(4) Specifies word blocking factor
Answer is 2
9⟩ Why block size is multiple of lrecl in jcl?
10⟩ If a (+1) generation dataset is created in the first step of a job, how can it be referenced in later steps of the same job for input?
(1) As the (0) generation
(2) As the (+1) generation
(3) As the (-1) generation
(4) Without the generation number
Answer is 2
11⟩ A DD statement consists of 4 fields. Name them?
(1) Name, DD, Space, Device
(2) Format, Name, DD, Space
(3) DD, parameter, device, format
(4) Name, DD, parameter, comments
Answer is 4
12⟩ What is the format of comment statement?
(1) //
(2) //*
(3) /*
(4 ) None of the above
Answer is 2
13⟩ When space is allocated for an output dataset, what units can be used?
(1) Disks
(2) Megabytes
(3) Cylinders, Tracks, Blocks
(4) Bytes
Answer is 3
14⟩ How can the attributes of one SMS dataset be copied to another dataset?
(1) Using DD like parameter
(2) Using DD Copy parameter
(3) Using DD Refer parameter
(4) Attributes cannot be copied within SMS datasets
Answer is 1
15⟩ What is the purpose of DD DUMMY statement?
(1) Marks a deleted DD statement
(2) Begins an interpreted command stream
(3) Specifies no space allocation & no disposition processing
(4) Suppress command processing
Answer is 3
16⟩ Many JCL statements contain specific values designed to direct and control the execution of the statement. What are these fields called?
(1) Linkage Variables
(2) Parameters
(3) Control Libraries
(4) Includes
Answer is 2
17⟩ What is the maximum length of a single line of JCL?
(1) 71 bytes
(2) 60 bytes
(3) 55 bytes
(4 ) 80 bytes
Answer is 1
18⟩ What is the function of the DD DCB keyword?
(1) Begins the subparameters of the DCB
(2) Begins the DASD control block
(3) Marks the close of the DCB
(4) Modifies the record type parameters
Answer is 1
19⟩ Which DD parameters are required?
(1) All parameters & Keywords are optional
(2) Dsname, SPACE, RECFM
(3) Dsname, SPACE, UNIT
(4) Dsname, DISP, SPACE
Answer is 1
20⟩ How can an in-stream dataset be terminated?
(1) //
(2) //*
(3) /*
(4) None of the above
Answer is 3
