JCL Online Quiz

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Questions and Answers

Answer : C

Explanation

JCL stands for Job Control Language which provides the specifications necessary to process a job.

Answer : A

Explanation

Based on the time duration and the number of resources required by the job, companies assign different job classes. These can be visualized as individual schedulers used by the OS to receive the jobs. Placing the jobs in the right scheduler will aid in easy execution of the jobs. Some companies have different classes for jobs in test and production environment. Valid values for CLASS parameter are A to Z characters and 0 to 9 numeric (of length 1). Following is the syntax: CLASS=0 to 9 | A to Z

Answer : C

Explanation

RESTART is used to restart a job from a particular step. Syntax : RESTART=* | STEPNAME

Q 4 - If COND parameter is coded on both JOB and EXEC statement, then the condition on JOB is checked before checking the condition on EXEC statement. State whether true or false?

A - True

B - False

Answer : A

Explanation

This statement is correct.

Q 5 - RESTART parameter is coded in the JOB or EXEC statement and it helps in manual restart of the JOB/STEP after the job failure. State whether true or false?

A - True

B - False

Answer : A

Explanation

This statement is correct.

Q 6 - Which utility is used to update PDS?

A - IEBGENER

B - IEBCOPY

C - IEBCOMPR

D - IEBUPDTE

Answer : D

Explanation

IEBUPDTE is used to update PDS

Q 7 - The GDG versions can have same or different DCB parameters. An initial model DCB can be defined to be used by all versions, but it can be overridden when creating new versions. State whether true or false?

A - False

B - True

Answer : B

Explanation

This is self explanatory.

Q 8 - What sort card you will use to copy the data from one dataset to another dataset?

A - SORT FIELDS=COPY

B - SORT FIELDS=MOVE

C - SORT FIELDS=COPY(ALL)

D - SORT FIELDS=MOVE(ALL)

Answer : A

Explanation

In the SORT step mention the SYSIN & SYSOUT dataset name & in sort card code SORT FIELDS=COPY to copy data from input file to output file.

Q 9 - What prefix character we use for symbolic parameter?

A - %

B - @

C - &

D - $

Answer : C

Explanation

We use & for symbolic parameters.

Q 10 - What is the output of following JCL?

//STEP1  EXEC PGM = IEBEDIT                                   
//SYSUT1   DD  DSN = XXXXXX.XXXX.XXXX(XXXXXXXX), DISP = SHR    
//SYSUT2   DD  SYSOUT = (*,INTRDR)                              
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT = *                                       
//SYSIN    DD  *                                              
  EDIT TYPE = INCLUDE, STEPNAME = (STEP3,STEP7)                        
/*

A - It will execute only STEP1

B - It will exclude STEP3 & STEP4 from execution

C - It will execute only STEP3 & STEP4

D - None of these

Answer : C

Explanation

This utility is used to run only particular steps in a JCL.

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