JCL Online Quiz

Q 1 - In Job processing, what happens in Input stage?

A - Selection of Initiator for execution of Job

B - Job statement is converted into an interpreted text to be understood by JES and stored into a dataset, which we call as SPOOL

C - Job is taken as an input to JES

D - Allocated resources and the JES SPOOL space is released

Q 2 - What operation is performed by JOB statement?

A - Job Identification

B - Execution of program

C - Includes name of the dataset to operate

D - None of these

Q 3 - How much time Step2 will have for execution, if Step1 will take 2.5 minutes?

//TXXXXXX JOB (XXXXX), ’XXXX’, TIME = 4
//STEP1 EXEC PGM = PR1, TIME = 4
//STEP2 EXEC PGM = PR2, TIME = 0

A - 4

B - 0

C - 1.5

D - 2.5

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

Q 5 - How you will define a temporary dataset in JCL?

A - DSN = &&TEMP with DSN parameters

B - DSN = temp-file-name with DSN parameters

C - DSN = temp-file-name with out DSN parameters

D - DSN = &&TEMP with out DSN parameters

Q 6 - How the file will be sorted if you will use the following sort card?

//STEP1 	 EXEC PGM = SORT
//SYSPRINT	 DD SYSOUT = *
//SYSOUT	 DD SYSOUT = *
//SORTIN	 DD DSN = input.data.set,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT	 DD	DSN=output.data.set
//SYSIN 	 DD  *
 SORT FIELDS = (1,06,CH,D)
/*		       

A - SORT FIELDS = (1,06,CH,D) instructs the utility to sort the file based on the CHARACTER field that starts from POSITION 1 and of LENGTH 6 in DESENDING order

B - SORT FIELDS = (1,06,CH,D) instructs the utility to sort the file based on the CHARACTER field that starts from POSITION 6 and of LENGTH 1 in ASCENDING order

C - SORT FIELDS = (1,06,CH,D) instructs the utility to sort the file based on the CHARACTER field that starts from POSITION 6 and of LENGTH 1 in DESENDING order

D - SORT FIELDS = (1,06,CH,D) instructs the utility to sort the file based on the CHARACTER field that starts from POSITION 1 and of LENGTH 6 in ASCENDING order

Q 7 - LIMIT option in GDG's specifies the maximum number of versions that the GDG base can hold. State whether true or false?

A - False

B - True

Q 8 - PROC1 is a in-stream procedure in a JCL and with this name PROC1 one catalog procedure exists, then which procedure will be invoked - catalog or in-stream?

//TXXXXX  JOB ,, NOTIFY = &SYSUID
//	JCLLIB ORDER = (XXXXX.PROCLIB) 
//PROC1   PROC                                              
//STEP1    EXEC PGM = IEFBR14                                   
//DD1      DD DSN = TXXXXX.TEST, SPACE = (TRK, (1,1)),           
//         DCB = (RECFM = FB, BLKSIZE = 8000, LRECL = 80),
//         DISP = (NEW, DELETE)
//PEND                                                    
//STEP1    EXEC  PROC1                                        

A - In-stream procedure

B - Catalog procedure

C - Job will abend

D - None of these

Q 9 - Which method you will use to skip a particular step in JCL?

A - SKIP

B - COND

C - ASKIP

D - None

Q 10 - What DISP parameter we mention for creation of temporary dataset so that we can use it in later steps?

A - DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DLTE)

B - DISP=(NEW,DLTE)

C - DISP=(NEW,PASS)

D - DISP=(NEW,CTLG)