JCL Interview Questions
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Hi Please try to be to-the-point. 1) How to INCLUDE a JCL segment in a JOB ? (A Small example) 2) What is SPOOL and what is SPOOL FULL ? and how to direct the output of a Jobstep to SPOOL ?

IBM,

3 5923

What do we mean by 'Virtual storage' for a dataset and for a JOBSTEP ? What is the significance of the following statement for a programmer 'Virtual storage results in program addresses being independent of the addresses that actually exist in a computer' ?

1579

What is 'mounting' of volumes ? Is there anything that a programmer can do in it ? How to find currently mounted volume ?

IBM,

1990

How to find the UNIT and VOLUME of a (a) KEPT (b) UNCATALOGED and (c) CATALOGED dataset - using (i) JCL and using (ii) ISPF ?

IBM,

2165

What is TimeStamp, What is TimeStamp error and What is the Abend Code for TimeStamp Error ?

IBM,

4 20571

Is there GOTO and SWITCH-CASE available in JCL ? Is IF-THEN-ELSE available in JCL also just like it is available for VSAM datasets under Model Commands category ?

IBM,

1 12582

What is a JCL Command statement ?

IBM,

1 6140

How many JOB statements a JCL can have ? If there are more than one JOB statements in a JCL, are they submitted in succession or in parallel ?

IBM, Tech Mahindra,

4 15454

If Name is NOT given for a JOB statement, then will it give error or installation will supply it for the JOB ?

IBM,

1 8367

How to release a JOB (from the input queue) held by TYPRUN = HOLD ? and how to see the installation default time after which a JOB will be automatically released ? How to see the list of currently HELD JOBS ?

IBM,

5 25171

How to print the Output to SPOOL using MSGCLASS and SYSOUT ?

IBM,

4 21968

Is Default for MSGCLASS = (1,1) ?

IBM,

2 5825

1) Is CLASS used for assigning Priority (as we say a job having class '6' will run before the job having class '5'? then what is the difference between CLASS and PRTY ? 2) In a same JCL, 2 JOB statements with different Classes and NO PRTY are submitted ? which will run first ? & with different classes and different PRTY also, which will run first now ?

IBM,

3 15561

Can we have a JOBSTEP without any EXEC ?

IBM,

6 17529

Is stepname is a MUST and should be unique also for each JOBSTEP ? or system can supply the stepname for a step which is not given a name by the programmer ?

IBM,

6 9137


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I want my job (careerride) to be executed in 1 minute and 2 seconds. How do I do that?

705


How to run cobol program using jcl?

648


What is the difference between the positional and keyword parameters? Give examples.

705


Explain about LMFREE�free data set from its association with data ID

997


In sms datasets, what is the function of the dd avgrec keyword?

650






I HAVE A VB BLOCK WHICH IS USED AS INPUT IN COBOL CONATINING SOME RECORDS CAN I CHANGE THE FILE FROM VB TO FB?

2097


What is the significance of addrspc parameter in exec statement?

726


For what purpose steplib and joblib are used ?

683


what is use of disp parameter in dd statement?

657


How dummy is used in jcl?

643


How to alter the parameters for the existing gdg?

710


I have mainpgm(abc) this is the only cobol pgm(non-db2).And this pgm calling subpgm name "acd" this also only cobol(non- Db)and this pgm calling some other subpgm this pgm has cobol-db2 pgm. 1) IF you calling static mode how to run and how to compile? 2) IF you calling dynamic mode how to run and how to compile? plz suggestion me.

1947


What is the difference between run mode and addressing mode?

631


Name the parameters which can be used to limit the number of records written to a sysout dataset?

648


Explain the job statement in jcl?

644