CICS Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

CICS Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the function of the LOAD command?

IBM,

1 4375

What are the differences between an EXEC CICS XCTL and an EXEC CICS LINK command.

1 8596

What is the difference between START and XCTL ?

IBM,

3 6452

What is the meaning of BMS length of field = 0?

IBM,

1 8013

How and where is the TWA size set? .

IBM,

1 11137

What is the difference between LINK and XCTL ?

IBM,

1 6775

What is the EIB parameter and the CICS command used to implement Pseudo-Conversational technique using single PCT ? Single PPT entry?

IBM,

1 6407

Name some common CICS service programs and explain their usage?

IBM,

1 5406

What is the difference between EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDTION and an EXEC CICS IGNORE command?

IBM, TCS,

2 7814

Explain floating maps with illustration.

IBM,

1 3933

What is the difference between a RETURN with TRANSID and XCTL ?For example prog. A is issuing REUTRN with TRANSID to prog B. Prog A. is issuing XCTL to prog B?

3 27587

What is an AEY9 abend ?

IBM, Xansa,

4 23474

How do you fire a batch job from a CICS transaction ?

TCS,

2 9497

The read of a record from an Intrapartition TDQ is not destructive(True or False).

1 4436

What is the EXEC CICS HANDLE ABEND?

IBM,

2 14097

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Un-Answered Questions { CICS }

explain the means of supporting pseudo conversation programming. (Eg. Storing and restoring of states, control flow, error handling)?

606

Explain the difference between cics program control table (pct) and cics processing program table (ppt)?

602

Kindly specify the pic clause for the hhmmss type of data fields?

642

Explain the difference between getting the system time with eibtime and asktime command?

549

Define an asra?

552

Can you explain common systems area?

648

What are the uses of ppt in cics?

531

Explain the difference between dfhcommarea and tsq?

544

Explain the difference between link xctl?

538

Is length = 0 sufficient to ascertain that the field has been modified?

564

Mention one alternative aspect of CICS?

618

Can a CICS code be a part of a copybook? If so, then what are the outcomes after compilation?

619

What are the cics commands associated with task control?

528

Define task work area?

868

What does the 'cedf:cics' transactions do?

564

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