IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the common work area?

527

Define communication area?

538

Define exec cics retrieve?

654

Explain the difference between and exec cics xctl and exec cics start command?

526

What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

503

Explain the function of the terminal control table?

526

Name the three ways available for a program to position the cursor on the screen?

563

What is cics load command?

546

How can you access esds files from cics?

570

Explain the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

543

What are the cics commands associated with task control?

514

Tsqs can be written in the main storage or auxiliary storage? State true or false

1 804

What is a cics task?

549

Explain the different ways of initiating transaction in cics?

473

Explain the difference between temporary storage queue (tsq) and transient data quene (tdq)?

467


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Explain the hierarchy levels in jcl?

1092


What is load replace in db2?

539


Explain about record currency?

487


In a test environment, is there a need to run a runstats?

533


Define free space?

546






How does jcl specify the job to the operating system?

726


what EXEC statement is and what is the syntax of EXEC statement used in JCL?

603


What is the eib?

566


What is the use of the program list table?

598


What is cascading rollback?

597


What dd statement is used to supply the name of a dataset?

745


What are the different types of table spaces?

583


What is defragmentation?

576


What is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command in COBOL?

693


Can you define cemt?

626