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

JCL Interview Questions

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What does a disposition of (NEW,CATLG,KEEP) mean?

Cap Gemini,

1 13210

How do you access a file that had a disposition of KEEP?

3 19084

MOD, DELETE; What does a disposition of (,DELETE) mean ?

3 11952

What is the DD statement for a output file?

3 10023

What do you do if you do not want to keep all the space allocated to a dataset?

2 6940

What is DISP= (NEW,PASS,DELETE)?

HCL,

3 32132

How do you create a temporary dataset? Where will you use them?

IBM,

2 22775

How do you restart a PROC from a particular step?

5 43002

How do you skip a particular step in a proc/JOB?

CSC, CTS,

5 30779

A PROC has five steps. Step 3 has a condition code. How can you override/nullify this condition code?

IBM, Wipro,

5 39440

What are the kinds of job control statements?

3 7873

What is the meaning of keyword in JCL? What is its opposite?

1 7351

Describe the JOB statement, its meaning, syntax and significant keywords?

1 4969

Describe the EXEC statement, its meaning, syntax and keywords?

2 5746

Describe the DD statement, its meaning, syntax and keywords?

2 9204

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Name a few IBM utility programs, and explain its function.

4918

How do you run a COBOL batch program from a JCL? How do you run a COBOL/DB2 program?

1202

Explain the purpose of dd dummy statement?

1169

Explain the purpose of the dd keylen parameter?

1110

Explain the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

1412

How do you submit a job for execution?

1075

which parameter is use to declare the name of dataset in dd statement?

1214

What are hierarchy levels in jcl?

1480

What is the function of the dd mgmtclas keyword in sms datasets?

1192

A dd statement consists of 4 fields. Name them?

1383

How to resolve the error "WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED" I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem? I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem?

8487

What is the function of //cntl statement?

1284

How does jcl act on code(if you take a cobol program)?

1240

what is use of disp parameter in dd statement?

1058

How can unused space allocation be returned to the system when a dataset is closed?

1429

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