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

JCL Interview Questions

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i have step1,step2,step3 from where can i start coding cond parameter ?

Verizon,

2 6493

how do u send return code from cobol to jcl ?

TCS,

2 8865

what is symbolic parameters in jcl, what is a temparary data set ? where do u use ?

Verizon,

2 15669

how can u identify the db2 from jcl ?

TCS,

2 7771

i want to restart frm step 2, previously i coded cond parameter on step2 wht happens at tht time ?

Infosys,

4 10344

wht happens if blksize = 0 and lrec = 0 ?

TCS,

1 14519

what happens if job falls in loop ? how to resolve it ?

Patni,

3 10972

i created one base gdg with lrecl = 100 , now i need to create versions with different lrecl =150,200 can it be possible to create like tht ?

Patni, Syntel,

1 9919

I have a JCL with 100 steps. I want run the Alternate steps in the JCL ( Like 2 ,4,6,8 etc.. ). How can I acheive this scenario? If It is by Cond Parameter can you provide the Condition code for that?

Polaris, Tech Mahindra, UST, Wipro,

5 28835

wht do u mean by internal reader in jcl ? wht is the use of internal reader ?

Syntel,

1 8096

wht happens if cond=true ? pls give me with an example ?

Syntel,

2 6377

i have records from 1 t0 100 . i need to open records from 10 to 18 and change the values in tht ? how can i do tht ?

Syntel,

2 8174

I have Job A and Job B. I want to trigger Job B from Job A. Please advise.

Wipro,

2 12525

how can u understand ps and pds from their names ?

TCS,

1 5579

i want to avoid the positional parameter how to code it ?

TCS,

3 12181

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What are the parameter we cannot use in procedure? How many instream we can write in single jcl?

1076

how do you access an uncataloged dataset in a jcl?

1742

I have many files which i am receiving from client everyday. I have one step for every file to check for empty or not. Here client gives 30 files i need to check for every file for empty or not and i need to perform 30 steps. Can I do it in single step. Dynamically i need to change the File name in my step.

1217

what is a jcl?

1139

Are there any set of rules for the names of the steps used in a job?

1136

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

1155

I have 60 steps in the JCL and want to Execute Only First from PROC by overriding in JCL ?

1838

How can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

1342

Where can program checkpoints be stored for use in a restart?

1440

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

2567

what is the purpose of coding class parameter in job statement?

1263

what is SOC4 error?

1227

What is use of restart and how to use it?

1317

How gdg are concatenated?

1119

what happens in execution stage in job processing?

1145

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