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

JCL Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Please give me the coding for converting VB to FB and FB to VB

HP,

3 19832

How can u know the current date using jcl?

iNautix, Wipro,

2 14211

What are the common keyword parameters in both job and exec statements

Cap Gemini,

4 14527

When will we need to specify Space parameter ?

Wipro,

3 7906

Can you delete the GDG base without deleting GDG generations ?

Cap Gemini,

7 23477

In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 19830

What is the use of IEBGENER ?

Cap Gemini, Wipro,

2 9550

how to execute the last 5 steps in jcl

Syntel,

2 7307

i want apply mainframe devolper with 3+ but i dont have that much of knowledge what isthe solution to get that much of knoweldge?

1 4607

how to convert a file form fixed Length to variable length?

Syntel,

2 15673

How to execute step2,step5,step7 of a proc of 10 steps? You are not allowed to change in JCL.

IBM,

3 14750

IN DFSORT sum fields=none is usec to remove duplicates.how to write the duplicates in another dataset?

2 13757

What are the common jcl syntax errors you get? This is not abends?

1 6376

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?

1 8583

a job have 5 steps and it will executes a proc which have 5steps in it. now i have to execute step3 only when step2 of proc executes successfully

3 7571

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Un-Answered Questions { JCL }

How is a type of file defined in the jcl that executes the cobol program?

1190

what is the compile process of cobol program expalin with code

2586

which utility is used to sort a file in jcl?

1220

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

2567

What is notcat 2 - gs?

1469

How would you understand error(execution phase)?

1252

how you can access an uncataloged dataset in a JCL?

1140

What are the parameters that are used in creating a gdg?

1215

State the uses of syspring, sysin, sort fields, sum fields and dummy.

1089

Step 1 RC 4 Step 2 Step 3 I want to know the COND parameter which can be coded in step 2 or 3. Step 2 should be executed based on Step 1 RC and Step 3 should not be executed based on step 1's RC

4903

Is automatic restart possible in jcl? If yes, how?

1116

We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

2409

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' ?

2026

Explain the function of a dd statement?

1211

What do you understand by the term “keyword” with respect to jcl and what is the opposite of the term?

1143

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