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

JCL Interview Questions

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How can you execute a COBOL program via SYSIN in JCL?

1 6787

can a job be submitted through jcl only? is there another way to submit a job?

CSC,

2 8615

what is meant by jobtrac?

CSC,

4 17035

can we maintain 2 generations with different Lengths in Same GDG ?

RBS,

3 25768

diff bw SB37,SD37,SE37 ?( bcz these 3 belongs Space related abends only)

RBS,

4 11582

when GDG version number get changed ? bcz always Generations only increasing.

Cap Gemini,

1 7325

How to print data of sequential file to Spool..?

2 8107

i have a ps with two columns eno and ename , i need to copy eno column values in one ps and ename column values in one Ps ? is it possible through iebgener . how ? thx in advance

IBM, TCS,

1 6845

how to run batch program without jcl?

HSBC, IBM,

3 11541

In Job, there are 10 steps. If I want to execute the first 6 steps and don't want to execute from 7th to 10th step. What is the solution for this ?

7 9670

How to delete generations of gdg without deleting gdg base?

3 17538

While using SORT FILES =NONE,XSUM I am getting error "ICE172A E XSUM IS NOT SUPPORTED - USE ICETOOL SELECT IF APPROPRIATE"..I want to write duplicate records a a serparte file..how i can do tht?

Steria,

3 16260

db2 maintains information about the data... a.in tables. b.in a set of tables known as db2 catalog. c.in db2 database. d.none of the above. 1 What is the maximum number of tables that can be stored on a Partitioned Table Space ? 1 what is contained in the DB2 node lock file? A) data base names B) data base users names C) license keys D) server names Accenture 5 Can a primary key have null values? If we try to insert a null value in a primary key column, will it work or give an error code? 6 When you are working with the project after coding what will u do? Like what type of documents u will prepare? How will u do testing? 2 how to delete perticular row from table for ex. how you will delete 3rd row from table please answer THANKS IN ADVANCE IBM 7 max number of columns in a db2 table? 6 What is package versioning? Please give an example. 1 What is the picture clause of the null indicator variable? 6 How do you filter out the rows retrieved from a Db2 table ? 1 What is DB2 (IBM Database 2)? 3 Can any one tell me about Restart logic in DB2.

Cap Gemini,

2 5611

A job has 90 steps i want to execute only step7 and step15

Cognizant,

3 8762

A job has 150 steps i want to execute only 57th step

Cognizant,

3 8345

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what are JCLLIB and STEPLIB in JCL?

1171

How can a fb file convert to vb file using sort program?

1330

a set statement is used to define commonly used symbolic across job steps or procedures. It initializes the previous values in the symbolic names. It has to be defined before the first use of the symbolic names in the jcl. State whether true or false?

1080

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

1085

Explain about LMQUERY�give a dialog information about a data set

1446

What is the function of the steplib dd statement?

1194

what is the resolution for sb37 error

9114

What are the 4 fields in dd statement?

1263

The disp in the JCL is MOD and the program opens the file in OUTPUT mode. What happens ? The disp in the JCL is SHR and the pgm opens the file in EXTEND mode. What happens ?

1541

what sort card you will use to copy the data from one dataset to another dataset?

1220

Name what parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1049

what disp parameter we mention for creation of temporary dataset so that we can use it in later steps?

1217

How would you understand error(execution phase)?

1249

what happens when COND is coded in JOB statement and when COND is coded inside EXEC statement?

1296

How can a jobs execution priority be modified?

1290

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