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

JCL Interview Questions

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One of My Job is running in production, which contains five steps?i want to pass the input to FIFTH step while running is it possible? if how?

CTS,

1 4477

hi in one of the interview one asked me how to submit a job from cobol?as well as how to submit a jcl from CICS? can u pls any one tell me..

CTS,

1 7205

In My job I have 15 procs.and in each proc i have 3 steps. i want to execute 3 step in proc 10.is it possible? if possible how?

HP,

2 8420

How to view the hexa decimal value thru file aid if copy book is not present for that particular data

1 5613

can any one plzzzzzz tell the jcl code for creating ps using idcams

Fiserv,

2 11661

What is the meaning of the following declaration : DCB=BLKSIZE=, What is the difference between above declaration & not specifying DCB at all for a output file?

1 5553

Suppose there are 10 steps in a PROC, I want to execute only step5. How do you give the condition in the JCL that calls this PROC?

IBM,

3 10628

We have two PS files,want to compare those files and put the duplicate records in one file. Input file 1 contains(1,2,4,9,10) Input file 2 contains (1,4,5,11,12,14,16). Help me with jcl.

6 16982

What is catelog procedure and how many catelog procedure to use in one job?

Infosys,

2 8682

How to check empty file in jcl?

Infosys,

4 27115

How to pass values in jcl to cobol?

IBM, Infosys,

4 25678

I have two input files i/p1 name id-key flag date i/p 2 name id-key date if id-key matches in the both the files then it should write the output file from i/p1 with flag 'Y'. It should be done thru JCL sort card ,Please provide the info on this. ---Note : output file should have all records from i/p1 with proper Flag.

2 5911

I have 5 steps in my jcl ,I need to execute first three steps and then 2nd step again ,4th and 5th steps if rc of 2nd step is zero

ABC,

1 4007

How to copy one PS file to multiple PS files with same data?

1 15377

Can anybody tell what is tool used to generate the list of PROCS used in JCL to generate a PROCTREE

2454

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Explain the purpose of dd * statement in jcl?

1064

What is concatenating?

1075

How gdg are concatenated?

1117

I want to join to input files and write the matching fields on to an output file but i dont want the output file a sorted one

2448

how do you code a null statement?

1336

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 GROSS-PAY. 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5). 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3). PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 1000 TO BASIC-PAY. MOVE 250 TO ALLOWENCES. DISPLAY GROSS-PAY. STOP RUN. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45 after the statement MOVE W-A TO W-B what will be W-B's value? a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move

1358

I had Records in file Like this Company Code IBM 2 IBM 1 IBM 4 WIPRO 3 WIPRO 2 WIPRO 9 TCS 4 TCS 6 TCS 3 i want the record of every company with highest code How can i do that?

10142

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

if we want to use a gdg which is already created by some job, then how to use the reference of the last generation in a jcl?

2291

Is it possible to left uncode disp? If yes, how?

1182

I want my job (careerride) to be executed in 1 minute and 2 seconds. How do I do that?

1229

What is the significance of addrspc parameter in the exec statement?

1073

I need exexution process for JCL programs

2275

How jcl is used for testing batch programs?

1277

Is it possible to code instream data in a PROC?

1328

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