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

JCL Interview Questions

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How to identify in JCL that an input file is empty without reading it?

4 10393

I have two files each contains 10 records. I would like to copy both files into one output file but in alternate sequence. for e.g. first record from file1 then record 2 from file2.....

RBS,

3 12111

What is the exact difference between PRTY and DPRTY

iGate,

2 15918

How to send data from cobol program to jcl?

CSC,

2 8807

How to compare two files in SYNCSORT and on the mismatch record should be deleted from second file.

CSC, SPIC,

5049

Write a JCL by using the below requirement: File1 =1, File2 =11 and output needs to come as File3 =111?

Saggezza,

8 17069

When concatenating two PDS can any one PDS can have empty dataset i.e without any value(Dummy).

2 6101

Hi, all suppose i have 5 steps (S1,S2,S3,S4,S5) what will happen if cond is true or false (which of the other steps get executed)? 1) //s3 exec pgm=abc,cond=(0,le) 2) //s3 exec pgm=abc,cond=(0,le,step2) 3) In the jobcord RESTART=step3,cond=(0,le) 4) can i code COND=TRUE in jobcard, if yes what will happen?

TCS, Tech Mahindra,

3 8138

Hi, all Suppose i have 10 step in a job (s1,s2,s3,...s10) i want to execute step9 first and then step3 and i used the DPRTY for these steps. so what will happen to other steps? Will the get executed or only these two steps get executed?

2 6058

whats the diff bw the evaluate also and and?

CGI,

1838

what is mainframe?

CGI,

4 7501

diff bw vsam and normal flat file?

CGI,

2 14978

I HAVE A SEQUENTIAL FILE CONTAINING ONE RECORD IN WHICH I HAVE ONE FIELD AS CUSTOMER IDENTITY NUMBER FIELD WHICH IS A SIGNED FIELD. HOW TO SEQUENTIALLY INCREMENT THIS FIELD USING OVERLAY PARAMETER?.

1 4922

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

4420

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

IBM,

2414

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A dd statement consists of 4 fields. Name them?

908

What does a disposition of (new,catlg,keep) for a dsn mean?

600

Does jcl support automatic restart?

734

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1017

Explain how can the submitting users racf authority be overridden in a job stream?

661

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

711

Explain the jcl exec statement?

632

Is automatic restart possible in jcl?

722

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

818

what is the difference between JES3 and JES2?

665

define cond parameter in jcl?

757

which utility is used a dummy utility?

769

how can you check if a file is empty using jcl?

798

How does jcl specify the job to the operating system?

736

What is job control language?

599

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