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

JCL Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

IBM,

4 13037

Write a jcl to execute a job by 7 a.m on Jan 20,1986 ?

Maples, Patni, TCS,

5 19774

What is the max blocksize for a Tape file?

2 13019

How do you check the syntax of a JCL without running it?

17 74233

Can you code instream data in a PROC ?

10 29301

What does IEBGENER do?

BirlaSoft,

10 42562

What is STEPLIB, JOBLIB? What is it used for?

2 9359

How do you send the output of a COBOL program to a member of a PDS?

7 19748

I have multiple jobs ( JCLs with several JOB cards ) in a member. What happens if I submit it?

16 34931

I have a COBOL program that Accepts some input data. How do you code the JCL statement for this? ( How do you code instream data in a JCL? )

9 24437

There are a set of 10 files and a customer will be selecting random no of files(i.e they may be more than 2, may not be in the order).Sometimes he might just select one file or sometimes no files at all.How do you code a JCL for this? Is it possible to code just JCL alone for this problem?

Infosys,

9 18904

List some valid operation codes in JCL

3 11728

How can I write the joblog in the spool on normal end of a job step and direct the joblog to a dataset only if the step abends?

2 8892

//step#3 exec pgm = hkbc762 what is wrong with the syntax?

3 8813

Name the system library from which modules are retrieved at execution

3 11984

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Un-Answered Questions { JCL }

how do you code a null statement?

1388

Give the syntax of job specifying jcl statement.

1207

What is job control language?

1152

define cond parameter in jcl?

1332

What is the purpose of dd?

1298

How to code these statements in JCL: CLEANUP INITIAL(NO) RESTART(NO) DYNALLOC(NO) job definition..?

2325

what is JCL?

1224

What is the function of dd disp parameter?

1180

Suppose I have a program in cobol name ”careerride” and want to execute the program by jcl. Specify the process?

1178

which utility is used to sort a file in jcl?

1283

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

1248

What is notcat 2 - gs?

1518

What is Cataloged Procedures?

1208

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

2526

what is use of disp parameter in dd statement?

1154

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