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

JCL Interview Questions

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What is a GDG

IBM,

4 18770

What is a Generation Data Group (GDG)?

2 10458

How is a GDG base created?

5 26826

What is model dataset label(Model DSCB)?

1 23857

How are GDGs concatenated?

1 14824

How is a new GDG coded?

2 10202

When should DISP=MOD is used?

TCS,

6 47164

How is a dataset passed from one step to another?

DELL,

2 16370

How are datasets concatenated?

CitiGroup,

3 14237

What is the difference between the JOBLIB and the STEPLIB statements?

3 38256

Name some of the JCL statements that are not allowed in procs.?

1 16011

What is primary allocation for a dataset?

4 15250

What is the difference between primary and secondary allocations for a dataset?

8 48766

How many extents are possible for a sequential file ? For a VSAM file ?

3 18790

What does a disposition of (NEW,CATLG,DELETE) mean?

3 19897

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What is the use of symbol // in jcl?

1483

Explain the function of job statement in jcl?

1210

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?

10152

What do you understand by the term notcat 2 – gs?

1241

Where can program checkpoints be stored for use in a restart?

1440

What is NOTCAT ?

1332

Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

1949

Explain about LMFREE�free data set from its association with data ID

1632

Is condition checking possible in jcl?

1211

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

1299

what EXEC statement is and what is the syntax of EXEC statement used in JCL?

1168

write a jcl to execute a job by 7:00 am on jan 20,1986?

1114

whats the diff bw the evaluate also and and?

2342

Can I share my data with other jobs? How?

1114

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

1115

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