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

VSAM Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How do you calculate record size of an alternate cluster? Give your values for both unique and nonunique.

IBM,

1 8870

What is the difference between sequential files and ESDS files?

IBM,

1 8588

How do you load a VSAM data set with records ?

IBM,

2 7989

How do you define a GDG ?

IBM,

1 5034

Do all versions of the GDG have to be of the same record length ?

IBM, iNautix,

3 13294

How are different versions of GDG named ?

IBM,

2 5433

Suppose 3 generations of a GDG exist. How would you reference the 1st generation in the JCL?

IBM,

2 14562

Suppose a generation of GDG gets created in a particular step of a proc. How would you refer the current generation in a subsequent step? What would be the disposition of this generation now?

IBM,

2 6769

What more info you should give in the DD statement while defining the next generation of a GDG?

IBM,

1 5750

Assuming that the DEFINE JCL is not available, how do you get info about a VSAM file's organisation?

IBM,

1 5689

During processing of a VSAM file, some system error occurs and it is subsequently unusable . What do you do ?

1 6860

How do you fix the problem associated with VSAM out of space condition?

IBM,

1 9573

What is the meaning of VSAM RETURN-CODE 28?

3 21565

On which datasets You can have ALT INDEX?

2 6010

How many Alternate Indexes you can have on a dataset?

AB Inc,

2 9786

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Un-Answered Questions { VSAM }

What is control area?

1026

If fspc(100 100) is specified does it mean that both the control interval and control area will be left empty because 100 % of both ci and ca are specified to be empty?

1040

What is a lds (linear data set)?

960

Explain about the file objects in vsam?

983

how do you create an alternate index ?

1019

Define free space?

994

What is the device independent method to indicate where a record is stored?

985

What is a ci split? What is a ca split?

1117

Explain the significance of the shareoptions parameter?

942

what is a base cluster in vsam?

1083

What is the purpose of idcams?

999

what do you mean by a vsam split?

1014

What is the main function of key-sequenced data set?

976

Using alternate indexes in batch program?

1034

in a cobol select statement for a ksds can you tell me what are the 3 possibilities for access?

1141

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