JCL And VSAM Mocktest 2
The following quiz deals with JCL (Job Control Language) and VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method). JCL is a scripting language used for describing jobs to the MVS, OS/390 and VSE operating systems. VSAM is a file storage access method which uses most of the same operating systems. What do you know about these two applications? Take the quiz right now to find out!
- 1.JCL stands for
- A.
Job Common Language
- B.
Job Control Language
- C.
Job Completion Language
- D.
Job Creation Language
- 2.To ensure that a step will always be executed irrespective of any previous step ABENDS, COND parameter of JOB statement should be coded as:
- A.
COND= ONLY
- B.
COND= (4, LT)
- C.
COND= EVEN
- D.
COND= (4,GT)
- 3.Which of the following is designed for Multiprocessor environment:
- A.
JES1
- B.
JES2
- C.
JES3
- D.
JES4
- 4.In JCL statements:
- A.
All Keyword Parameters should appear before any Positional Parameters
- B.
They can appear in any order
- C.
We can’t have Positional and Keyword Parameters in same statement
- D.
All Positional Parameters should appear before any Keyword Parameters
- 5.The RESTART parameter of JOB statement requests:
- A.
To restart a job unconditionally
- B.
That a job begins execution with a step other than the first one
- C.
To restart a job abased on COND parameter
- D.
To restart a job in case of ABEND
- 6.Which of the following statement is TRUE about concatenation of datasets?
- A.
Disk as well as Tape datasets can be concatenated
- B.
Only disk datasets can be concatenated
- C.
Only Tape datasets can be concatenated
- D.
None of the Disk or Tape datasets can be concatenated
- 7.DISP= (OLD, DELETE, KEEP) will:
- A.
Retain the dataset if the job doesn’t ABENDs in this step
- B.
Will never retain the dataset
- C.
Retain the dataset if the job ABENDs in this step
- D.
Will always retain the dataset.
- 8.BLOCKSIZE subparameter of DCB:
- A.
Should always be exact multiple of recordsize
- B.
Need not be exact multiple of recordsize.
- C.
Is always equal to 1
- D.
Is equal to Recordsize * Number of Records in the dataset
- 9.IEBGENER utility can be used
- A.
To allocate a PDS
- B.
To delete a PSDS
- C.
To create a PDS
- D.
To copy a PSDS
- 10.Which of the following statements are not true about the TIME parameter in JOB & EXEC statements:
- A.
Time parameter must be coded for every job
- B.
Time parameter of step overrides that of job
- C.
A time-out abend will occur if job exceeds time specified in Time parameter
- D.
Time is specified in terms of Hours & minutes (Time= (9.30))
- 11.VSAM files are called _____________.
- A.
Datasets
- B.
DSCB sets
- C.
Clusters
- D.
KSDS
- 12.VSAM stores record in the data component in units called _____________.
- A.
Control intervals
- B.
Control area
- C.
Blocks
- D.
Buffers
- 13.An ESDS cluster consists of the following components
- A.
Data component
- B.
Index component
- C.
Both
- 14._____________ contains the condition code of the most recently executed IDCAMS command. .
- A.
PREVCC
- B.
LASTCC
- C.
MAXCC
- D.
Both- MAXCC & LASTCC
- 15.The following parameter establishes the relationship between the base cluster and the alternate index.
- A.
Data
- B.
Volumes
- C.
Name
- D.
Relate
- 16.The following parameter of the Define cluster command is a positional mandatory parameter
- A.
Relate
- B.
Upgrade
- C.
Path
- 17.Which of the following functions are performed by the REPRO command?
- A.
Loads empty VSAM cluster with records
- B.
Creates backup of a VSAM dataset on physical sequential dataset
- C.
Merge data from two VSAM datasets
- D.
All of the above
- 18.If an AIX has to be build on a cluster then the base cluster has to be defined as
- A.
Reusable
- B.
Nonreusable
- C.
Upgrade
- 19._____________ command is used to ensure the data integrity of the VSAM cluster.
- A.
Repro
- B.
Alter
- C.
Verify
- D.
None
- 20.How do you skip a particular step in procedure or job.
- A.
COND
- B.
SKIP
- C.
IGNORE
- D.
NONE
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