VSAM Quiz Part1
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 3859
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What is the Record format for VSAM file?
- A.
VB
- B.
FBA
- C.
FB
- D.
None of the above
- 2.RLS stands for Record Level Sharing
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Can we Query on VSAM file like DB2?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
VSAM is not RDBMS
- D.
None of the above
- 4.VSAM has four file types KSDS,RRDS,ESDS,LDS out of that which one is being used DB2 underlying tables?
- A.
RRDS
- B.
KSDS
- C.
LDS
- D.
ESDS
- 5.Which command we used to see VSAM file in CICS?
- A.
CEBR
- B.
CEMT I
- C.
CEDA
- D.
None
- 6.Broadly how many parts a VSAM data set can be classified?
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
4
- D.
None
- 7.KSDS Load process is carried with Sequential access instaed of Direct access.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.ESDS records can not be deleted. How this can be done by the programmer when logic wants to delete a record?
- A.
Programmer helpless
- B.
Can delete a record.Only flag sets as inactive record
- C.
None
- 9.In ESDS, first record RBA is '0'. The record length is '80' bytes. So what is RBA for 2nd record?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
80
- D.
None
- 10.For RRDS cluster what is the key word we define in IDCAMS DEFINE command?
- 11.One difference between KSDS and (RRDS,ESDS,LDS)? KSDS= Contains both RDF/CIDF RRDS,ESDS,LDS=All are data components
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.DITTO is one of the tool used to work with VSAM files?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
I never heard
- D.
None
- 13.HFS- Hierarchical file system on Unix. ZFS-Z series file system on Unix Both are ESDS VSAM files. But ZFS files have meta data log.So when disaster occurs,ZFS files are recoverable.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.VSAM files can be accessed by both Batch and CICS?
- A.
Yes in CICS transaction server
- B.
No
- C.
I never heard
- D.
None
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