JCL Quiz 1-10

• • Q1 - In order to continue a job after a return code of 12 in step1, what the step2 EXEC statement include?
  • A - CONTINUE
  • B - COND = (12, GT)
  • C - COND = (12, GE)
  • D - COND = (12 ,LE)
  • Answer : B - COND = (12, GT)
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• • Q2 - What statement marks the beginning of an in-stream or cataloged procedure and assigns default values to parameters defined in the procedure?
  • A - STREAM
  • B - SET
  • C - PROC
  • D - PEND
  • Answer : C - PROC
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• • Q3 - What parameter of the job statement is used to limit the CPU time consumed by the job?
  • A - RUNTIME
  • B - TIME
  • C - LIMIT
  • D - EXECMAX
  • Answer : B - TIME
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• • Q4 - What is the function of //JCLLIB statement?
  • A - Identifies the source of the JCL commands
  • B - Points to the system software library
  • C - Marks the beginning of the in-stream JCL
  • D - Identifies the libraries that the system will search
  • Answer : D - Identifies the libraries that the system will search
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• • Q5 - What is concatenating?
  • A - Overriding or adding procedures
  • B - Logically connecting input datasets
  • C - Overriding a called PROC ddname
  • D - All of the above
  • Answer : B - Logically connecting input datasets
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• • Q6 - What are the parameters you can specify in both JOB and EXEC?
  • A - REGION
  • B - TIME
  • C - COND
  • D - All of the above
  • Answer : D - All of the above
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• • Q7 - Which statements are not allowed in Procedures?
  • A - JOB
  • B - JOBLIB
  • C - JCLLIB
  • D - SYSIN DD
  • E - All of the above
  • Answer : E - All of the above
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• • Q8 - How do you choose the block size?
  • A - Block size should be multiples of LRECL for fixed files and multiples of LRECL + 4 for variable files.
  • B - Block size should be 5 less than LRECL
  • C - If LRECL=n then Blocksize = (n+10)/2
  • D - If LRECL=n then Blocksize = (n-10)/2
  • Answer : A - Block size should be multiples of LRECL for fixed files and multiples of LRECL + 4 for variable files.
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• • Q9 - How do you specify the restart parameter, if you need to restart from the step STEP1 in the proc EMPPROC ? The proc is invoked in the step EMPPRCS of the job.
  • A - RESTART=STEP1.EMPPRCS
  • B - RESTART=EMPPRCS.STEP1
  • C - RESTART=STEP1 OF EMPPRCS
  • D - RESTART.EMPPRCS=STEP1
  • Answer : B - RESTART=EMPPRCS.STEP1
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• • Q10 - What does & and && means in JCL ?
  • A - & means temporary parameter ,&& means symbolic dataset.
  • B - & means temporary parameter ,&& means sysin dataset.
  • C - & means symbolic parameter ,&& means temporary dataset.
  • D - & means sysin parameter ,&& means SYSDUMP dataset.
  • Answer : C - & means symbolic parameter ,&& means temporary dataset.
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