VSAM Quiz 1-10

• • Q1 - Which of the following VSAM clusters support only fixed length records?
  • A - RRDS
  • B - LDS
  • C - KSDS
  • D - ESDS
  • Answer : A - RRDS
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• • Q2 - For which of the following VSAM cluser we can specify FREESPACE
  • A - RRDS
  • B - LDS
  • C - KSDS
  • D - ESDS
  • Answer : C - KSDS
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• • Q3 - In which type of VSAM cluster records added at the end of the data set?
  • A - RRDS
  • B - LDS
  • C - KSDS
  • D - ESDS
  • Answer : D - ESDS
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• • Q4 - The types of processing supported by RRDS are
  • A - sequential
  • B - direct
  • C - skip-sequential
  • D - All of above
  • Answer : D - All of above
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• • Q5 - Spanned records can be found in
  • A - ESDS
  • B - KSDS
  • C - RRDS
  • D - option A or B
  • E - option A or C
  • Answer : D - option A or B
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• • Q6 - If the key of a KSDS record begins in the second field (first field is 25 bytes long), the offset in the KEYS parameter is
  • A - 24
  • B - 25
  • C - 26
  • D - None of above
  • Answer : B - 25
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• • Q7 - Alternate Index is a special type of
  • A - ESDS
  • B - KSDS
  • C - RRDS
  D - None of above
  • Answer : B - KSDS
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• • Q8 - Specifying CISZ(4096) at the cluster level for a KSDS results in
  • A - Data and index CISZ 4k each
  • B - VSAM ignoring the specification
  • C - Index CISZ 4K; data CISZ selected by VSAM
  • D - Data CISZ 4k; index CISZ selected by VSAM
  • Answer : D - Data CISZ 4k; index CISZ selected by VSAM
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• • Q9 - When defining a KSDS, which of the following parameters is NOT required?
  • A - VOLUMES
  • B - KEYS
  • C - NAME
  • D - Space allocation (either CYL, REC or TRK)
  • Answer : A - VOLUMES
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• • Q10 - Default RECORD SIZE for a NONSPANNED data set is
  • A - (4086 32600)
  • B - (80 80)
  • C - (4089 4089)
  • D - (100 32600)
  • Answer : C - (4089 4089)
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