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JCL QUESTIONS

1. What is the difference between DD * , DD Data and DUMMY statement.

2. What is DLM? Can we use // or /* in DLM statement?

3. What is meant by DSN?

4. What is DISP? What are its parameters? (D1,D2.D3)

5. Explain about NEW, OLD, SHR and MOD.

6. Explain about KEEP, DELETE, PASS, CATLG and UNCATLG.

7. Explain about third parameter in DISP Parameter. (D3)

8. What is UNIT ? Explain its parameters.

9. What is VOL? Explain its parameters

10. What is LABEL Parameters?

11. What is SPACE Parameters?

12. What is Load Data Set?

13. What is JOBLIB?

14. What is STEPLIB?

15. What is the difference between JOBLIB and STEPLIB?

16. What is SYSIN and SYSOUT?

17. What is OCB. Explain its 5 parameters

18. What is LRECL. Explain it with COBOL statement.

19. What is BLKSIZE. Explain it with COBOL statement.

20. What is RECFM. Explain it with COBOL statement.

21. What is DSORG. Explain it with COBOL statement.

22. What is EROPT. Explain it with COBOL statement.

23. What is V, F, U, VB, VF, VBA and FBA?

24. What is PROCEDURE? What are its 2 types?

25. What is Instream procedure?

26. What is catalog procedure?

27. Explain the coding rules for a Procedure? (4 points)

28. Explain the coding rules for a Instream Procedure.(4 points)

29. What is IIP, DIP, ICP, DCP and IAP?

30. How many types of Parameters are in Procedure.

31. What is Symbolic Parameters?

32. What is Overriding Parameter?

33. Explain filecopy method in Mainframe

34. What is meant by JCL Utilities?

35. What are the rules for JCL Utilities?

36. What is IEBGENER?

37. What is IEBCOPY?

38. What is IEBPTPCH?

39. How do u copy all members from one DSN to other DSN?

40. How do u copy a particular members from one DSN to other DSN?

41. How do u copy other than selected members from one DSN to other DSN?

42. What is meant by System Utilities?

43. What is IEHPROGM?

44. What are the rules for System Utilities?

45. Explain RENAME, NEWNAME, UNCATLG, CATLG and DELETE

46. What are the differece between System Utilities and JCL Utilities

47. Explain about Other Utilities?

48. Explain SORT Utility

49. Explain SORT FIELDS parameter.

50. Explain if SORT Parameter CH has the value BI or X or PD or ZD or AC or CH.