JCL Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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How to DEBUG a JCL?

Satyam,

9 26610

What is the differentiation between TRK,cyl, and Bytes... how they can be connected??

2 28873

Hi, I have a requirement File A : I have 6 records out of which 4 are same. File B: I have 8 records out of 6 records are same. The 4 records in FILEA and 6 records in FILE B are same. If we substract we will get two records, I need these two records in output file This is because to remove the duplicates from the database. Through easytrieve we can compare but for that there should not duplicates, but in my file I have duplicates. Thanks in advance!!

2 10771

what is A-MODE and R-MODE?

2 8704

is it possible to submitt more than one job in job card in jcl? and if yes than is it necessary to have the jobs same name?

Accenture,

4 25977

if we have a job consist of two steps and each step calling a proc having 10 steps each then how many steps are counted only 2 or 22(10+10+1+1)? can we have more than 255 steps in a single job?

Accenture,

5 12929

can we have more than one job in a single job card that is we are specifying only one 'job' statement in the jcl.

Accenture,

7 19959

i have 3 steps in my jcl, where i want to run only one step at a time depending on the variable. How should i give the condition statement... I have tried this with two steps which is working but not able to add condn for the 3rd step. can anyone help me... I want to know the cond stmt which i can code in step 3 and step4, so that only either step2 or step3 or step4 executes

3 8856

How to rename a VSAM file as well as it's index file?

CitiGroup,

4 20387

What it does If we specify TYPRUN=P & it is not substituted by SCAN 0r HOLD in VALUE SET.

11804

Can we use COND=EVEN on a job card, when jobs are scheduled through scheduler?

L&T,

1 6431

Can we use COND=EVEN on a job card, when jobs are scheduled through scheduler?

L&T,

5 13170

how to create gdg with out using idcams utility

DSRC,

8 39808

how to identify a vasam dataset by seeing in 3.4(browse)

Cap Gemini,

5 11401

what is the alternative to model parameter?

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Un-Answered Questions { JCL }

What statement marks the beginning of a job step; assigns a name to the step; identifies the program or catalogued or in-stream procedure to be executed in the step?

1060

what is “Cond= even” and “Cond=only”?

1245

How to run cobol program using jcl?

1157

How does jcl act on code(if you take a cobol program)?

1230

What is the function of the dd mgmtclas keyword in sms datasets?

1183

a dd statement has 2 types of parameters. Name them?

1090

What is the maximum length of a single line of jcl?

1289

How to pass data to a program that is coded in an exec statement?

1271

Explain how can the submitting users racf authority be overridden in a job stream?

1081

Explain the purpose of dd * statement in jcl?

1014

What is the function of job statement in jcl?

1036

what is JCL?

1104

What is the significance of addrspc parameter in the exec statement?

1017

Can I send output of job to my remote device careerride123?

1082

what are JCLLIB and STEPLIB in JCL?

1112

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