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

JCL Interview Questions

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i have step1,step2,step3 from where can i start coding cond parameter ?

Verizon,

2 6595

how do u send return code from cobol to jcl ?

TCS,

2 8977

what is symbolic parameters in jcl, what is a temparary data set ? where do u use ?

Verizon,

2 15810

how can u identify the db2 from jcl ?

TCS,

2 7879

i want to restart frm step 2, previously i coded cond parameter on step2 wht happens at tht time ?

Infosys,

4 10530

wht happens if blksize = 0 and lrec = 0 ?

TCS,

1 14616

what happens if job falls in loop ? how to resolve it ?

Patni,

3 11162

i created one base gdg with lrecl = 100 , now i need to create versions with different lrecl =150,200 can it be possible to create like tht ?

Patni, Syntel,

1 10012

I have a JCL with 100 steps. I want run the Alternate steps in the JCL ( Like 2 ,4,6,8 etc.. ). How can I acheive this scenario? If It is by Cond Parameter can you provide the Condition code for that?

Polaris, Tech Mahindra, UST, Wipro,

5 29077

wht do u mean by internal reader in jcl ? wht is the use of internal reader ?

Syntel,

1 8188

wht happens if cond=true ? pls give me with an example ?

Syntel,

2 6500

i have records from 1 t0 100 . i need to open records from 10 to 18 and change the values in tht ? how can i do tht ?

Syntel,

2 8294

I have Job A and Job B. I want to trigger Job B from Job A. Please advise.

Wipro,

2 12651

how can u understand ps and pds from their names ?

TCS,

1 5656

i want to avoid the positional parameter how to code it ?

TCS,

3 12327

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what happens when COND is coded in JOB statement and when COND is coded inside EXEC statement?

1349

How do you create a temporary dataset?

1250

Give the syntax of job specifying jcl statement.

1207

Does jcl support automatic restart?

1293

How to override a dsn that is contained in a proc called by another proc? I need to do the override in the calling jcl?

1218

What methodology can be adapted to transfer data to a program that is coded using the exec statement?

1276

How can a fb file convert to vb file using sort program?

1402

if the submitter of a job wants to inform another user about the job completion, how can it be done?

1309

if we want to use a gdg which is already created by some job, then how to use the reference of the last generation in a jcl?

2358

a set statement is used to define commonly used symbolic across job steps or procedures. It initializes the previous values in the symbolic names. It has to be defined before the first use of the symbolic names in the jcl. State whether true or false?

1142

Explain about LMFREE�free data set from its association with data ID

1682

Suppose there are 2 Input files Infile-1 and Infile-2. Both the Files contain Employee Records. You need to compare both the files and Write the Common Records in third file named Outfile. How can we do this using File-Aid?

2815

We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

2299

What is jcl in mainframe, and how many types of jcl statements are there for a job?

1253

Are there any set of rules for the names of the steps used in a job? What are they?

1121

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