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

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What is a PROC? What is the difference between an instream and a catalogued PROC?

2 12402

What is the difference between a symbolic and an override in executing a PROC?

2 13486

What is RESTART? How is it invoked?

HSBC,

8 23247

What is a GDG? How is it referenced? How is it defined? What is a MODELDSCB?

3 9403

Explain concatenating datasets?

CTS,

2 9781

What is the difference between specifying DISP=OLD and DISP=SHR for a dataset?

2 9131

What is MOD and when would you use it?

3 7264

What are the keywords associated with DCB? How can you specify DCB information? What is the OS precedence for obtaining that DCB information, ie. where does the system look for it first?

2 8753

How do you designate a comment in JCL?

1 9286

What is the meaning of the EXEC statement keyword, COND? What is its syntax?

2 5889

What is the improvement to COND= in the latest version of MVS?

3 7465

What is the purpose of the PARM keyword in the EXEC statement?

3 9218

What is the purpose and meaning of the REGION keyword and what JCL statement is it associated with?

IBM,

3 28051

What is the purpose and meaning of the TIME keyword and what JCL statement is it associated with?

1 5748

What is the meaning of data definition name (ddname) and dataset name (dsname) in the DD statement?

2 9240

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how you can access an uncataloged dataset in a JCL?

1073

Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

1865

Is it possible to left uncode disp? If yes, how?

1125

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

1423

Can we use DISP=SHR in output file in JCL

1364

Step 1 RC 4 Step 2 Step 3 I want to know the COND parameter which can be coded in step 2 or 3. Step 2 should be executed based on Step 1 RC and Step 3 should not be executed based on step 1's RC

4830

Is it possible to define dd statements as you want?

1061

What parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1211

Is their any set of rules for dd? Explain.

1098

which parameter is used to check the syntax of a jcl without executing it?

1304

What is timing concept in mainframe?

2146

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?

1058

what are the statements that are not valid to be included in an include statement?

1327

Explain how can values be passed from the job stream to an executable program?

1127

What do you understand by the term notcat 2 – gs?

1192

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