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

JCL Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How is the keyword DUMMY used in JCL?

4 12878

What does the keyword DCB mean and what are some of the keywords associated with it?

ITC Infotech,

3 9768

What is the difference between BLKSIZE and LRECL?

3 17418

Can you execute a PROC from another PROC?

Keane India Ltd,

8 28844

What will happen if you attempt to restart a job in the middle of a JCL // IF .... // ENDIF?

4 10751

How many positional parameters are there in job statement?

4 16170

What are three parameters you can specify on Job statement as well as on exec stmt ?

1 7266

How can you trap abends in the JCL?

3 16237

How do you restart a step in JCL?

HSBC,

12 95577

How do you pass parameters to the program as the job is being executed ?

2 7277

Why do you use a control card?

IBM, iNautix,

3 32836

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

Cap Gemini,

2 21828

How do you submit a JCL under CICS environment ?

IBM,

1 8731

What is the parameter to be passed in the job card for the unlimited time , irrespective of the job class ?

IBM,

2 10176

Definition of COND parameter in JCL

TCS,

5 26396

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Un-Answered Questions { JCL }

Explain how can return codes be tested before execution of a job step?

1379

when can a job time-out occur? How to overcome that?

1353

how can you check if a file is empty using jcl?

1492

What is the purpose of dd dummy statement?

1527

by using cond parameter maximum 8 cond can be coded in single cond means ?explain

1532

Must tape dataset definitions include vol=ser specifications?

1788

Which statement is used to identify the private libraries in job?

1252

In sms datasets, what is the function of the dd mgmtclas keyword?

1435

What are the parameters that are used in creating a gdg?

1283

How can unused space allocation be returned to the system when a dataset is closed?

1567

What are some jcl statements that are not allowed in procedures?

1292

Differentiate between addressing mode and run mode.

1140

Name what parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1113

What is the purpose of dd?

1298

What is NOTCAT ?

1384

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