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

JCL Interview Questions

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If a job has 3 steps and step 1 and step 3 should get executed and step 2 should not get executed irrespective of the return code from the previous steps. How can it be done?

TCS,

5 11564

At what stage, operator can change the class and priority of a submitted job?

2 5717

if time parameter is not coded on the job card and job step then what is the default time assigned to the entire job and for each step in the job by the systyem ?

ITC Infotech,

2 8892

what is the use of temporary files?

Hexaware,

5 12687

how do u see jobs submitted before ur job ?

1 5355

I had Records in file Like this Company Code IBM 2 IBM 1 IBM 4 WIPRO 3 WIPRO 2 WIPRO 9 TCS 4 TCS 6 TCS 3 i want the record of every company with highest code How can i do that?

Wipro,

3 10154

what is the difference between return code and maxcc?

iGate,

2 16821

I am having one step in my jcl.in that step,i am calling one proc.In that proc,i have 10 steps.i want to call a particular step in that proc without writing any new jcl ike iebedit utility...

Satyam,

2 8171

How to use COND Parameter in jcl

NIIT, Wipro,

4 11456

a input file contains 1000 records, how to move the first 500 record into one out put file and how to move to second 500 records to anothere output file

ITC Infotech,

6 32253

A. Job Abended in STEP03. Now run job again to execute STEP03, STEP04 (STEP01,STEP02 should not execute again)

Cap Gemini, CSC, Xchanging,

3 9724

We have an output dataset in job with disp parameter as SHR. Can we write data in that file dataset?

CTS, IBM,

2 9152

How can we increment subscript and index?

CTS, IBM,

1 8296

I have DATE filed like DD-MM-YYYY, So I want output should be MM/DD/YYYY using JCL? Can anybody post the answer for above requirement?

BirlaSoft, FIS, Wipro,

4 20011

What does the one advantange of using IEBUPDTE?????

2 7544

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Un-Answered Questions { JCL }

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

1136

Name the parameters which can be used to limit the number of records written to a sysout dataset?

1155

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

1384

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

1287

Suppose I have five jobs to do. But I want to hold one?

1127

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

1363

what is use of dsn parameter in dd statement?

1161

What does a disposition of (MOD,DELETE,DELETE) mean ?

1135

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

1422

How can a jobs execution priority be modified?

1293

What do you know about jcl?

1141

Is automatic restart possible in jcl?

1221

Is acct parameter mandatory?

1210

Mainframes gets a text file that contains the name of the file. Now using JCL i want to locate that file name in the mainframe system and perform further processing. Please tell how to proceed

2564

Matching Logic in Jcl not in cobol.Could any one please answer this question

4154

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