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

JCL Interview Questions

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How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

IBM,

4 13038

Write a jcl to execute a job by 7 a.m on Jan 20,1986 ?

Maples, Patni, TCS,

5 19774

What is the max blocksize for a Tape file?

2 13023

How do you check the syntax of a JCL without running it?

17 74236

Can you code instream data in a PROC ?

10 29307

What does IEBGENER do?

BirlaSoft,

10 42570

What is STEPLIB, JOBLIB? What is it used for?

2 9362

How do you send the output of a COBOL program to a member of a PDS?

7 19759

I have multiple jobs ( JCLs with several JOB cards ) in a member. What happens if I submit it?

16 34938

I have a COBOL program that Accepts some input data. How do you code the JCL statement for this? ( How do you code instream data in a JCL? )

9 24438

There are a set of 10 files and a customer will be selecting random no of files(i.e they may be more than 2, may not be in the order).Sometimes he might just select one file or sometimes no files at all.How do you code a JCL for this? Is it possible to code just JCL alone for this problem?

Infosys,

9 18910

List some valid operation codes in JCL

3 11728

How can I write the joblog in the spool on normal end of a job step and direct the joblog to a dataset only if the step abends?

2 8893

//step#3 exec pgm = hkbc762 what is wrong with the syntax?

3 8813

Name the system library from which modules are retrieved at execution

3 11986

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How to resolve the error "WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED" I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem? I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem?

8666

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

1207

What statement can be used to send data to another mvs jes3 node?

1691

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4067

Where can program checkpoints be stored for use in a restart?

1494

What is the difference between run mode and addressing mode?

1312

Can we use DISP=SHR in output file in JCL

1466

what is JCL?

1225

When The Define Jcl Is Not Available, How Can You Get Information About A Vsam File's Organisation ?

1267

what is “Cond= even” and “Cond=only”?

1373

How to do automated restart when a job abend?

1485

What is jcl in mainframe?

1268

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

1441

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

1355

what are the types of abends that occur on job failure? And explain the possible causes of these

1693

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