CICS Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Explain the various ways data can be passed between CICS programs.

IBM,

2 8180

Which option of the PCT entry is used to specify the PF key to be pressed for initiating a transaction?

IBM,

2 6412

What is the meaning of the ENQ and DEQ commands?

IBM,

1 9857

What is the function of the EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION command?

3 16369

Mention the option (along with argument type) used in a CICS command to retrieve the response code

3 7841

The READ command with INTO option will read the record specified into the data area specified (True or False)

1 3686

If DATAONLY option is specified in the SEND MAP command what will happen?

2 8185

What is the name of the mapset definition macro?

1 3882

What is the other way of terminating a transaction?

IBM,

2 5646

Why is a TERM ID recommended in naming a TSQ?

IBM,

1 4397

Into what fields will the date and time values be moved after execution of the above command?

IBM,

1 4031

What CICS command would you use to read a VSAM KSDS sequentially in ascending order?

IBM,

4 10735

How do you control cursor positioning?

IBM,

3 5368

what is difference between call and link ?

IBM,

3 13208

How To Set MDT(Modified Data Tag) Thru Application Program? (Dynamically)?

IBM,

2 19026


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Un-Answered Questions { CICS }

what is the difference between a package and a plan. How does one bind 2 versions of a cics transaction with the same module name in two different cics regions that share the same db2 subsystem?

610


Define communication area?

569


Explain how do you handle errors in cics programs?

550


Mention one alternative aspect of CICS?

627


What is journal recovery?

598






Can you explain common systems area?

664


Define the attribute byte?

562


What is the cics command that is used to access current date and time?

581


How can you access esds files from cics?

593


Define transient data?

575


What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

525


Explain the difference between tsq and tdq

603


How to define a vsam file in cics getting into cics to define a vsam file.

608


Name the 3 common ways to create maps?

543


Give the definition of COMMAREA ?

628