Question { 8215 }

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

Answer

sequential access of VSAM file under CICS is
called "browsing". we 'll use this coomand::

EXEC CICS READNEXT
DATASET(NAME)/FILE(NAME)
INTO(DATA-AREA)
LENGTH(DATA-VALUE)
RIDFLD(DATA-AREA)
END-EXEC.
the READNEXT command is used to read a record of afile
sequentially forward .the STARTBR must ve been succesfully
completed prior to issuing the READNEXT command.

Question { IBM, 5235 }

What is the CICS command that is used to copy a screen
image of a terminal into another terminal?

Answer

EXEC CICS ISSUE COPY
TERMID(terminal-id)

END-EXEC

Question { IBM, 10995 }

Why is it important not to execute a STOP RUN in CICS ?

Answer

now we can use STOP RUN in CICS apllication program. becoz
improvements by VS COBOL II provides a much better
interface to CICS than VS / COBOL .

STOP RUN : CONTROL WILL BE RETURNED TO CICS.