Job Control Language (JCL) Interview Preparation Guide
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JCL Interview Questions and Answers will guide us now that Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe operating systems to instruct the system on how to run a batch job or start a subsystem. The term Job Control Language can also be used generically to refer to all languages which perform these functions, such as Burroughs WFL and ICLs OCL. Learn JCL or get preparation for the job of JCL by the help of this JCL Interview Questions with Answers guide

47 JCL Questions and Answers:

1 :: What is the function of DD DISP parameter?

(1) Tells the system what to do with the dataset following normal termination of the step

(2) Describes the status of the dataset

(3) Tells the system what to do with the dataset following abnormal termination of the step

(4) All of the above

Answer is 4

2 :: How is the record format of an output dataset specified?

(1) RECORG parameter

(2) STORCLAS parameter

(3) RECFM parameter

(4) None of the above

Answer is 3

3 :: What is the purpose of DD * statement in JCL?

(1) Begins an input data prompt at the system console

(2) Begins an in-stream dataset

(3) Marks the end of a command stream

(4) Includes all datasets within a naming pattern

Answer is 2

4 :: A DD statement has 2 types of parameters. Name them?

(1) Positional, Keyword

(2) Keyword, Control

(3) Dynamic, Static

(4) Named, Dynamic

Answer is 1

5 :: What is the function of JOB statement in JCL?

(1) Marks the end of a job

(2) Marks the beginning of an instream procedure

(3) Marks the beginning of a job & assigns a name to the job

(4) Assigns an execution priority to a job

Answer is 3

7 :: What is the function of a DD statement?

(1) Identifies & describes a dataset

(2) Delimits a DO loop

(3) Marks the start of a declarative section

(4) Delimits the start of an inline include section

Answer is 1

8 :: When output dataset space is required, what quantity categories are used?

(1) Primary, Secondary, Directory

(2) Address, Units, CONTIG or ALS

(3) Displacement and length

(4) Megabytes, Kilobytes and Bytes

Answer is 1