JAVA JCL Online Practicle Test1

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1. What is the function of DD DISP parameter?
Tells the system what to do with the dataset following normal termination of the step	Describes the status of the dataset
Tells the system what to do with the dataset following abnormal termination of the step	All of the above

2. How is the record format of an output dataset specified?
RECORG parameter	STORCLAS parameter
RECFM parameter	None of the above

3. What is the purpose of DD * statement in JCL?
Begins an input data prompt at the system console	Begins an in-stream dataset
Marks the end of a command stream	Includes all datasets within a naming pattern

4. A DD statement has 2 types of parameters. Name them?
Positional, Keyword	Keyword, Control
Dynamic, Static	Named, Dynamic

5. What is the function of JOB statement in JCL?
Marks the end of a job	Marks the beginning of an instream procedure
Marks the beginning of a job & assigns a name to the job	Assigns an execution priority to a job

6. How can a job send a status message to a TSO user at the completion of a job?
STATUS	NOTIFY
ENDMSG	USER

7. What is the function of a DD statement?
Identifies & describes a dataset	Delimits a DO loop
Marks the start of a declarative section	Delimits the start of an inline include section

8. When output dataset space is required, what quantity categories are used?
Primary, Secondary, Directory	Address, Units, CONTIG or ALS
Displacement and length	Megabytes, Kilobytes and Bytes

9. What statement marks the beginning of a job step; assigns a name to the step; identifies the program or catalogued or in-stream procedure to be executed in the step?
START	RUN
EXEC	GO

10. How can unused space allocation be returned to the system when a dataset is closed?
RETURN	RLSE
CONTIG	CLOSE

11. Can an individual step be restricted from using all the jobs allowed CPU time?
Yes	No
Only in Catalogued Procedure	Through the STEPTIME parameter

12. Where can program checkpoints be stored for use in a restart?
CHCKPOINT DD statement	SYSCHK DD statement
CHKOUT DD statement	CHECK or DD statement

13. How can the disposition of sysout datasets be set for an entire jobstream?
SYSOUT parameter	OUTPUT parameter
DEFAULT parameter	DEST keyword

14. What statement marks the end of an in-stream or Catalogued procedure?
STREAM	SET
PROC	PEND

15. What is the function of DD name parameter with a 2 part structure; Audit.Report?
Override the Audit DD statement in the report	Override the Report DD statement in the Audit procedure
Concatenate a dataset onto a DD statement in a called module	Delete the Audit DD statement in the Report

16. Which DD parameters are required?
All parameters & Keywords are optional	Dsname, SPACE, RECFM
Dsname, SPACE, UNIT	Dsname, DISP, SPACE

17. How can an in-stream dataset be terminated?
//	//*
/*	None of the above

18. What is the function of the DD DCB keyword?
Begins the subparameters of the DCB	Begins the DASD control block
Marks the close of the DCB	Modifies the record type parameters

19. What is the maximum length of a single line of JCL?
71 bytes	60 bytes
55 bytes	80 bytes

20. What is the purpose of DD DUMMY statement?
Marks a deleted DD statement	Begins an interpreted command stream
Specifies no space allocation & no disposition processing	Suppress command processing