What is Execution Interface Block (EIB) ?
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An area for an individual program to store all temporary flags.
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An area used to pass information between programs.
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A CICS area that contains information related to the current t
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All of the above.
The Execution Interface Block (EIB) is a CICS control block that contains information about the current task, including transaction ID, terminal ID, response codes, and other task-related data. It is not for program-specific temporary storage (that's WORKING STORAGE or local storage), nor for inter-program communication (that's COMMAREA or queues). Option C appears truncated but is the correct answer.
The Execute Interface Block (EIB) is a CICS-provided control area automatically available to every CICS application program, containing system and task-related information such as the transaction ID, terminal ID, current date/time, and response codes from the last CICS command issued. It's populated and maintained by CICS itself, not by the application, and is specific to the currently executing task.