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What do you do if you do not want characters entered by the user to be folded to uppercase?

  1. Use ASCI option on RECEIVE

  2. Use ASIS option on RECEIVE

  3. Use Unicode option on RECEIVE

  4. Use ASCII option on RECEIVE
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The ASIS option on the RECEIVE MAP command preserves the case of characters entered by the user instead of folding them to uppercase. Option A and D are the same incorrect spelling (ASCI instead of ASIS), and Option C (Unicode) is not a valid RECEIVE option for case preservation.

AI explanation

In CICS BMS, the ASIS option on a RECEIVE command tells CICS to pass the input exactly as the user typed it, preserving lowercase characters instead of automatically folding them to uppercase. Without ASIS, CICS's default behavior uppercases input, so this option is specifically what disables that folding.

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