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mainframe Online Quiz - 19

Description: mainframe Online Quiz - 19
Number of Questions: 20
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How is the record format of an output dataset specified?

  1. RECORG parameter

  2. STORCLAS parameter

  3. RECFM parameter

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

What is the purpose of DD * statement?

  1. Begins an input data prompt at the system console

  2. Begins an in-stream datase

  3. Marks the end of a command stream

  4. Includes all datasets within a naming pattern


Correct Option: B

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

  1. Keyword, Control

  2. Positional, Keyword

  3. Dynamic, Static

  4. Named, Dynamic


Correct Option: B

What is the function of JOB statement ?

  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


Correct Option: C

How can a job send a status message to a TSO user at the completion of a job ?

  1. STATUS

  2. NOTIFY

  3. ENDMSG

  4. USER


Correct Option: B

What is the function of a DD statement ?

  1. Identifies & describes a datase

  2. Delimits a DO loop

  3. Marks the start of a declarative section

  4. Delimits the start of an inline include section


Correct Option: A

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

  1. Address, Units, CONTIG or ALS

  2. Displacement and length

  3. Primary, Secondary, Directory

  4. Megabytes, Kilobytes and Bytes


Correct Option: C

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 ?

  1. DD

  2. RUN

  3. EXEC

  4. SYSOUT


Correct Option: C

How can unused space allocation be returned to the system when a dataset is closed ?

  1. RETURN

  2. RLSE

  3. CONTIG

  4. TRK


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is correct?

  1. Natural is a fourth generation language

  2. Natural is a third generation language

  3. Natural is a second generation language

  4. Natural is a first generation language


Correct Option: A

What is ISN?

  1. Internal Sequence Number

  2. Internal Sequencing Number

  3. Internal Serial Number

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

How subprograms are called in Natural?

  1. Call

  2. Perform

  3. Callnat

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not a Natural System Variable?

  1. *TIMD

  2. *TIMY

  3. *TIME-OUT

  4. *TIMN


Correct Option: B
  1. Structural mode and Printing mode

  2. Open mode and Closed mode

  3. Structured Mode and Reporting Mode

  4. Printing mode and Reporting mode


Correct Option: C

Which of the following syntax for CONST clause is correct?

  1. 1 #MESSAGE (A50) 'CONST' WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS

  2. 1 #MESSAGE (A50) CONST

  3. 1 #MESSAGE (A50) 'WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS’

  4. 1 #MESSAGE (A50) CONST ‘WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS’


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is used to mark the physical end of a module?

  1. End

  2. Stop-run

  3. End-define

  4. Exit


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is a Data Definition Module in Natural?

  1. NDA

  2. SDA

  3. GDA

  4. KDA


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is Natural Help Command?

  1. #

  2. %

  3. ?

  4. !


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a natural object?

  1. Program

  2. Subprogram

  3. Helproutine

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

ADABAS is a relational database.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
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