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mainframe Online Quiz - 53

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  1. Under no circumstances must a DD statement precede an EXEC statement.

  2. The OPERATION JOB can be coded in position 4.

  3. An OPERATION can be coded beyond position 72, as long as it starts before position 72.

  4. A JCL OPERATION must be followed and preceded by at least one blank.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements are true for parameters coded on the JOB statement?

  1. When TIME is added to a JOB statement, the entire job run time is limited to that amount

  2. When REGION=0 is coded, the job will not execute due to the fact that no working storage

  3. The COND parameter on JOB level will place the same condition on every EXEC statement,

  4. TYPRUN=SCAN means that the entire JCL script will be checked for syntax and value


Correct Option: A,C

Complete correctly: When I want a jobstep to be executed only if the previous jobstep has a return code of strictly less than 8, I should add..

  1. COND=(8,LE)

  2. COND=(8,GE)

  3. COND=(8,LT)

  4. COND=(8,GT)


Correct Option: A
  1. Step 1 can use 6 seconds of CPU time.

  2. Step 2 has no time limitations.

  3. Step 3 can use 15 seconds of CPU time.

  4. Each step is limited to its specifically mentioned time, but the entire job can only use 10


Correct Option: A,D

Which of the following are directly controlled by JCL statements ?

  1. The passing of job control information to the Job Entry Subsystem

  2. The addressing of input resources

  3. The performance of calculations

  4. The sending of an email to the person who submitted the job


Correct Option: A,B

Which statements concerning the JCLLIB statement are true?

  1. There is either a JCLLIB statement for the entire JOB, or a separate one for each EXEC

  2. A JCLLIB statement can not have a statement name.

  3. There can only be one JCLLIB statement per JOB.

  4. A JCLLIB statement must be coded before the first EXEC statement.


Correct Option: C,D
  1. Under no circumstances must a DD statement precede an EXEC statement.

  2. The OPERATION JOB can be coded in position 4.

  3. An OPERATION can be coded beyond position 72, as long as it starts before position 72.

  4. A JCL OPERATION must be followed and preceded by at least one blank.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements are true for parameters coded on the JOB statement?

  1. When TIME is added to a JOB statement, the entire job run time is limited to that amount

  2. When REGION=0 is coded, the job will not execute due to the fact that no working storage

  3. The COND parameter on JOB level will place the same condition on every EXEC statement,

  4. TYPRUN=SCAN means that the entire JCL script will be checked for syntax and value


Correct Option: A,C

Complete correctly: When I want a jobstep to be executed only if the previous jobstep has a return code of strictly less than 8, I should add...

  1. COND=(8,LE)

  2. COND=(8,GE)

  3. COND=(8,LT)

  4. COND=(8,GT)


Correct Option: A

Consider the following: //TU00001T JOB ATUT000,TU00001,CLASS=7,MSGCLASS=X,TIME=(,10) //STEP1 EXEC PGM=PROGRAM1,TIME=(,6) //STEP2 EXEC PGM=PROGRAM2 //STEP3 EXEC PGM=PROGRAM3,TIME=(,15) Which of the following statements are true?

  1. Step 1 can use 6 seconds of CPU time.

  2. Step 2 has no time limitations.

  3. Step 3 can use 15 seconds of CPU time.

  4. Each step is limited to its specifically mentioned time, but the entire job can only use 10


Correct Option: A,D

What is correct?

  1. A REGION parameter on an EXEC statement, overrides the REGION parameter on the JOB

  2. A REGION parameter on an EXEC statement, limits the space available for that step, but

  3. A REGION parameter on an EXEC statement, is only taken into consideration if there is no

  4. The sum of all REGION parameters on EXEC statements, must be equal to the REGION


Correct Option: A
  1. The COND parameter always indicates that if its condition is met, the step is NOT executed.

  2. When adding the COND parameter to an EXEC statement that calls a procedure, this COND

  3. With the COND parameter, we can only check return codes.

  4. The COND parameter can check the return codes of multiple steps, but as soon as one of


Correct Option: B,D

What are the correct values for the DSN parameter of a temporary data set?

  1. &NAME&(TEMP)

  2. &&TEMP(NAME)

  3. &&NAME

  4. &NAME


Correct Option: B,C

When to use DISP=MOD?

  1. For both sequential and partitioned datasets to be extended or created.

  2. Only for existing datasets to be extended.

  3. For all secured sequential datasets to be extended.

  4. Only for sequential datasets to be extended or created.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following equations are correct?

  1. DISP=(,PASS) is equivalent to DISP=(NEW,PASS,KEEP)

  2. DISP=(,,KEEP) is equivalent to DISP=(NEW,DELETE,KEEP)

  3. DISP=(,,CATLG) is equivalent to DISP=(OLD,CATLG,CATLG)

  4. DISP=(OLD,,) is equivalent to DISP=(OLD,KEEP,KEEP)


Correct Option: B,D
  1. Multiple OUTPUT statements can be coded for 1 single job step.

  2. The OUTPUT statement can be used to control the authorisation of the submitting user,

  3. The OUTPUT statement at job level must be coded before the JOB statement.

  4. The OUTPUT statement can not override the MSGCLASS parameter on the JOB statement.


Correct Option: A,D

Which of the following DD statements to create a new data set is correctly written?

  1. //DD1 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.DATA1,DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSORG=PS,LRECL=80,

  2. //DD2 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.DATA2(MBR1),DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSORG=PO,

  3. //DD3 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.DATA3(MBR2),DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSORG=PO,

  4. //DD4 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.DATA4,DISP=(NEW,KEEP),DSORG=PS,


Correct Option: C,D

Which parameter can not be used on a JOB statement?

  1. MSGCLASS

  2. COND

  3. MGMTCLAS

  4. NOTIFY


Correct Option: C

The following GDG datasets exist: TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG.G0003V00 TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG.G0004V00 TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG.G0005V00 TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG.G0006V00 TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG.G0007V00 Which statement will always create: TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG.G0008V00 ?

  1. //DD1 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG(+1),DISP=(NEW,CATLG),LRECL=80,

  2. //DD1 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG(+1),DISP=SHR

  3. //DD1 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG(8),DISP=(NEW,CATLG),LRECL=80,

  4. //DD1 DD DSN=TBISUSR.TU00001.GDG(8),DISP=SHR


Correct Option: A

Which of the following conditional expressions can not be used with an IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF construction?

  1. STEP.RC NE 8

  2. ABEND = FALSE

  3. STEP.CC = U4038

  4. STEP.RUN EQ TRUE


Correct Option: C
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