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Question 1 2 3 IEBPTPCH IEHPROGM IEBCOPY SYSIN SORTIN SYSOUT Which is utility faster than IEBGENER? IEHPROGM IEBCOPY SORT OLD MOD SHR USER TIME MSGCLASS IEBPTPCH IEHPROGM IEBCOPY KSDS ESDS LDS SYSIN SORTIN SYSOUT IEHPROGM IEBPTPCH IEBUPDTE MSGLEVEL REGION NOTIFY Which utility is used to compress PDS? IEBCOPY IEBCOMPR IEHPROGM SOC4 S222 S322 REGION CLASS MSGLEVEL IEFBR14 SORT IEBGENER IEFBR14 IEWL SORT 1 0 4 6 5 Sequential Direct Random IEHPROGM IEBCOMPR IEBPTPCH Which of the folllowing is the utility to scratch datasets? Which of the following is the special DD name to pass in-stream data? There is an existing sequential file and I want to append data to it, then DISP=__________ Parameter to specify to whom the job is to be intimated after completion: Which utility is used to compare two datasets? Which of the following dataset is used in DB2? Special DD name used for listing messages listed out of the DISPLAY verb used in COBOL programs: Which utility is used to maintain dataset password? ________ specifies the amount of workspace required by the operating system to execute the job? If actual CPU execution time exceeds value specified in the TIME parameter, job will fail with ______ abend . Which specifies the type of JOB submitted to the system? Which utility is used for GDG creation? Which program link- edit object modules to form a load module that can be executed? OUTREC is used to skip certain number of records in SORT utility. State True or False. How many parameter fields are there in JCL? Which statement in a batch job is used to define the datasets required by the program in the step? EXEC Statement DD Statement JOB Statement Which is used to determine the position of a record in a VSAM data set? Relative Byte Address Spanned Records Control area Which type of mode is more used in updating master files through online real time applications? Which utility exclusively handles all types of VSAM data sets?

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IEBPTPCH IEHPROGM IEBCOPY IEBUPDTE

SYSIN SORTIN SYSOUT SYSMSG

Which is utility faster than IEBGENER? IEHPROGM IEBCOPY SORT IEBCOMPR

OLD MOD SHR NEW

USER TIME MSGCLASS NOTIFY

IEBPTPCH IEHPROGM IEBCOPY IEBCOMPR

KSDS ESDS LDS RRDS

SYSIN SORTIN SYSOUT SYSMSG

IEHPROGM IEBPTPCH IEBUPDTE IEBCOPY

MSGLEVEL REGION NOTIFY TIME

Which utility is used to compress PDS? IEBCOPY IEBCOMPR IEHPROGM SORT

SOC4 S222 S322 SOC7

REGION CLASS MSGLEVEL

Which utility is used for GDG creation? IEFBR14 SORT IEBGENER IDCAMS

IEFBR14 IEWL SORT IEBCOPY

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4 6 5 2

Control area Splits

Sequential Direct Random

IEHPROGM IEBCOMPR IEBPTPCH IDCAMS

Which of the folllowing is the utility to scratch datasets?

Which of the following is the special DD name to pass in-stream data?

There is an existing sequential file and I want to append data to it, then DISP=__________

Parameter to specify to whom the job is to be intimated after completion:

Which utility is used to compare two datasets?

Which of the following dataset is used in DB2?

Special DD name used for listing messages listed out of the DISPLAY verb used in COBOL programs:

Which utility is used to maintain dataset password?

________ specifies the amount of workspace required by the operating system to execute the job?

If actual CPU execution time exceeds value specified in the TIME parameter, job will fail with ______ abend .

Which specifies the type of JOB submitted to the system?

None of the listed options

Which program link- edit object modules to form a load module that can be executed?

OUTREC is used to skip certain number of records in SORT utility. State True or False.

How many parameter fields are there in JCL?

Which statement in a batch job is used to define the datasets required by the program in the step?

EXEC Statement

DD Statement

JOB Statement

None of the listed options

Which is used to determine the position of a record in a VSAM data set?

Relative Byte Address

Spanned Records

Which type of mode is more used in updating master files through online real time applications?

None of the listed options

Which utility exclusively handles all types of VSAM data sets?

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DEFINE REPRO PRINT LISTCAT

KSDS ESDS RRDS LDS

Data organization in KSDS is _________. INDEXED NUMBERED LINEAR

I only II only Both I and II

CLASS 0 CLASS 1 CLASS R CLASS U

1 to 3 2 to 6 1 to 8 1 to 10

Input Stream

++ // //* **

10 bytes 8 bytes 12 bytes 15 bytes

CUT COPY PASTE CP

10 5 4 7

GOTO SIGNAL CALL CONTINUE

16 8 12 4

Before accessing a KSDS or ESDS through an alternate index, a path must be defined. State True or False.

Which command is used to copy data from a VSAM object to another or a non-VSAM dataset?

Which dataset consists of a number of pre-formatted fixed-length slots?

NONINDEXED

Which of the following controls the processing of batch jobs?I.JES3II.JES2

Neither I nor II

_________ is limited to certain CNS utilities such as CHRGLIST and XFER3 (funds transfer).

In JCL, JOB NAME should be between ___ to ____ characters

There are 100 steps in a job. what to do to execute 100th step?Note: remaining 99 steps should not execute.

Give, "RESTART=STEP100" in the jobcard

Give, "RESTART=STEP100 ONLY" in the jobcard

Give, "RESTART=100" in the jobcard

Give, "STOPRUN=STEP1 TO STEP99" in the jobcard

JESJCL shows which of the following details when MSGLEVEL=(0,1)?

Only Start and End Time

All allocation messages

JOB Statement details

All of the listed options

In which type of PROC, PEND is mandatory?

Cataloged Proc

In-Stream Proc

None of the listed options

How to check the syntax of JCL without running it?

TYPERUN=HOLD

TYPERUN=SEARCH

TYPERUN=SCANJCL

TYPERUN=SCAN

In JCL, the expansion of the PROC is identified by a leading _________ symbol.

Which of the following defines AREA A in a COBOL program?

Column 7 – 11

Column 12 – 72

Column 1 – 7

Column 8 – 11

What is the maximum length of a field you can define using COMP-3 ?

__________ statement is a library statement that places prewritten text in COBOL.

Which section is used to pass data from one program to another program?

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION

FILE SECTION

LINKAGE SECTION

None of the listed options

The maximum number of dimensions that an array can have in COBOL85 is __________.

What statement is used to jump from one para to another in COBOL?

How many bytes does a S9(7) COMP-3 field occupy?

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SIGNAL CALL CONTINUE GOTO

WRITE LIST DISPLAY

Linear Sequential Random

CANCEL EXIT GOBACK

How many if's are possible in a nested IF? 10 22 15 50

COMP-1 COMP-3 COMP COMP-2

RENAME REDEFINE RECORD CONDITION

What is the File status code for logic error? 92 94 46 47

INPUT OUTPUT EXTEND I-O

EVALUATE CONTINUE DISPLAY

66 88 1 77

STOP EXIT STOP RUN END

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SOC7 S806 S837 SOC4

D2C C2D X2C C2X

SOC7 SOC4 SOC1 S222

MERGE INSERT UPDATE

THA T H A THAN T H A N

GOTO PERFORM STOP

Which clause transfers control from one object program to another within the run unit?

Which statement is used in COBOL to transfer data to an output devices?

None of the listed options

Printer files can have __________ organisation.

Linear-Sequential

________ keyword ensures that the next time the referenced sub-program is called it will be in it's initial state.

END-PROGRAM

Which COMP variable use single precision floating point?

01 Level number is specified only to Identify _______

Other than output, which is the other mode in which file can be opened for writing?

Which verb is used in place of nested IF-THEN-ELSE statements?

None of the listed options

What is the level for defining Condition names?

To exit the program completely give _________ to end the program.

How many possible modes are there to open a file in output mode?

What ABEND will get if the load module is not found?

Which of the four COBOL divisions contains machine dependent details?

Identification Division

Environment Division

Data Division

Procedure Division

How to read the packed datas (Comp values)from vsam dataset?Convert the packed decimal data as alphanumeric data using

__________ error occurs on exception storage violation.

Input procedure is not used in _________ statement.

None of the listed options

Consider the following code snippetL:01 VAR-A PIC X(4) VALUE ‘THANK’.01 VAR-B PIC XBXBXBXB.MOVE VAR-A TO VAR-B.What will be the value of VAR-B?

Which of the following are the Procedure Branching Statements?

All of the listed options

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END STOP EXIT CLOSE

Trans-id is defined in _________.

LINK RETURN LOAD XCTL

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Mapset Map

Which macro is used to create mapset? DFHMDI DFHMDF DFHMSD DFHMDM

ERASE CLEAR CLS ERASEUP

PERFORM SET DISCARD INQUIRE

CEMT CEBR CDTS CECS

CEBR CEMT CERB CERT

PPT PCT TCT TST

Which of the following statement provides a common end points for a series of paragraph?

Which CICS system program is responsible for handling automatic task initialization?

The Transient Data Program(TDP)

The Transient Data queue TDQ)

Task Work Area(TWA)

Task Control area(TSA)

_____________is the mechanism by which different CICS address spaces within the same CPU can communicate and share resources.

Virtual Region Operation (VRO)

Multi Region Operation (MRO)

Multi Tasking Operation (MTO)

Multi threading Operation

File Control Table (FCT)

Processing program table (PPT)

Processing Control Table (PCT)

Resource Control Table (RCT)

__________ transfers control from one application program to another in the same logical level.

MAPONLY is a SEND MAP operand that sends only fields with initial values to the screen. DATAONLY is the SEND MAP operand that specifies only data from the map area should be displayed. State True or False.

____________ is the load-module generated after compilation of a map

Symbolic Map

Physical Map

Which command will clear only the unprotected fields of the map?

Which option in CEMT changes the status of one or more named instances of a resource?

Which CICS transaction check the syntax of CICS API commands?

Which transaction is used to browse temporary storage queues and transient data queues?

Which command can be used to read data from all three types of VSAM files?

Send map command

Receive map command

Read command

Both Send map command and Receive map command

Which table contains all program names and mapset names?

_____________ manages programs executing within a task, loads and release of programs.

Storage control

Program control

Task control

Trace control

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CECI CEMT CEDF CECS

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END;;; EXECUTE EXEC; RUN;;;

SAVE COMMIT SAVE ALL

Result Table Base Table

Foreign Key Primary Key

SPUFI Utilities DCLGEN

Indexes Views Aliases Synonyms

DELETE DROP RESTRICT SET NULL

A Row A column A Table

__________ used to send the CICS map to the terminal.

CEMT SEND MAP (map name) MAPSET (mapset name)

CECS SEND MAP (map name) MAPSET (mapset name)

CECI SEND MAPSET (mapset name) MAP (map name)

CECI SEND MAP (map name) MAPSET (mapset name)

Which command changes some of the attributes of one or more VSAM or BDAM files?

CEMT SET PROG

CEMT SET FILE

CEMT SET PROC

CEMT SET SYS

__________ transaction allows you to use the EDF that enables you to debug a CICS application program

Temporary Storage Queue(TSQ) transaction can either read the records or write the records but cant do both. State True or False.

Which option is used to enter into DB2 in ISPF PRIMARY OPTION MENU?

_________ is the excecutable command in SPUFI.

How do you store permenantly all changes in Database?

None of the listed options

A table that holds persistent user data is a ___________.

Materialized Query Table

Temporary Table

The candidate keys that were not chosen as Primary Key is called ________.

Alternate Key

Composite Key

Invoke __________ to generate SQL and source language data type declarations.

DB2 Compiler

____________ is a pointer to another table, which can be on the same DB2 subsystem or on another DB2 subsystem.

Which of the following DDL statements creates a table where employee ids are unique?

CREATE TABLE t1 (employid INTEGER)

CREATE TABLE t1 (employid UNIQUE INTEGER)

CREATE TABLE t1 (employid INTEGER NOT NULL)

CREATE TABLE t1 (employid INTEGER NOT NULL, primary key (employid))

Which of the following delete rules will not allow a row to be deleted from the parent table if a row with the corresponding key value still exists in the child table?

The purpose of the USE privilege is to ___________.

create tables within a table space

create table spaces within a database

query data in a table

load data into a table

For which of the following database objects can locks NOT be obtained?

An index Key

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How do you select a row using indexes?

* _ @ ?

UNION SUBQUERY ORDER BY WHERE

Copy table Alter table Export table

REAL INTEGER

Given the statement: CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT c1 FROM t1 WHERE c1='a' WITH CHECK OPTION Which of the following SQL statements will insert data into the table?

INSERT INTO v1 VALUES (a)

INSERT INTO v1 VALUES ('ab')

INSERT INTO v1 VALUES ('b')

INSERT INTO v1 VALUES ('a')

Specify the indexed columns in the WHERE clause

Specify the subscription in the WHERE clause

Specify the indexed columns in the OCCURS clause

Specify the subscription in the OCCURS clause

What is the restriction on using UNION in embedded SQL?

It should not be in a CURSOR

No restriction

None of the listed option

It has to be in a CURSOR

Given the statements: CREATE TABLE tab1 (a INT, b INT, c INT, CHECK (a > 200)) CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT a, b, c FROM tab1 WHERE a > 250 Which of the following statements will fail?

INSERT INTO v1 VALUES (250, 2, 3)

INSERT INTO v1 VALUES (300, 2, 3)

INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES (200, 2, 3)

INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES (250, 2, 3)

Which of the following is a valid wildcard character in a LIKE clause of a SELECT statement?

SQL source statements for which two of the following are stored in the system catalog?

Views & Triggers

Tables & Indexes

Tables & Triggers

Indexes & Constraints

Given a SELECT statement that has a GROUP BY clause.The HAVING clause uses the same syntax as which other clause?

Which of the following can duplicate the structure and related objects of a database table?

Generate DDL

Table T1 needs to hold specific numeric values up to 99999.99 in column C1.   Which of the following would be the most exact definition for C1?

DECIMAL(5,2)

NUMERIC(7,2)

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PULL TRACE SAY

PARSE SAY SPLIT SIGNAL

Given the following table with a primary key on empid:Emp: Empid Name 11 Joe Smith 23 Melanie Jones 30 Robert Bruce 49 Janice Baker 66 Mario Diaz 68 Maria Diaton Give the following statement in an embedded SQL program bound with Repeatable Read: Select * from Emp where empid < 55 How many rows in the table will be locked after the statement is run?

View is used instead of a table for users to do which of the following?

Avoid allocating more disk space per database

Provide users with the ability to define indexes

Restrict user's access to a subset of the table data

Avoid allocating frequently used query result tables

Why is a unique index not sufficient for creation of a primary key?

It is sufficient - a primary key is the same thing as a unique index

A unique index can be defined over a column or columns that allow nulls. Primary keys cannot contain nulls.

Unique indexes can be defined in ascending or descending order. Primary keys must be ascending.

A unique index can be defined over a column or columns that allow nulls. This is not allowed for primary keys because foreign keys cannot contain Nulls.

Which of the following are DDL statements?

Alter, Create, Drop

Select, Insert, Update, Delete

Commit, Rollback, Savepoint

Grant, Revoke

Which instruction manages the built-in debugging facility in REXX?

PARSE EXTERNAL

________is used to split the values of variables in REXX.

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// REXX // /* REXX */ //REXX /* REXX

LISTDS GETMEM LISTPDS GETPDS

I only II only III only II and III

WORDPOS SUBWORD WORDS

QUEUED STACK TRACE

OVERLAY ABBREV POS

IF Do WHILE SELECT

EXIT GOTO SIGNAL

WORDS WORD SUBWORD WORDPOS

LISTDSI ATTRIB LISTDS LISTATTR

SUBSTR STRIP JUSTIFY SUBWORD

SYSDSN SYSTSIN SYSTSPRT SYSPRINT

END CLOSE EXIT FINIS

SYSISPF SYSTSPRT LISTDSI SYSDSN

EXIT LEAVE CLOSE ALL TERMINATE

What should be the first statement of a REXX program?

Which command is used to get the member list of a PDS in REXX?

Which option is used to avoid corrupting the environment for nested calls to applications in REXX?I. QUEUEII.QUEUEDIII.STACK

_________ returns the character position in an input string of the first character in the specified word in REXX.

WORDINDEX

Which built-in function returns the total number of elements on a data stack?

None of the listed options

Which function returns a string indicating if one string is equal to the specified number of leading character of another string in REXX?

TRANSLATE

Which statement can direct the execution to one of many choices, based on some condition in REXX?

DO FOREVER

__________ instructions that interrupt the flow of an exec can cause the exec to Skip to another part of the exec marked by a label in REXX.

CALL/RETURN

Which function returns a portion of input string starting at a specified word number in REXX?

Which function retrieves a detailed information about a dataset's attributes in REXX?

Which function returns a character string after removing leading and trailing characters or both from input string?

The destination of REXX output, as well the TSO command processor is

Which option closes the dataset after the information is read in REXX?

Which function is used to know whether the ISPF is active or not in REXX?

Which instruction causes an immediate exit from a repetitive loop in REXX?

What will be the output for the following REXX code? /*REXX*/ SAY 'This is' || 'a string.'

This is a string.

This isa string

This isa string.

Throw error message

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II,III,V I,II,V II,III,IV,V

ERROR ERRMSG ERRTXT

SYSWTERM SYSLTERM LINEOUT

READ GETDATA EXCEIO EXECIN

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FMT VFMT CHAR FORMAT

1 2 3 4

CHAR VFMT FMT

Q QM E T

What is the Option for File-aid Copy? 4 3 2 10

The left column shows the input values sent to an exec. The right column is the ARG statement within the exec that receives the input. What value does each variable assume using REXX?

first = 3, second = 9, third = 12, fourth = 15, fifth = null

first = 3, second = 9, third = 12, fourth = 15

first = 3, second = 9, third = 12, fourth = 15, fifth = 3

will throw error message

Which of the following are valid REXX variable names?I. 8eightII. $50.00III. MixedCaseIV. nine_to_fiveV. result

All are invalid

Which function returns the error message associated with the specified error number in REXX?

ERRORTEXT

Which function is used to get the number of lines available on screen in REXX?

WORDLENGTH

Which statement is used to read a dataset in REXX?

File-AID is a ______________tool developed by Compuware.

Defect Tracking tool

Change Management

Test Management

Data Management

A data set can not be opened with a copybook in vertical formatted mode. State True or False.

Which mode provides a full-screen view of the data?

Vertical Formatted Mode

Formatted Mode

Character Mode

All of the listed options

Which mode is best to see COMP or COMP3 values in the file with the layout?

Which of the following options do we need to select from File aid menu for edit?

What is the meaning of the following? DISPLAY 1-3 6 8 10 ONLY

Shows only variables with offset number 1,2,3,8, & 10

Show only variables with offset number 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 &10

Shows only variables with offset number 2,6,8, & 10

Shows only variables with offset number 1,2,3,6,8, & 10

Which mode can show only one record at a time?

All of the listed options

In Selection Criteria usage, which takes us directly to query mode based on position and length?

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I only II only III only I and III

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PF6 PF7 PF8 PF9

NE and LE CO and EQ LT and GT CO and NC

EXIT FINISH RETURN END

VBScript File Jave Script Macro File

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SETTINGS

SD ST SE DA

2 3 4 5

If you are copying the dataset to a existing dataset, then disposition parameter should be as which of the following?I. OLDII. CATLGIII. SHR

Using file-aid you can selectively choose records for processing by defining one or more conditions that a record must meet in order to be selected. State True or False.

Which fucntional key is used to view more layout fields?

Multiple values can be tested in non-numeric fields using the _______ operators by separating the values with commas.

Use the _________ primary command from the Selection Criteria Menu to indicate that you have finished creating and reviewing your temporary selection criteria and are now ready to see the results.

To start recording a PCOM macro, click on which of the following icon in the toolbar?

Store Keystroke Recording

Start Keystroke Recording

Start Recording

None of the listed options

The macro is generated in ________________.

Excel Macro File

How will you stop the recording while the recording is in progress?

Click on the "Stop Recording" icon

Press F3 key twice

Click on the “Stop Keystroke Recording and Save” icon

Press Pause/Break key

A recorded macro by default gets saved in _______________ folder.

\Personal Communications\public

\Personal Communications\PCOM

Personal Communications\PCOM_SCRIPT

\Personal Communications\private

The SendKeys method sends a string of keys to the presentation space for the connection associated with the autECLPS object. State True or False.

Which spool command is used to release a job that has been submitted with HOLD option?

"R" beside the job name in the spool area

"H" beside the job name in the spool area

"A" beside the job name in the spool area

"?" beside the job name in the spool area

Which command used to turn on and turn off the action bar menu in the spool?

SET ACTION

SET DISPLAY

SET SCREEN

Which option in SDSF displays current status of all jobs?

How many types of command used to control SDSF?

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CA C A ?

? USER WHO

SE S SJ SB

E.11 E.7 E.J E.8

DB.2.1 DB.2.3 DB.2.4 DB.2.7

LP LQ LC LJ

LIST=ALL LIST=*

0 and 5 0 and 6 1 and 5 1 and 6

COLS POS LINEPOS

EXIT END CANCEL

EXECUTE EXEC RUN

LISTDS ATTRIB LISTATTR LISTDSN

GET RECEIVE RETRIEVE

Option 3 Option 1 Option 5 Option 7

Press "F2" Press "F1"

_______ action character is used to release a held job or output.

_________ SDSF command displays user information.

PRE *User-id

Which action character is used to browse JCL using ISPF Edit?

Which option will take you into Scheduling Products Menu?

The ________ screen will identify the jobs that will be triggered when the specified Job is completed.

What is the usage of LJOB command in CA-7?

To list information from the CA-7 run log

To display the last successful run of the job

To display the monthly calendars with the days the job is scheduled to run

To display information related to a job

Which command will list information on CPU jobs from the request, ready, and active queues?

Which option will display all data related to the job(s)?

LIST=<user-id>

All of the listed options

Min and max no of members (PDS) in one directory block:

Which of the following ISPF line command is used to display a position identification line?

None of the listed options

Which TSO command is used to end the processing of batch jobs submitted at terminal level?

None of the listed options

Which of the following TSO command is used to execute a REXX exec?

None of the listed options

Which TSO command is used to display the attributes of dataset?

Which TSO command is used to retrieve transmitted files and restore them to their original format?

TRANSFILES

Why BlockSize should be multiples of LRECL?

To have WRITE operation of a complete record

To have READ-WRITE operation of a complete record

To have READ operation of a complete record

None of the listed options

What is the ISPF Menu Options to test the User Created Panels?

If dataset is used by other users, How will you find out the list of users accessing the file?

Press "F1" twice

Press "F3" twice

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UNNUMBER NUM OFF UNNUM SNO OFF

PAGE DATA HALF CSR

How to compress a dataset?

TRECALL RECALL HRECALL HREF

Which option is used to copy datasets? Option 3.2 Option 3.4 Option 4.1 Option 3.3

D DD DEL DDD

I only II only III only I and III

PF9 PF12 PF10 Clear

Option 3.12 Option 3.11 Option 3.14 Option 3.13

SPLIT SWAP SWITCH RCHANGE

12 15 8 16

I only II only III only I and II

4 2 6 8

250 256 300 255

How do we denote a temporary dataset? // &temp /* &&

How to find what are the members of a PDS contains the word "Cognizant"?

SEARCH 'Cognizant'

SRCHFOR Cognizant

SRCH Cognizant

SEARCH ALL "Cognizant"

How to remove the serial numbers (Cols 74 to 80) present in a dataset?

What is the keyword to change the scroll value to scroll till the current cursor position?

How will you configure the keymap, such that "CTRL+END" key will navigate to the end of the line?

Map "CTRL+ENTER" to "Bottom of Field"

Map "CTRL+END" to "End of Field"

Map "CTRL+ENTER" to "Top of Field"

Map "CTRL+END" to "Bottom of Field"

Issue a "Z" before the dataset in DSLIST

Issue a "C" before the dataset in DSLIST

Issue a "CP" before the dataset in DSLIST

Issue a "ZD" before the dataset in DSLIST

How to find out the Percentage of space used by a dataset?

Press "PF11" before the dataset in DSLIST

Press "PF9" before the dataset in DSLIST

Press "PF10" before the dataset in DSLIST

None of the listed options

What is the command to recall the dataset from Tape?

Which ISPF line command is used to delete blocks of lines in the dataset?

Which will be used to end your terminal session?I. XII.EXITIII.LOGOFF

Which functional key is used to cancel or exit the system?

Which option is used to search data sets for strings of data?

Which TSO command is switching to other screens when working from one screen is possible?

A total of ____ extents are available per dataset?

To cancel the changes made since the last save which of the following command can be used?I. CANII. CANCELIII. Press "F3"

How many types of comparisons are there while using SuperCE Utility?

What is the maximum no. of generations possible in a GDG?

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JOB PROC SORT

What is RESTART?

50 60 99 100

PROCLIB JOBLIB STEPLIB

S30A S837 S806 SOC7

61 bytes 40 bytes 71 bytes 80 bytes

IEBPTPCH IEBDG IEHPROGM

IEBGENER IEBCOPY IEBCOMPR SORT

OUTFIL INREC OUTREC

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Grouping of JCL statements together and giving them as a Member of PDS and invoked that member in many JCLs is called?

None of the listed options

What is the Default Values for DISP parameter for Existing Dataset?

DISP=(OLD,KEEP,PASS)

DISP=(OLD,PASS,KEEP)

DISP=(OLD,KEEP,KEEP)

DISP=(OLD,PASS,PASS)

Used to indicate only the step at which the system is to restart the job

Used to indicate the step, procedure step or checkpoint at which the system is to restart the job

Used to indicate only the procedure step at which the system is to restart the job

None of the listed options

How many characters we can pass using PARM parameter?

Which specifies the library where the load module of the program to be executed will be searched and applies only to that step

None of the listed options

Which abend code indicates memory error?

What is the maximum length of a single line of JCL?

Which of the following is the utility that creates test data?

None of the listed options

Which utility when used would return "Return Code" as 0 even if input dataset is empty?

To split a file, which option could be used for this in sort utility?

None of the listed options

If you specify DISP=KEEP for a temporary dataset, the system changes the disposition to PASS. State True or False.

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